# 2000 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

The 2000 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 2000 Speedway Grand Prix to join the other 10 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 1999 Speedway Grand Prix.
The format changed from the previous year, in that only 2 riders would qualify straight from the Intercontinental and Continental finals and 10 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge.
Billy Hamill won the GP Challenge.

## Format

* First Round - 6 riders from Sweden, 5 from Denmark, 3 from Finland, 2 from Norway to Scandinavian Final
* First Round - 32 riders from Continental quarter finals to Continental semi-finals
* First Round - 8 riders from British Final to Overseas Final
* First Round - 4 riders from Australian 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 - 11 riders from positions 11-21 from the 1999 Grand Prix & World U21 champion to GP Challenge
* Third Round - 1 rider from the Continental Final to 2000 Grand Prix and 5 to GP Challenge
* Third Round - 1 rider from the Intercontinental Final to 2000 Grand Prix and 6 to GP Challenge
* Final Round - 10 riders from the GP Challenge to the 2000 Grand Prix

## First round
### Continental quarter finals

QF (18 Apr Diedenbergen) :
| Pos | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Pavel Ondrašík | 13 |
| 2 | Róbert Nagy | 12 |
| 3 | Attila Stefáni | 11 |
| 4 | Philippe Bergé | 11 |
| 5 | Bohumil Brhel | 10 |
| 6 | Aleš Dryml Jr. | 10 |
| 7 | Tomasz Sustersic | 10 |
| 8 | Eduard Chajkoulin | 9 |
| 9 | Sergej Darkin | 8 |
| 10 | Jörg Pingel | 5 |
| 11 | Steffen Mell | 5 |
| 12 | Simone Tadiello | 5 |
| 13 | Zsolt Bence | 3 |
| 14 | Graziano Franchetti | 2 |
| 15 | Heinrich Schatzer | 1 |
| 16 | Patrik Goret | 1 |
| 17 | Lukáš Dryml | 1 |
QF (2 May Daugavpils) :
| Pos | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Robert Flis | 14 |
| 2 | Robert Sawina | 13 |
| 3 | Zoltán Adorján | 13 |
| 4 | Oleg Kurguskin | 12 |
| 5 | Tomáš Topinka | 11 |
| 6 | Michal Makovský | 10 |
| 7 | Vladimirs Voronkovs | 10 |
| 8 | Richard Wolff | 7 |
| 9 | Nikolajs Kokins | 6 |
| 10 | Sergej Eroschin | 6 |
| 11 | Gerhard Lekse | 5 |
| 12 | Jozef Koren | 5 |
| 13 | Vitalijs Biznia | 3 |
| 14 | Alexanders Biznia | 2 |
| 15 | Sandor Fekete | 2 |
| 16 | Maksims Andrejevs | 0 |
QF (2 May Bydgoszcz) :
| Pos | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Sławomir Drabik | 15 |
| 2 | Jacek Gollob | 13 |
| 3 | Piotr Protasiewicz | 12 |
| 4 | Rafał Dobrucki | 10 |
| 5 | Roman Povazhny | 10 |
| 6 | Izak Šantej | 9 |
| 7 | Joachim Kugelmann | 8 |
| 8 | Antonín Šváb Jr. | 8 |
| 9 | Adrian Rymel | 7 |
| 10 | Martin Peterca | 6 |
| 11 | Bart Pijper | 5 |
| 12 | Krzysztof Jabłoński | 5 |
| 13 | Heiko Müller | 3 |
| 14 | Erik Eijbergen | 2 |
| 15 | Otto de Jong | 2 |
| 16 | Jacek Rempala | 2 |
| 17 | Talgat Galeev | 1 |
| 18 | Eddy Turksema | 0 |
QF (2 May Terenzano) :
| Pos | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Piotr Świst | 15 |
| 2 | Armando Castagna | 14 |
| 3 | Sebastian Ułamek | 13 |
| 4 | Andrea Maida | 11 |
| 5 | Sándor Tihanyi | 10 |
| 6 | Sebastien Trésarrieu | 10 |
| 7 | Simone Terenzani | 8 |
| 8 | Zdenek Schneiderwind | 8 |
| 9 | Zlatko Krznaric | 7 |
| 10 | George Štancl | 6 |
| 11 | Stéphane Trésarrieu | 5 |
| 12 | Zeliko Feher | 3 |
| 13 | Thomas Stadler | 3 |
| 14 | Toni Pilotto | 3 |
| 15 | Sigfried Eder | 2 |
| 16 | Renato Kuster | 2 |
| 17 | Nicola Andrioli | 0 |

## Second round
### Overseas Final

8 riders to Intercontinental Final

### Scandinavian Final

8 riders to Intercontinental Final
(13 June 1999 Holsted) :
| Pos | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Rune Holta | 14 |
| 2 | Jesper B Jensen | 11 |
| 3 | Gert Handberg | 11 |
| 4 | Andreas Jonsson | 10 |
| 5 | Charlie Gjedde | 9 |
| 6 | Peter Nahlin | 9 |
| 7 | Ronni Pedersen | 9 |
| 8 | Kai Laukkanen | 9 |
| 9 | Niklas Klingberg | 8 |
| 10 | Vesa Ylinen | 7 |
| 11 | Bo Skov Eriksen | 7 |
| 12 | Per Wester | 6 |
| 13 | Niklas Karlsson | 6 |
| 14 | Stefan Andersson | 2 |
| 15 | Kjell Öyvind Sola | 1 |
| 16 | Tomi Reima | 1 |

### Continental semi finals

Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental final
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Robert Barth | 13 |
| 2 | Robert Sawina | 12 |
| 3 | Tomáš Topinka | 11 |
| 4 | Róbert Nagy | 10 |
| 5 | Philippe Bergé | 10 |
| 6 | Attila Stefáni | 9 |
| 7 | Michal Makovský | 9 |
| 8 | Bohumil Brhel | 8 |
| 9 | Richard Wolff | 8 |
| 10 | Aleš Dryml Jr. | 7 |
| 11 | Oleg Kurguskin | 7 |
| 12 | Pavel Ondrašík | 6 |
| 13 | Robert Flis | 6 |
| 14 | Matthias Kröger | 3 |
| 15 | Zoltán Adorján | 1 |
| 16 | Tomasz Sustersic | 0 |
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Sebastian Ułamek | 13 |
| 2 | Armando Castagna | 13 |
| 3 | Rafał Dobrucki | 12 |
| 4 | Roman Povazhny | 10 |
| 5 | Jacek Gollob | 10 |
| 6 | Sándor Tihanyi | 10 |
| 7 | Antonín Šváb Jr. | 9 |
| 8 | Piotr Protasiewicz | 9 |
| 9 | Sławomir Drabik | 9 |
| 10 | Matej Ferjan | 5 |
| 11 | Andrea Maida | 4 |
| 12 | Izak Šantej | 4 |
| 13 | Stefano Alfonso | 4 |
| 14 | Sebastien Trésarrieu | 3 |
| 15 | Simone Terenzani | 3 |
| 16 | Piotr Świst | 2 |

## Third round

* 11 riders from positions 11-21 from the 1999 Speedway Grand Prix & World U21 champion to GP Challenge

### Intercontinental Final

1 rider direct to Grand Prix, 6 riders to GP Challenge

### Continental Final

* 1 rider direct to Grand Prix, 5 riders to GP Challenge
* 25 July 1999 Wrocław
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Rafał Dobrucki | 15 |
| 2 | Piotr Protasiewicz | 14 |
| 3 | Sławomir Drabik | 11 |
| 4 | Robert Sawina | 11 |
| 5 | Bohumil Brhel | 10 |
| 6 | Jacek Gollob | 8 |
| 7 | Roman Povazhny | 8 |
| 8 | Sebastian Ułamek | 7 |
| 9 | Robert Barth | 7 |
| 10 | Antonín Šváb Jr. | 7 |
| 11 | Tomáš Topinka | 6 |
| 12 | Armando Castagna | 5 |
| 13 | Sándor Tihanyi | 5 |
| 14 | Attila Stefáni | 3 |
| 15 | Richard Wolff | 2 |
| 16 | Michal Makovský | 1 |

## Final Round
### GP Challenge

10 riders to 2000 Grand Prix
* 17 October 1999 Lonigo
| Pos. | Rider | pre-qual | qual | sf | Final |
| 1 | Billy Hamill | x | 3, 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Mikael Karlsson | x | 3, 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Carl Stonehewer | 2, 2 | 1, 2, 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | Brian Karger | x | 3, 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Henrik Gustafsson | x | 2, 3 | 1 | x |
| 6 | Mark Loram | 3, 1 | 2, 1, 3 | 1 | x |
| 7 | Andy Smith | x | 2, 0, 2 | 0 | x |
| 8 | Antonín Kasper Jr. | x | 2, 2 | 0 | x |
| 9 | Peter Karlsson | x | 3, 1, 1 | x | x |
| 10 | Brian Andersen | 3, 3 | 0, 2, 1 | x | x |
| 11 | John Jørgensen | x | 2, 0, 0 | x | x |
| 12 | Niklas Klingberg | 1, 3 | 2, 1, 0 | x | x |
| 13 | Jacek Gollob | 3, 0 | 3, 0, 1 | x | x |
| 14 | Jason Lyons | 3, 3 | 1, 1 | x | x |
| 15 | Robert Dados | 2, 2 | 0, 0 | x | x |
| 16 | Gary Havelock | 2, 0 | 3, 0 | x | x |
| 17 | Marián Jirout | 2, 1 | 1 | x | x |
| 18 | Lee Richardson | 0, 2 | 1 | x | x |
| 19 | Robert Sawina | 1, 3 | 0 | x | x |
| 20 | Bohumil Brhel | 1, 2 | 0 | x | x |
| 21 | Sławomir Drabik | 0, 1 | x | x | x |
| 22 | Rune Holta | 1, 0 | x | x | x |
| 23 | Piotr Protasiewicz | 0, 0 | x | x | x |
| 24 | Kai Laukkanen | 0, 1 | x | x | x |