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The 1999 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 14 riders that qualified for the 1999 Speedway Grand Prix [1] to join the other 8 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix. [2]
The format was similar to the previous year, in that 4 riders would qualify straight from the Intercontinental and Continental finals and 8 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge. The remaining two places would go to Billy Hamill and Robert Dados (world U21 champion) who were seeded through.
Leigh Adams won the GP Challenge. [3]
8 riders to Intercontinental Final
8 riders to Intercontinental final
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| Pos | Rider | Points | |||
| 1 |  John Jørgensen | 13 | |||
| 2 | Peter Karlsson | 13 | |||
| 3 | Mikael Karlsson | 12 | |||
| 4 | Brian Karger | 11 | |||
| 5 | Nicki Pedersen | 10 | |||
| 6 | Ronni Pedersen | 10 | |||
| 7 |  Lars Gunnestad | 9 | |||
| 8 | Peter Nahlin | 9 | |||
| 9 | Andreas Jonsson | 9 | |||
| 10 | Niklas Klingberg | 6 | |||
| 11 |  Kai Laukkanen | 5 | |||
| 12 | Arnt Førland | 4 | |||
| 13 | Niklas Karlsson | 4 | |||
| 14 | Hans Clausen | 2 | |||
| 15 | Bjarne Pedersen | 2 | |||
| 16 | Kauko Nieminen | 1 | |||
Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental final
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2 riders direct to Grand Prix, 6 riders to GP Challenge
Debrecen | Pos. | Rider | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Antonín Kasper Jr. | 13 |
| 2 | Marián Jirout | 11 |
| 3 |  Roman Povazhny | 10 |
| 4 | Róbert Nagy | 10 |
| 5 |  Sławomir Drabik | 9 |
| 6 | Sándor Tihanyi | 9 |
| 7 | Piotr Świst | 9 |
| 8 | Adam Fajfer | 9 |
| 9 | Rafał Dobrucki | 8 |
| 10 | Tomáš Topinka | 8 |
| 11 | Jacek Rempala | 7 |
| 12 |  Matej Ferjan | 6 |
| 13 |  Todd Wiltshire | 5 |
| 14 |  Andrea Maida | 4 |
| 15 | Tomasz Bajerski | 1 |
| 16 | Roman Jankowski | 1 |
8 riders to 1998 Grand Prix
Pardubice | Pos. | Rider | pre-qual | qual | sf | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leigh Adams | x | 3, 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Brian Andersen | x | 2, 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Henrik Gustafsson | x | 2, 1, 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 |  Andy Smith | x | 1, 2, 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Stefan Dannö | x | 3, 3 | 1 | x |
| 6 | Mikael Karlsson | 2, 2 | 2, 2 | 1 | x |
| 7 | Joe Screen | 2, 3 | 1, 3 | 0 | x |
| 8 | John Jørgensen | 1, 3 | 3, 3 | 0 | x |
| 9 | Mark Loram | x | 3, 0, 1 | x | x |
| 10 | Nicki Pedersen | 3, 3 | 1, 3, 1 | x | x |
| 11 | Zoltán Adorján | x | 2, 0, 0 | x | x |
| 12 |  Sam Ermolenko | 2, 0 | 2, 1, 2 | x | x |
| 13 | Armando Castagna | x | 0, 1 | x | x |
| 14 | Sebastian Ulamek | 3, 2 | 0, 1 | x | x |
| 15 | Jesper B Jensen | 3, 1 | 3, 0, 0 | x | x |
| 16 | Piotr Świst | 0, 2 | 2, 0, 0 | x | x |
| 17 | Craig Boyce | 2, 0 | 1 | x | x |
| 18 | Gary Havelock | 1, 2 | 1 | x | x |
| 19 | Piotr Protasiewicz | 3, 1 | 0 | x | x |
| 20 | Sándor Tihanyi | 0, 3 | 0 | x | x |
| 21 | Ronni Pedersen | 1, 1 | x | x | x |
| 22 | Sławomir Drabik | 0, 1 | x | x | x |
| 23 | Roman Povazhny | 1, 0 | x | x | x |
| 24 | Róbert Nagy | 0, 0 | x | x | x |
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