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)PosRider Points 1 Pavel Ondrašík 132 Róbert Nagy 123 Attila Stefáni114 Philippe Bergé 115 Bohumil Brhel 106 Aleš Dryml Jr. 107 Tomasz Sustersic108 Eduard Chajkoulin99 Sergej Darkin 810 Jörg Pingel 511 Steffen Mell 512 Simone Tadiello 513 Zsolt Bence 314 Graziano Franchetti 215 Heinrich Schatzer 116 Patrik Goret 117 Lukáš Dryml 1

QF (2 May Daugavpils)PosRider Points 1 Robert Flis 142 Robert Sawina 133 Zoltán Adorján134 Oleg Kurguskin 125 Tomáš Topinka 116 Michal Makovský 107 Vladimirs Voronkovs108 Richard Wolff79 Nikolajs Kokins 610 Sergej Eroschin 611 Gerhard Lekse 512 Jozef Koren 513 Vitalijs Biznia 314 Alexanders Biznia 215 Sandor Fekete 216 Maksims Andrejevs 0

QF (2 May Bydgoszcz)PosRider Points 1 Sławomir Drabik 152 Jacek Gollob 133 Piotr Protasiewicz124 Rafał Dobrucki 105 Roman Povazhny 106 Izak Šantej 97 Joachim Kugelmann88 Antonín Šváb Jr.89 Adrian Rymel 710 Martin Peterca 611 Bart Pijper 512 Krzysztof Jabłoński 513 Heiko Müller 314 Erik Eijbergen 215 Otto de Jong 216 Jacek Rempala 217 Talgat Galeev 118 Eddy Turksema 0

QF (2 May Terenzano)PosRider Points 1 Piotr Świst 152 Armando Castagna 143 Sebastian Ułamek134 Andrea Maida 115 Sándor Tihanyi 106 Sebastien Trésarrieu 107 Simone Terenzani88 Zdenek Schneiderwind89 Zlatko Krznaric 710 George Štancl 611 Stéphane Trésarrieu 512 Zeliko Feher 313 Thomas Stadler 314 Toni Pilotto 315 Sigfried Eder 216 Renato Kuster 217 Nicola Andrioli 0

Second round Overseas Final 8 riders to Intercontinental Final

Scandinavian Final 8 riders to Intercontinental Final (13 June 1999 Holsted)PosRider Points 1 Rune Holta 142 Jesper B Jensen 113 Gert Handberg114 Andreas Jonsson 105 Charlie Gjedde 96 Peter Nahlin 97 Ronni Pedersen98 Kai Laukkanen99 Niklas Klingberg 810 Vesa Ylinen 711 Bo Skov Eriksen 712 Per Wester 613 Niklas Karlsson 614 Stefan Andersson 215 Kjell Öyvind Sola 116 Tomi Reima 1

Continental semi finals Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental final SF 13 June 1999 Brokstedt Pos.RiderPoints1 Robert Barth 132 Robert Sawina 123 Tomáš Topinka114 Róbert Nagy 105 Philippe Bergé 106 Attila Stefáni 97 Michal Makovský98 Bohumil Brhel89 Richard Wolff 810 Aleš Dryml Jr. 711 Oleg Kurguskin 712 Pavel Ondrašík 613 Robert Flis 614 Matthias Kröger 315 Zoltán Adorján 116 Tomasz Sustersic 0SF 13 June 1999 Ljubljana Pos.RiderPoints1 Sebastian Ułamek 132 Armando Castagna 133 Rafał Dobrucki124 Roman Povazhny 105 Jacek Gollob 106 Sándor Tihanyi 107 Antonín Šváb Jr.98 Piotr Protasiewicz99 Sławomir Drabik 910 Matej Ferjan 511 Andrea Maida 412 Izak Šantej 413 Stefano Alfonso 414 Sebastien Trésarrieu 315 Simone Terenzani 316 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.RiderPoints1 Rafał Dobrucki 152 Piotr Protasiewicz 143 Sławomir Drabik114 Robert Sawina 115 Bohumil Brhel 106 Jacek Gollob 87 Roman Povazhny88 Sebastian Ułamek79 Robert Barth 710 Antonín Šváb Jr. 711 Tomáš Topinka 612 Armando Castagna 513 Sándor Tihanyi 514 Attila Stefáni 315 Richard Wolff 216 Michal Makovský 1

Final Round GP Challenge 10 riders to 2000 Grand Prix 17 October 1999 Lonigo Pos.Riderpre-qualqualsfFinal1 Billy Hamill x3, 2332 Mikael Karlssonx3, 322 3 Carl Stonehewer 2, 21, 2, 3314 Brian Karger x3, 220 5 Henrik Gustafsson x2, 3 1x 6 Mark Loram 3, 12, 1, 31x 7 Andy Smith x2, 0, 20x 8 Antonín Kasper Jr. x2, 20x 9 Peter Karlsson x 3, 1, 1xx10 Brian Andersen 3, 30, 2, 1xx11 John Jørgensen x2, 0, 0xx12 Niklas Klingberg 1, 32, 1, 0xx13 Jacek Gollob 3, 03, 0, 1xx14 Jason Lyons 3, 31, 1xx15 Robert Dados 2, 20, 0xx16 Gary Havelock 2, 03, 0xx17 Marián Jirout 2, 11xx18 Lee Richardson 0, 21xx19 Robert Sawina 1, 30xx20 Bohumil Brhel 1, 20xx21 Sławomir Drabik 0, 1xxx22 Rune Holta 1, 0xxx23 Piotr Protasiewicz 0, 0xxx24 Kai Laukkanen 0, 1xxx

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