The 2021 Individual Speedway World Championship Grand Prix Qualification was a one off meeting called the Grand Prix Challenge held at
Goričan
Goričan ( hu, Muracsány) is a municipalities of Croatia, municipality in Međimurje County, Croatia.
Goričan is the only village belonging to the municipality. Its population in the 2011 census was 2,823. Of the entire population, 2,763 people ...
in Croatia. The qualifying rounds were cancelled due to
COVID-19 pandemic
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which meant that national federations were asked to nominate a rider for the final.
The three riders that qualified for the
2021 Speedway Grand Prix
The 2021 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 27th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 76th FIM Speedway World Championship. The series was dominated by Polish venues once again with six of the 11 races taking place in Poland. Grea ...
were
Matej Žagar
Matej Žagar (born 3 April 1983 in Ljubljana, Slovenia) is a Slovenian motorcycle speedway rider who was won two Individual Speedway European Champion titles in 2004 and 2008.
Career
In 2002, he won the 2002 Individual Speedway Junior European ...
,
Oliver Berntzon
Oliver Berntzon (born 2 August 1993) is an international speedway rider from Sweden.
Speedway career
Berntzon won the silver medal at the Swedish Championship in 2018. He qualified for the 2018 Speedway Grand Prix and the 2021 Speedway Gran ...
and
Krzysztof Kasprzak
Krzysztof Kasprzak (; born 18 July 1984 in Leszno, Poland) is an international speedway rider who became World Under-21 Champion in 2005 and won the silver medal during the 2014 Speedway Grand Prix. He also won five World team titles. He is a s ...
.
Grand Prix Challenge
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Goričan
Goričan ( hu, Muracsány) is a municipalities of Croatia, municipality in Međimurje County, Croatia.
Goričan is the only village belonging to the municipality. Its population in the 2011 census was 2,823. Of the entire population, 2,763 people ...
See also
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2021 Speedway Grand Prix
The 2021 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 27th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 76th FIM Speedway World Championship. The series was dominated by Polish venues once again with six of the 11 races taking place in Poland. Grea ...
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Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
The Speedway Grand Prix Challenge or Speedway Grand Prix Qualification is an annual speedway qualifying tournament to determine the qualifiers for the Speedway Grand Prix, which is the World Championship of speedway.
History
From 1995 the Indiv ...
Speedway Grand Prix Qualifications
Qualifcation