However, the meeting was cancelled because the track (temporary) was deemed unsafe by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) jury due to adverse weather conditions.

The event was re-staged at the Polonia Stadium, Bydgoszcz, Poland, on the 18 October and was renamed the 2008 FIM Final Speedway Grand Prix.

[3] The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Martin Smolinski as a wild card, and Tobias Kroner and Max Dilger both as track reserves.

[6] The SGP Commission re-nominated Maciej Janowski and Grzegorz Zengota both as track reserves.

A Wild Card or Reserve rider could qualify to the Super Prix Final in Germany.