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1996 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
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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 Slovenia Ljubljana)
Pos Rider Points
1 Russia Rif Saitgareev 13
2 Poland Roman Jankowski 13
3 Poland Rafał Dobrucki 11
4 Hungary Laszlo Bodi 11
5 Ukraine Vladimir Kolodij 11
6 Hungary Sándor Tihanyi 11
7 Czech Republic Petr Vandírek 8
8 Bulgaria Nikolaj Manev 7
9 Slovenia Martin Peterca 7
10 Hungary Csaba Hell 7
11 Italy Massimo Mora 6
12 Poland Mirosław Cierniak 5
13 Slovenia Gerhard Leske 5
14 Austria Ivan Nagar 2
15 Austria Heinrich Schatzer 1
16 Croatia Zlato Krznaric 1
17 Poland Marek Kepa 0
QF (7 May Germany Pfaffenhofen)
Pos Rider Points
1 Czech Republic Antonín Kasper Jr. 12
2 Austria Andreas Bössner 12
3 Czech Republic Antonín Šváb Jr. 11
4 Hungary Róbert Nagy 10
5 Hungary Zsolt Böszermenyi 9
6 Czech Republic Tomáš Topinka 9
7 Russia Oleg Kurguskin 9
8 Hungary Antal Kocso 9
9 Austria Franz Leitner 8
10 Germany Andreas Schapf 7
11 Czech Republic Václav Milík Sr. 7
12 Russia Sergej Eroschin 7
13 Hungary Zsolt Bencze 4
14 Italy Valentino Furlanetto 4
15 Slovakia Gaspar Forgac 1
16 Austria Walter Nebel
QF (7 May Poland Torun)
Pos Rider Points
1 Hungary Zoltán Adorján 14
2 Poland Jaroslaw Olszewski 12
3 Czech Republic Roman Matoušek 11
4 Czech Republic George Štancl 11
5 Poland Tomasz Bajerski 11
6 Poland Jacek Gollob 11
7 Russia Rinat Mardanshin 9
8 Russia Grigorij Charchenko 8
9 Russia Igor Marko 7
10 Hungary Zoltan Hajdu 7
11 Poland Daruisz Stenka 7
12 Latvia Vladimir Voronkov 5
13 Netherlands Patrick Verbrugge 4
14 Ukraine Igor Borysenko 2
15 Germany Thomas Koch 1
16 Germany Stefan Leonhard 0
17 Latvia Alexander Biznia 0
18 Poland Dariusz Fliegert 0
QF (7 May France Marmande)
Pos Rider Points
1 Italy Armando Castagna 13
2 Italy Andrea Maida 13
3 Czech Republic Marián Jirout 12
4 Czech Republic Zdeněk Schneiderwind 12
5 Poland Dariusz Śledź 10
6 Italy Stefano Alfonso 10
7 Czech Republic Bohumil Brhel 9
8 Poland Piotr Winiarz 9
9 Czech Republic Jan Holub II 9
10 France Christophe Dubernard 6
11 Poland Rafał Wilk 6
12 Germany Hartmut Balfanz 5
13 Italy Stefano Spagnolo 3
14 France Frederick Brisseau 2
15 France Stéphane Trésarrieu 1
16 Netherlands Maik Groen 0

Second round

Overseas Final

Main article: 1995 Overseas Final

8 riders to Intercontinental Final

Scandinavian Final

8 riders to Intercontinental Final

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

Continental semi finals

Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental Final

SF

Pos. Rider Points
1 Russia Rif Saitgareev 14
2 Czech Republic Antonín Kasper Jr. 14
3 Czech Republic Tomáš Topinka 12
4 Poland Rafał Dobrucki 9
5 Czech Republic Antonín Šváb Jr. 9
6 Hungary Róbert Nagy 9
7 Ukraine Vladimir Kolodij 8
8 Austria Andreas Bössner 7
9 Hungary Laszlo Bodi 7
10 Hungary Sándor Tihanyi 6
11 Poland Roman Jankowski 6
12 Austria Franz Leitner 5
13 Slovenia Martin Peterca 5
14 Hungary Antal Kocso 4
15 Hungary Csaba Hell 3
16 Bulgaria Nikolaj Manev 2
17 Hungary Zsolt Böszermenyi 0

SF

Pos. Rider Points
1 Hungary Zoltán Adorján 15
2 Italy Stefano Alfonso 12
3 Italy Armando Castagna 11
4 Russia Rinat Mardanshin 11
5 Czech Republic Bohumil Brhel 9
6 Italy Andrea Maida 9
7 Poland Dariusz Śledź 8
8 Poland Jaroslaw Olszewski 9
9 Czech Republic Roman Matoušek 7
10 Czech Republic Marián Jirout 7
11 Poland Tomasz Bajerski 5
12 Poland Jacek Gollob 5
13 Czech Republic Zdeněk Schneiderwind 4
14 Czech Republic George Štancl 2
15 Czech Republic Jan Holub II 0
16 Italy 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

Main article: 1995 Intercontinental Final

3 riders to GP Challenge final

Continental Final

Pos. Rider Points
1 Hungary Zoltán Adorján 12+3
2 Italy Stefano Alfonso 12+2
3 Czech Republic Antonín Kasper Jr. 11
4 Hungary Róbert Nagy 10
5 Russia Rif Saitgareev 10
6 Ukraine Vladimir Kolodij 10
7 Czech Republic Tomáš Topinka 10
8 Italy Armando Castagna 10
9 Russia Rinat Mardanshin 6
10 Poland Rafał Dobrucki 6
11 Poland Jaroslaw Olszewski 6
12 Czech Republic Antonín Šváb Jr. 5
13 Italy Andrea Maida 3
14 Austria Andreas Bössner 3
15 Hungary Laszlo Bodi 3
16 Czech Republic Bohumil Brhel 2
17 Poland Dariusz Śledź 0
18 Czech Republic Roman Matoušek 0

Final Round

GP Challenge Final

8 riders to 1996 Grand Prix

Pos. Rider Points
1 Australia Leigh Adams 14
2 England Marvyn Cox 13
3 Sweden Peter Karlsson 11
4 Denmark Tommy Knudsen 11
5 England Joe Screen 11
6 England Gary Havelock 9
7 Australia Craig Boyce 8
8 England Andy Smith 8
9 Poland Tomasz Gollob 8
10 Hungary Róbert Nagy 6
11 Denmark Jan Stæchmann 5
12 Hungary Zoltán Adorján 5
13 Sweden Mikael Karlsson 4
14 Denmark Brian Karger 3
15 Italy Stefano Alfonso 2
16 Czech Republic Antonín Kasper Jr. 1
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References

  1. "Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  2. "HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995-2013 Speedway Grand Prix - Qualifications". Speedway History. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  3. "Runner up spot is Dukes target". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 10 October 1995. Retrieved 6 January 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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