# 1996 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

The 1996 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 8 riders that qualified for the 1996 Speedway Grand Prix to join the other 8 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 1995 Speedway Grand Prix and Jason Crump who was seeded through to the Grand Prix.
Leigh Adams won the GP Challenge.

## Format

* First Round - 4 riders each from Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway 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 - 4 riders from United States final to Overseas Final
* First Round - 1 rider from New Zealand 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 - 8 riders from positions 9-16 from the 1995 Grand Prix to GP Challenge
* Third Round - 4 riders from the Continental Final to GP Challenge
* Third Round - 3 riders from the Intercontinental Final to GP Challenge
* Final Round - 8 riders from the GP Challenge to the 1996 Grand Prix

## First round
### Continental quarter finals

QF (7 May Ljubljana) :
| Pos | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Rif Saitgareev | 13 |
| 2 | Roman Jankowski | 13 |
| 3 | Rafał Dobrucki | 11 |
| 4 | Laszlo Bodi | 11 |
| 5 | Vladimir Kolodij | 11 |
| 6 | Sándor Tihanyi | 11 |
| 7 | Petr Vandírek | 8 |
| 8 | Nikolaj Manev | 7 |
| 9 | Martin Peterca | 7 |
| 10 | Csaba Hell | 7 |
| 11 | Massimo Mora | 6 |
| 12 | Mirosław Cierniak | 5 |
| 13 | Gerhard Leske | 5 |
| 14 | Ivan Nagar | 2 |
| 15 | Heinrich Schatzer | 1 |
| 16 | Zlato Krznaric | 1 |
| 17 | Marek Kepa | 0 |
QF (7 May Pfaffenhofen) :
| Pos | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Antonín Kasper Jr. | 12 |
| 2 | Andreas Bössner | 12 |
| 3 | Antonín Šváb Jr. | 11 |
| 4 | Róbert Nagy | 10 |
| 5 | Zsolt Böszermenyi | 9 |
| 6 | Tomáš Topinka | 9 |
| 7 | Oleg Kurguskin | 9 |
| 8 | Antal Kocso | 9 |
| 9 | Franz Leitner | 8 |
| 10 | Andreas Schapf | 7 |
| 11 | Václav Milík Sr. | 7 |
| 12 | Sergej Eroschin | 7 |
| 13 | Zsolt Bencze | 4 |
| 14 | Valentino Furlanetto | 4 |
| 15 | Gaspar Forgac | 1 |
| 16 | Walter Nebel | |
QF (7 May Toruń) :
| Pos | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Zoltán Adorján | 14 |
| 2 | Jaroslaw Olszewski | 12 |
| 3 | Roman Matoušek | 11 |
| 4 | George Štancl | 11 |
| 5 | Tomasz Bajerski | 11 |
| 6 | Jacek Gollob | 11 |
| 7 | Rinat Mardanshin | 9 |
| 8 | Grigorij Charchenko | 8 |
| 9 | Igor Marko | 7 |
| 10 | Zoltan Hajdu | 7 |
| 11 | Daruisz Stenka | 7 |
| 12 | Vladimir Voronkov | 5 |
| 13 | Patrick Verbrugge | 4 |
| 14 | Igor Borysenko | 2 |
| 15 | Thomas Koch | 1 |
| 16 | Stefan Leonhard | 0 |
| 17 | Alexander Biznia | 0 |
| 18 | Dariusz Fliegert | 0 |
QF (7 May Marmande) :
| Pos | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Armando Castagna | 13 |
| 2 | Andrea Maida | 13 |
| 3 | Marián Jirout | 12 |
| 4 | Zdeněk Schneiderwind | 12 |
| 5 | Dariusz Śledź | 10 |
| 6 | Stefano Alfonso | 10 |
| 7 | Bohumil Brhel | 9 |
| 8 | Piotr Winiarz | 9 |
| 9 | Jan Holub II | 9 |
| 10 | Christophe Dubernard | 6 |
| 11 | Rafał Wilk | 6 |
| 12 | Hartmut Balfanz | 5 |
| 13 | Stefano Spagnolo | 3 |
| 14 | Frederick Brisseau | 2 |
| 15 | Stéphane Trésarrieu | 1 |
| 16 | Maik Groen | 0 |

## Second round
### Overseas Final

8 riders to Intercontinental Final

### Scandinavian Final

8 riders to Intercontinental Final
(11 Jun 1995 Brovst) :
| Pos | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Stefan Andersson | 14 |
| 2 | Peter Karlsson | 13 |
| 3 | John Jørgensen | 13 |
| 4 | Brian Karger | 12 |
| 5 | Lars Gunnestad | 11 |
| 6 | Brian Andersen | 10 |
| 7 | Rune Holta | 10 |
| 8 | Gert Handberg | 8 |
| 9 | Kai Laukkanen | 7 |
| 10 | Conny Ivarsson | 5 |
| 11 | Arnt Førland | 5 |
| 12 | Marko Hyyryläinen | 4 |
| 13 | Ingvar Hvamstad | 1 |
| 14 | Dennis Löfqvist | 1 |
| 15 | Vesa Ylinen | 0 |
| 16 | Tomi Kalliomäki | 0 |

### Continental semi finals

Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental Final
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Rif Saitgareev | 14 |
| 2 | Antonín Kasper Jr. | 14 |
| 3 | Tomáš Topinka | 12 |
| 4 | Rafał Dobrucki | 9 |
| 5 | Antonín Šváb Jr. | 9 |
| 6 | Róbert Nagy | 9 |
| 7 | Vladimir Kolodij | 8 |
| 8 | Andreas Bössner | 7 |
| 9 | Laszlo Bodi | 7 |
| 10 | Sándor Tihanyi | 6 |
| 11 | Roman Jankowski | 6 |
| 12 | Franz Leitner | 5 |
| 13 | Martin Peterca | 5 |
| 14 | Antal Kocso | 4 |
| 15 | Csaba Hell | 3 |
| 16 | Nikolaj Manev | 2 |
| 17 | Zsolt Böszermenyi | 0 |
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Zoltán Adorján | 15 |
| 2 | Stefano Alfonso | 12 |
| 3 | Armando Castagna | 11 |
| 4 | Rinat Mardanshin | 11 |
| 5 | Bohumil Brhel | 9 |
| 6 | Andrea Maida | 9 |
| 7 | Dariusz Śledź | 8 |
| 8 | Jaroslaw Olszewski | 9 |
| 9 | Roman Matoušek | 7 |
| 10 | Marián Jirout | 7 |
| 11 | Tomasz Bajerski | 5 |
| 12 | Jacek Gollob | 5 |
| 13 | Zdeněk Schneiderwind | 4 |
| 14 | George Štancl | 2 |
| 15 | Jan Holub II | 0 |
| 16 | Stefano Spagnolo | 0 |

## Third round

* Peter Karlsson seeded to GP Challenge
* 8 riders from positions 9-16 from the 1995 Speedway Grand Prix to GP Challenge final

### Intercontinental Final

3 riders to GP Challenge final

### Continental Final

* 4 riders to GP Challenge
* 30 July 1995 Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Zoltán Adorján | 12+3 |
| 2 | Stefano Alfonso | 12+2 |
| 3 | Antonín Kasper Jr. | 11 |
| 4 | Róbert Nagy | 10 |
| 5 | Rif Saitgareev | 10 |
| 6 | Vladimir Kolodij | 10 |
| 7 | Tomáš Topinka | 10 |
| 8 | Armando Castagna | 10 |
| 9 | Rinat Mardanshin | 6 |
| 10 | Rafał Dobrucki | 6 |
| 11 | Jaroslaw Olszewski | 6 |
| 12 | Antonín Šváb Jr. | 5 |
| 13 | Andrea Maida | 3 |
| 14 | Andreas Bössner | 3 |
| 15 | Laszlo Bodi | 3 |
| 16 | Bohumil Brhel | 2 |
| 17 | Dariusz Śledź | 0 |
| 18 | Roman Matoušek | 0 |

## Final Round
### GP Challenge Final

8 riders to 1996 Grand Prix
* 8 October 1995 Lonigo
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Leigh Adams | 14 |
| 2 | Marvyn Cox | 13 |
| 3 | Peter Karlsson | 11 |
| 4 | Tommy Knudsen | 11 |
| 5 | Joe Screen | 11 |
| 6 | Gary Havelock | 9 |
| 7 | Craig Boyce | 8 |
| 8 | Andy Smith | 8 |
| 9 | Tomasz Gollob | 8 |
| 10 | Róbert Nagy | 6 |
| 11 | Jan Stæchmann | 5 |
| 12 | Zoltán Adorján | 5 |
| 13 | Mikael Karlsson | 4 |
| 14 | Brian Karger | 3 |
| 15 | Stefano Alfonso | 2 |
| 16 | Antonín Kasper Jr. | 1 |