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The 2002 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 2002 Speedway Grand Prix [1] to join the other 10 riders that finished in the leading positions from the 2001 Speedway Grand Prix. [2]
The format changed significantly, in that only 6 riders would qualify through the GP Challenge. [3] The other six places would go to riders seeded through - Rune Holta, Matej Ferjan, Andreas Jonsson, Grzegorz Walasek, Sebastian Ułamek and Krzysztof Cegielski.
Greg Hancock won the GP Challenge. [4]
8 riders to Intercontinental Final
8 riders to Intercontinental Final
(17 June 2001  Pori) | |||||
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| Pos | Rider | Points | |||
| 1 | Kai Laukkanen | 15 | |||
| 2 |  Andreas Jonsson | 12 | |||
| 3 | Stefan Andersson | 11 | |||
| 4 |  Lars Gunnestad | 10 | |||
| 5 |  Hans Clausen | 10 | |||
| 6 | Niklas Karlsson | 10 | |||
| 7 | Jesper B Jensen | 9 | |||
| 8 | Kauko Nieminen | 9 | |||
| 9 | Bjarne Pedersen | 8 | |||
| 10 | Charlie Gjedde | 7 | |||
| 11 | Björn G Hansen | 5 | |||
| 12 | Stefan Ekberg | 5 | |||
| 13 | Freddie Eriksson | 3 | |||
| 14 | Joonas Kylmäkorpi | 3 | |||
| 15 | Claus Kristensen | 2 | |||
| 16 | Roy Håland | 1 | |||
Continental semi-finals - 16 riders from to Continental final
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9 riders to GP Challenge
Gdańsk | Pos. | Rider | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Ułamek | 13 |
| 2 |  Bohumil Brhel | 12 |
| 3 | Wiesław Jaguś | 12 |
| 4 | Antonín Kasper Jr. | 11 |
| 5 | Damian Baliński | 11 |
| 6 | Tomasz Bajerski | 10 |
| 7 |  Andrej Korolew | 10 |
| 8 | Jacek Rempala | 8 |
| 9 |  Róbert Nagy | 7 |
| 10 |  Armando Castagna | 6 |
| 11 | Robert Kościecha | 6 |
| 12 |  Zlatko Krznaric | 6 |
| 13 | Marián Jirout | 4 |
| 14 | Andrea Maida | 3 |
| 15 | Michal Makovský | 1 |
| 16 | Alessandro Dalla Valle | 0 |
6 riders to 2002 Grand Prix
Krško | Pos. | Rider | pre-event | main-event | sf | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Greg Hancock | x | 2, 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Nicki Pedersen | x | 1, 3, 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 |  Scott Nicholls | 0, 3, 3 | 3, 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | Lukáš Dryml | 3, 2 | 0, 3, 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | Carl Stonehewer | x | 2, 1, 2 | 1 | x |
| 6 | Andy Smith | x | 3, 3 | 1 | x |
| 7 | Peter Karlsson | x | 2, 2, | 0 | x |
| 8 | Piotr Protasiewicz | x | 0, 2, 2 | 0 | x |
| 9 | Chris Louis | 2, 1, 3 | 3, 0, 1 | x | x |
| 10 | Andreas Jonsson | 1, 2, 2 | 2, 0, 1 | x | x |
| 11 | Sebastian Ułamek | 3, 1, 2 | 3, 1, 0 | x | x |
| 12 | Sam Ermolenko | 3, 3 | 1, 2, 0 | x | x |
| 13 | Brian Andersen | x | 1, 1 | x | x |
| 14 | Matej Ferjan | x | 1, 1 | x | x |
| 15 | Bohumil Brhel | 2, 3 | 0, 0 | x | x |
| 16 | Stefan Andersson | 3, 2 | 0, 0 | x | x |
| 17 |  Jason Lyons | 1, 3, 1 | x | x | x |
| 18 | Damian Baliński | 2, 0, 1 | x | x | x |
| 19 | Kai Laukkanen | 2, 0, 0 | x | x | x |
| 20 | Gary Havelock | 0, 2, 0 | x | x | x |
| 21 | Wiesław Jaguś | 0, 1 | x | x | x |
| 22 | Lars Gunnestad | 1, 1 | x | x | x |
| 23 | Sean Wilson | 1, 0 | x | x | x |
| 24 | Antonín Kasper Jr. | 0, 0 | x | x | x |
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