# 2002 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

The 2002 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 12 riders that would qualify for the 2002 Speedway Grand Prix to join the other 10 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 2001 Speedway Grand Prix.
The format changed significantly, in that only 6 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge. The other six places would go to riders seeded through - Rune Holta, Matej Ferjan, Andreas Jonsson, Grzegorz Walasek, Sebastian Ułamek and Krzysztof Cegielski.
Greg Hancock won the GP Challenge.

## Format

* First Round - 5 riders from Sweden, 5 from Denmark, 3 from Norway, 3 from Finland to Scandinavian Final
* First Round - 32 riders from Continental quarter finals to Continental semi-finals
* First Round - 6 riders from British Final to Overseas Final
* First Round - 5 riders from Australian Final to Overseas Final
* First Round - 1 rider from Canadian Final to Overseas Final
* First Round - 4 riders from United States Final to Overseas Final
* Second Round - 8 riders from Scandinavian Final to Intercontinental Final
* Second Round - 8 riders from Overseas Final to Intercontinental Final
* Second Round - 16 riders from Continental semi-finals to Continental Final
* Third Round - 9 riders (outside the top 10) from the 2001 Grand Prix & World U21 champion to GP Challenge
* Third Round - 5 riders from the Continental Final to GP Challenge
* Third Round - 9 riders from the Intercontinental Final to GP Challenge
* Final Round - 6 riders from the GP Challenge to the 2002 Grand Prix

## First round
### Continental quarter finals

QF (28 Apr Lonigo) :
| Pos | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Krzysztof Jabłoński | 15 |
| 2 | Armando Castagna | 14 |
| 3 | Andrea Maida | 12 |
| 4 | Mirko Wolter | 10 |
| 5 | Alessandro Dalla Valle | 8 |
| 6 | László Szatmári | 8 |
| 7 | Pavel Ondrašík | 8 |
| 8 | Sergej Darkin | 8 |
| 9 | Steffen Mell | 7 |
| 10 | Jernej Kolenko | 6 |
| 11 | Manuel Hautzinger | 6 |
| 12 | Piotr Dym | 5 |
| 13 | Francesco Ulian | 5 |
| 14 | Oleg Kurguskin | 3 |
| 15 | Igor Borisenko | 2 |
| 16 | Igor Epifanov | 1 |
| 17 | Simone Tadiello | 1 |
QF (1 May Debrecen) :
| Pos | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Marián Jirout | 14 |
| 2 | Robert Kościecha | 14 |
| 3 | Tomasz Bajerski | 13 |
| 4 | Sándor Tihanyi | 13 |
| 5 | Andrej Korolev | 10 |
| 6 | Walter Nebel | 9 |
| 7 | Attila Stefáni | 9 |
| 8 | Matej Žagar | 8 |
| 9 | Thomas Stadler | 8 |
| 10 | Sandor Fekete | 6 |
| 11 | Alexander Biznya | 5 |
| 12 | Josef Koren | 4 |
| 13 | Christian Miotello | 3 |
| 14 | Soni Francovig | 2 |
| 15 | Uilke Kooistra | 1 |
| 16 | Eddie Turksema | 1 |
| 17 | Csaba Hell | 0 |
QF (12 May Krško) :
| Pos | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Aleš Dryml Jr. | 14 |
| 2 | Sebastian Ułamek | 12+3 |
| 3 | Václav Milík Sr. | 12+2 |
| 4 | Lukáš Dryml | 11 |
| 5 | Zlatko Krznaric | 10 |
| 6 | Izak Šantej | 10 |
| 7 | Jacek Rempala | 10 |
| 8 | Jacek Krzyżaniak | 10 |
| 9 | Michal Makovský | 9 |
| 10 | Björn Danielczyk | 5 |
| 11 | Adrian Rymel | 5 |
| 12 | Stéphane Trésarrieu | 4 |
| 13 | Stephan Katt | 4 |
| 14 | Christophe Dubernard | 1 |
| 15 | Fabrice Ostyn | 1 |
| 16 | Stanko Glava | 1 |
| 17 | Primoz Klenovsek | 1 |
| 18 | Thomas Cyril | 1 |
QF (26 May Pocking) :
| Pos | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Wiesław Jaguś | 14 |
| 2 | Antonín Kasper Jr. | 13+3 |
| 3 | Bohumil Brhel | 13+2 |
| 4 | Róbert Nagy | 11 |
| 5 | Robbie Kessler | 10 |
| 6 | Damian Baliński | 10 |
| 7 | Eduard Shaihullin | 8 |
| 8 | Joachim Kugelmann | 7 |
| 9 | Norbert Magosi | 7 |
| 10 | Matthias Kröger | 7 |
| 11 | Rene Aas | 6 |
| 12 | Rinat Mardanshin | 6 |
| 13 | Josef Franc | 3 |
| 14 | Richard Wolff | 3 |
| 15 | Radek Smolik | 1 |
| 16 | Dennis Popovic | 1 |

## Second round
### Overseas Final

8 riders to Intercontinental Final

### Scandinavian Final

8 riders to Intercontinental Final
(17 June 2001 Pori) :
| Pos | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Kai Laukkanen | 15 |
| 2 | Andreas Jonsson | 12 |
| 3 | Stefan Andersson | 11 |
| 4 | Lars Gunnestad | 10 |
| 5 | Hans Clausen | 10 |
| 6 | Niklas Karlsson | 10 |
| 7 | Jesper B Jensen | 9 |
| 8 | Kauko Nieminen | 9 |
| 9 | Bjarne Pedersen | 8 |
| 10 | Charlie Gjedde | 7 |
| 11 | Björn G Hansen | 5 |
| 12 | Stefan Ekberg | 5 |
| 13 | Freddie Eriksson | 3 |
| 14 | Joonas Kylmäkorpi | 3 |
| 15 | Claus Kristensen | 2 |
| 16 | Roy Håland | 1 |

### Continental semi finals

Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental final
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Wiesław Jaguś | 12 |
| 2 | Bohumil Brhel | 12 |
| 3 | Michal Makovský | 12 |
| 4 | Alessandro Dalla Valle | 11 |
| 5 | Damian Baliński | 10 |
| 6 | Zlatko Krznaric | 10 |
| 7 | Andrea Maida | 10 |
| 8 | Robert Kościecha | 9 |
| 9 | Aleš Dryml Jr. | 8 |
| 10 | Attila Stefáni | 6 |
| 11 | Joachim Kugelmann | 5 |
| 12 | Krzysztof Jabłoński | 5 |
| 13 | Matej Žagar | 4 |
| 14 | László Szatmári | 3 |
| 15 | Norbert Magosi | 3 |
| 16 | Walter Nebel | 0 |
| 17 | Adrian Rymel | 0 |
| 18 | Jernej Kolenko | 0 |
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Sebastian Ułamek | 15 |
| 2 | Tomasz Bajerski | 11 |
| 3 | Róbert Nagy | 11 |
| 4 | Jacek Rempala | 9 |
| 5 | Armando Castagna | 9 |
| 6 | Andrej Korolew | 9 |
| 7 | Marián Jirout | 9 |
| 8 | Antonín Kasper Jr. | 8 |
| 9 | Sergej Darkin | 8 |
| 10 | Robbie Kessler | 6 |
| 11 | Sándor Tihanyi | 5 |
| 12 | Eduard Shaihullin | 5 |
| 13 | Izak Šantej | 4 |
| 14 | Jacek Krzyżaniak | 4 |
| 15 | Thomas Stadler | 3 |
| 16 | Steffen Mell | 2 |
| 17 | Pavel Ondrašík | 2 |

## Third round

* 9 riders (outside the top 10) from the 2001 Grand Prix & World U21 champion to GP Challenge

### Intercontinental Final

9 riders to GP Challenge

### Continental Final

* 5 riders to GP Challenge
* 12 August 2001 Gdańsk
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Sebastian Ułamek | 13 |
| 2 | Bohumil Brhel | 12 |
| 3 | Wiesław Jaguś | 12 |
| 4 | Antonín Kasper Jr. | 11 |
| 5 | Damian Baliński | 11 |
| 6 | Tomasz Bajerski | 10 |
| 7 | Andrej Korolew | 10 |
| 8 | Jacek Rempala | 8 |
| 9 | Róbert Nagy | 7 |
| 10 | Armando Castagna | 6 |
| 11 | Robert Kościecha | 6 |
| 12 | Zlatko Krznaric | 6 |
| 13 | Marián Jirout | 4 |
| 14 | Andrea Maida | 3 |
| 15 | Michal Makovský | 1 |
| 16 | Alessandro Dalla Valle | 0 |

## Final Round
### GP Challenge

6 riders to 2002 Grand Prix
* 13 October 2001 Krško
| Pos. | Rider | pre-event | main-event | sf | Final |
| 1 | Greg Hancock | x | 2, 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Nicki Pedersen | x | 1, 3, 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Scott Nicholls | 0, 3, 3 | 3, 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | Lukáš Dryml | 3, 2 | 0, 3, 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | Carl Stonehewer | x | 2, 1, 2 | 1 | x |
| 6 | Andy Smith | x | 3, 3 | 1 | x |
| 7 | Peter Karlsson | x | 2, 2, | 0 | x |
| 8 | Piotr Protasiewicz | x | 0, 2, 2 | 0 | x |
| 9 | Chris Louis | 2, 1, 3 | 3, 0, 1 | x | x |
| 10 | Andreas Jonsson | 1, 2, 2 | 2, 0, 1 | x | x |
| 11 | Sebastian Ułamek | 3, 1, 2 | 3, 1, 0 | x | x |
| 12 | Sam Ermolenko | 3, 3 | 1, 2, 0 | x | x |
| 13 | Brian Andersen | x | 1, 1 | x | x |
| 14 | Matej Ferjan | x | 1, 1 | x | x |
| 15 | Bohumil Brhel | 2, 3 | 0, 0 | x | x |
| 16 | Stefan Andersson | 3, 2 | 0, 0 | x | x |
| 17 | Jason Lyons | 1, 3, 1 | x | x | x |
| 18 | Damian Baliński | 2, 0, 1 | x | x | x |
| 19 | Kai Laukkanen | 2, 0, 0 | x | x | x |
| 20 | Gary Havelock | 0, 2, 0 | x | x | x |
| 21 | Wiesław Jaguś | 0, 1 | x | x | x |
| 22 | Lars Gunnestad | 1, 1 | x | x | x |
| 23 | Sean Wilson | 1, 0 | x | x | x |
| 24 | Antonín Kasper Jr. | 0, 0 | x | x | x |