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^[1] 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.^[2]

1996 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
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Leigh Adams won the GP Challenge.^[3]

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

Main article: 1995 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

SF 11 June 1995 Mšeno 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	SF 10 June 1995 Lonigo 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

Main article: 1995 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