2008 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

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The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the 3 riders that would qualify for the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix.{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/grandprixquali.php |title=HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995–2013 Speedway Grand Prix – Qualifications |website=Speedway History |access-date=27 January 2023}}

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8px - Quarter-finals

8px - Semi-finals

8px - Final

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!width=80px| Date (2007)

!width=110px| Venue

!width=160px| Winner

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colspan=4| Domestic Qualification
align=center| June 6

| {{flagicon|POL}} Bydgoszcz

| {{flagicon|POL}} Grzegorz Walasek

|align=center| result

colspan=4| Quarter-finals
align=center| June 23

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Terenzano

| {{flagicon|DEN}} Niels Kristian Iversen

|align=center| result

align=center| June 24

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Miskolc

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Rory Schlein

|align=center| result

align=center| June 23

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Mšeno

| {{flagicon|POL}} Krzysztof Kasprzak

|align=center| result

align=center| June 30

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Motala

| {{flagicon|POL}} Damian Baliński

|align=center| result

colspan=4| Semi-finals
align=center| July 7

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Lonigo

| {{flagicon|DEN}} Bjarne Pedersen

|align=center| result

align=center| July 8

| {{flagicon|SVN}} Ljubljana

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Fredrik Lindgren

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colspan=4| Final
align=center| 15 September

| {{flagicon|DEN}} Vojens

| {{flagicon|DEN}} Niels Kristian Iversen

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Domestic Qualification

= Poland =

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!width=25px| Pos.

!width=200px| Rider

!width=40px| Points

!width=70px| Heats

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|1

align=left|Grzegorz Walasek Zielona Góra9(0,3,3,3)
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|2

align=left|Rafał Dobrucki Rzeszów9(2,1,3,3)
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|3

align=left|Krzysztof Kasprzak Leszno9(3,2,2,2)
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|4

align=left|Paweł Hlib Gorzów Wlkp.8(3,1,1,3)
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|5

align=left|Piotr Protasiewicz Zielona Góra7(3,1,3,F)
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|6

align=left|Jarosław Hampel Leszno7(2,2,E,3)
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|7

align=left|Damian Baliński Leszno7(1,3,2,1)
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|10

align=left|Tomasz Gapiński Wrocław6(2,0,2,2)

Paweł Hlib was injured before Quarter-Final and was replaced by Tomasz Gapiński. Wiesław Jaguś (8th) and Sebastian Ułamek (9th) refused.

Quarter-finals

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Terenzano

  • Qualifying round A
  • June 23, 2007
  • {{flagicon|ITA}} Terenzano
  • Referee: ?
  • Attendance: ?
  • Best Time: ?
  • No12: {{flagicon|SWE}} Sebastian Aldén → Marco Gregnanin

{| class=wikitable

!width=25px|Pos.

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|1

align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} (10) Niels Kristian Iversen15(3,3,3,3,3)
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|2

align=left|{{flagicon|HRV}} (6) Jurica Pavlič12+3(1,2,3,3,3)
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|3

align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} (14) Rafał Dobrucki12+2(2,1,3,3,3)
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|4

align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} (7) Richard Hall12+F/X(2,3,2,2,3)
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|5

align=left|{{flagicon|CAN}} (16) Kyle Legault11(3,2,2,2,2)
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|6

align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} (2) Niklas Klingberg10(3,0,3,3,1)
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|7

align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} (5) Steve Johnston10(3,2,1,2,2)
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|8

align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} (11) David Howe8+3(2,1,2,2,1)
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|9

align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} (13) Henrik Møller8+2(1,3,1,1,2)
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|10

align=left|{{flagicon|SVN}} (9) Matej FerjanHungarian licence.5(0,1,1,1,2)
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|11

align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} (16) Andrea Maida4(0,3,1,0,0)
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|12

align=left|{{flagicon|SVN}} (8) Denis Štojs3(0,1,2,0,F)
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|13

align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} (3) Guglielmo Franchetti3(2,F,0,1,0)
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|14

align=left|{{flagicon|CZE}} (4) Josef Franc3(1,2,E,0,0)
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|15

align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} (12) Marco Gregnanin3(1,0,0,1,1)
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|16

align=left|{{flagicon|SVN}} (1) Maks Gregorič1(0,0,0,0,1)

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Miskolc

  • Qualifying round B
  • June 24, 2007
  • {{flagicon|HUN}} Miskolc
  • Referee: ?
  • Attendance: ?
  • Best Time: ?

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!width=25px|Pos.

width=200px|Riderwidth=40px|Pointswidth=70px|Heats
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|1

align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} (9) Rory Schlein14(3,3,2,3,3)
align=center {{speedway color|7}}

|2

align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} (16) Piotr Protasiewicz12+3(3,3,2,3,1)
align=center {{speedway color|7}}

|3

align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} (7) Charlie Gjedde12+2(3,2,2,3,2)
align=center {{speedway color|7}}

|4

align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} (12) Sebastian Ułamek10(2,1,3,1,3)
align=center {{speedway color|7}}

|5

align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} (14) Chris Holder10(2,3,1,2,2)
align=center {{speedway color|7}}

|6

align=left|{{flagicon|RUS}} (8) Denis Gizatullin9(2,2,3,2,E)
align=center {{speedway color|7}}

|7

align=left|{{flagicon|CZE}} (11) Luboš Tomíček, Jr.8+3(E,3,1,1,3)
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|8

align=left|{{flagicon|CZE}} (2) Zdeněk Simota8+2(1,2,2,3,0)
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|9

align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} (6) Norbert Magosi7(1,0,3,1,2)
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|10

align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} (15) Joonas Kylmäkorpi7(1,1,1,2,2)
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|11

align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} (1) Jozsef Tabaka6(3,X,0,0,3)
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|12

align=left|{{flagicon|RUS}} (13) Ruslan Gatiatow5(0,2,3,0,0)
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|13

align=left|{{flagicon|LVA}} (3) Maksims Bogdanovs5(2,0,0,2,1)
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|14

align=left|{{flagicon|LVA}} (10) Kasts Poudzuks5(1,1,1,1,1)
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|15

align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} (4) Magnus Karlsson1(0,0,0,0,1)
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|16

align=left|{{flagicon|UKR}} (5) Jaroslaw Poljuchowicz1(0,1,0,0,0)
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align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} (R1) Zsolt Bencze

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Mšeno

{| class=wikitable

!width=25px|Pos.

width=200px|Riderwidth=40px|Pointswidth=70px|Heats
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|1

align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} (4) Krzysztof Kasprzak15(3,3,3,3,3)
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|2

align=left|{{flagicon|RUS}} (10) Renat Gafurov13(3,3,2,2,3)
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|3

align=left|{{flagicon|CZE}} (5) Aleš Dryml, Jr.11(3,2,1,3,2)
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|4

align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} (7) Tobias Kroner10(2,2,1,2,3)
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|5

align=left|{{flagicon|SVN}} (11) Izak Šantej9(E,3,3,3,0)
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|6

align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} (15) Jarosław Hampel9(3,E,2,2,2)
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|7

align=left|{{flagicon|CZE}} (12) Lukáš Dryml8+3(E,2,3,3,F)
align=center {{speedway color|6}}

|8

align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} (14) Lewis Bridger8+2(2,2,2,1,1)
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|9

align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} (9) Daniel King8+1(2,1,3,1,1)
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|10

align=left|{{flagicon|CZE}} (1) Adrian Rymel6(2,3,0,0,1)
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|11

align=left|{{flagicon|SVK}} (13) Martin Vaculík6(1,0,0,2,3)
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|12

align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} (16) Thomas Stange6(0,1,2,1,2)
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|13

align=left|{{flagicon|CZE}} (17) Hynek Štichauer3(1,2)
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|14

align=left|{{flagicon|NED}} (3) Henk Bos3(0,1,1,0,1)
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|15

align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} (2) Fritz Wallner3(1,1,E,1,E)
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|16

align=left|{{flagicon|NED}} (8) Kaj de Jong1(1,0,0,0,0)
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align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} (6) Manuel Hauzinger0(E,0,-,-,-)
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align=left|{{flagicon|CZE}} (18) Richard Wolff0(0)
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17: Heats: ?


18: Heat: ?

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Motala

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!width=25px|Pos.

width=200px|Riderwidth=40px|Pointswidth=70px|Heats
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|1

align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} (4) Damian Baliński12+3(1,3,3,2,3)
align=center {{speedway color|7}}

|2

align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} (8) Kenneth Bjerre12+2(3,1,3,2,3)
align=center {{speedway color|7}}

|3

align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} (3) Mikael Max12+1(3,3,2,3,1)
align=center {{speedway color|7}}

|4

align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} (14) Tomasz Gapiński11(2,3,1,3,2)
align=center {{speedway color|7}}

|5

align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} (16) Fredrik Lindgren11(1,2,3,2,3)
align=center {{speedway color|7}}

|6

align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} (6) Kai Laukkanen11(2,2,1,3,3)
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|7

align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} (13) Jonas Davidsson10(0,3,2,3,2)
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|8

align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} (15) Kauko Nieminen9(3,1,2,1,2)
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|9

align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} (11) Jesper B. Jensen8(3,2,2,1,E)
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|10

align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} (12) Simon Stead6(1,0,3,2,0)
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|11

align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} (10) Martin Smolinski6(2,1,1,1,1)
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|12

align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} (1) Christian Hefenbrock5(2,2,0,1,0)
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|13

align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} (5) Daniel Davidsson3(0,1,0,0,2)
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|14

align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} (2) Oliver Allen2(0,0,1,0,1)
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|15

align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} (9) Rune Sola2(1,0,0,0,1)
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|16

align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} (7) Matt Browne0(0,0,0,0,0)
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align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} (17) Ricky Kling

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Semi-finals

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Lonigo

  • Semi-final A
  • July 7, 2007
  • {{flagicon|ITA}} Lonigo
  • Referee: ?
  • Attendance: ?
  • Best Time: ?

{| class=wikitable

!width=25px|Pos.

width=200px|Riderwidth=40px|Pointswidth=70px|Heats
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|1

align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} (7) Bjarne Pedersen11+3(3,2,2,3,1)
align=center {{speedway color|7}}

|2

align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} (4) Krzysztof Kasprzak11+2(2,3,0,3,3)
align=center {{speedway color|7}}

|3

align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} (14) Damian Baliński10+3(3,3,2,2,0)
align=center {{speedway color|7}}

|4

align=left|{{flagicon|RUS}} (10) Denis Gizatullin10+2(3,1,3,1,2)
align=center {{speedway color|7}}

|5

align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} (12) Tobias Kroner10+1(2,2,3,1,2)
align=center {{speedway color|7}}

|6

align=left|{{flagicon|CZE}} (1) Lukáš Dryml9(3,X,3,X,3)
align=center {{speedway color|7}}

|7

align=left|{{flagicon|CAN}} (2) Kyle Legault8+3(1,2,2,3,0)
align=center {{speedway color|7}}

|8

align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} (9) Steve Johnston8+2(0,2,1,2,3)
align=center {{speedway color|6}}

|9

align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} (11) Charlie Gjedde8+1(1,3,1,2,1)
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|10

align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} (3) Chris Holder7(F,1,0,3,3)
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|11

align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} (8) Jarosław Hampel7(2,0,3,1,1)
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|12

align=left|{{flagicon|HRV}} (16) Jurica Pavlič7(2,1,0,2,2)
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|13

align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} (5) Mikael Max6(0,3,1,0,2)
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|14

align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} (6) Tomasz Gapiński4(1,0,2,E,1)
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|15

align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} (15) Richard Hall2(1,0,F,1,0)
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|16

align=left|{{flagicon|CZE}} (18) Zdeněk Simota1(E,1,0,0)
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|17

align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} (13) Mattia Carpanese0(0,F/-,-,-,-)
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|18

align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} (17) David Howe0(F/-)
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17: Heat: 5


18: Heats: 5, 12, 14 and 19

  • Heat 5:
  • Carpanese fell (injury); replaced by Howe.
  • Howe fell by Dryml (injury); Dryml was exclusion; Howe replaced by Simota.

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Ljubljana

  • Semi-final B
  • July 8, 2007
  • {{flagicon|SVN}} Ljubljana
  • Referee: ?
  • Attendance: ?
  • Best Time: ?

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!width=25px|Pos.

width=200px|Riderwidth=40px|Pointswidth=70px|Heats
align=center {{speedway color|7}}

|1

align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} (16) Fredrik Lindgren11+3(2,1,2,3,3)
align=center {{speedway color|7}}

|2

align=left|{{flagicon|RUS}} (4) Renat Gafurov11+2(1,3,1,3,3)
align=center {{speedway color|7}}

|3

align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} (10) Kenneth Bjerre11+1(3,3,3,2,0)
align=center {{speedway color|7}}

|4

align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} (15) Rory Schlein10(3,2,3,1,1)
align=center {{speedway color|7}}

|5

align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} (8) Niels Kristian Iversen10(1,2,3,2,2)
align=center {{speedway color|7}}

|6

align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} (1) Rafał Dobrucki9(3,2,1,0,3)
align=center {{speedway color|7}}

|7

align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} (7) Jonas Davidsson8+3(3,1,E3,3,1)
align=center {{speedway color|7}}

|8

align=left|{{flagicon|CZE}} (12) Luboš Tomíček, Jr.8+2(2,0,2,2,2)
align=center {{speedway color|6}}

|9

align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} (13) Piotr Protasiewicz8+1(0,3,2,F/X,3)
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|10

align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} (6) Grzegorz Walasek7(2,1,3,0,1)
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|11

align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} (9) Niklas Klingberg7(1,0,2,2,2)
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|12

align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} (14) Kai Laukkanen6(1,2,1,1,1)
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|13

align=left|{{flagicon|SVN}} (2) Jernej Kolenko5(2,0,0,3,0)
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|14

align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} (11) Sebastian Ułamek4(0,3,0,1,0)
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|15

align=left|{{flagicon|SVN}} (5) Izak Šantej4(0,1,1,0,2)
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|16

align=left|{{flagicon|CZE}} (3) Aleš Dryml, Jr.1(E4,0,0,1,T/-)
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|17

align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} (17) Kauko Nieminen0(0)
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align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} (18) Lewis Bridger
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17: Heat: 19

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Grand Prix Challenge

  • September 15, 2007 (Saturday, 19:30)
  • {{flagicon|DEN}} Vojens
  • Referee:
  • Jury President:
  • Attendance:
  • Best Time:
  • Stadium and track:
  • Name: Vojens Speedway Center

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{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|1|8|DEN|Niels Kristian Iversen| |3|3|3|3|2| |x|}}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|2|6|CZE|Lukáš Dryml| |1|3|2|3|3| |x|}}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|3|4|DEN|Bjarne Pedersen| |3|1|3|1|3| |x|3}}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|12|CZE|Luboš Tomíček, Jr.| |3|2|2|3|1| |x|2}}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|5|DEN|Kenneth Bjerre| |2|3|3||2| |x| |15i=X}}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|11|POL|Rafał Dobrucki| |1|3|3|2|1| |x|}}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|3|SWE|Jonas Davidsson| |0|2|1|3|2| |x|}}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|15|POL|Krzysztof Kasprzak| |1|1|1|2|3| |x|}}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|14|RUS|Renat Gafurov| |3|2|0|2|0| |x|}}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|10|SWE|Fredrik Lindgren| |2|1|2|2|| |x| |17i=X}}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|16|RUS|Denis Gizatullin| |2|0|0|1|3| |x|}}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|1|POL|Damian Baliński| |2|2|1||| |x| |13i=E |17i=-}}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|7|AUS|Rory Schlein| |0|0|1|1|2| |x|}}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|9|AUS|Steve Johnston| |0|1|2|0|0| |x|}}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|2|GER|Tobias Kroner| |1|0|0||1| |x| |14i=E}}

{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|13|CAN|Kyle Legault| ||0|0|1|0| |x| |4i=X}}

{{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|17|17|DEN|Charlie Gjedde| |17h=r |17p=1 |21h=x}}

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= Heat after heat =

  1. Pedersen, Baliński, Kroner, Davidsson
  2. Iversen, Bjerre, Dryml, Schlein
  3. Tomíček, Lindgren, Dobrucki, Johnston
  4. Gafurov, Gizatullin, Kasprzak, Legault (F/X)
  5. Bjerre, Baliński, Johnston, Legault
  6. Dryml, Gafurov, Lindgren, Kroner
  7. Dobrucki, Davidsson, Kasprzak, Schlein
  8. Iversen, Tomíček, Pedersen, Gizatullin
  9. Dobrucki, Dryml, Baliński, Gizatullin
  10. Bjerre, Tomíček, Kasprzak, Kroner
  11. Iversen, Johnston, Davidsson, Gafurov
  12. Pedersen, Lindgren, Schlein, Legault
  13. Tomíček, Gafurov, Schlein, Baliński (E/start)
  14. Iversen, Dobrucki, Legault, Kroner (E4)
  15. Davidsson, Lindgren, Gizatullin, Bjerre (F/X)
  16. Dryml, Kasprzak, Pedersen, Johnston
  17. Kasprzak, Iversen, Gjedde, Lindgren (F/X)
  18. Gizatullin, Schlein, Kroner, Johnston
  19. Dryml, Davidsson, Tomíček, Legault
  20. Pedersen, Bjerre, Dobrucki, Gafurov
    Play-off 3-4 place:
  21. Pedersen, Tomíček

Top three riders qualified to 2008 Speedway Grand Prix:

  1. {{flagicon|DEN}} Niels Kristian Iversen
  2. {{flagicon|CZE}} Lukáš Dryml
  3. {{flagicon|DEN}} Bjarne Pedersen

References

{{Reflist}}

See also

{{Speedway Grand Prix Qualification}}

{{2008 Speedway Grand Prix}}

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