# 2005 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

The 2005 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 2 riders that would qualify for the 2005 Speedway Grand Prix to join the other 8 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 2004 Speedway Grand Prix and 6 seeded riders.
The system introduced the previous year, that of four quarter finals and two semi-finals was retained but due to the main Grand Prix being reduced from 24 riders to 16 only 2 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge.
Antonio Lindbäck won the GP Challenge.

## Format

* First Round (64 riders qualifying from respective national championships)
* Quarter finals – 32 riders to semi-finals
* Semi-finals – 16 riders to GP Challenge
* Final Round – 2 riders from the GP Challenge to the 2005 Grand Prix

## Quarter-finals

32 riders to semi-finals
QF (8 May 2004  ITA Terenzano) :
| Pos | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Wiesław Jaguś | 10+3+3 |
| 2 | Sebastian Ułamek | 15+3+2 |
| 3 | Niels Kristian Iversen | 13+2+1 |
| 4 | David Norris | 9+2+0 |
| 5 | Stuart Robson | 9+1 |
| 6 | Ronni Pedersen | 8+1 |
| 7 | Lukáš Dryml | 10+0 |
| 8 | Aleš Dryml Jr. | 9+0 |
| 9 | Simone Terenzani | 6 |
| 10 | Jernej Kolenko | 5 |
| 11 | Krzysztof Słaboń | 5 |
| 12 | Tommy Reima | 5 |
| 13 | Kai Laukkanen | 4 |
| 14 | Christian Hefenbrock | 2 |
| 15 | Mirko Wolter | 2 |
| 16 | Paolo Salvatelli | 1 |
QF (9 May 2004  POL Zielona Góra) :
| Pos | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Jarosław Hampel | 12+2+3 |
| 2 | Antonio Lindbäck | 9+3+2 |
| 3 | Janusz Kołodziej | 11+2+1 |
| 4 | Stefan Andersson | 10+3+0 |
| 5 | Hans Andersen | 12+1 |
| 6 | Sergej Darkin | 10+1 |
| 7 | Jacek Rempala | 12+0 |
| 8 | Damian Baliński | 8+0 |
| 9 | Mark Lemon | 8 |
| 10 | Renat Gafurov | 8 |
| 11 | Leigh Lanham | 7 |
| 12 | Henning Bager | 6 |
| 13 | Chris Harris | 3 |
| 14 | Kjasts Puodžuks | 2 |
| 15 | Rune Sola | 2 |
| 16 | Mike Bjerk | 0 |
QF (9 May 2004  SVN Krško) :
| Pos | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Matej Žagar | 15+2+3 |
| 2 | Niklas Klingberg | 11+3+2 |
| 3 | David Ruud | 11+3+1 |
| 4 | Theo Pijper | 7+2+0 |
| 5 | Matej Ferjan | 11+1 |
| 6 | Chris Neath | 11+1 |
| 7 | Izak Šantej | 11+0 |
| 8 | Peter Ljung | 10+0 |
| 9 | Ryan Fisher | 7 |
| 10 | Denis Stoys | 6 |
| 11 | Henrik Møller | 5 |
| 12 | Oliver Allen | 3 |
| 13 | Primož Legan | 2 |
| 14 | Ivan Vargek | 2 |
| 15 | Thomas Stange | 2 |
| 16 | Brian Lyngsö | 1 |
| 17 | Christoph Martin | 1 |
QF (22 May 2004  CZE Slaný) :
| Pos | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Antonín Šváb Jr. | 9+3+3 |
| 2 | Tomasz Chrzanowski | 14+3+2 |
| 3 | Stefan Dannö | 11+2+1 |
| 4 | László Szatmári | 8+2+0 |
| 5 | Mathias Schultz | 12+1 |
| 6 | Josef Franc | 9+1 |
| 7 | Craig Watson | 13+0 |
| 8 | Tomáš Topinka | 9+0 |
| 9 | Sławomir Drabik | 8 |
| 10 | Fritz Wallner | 8 |
| 11 | Joachim Kugelmann | 6 |
| 12 | Niklas Aspgren | 4 |
| 13 | Pavel Ondrašík | 3 |
| 14 | Manuel Hauzinger | 1 |
| 15 | Zsolt Bencze | 1 |
| 16 | Eddie Turksema | 0 |
| 17 | Tomáš Suchánek | 0 |

## Semi-finals

16 riders from to GP Challenge
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Wiesław Jaguś | 13 |
| 2 | Hans Andersen | 12 |
| 3 | Antonio Lindbäck | 12 |
| 4 | Tomasz Chrzanowski | 11 |
| 5 | Niels Kristian Iversen | 11 |
| 6 | Marcin Rempala | 10 |
| 7 | Bohumil Brhel | 9 |
| 8 | Roman Povazhny | 7 |
| 9 | Stuart Robson | 7 |
| 10 | Jacek Rempala | 7 |
| 11 | László Szatmári | 6 |
| 12 | Andrea Maida | 5 |
| 13 | Izak Šantej | 3 |
| 14 | David Ruud | 3 |
| 15 | Chris Neath | 3 |
| 16 | Josef Franc | 1 |
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Peter Karlsson | 11+2+3 |
| 2 | Sebastian Ułamek | 12+3+2 |
| 3 | Ronni Pedersen | 8+2+1 |
| 4 | Damian Baliński | 10+3+0 |
| 5 | Kenneth Bjerre | 10+1 |
| 6 | David Norris | 9+1 |
| 7 | Craig Watson | 12+0 |
| 8 | Stefan Andersson | 8+0 |
| 9 | Niklas Klingberg | 8 |
| 10 | David Howe | 7 |
| 11 | Stefan Dannö | 7 |
| 12 | Matej Ferjan | 6 |
| 13 | Lukáš Dryml | 5 |
| 14 | Janusz Kołodziej | 5 |
| 15 | NED Theo Pijper | 2 |
| 16 | Mathias Schultz | 0 |

## Final Round

Hans Andersen was extremely unlucky not to seal a place in the Grand Prix after topping the event with 14 points and then suffering an engine failure in the final.

### GP Challenge

2 riders to 2005 Grand Prix
* 14 August 2004 DEN Vojens
| Pos. | Rider | Total | Points | semi-final | final |
| 1 | Antonio Lindbäck | 12 | 2, 3, 3, 2, 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Tomasz Chrzanowski | 10 | 1, 2, 1, 3, 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Kenneth Bjerre | 7 | 3, 0, 1, 0, 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | Hans Andersen | 14 | 3, 2, 3, 3, 3 | 2 | ef |
| 5 | Stefan Andersson | 8 | 0, 2, 2, 1, 3 | 1 | - |
| 6 | Peter Karlsson | 9 | 3, f, 0, 3, 3 | 1 | - |
| 7 | Roman Povazhny | 10 | 3, 3, 2, x, 2 | exc | - |
| 8 | Damian Baliński | 10 | 2, 1, 3, 2, 2 | ef | - |
| 9 | David Norris | 7 | 2, 1, 3, exc, 1 | - | - |
| 10 | Marcin Rempała | 7 | 0, 3, 1, 2, 1 | - | - |
| 11 | Bohumil Brhel | 7 | 1, 1, 2, 3, 0 | - | - |
| 12 | Niels Kristian Iversen | 6 | 1, 3, 0, 1, 1 | - | - |
| 13 | Niklas Klingberg | 6 | 0, 2, 1, 2, 1 | - | - |
| 14 | Wiesław Jaguś | 4 | 2, exc, 2, 0, ef | - | - |
| 15 | Ronni Pedersen | 3 | 1, 1, 0, 1, 0 | - | - |
| 16 | Craig Watson | 0 | 0, 0, ef, -, – | - | - |