However, the meeting was delay because the track was deemed unsuitable by the FIM Jury due to adverse weather conditions.

The first-ever Croatian Grand Prix was won by Greg Hancock from the United States, who beat British Chris Harris, World Champion Jason Crump and Fredrik Lindgren of Sweden in the Final.

Hancock also won first-ever British (1995), Czech Republic (1997), Australian (2002) and Latvian (2006) Grands Prix.

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Jurica Pavlic as Wild Card, and Matija Duh and József Tabaka both as Track Reserves.

[4] Injured Emil Sayfutdinov will be replaced by second Qualified Substitutes rider Davey Watt.