The 2021 Individual Speedway World Championship Grand Prix Qualification was a one off meeting called the Grand Prix Challenge held at
Goričan
Goričan () 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 identified them ...
in Croatia. The qualifying rounds were cancelled due to
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
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 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 2008 Individual Speedway European Championship, 2008 and 2009 Individual Speedway E ...
,
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 G ...
and
Krzysztof Kasprzak
Krzysztof Kasprzak (; born 18 July 1984 in Leszno, Poland) is a Polish international motorcycle 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 te ...
.
Grand Prix Challenge
*22 August 2020
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Goričan
Goričan () 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 identified them ...
See also
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2021 Speedway Grand Prix
References
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