[1] From 1995 the Individual World Championship was replaced by the Grand Prix system.

The 17 qualifiers for the 1995 Grand Prix were the top 10 from the 1994 World final, 5 seeds and 2 wildcards.

[2] From 1996, the leading riders from each Grand Prix series would automatically qualifying for the following year's event.

The remaining places would be filled by the leading riders in the Challenge event and qualifiers from both the Continental Speedway Final and Intercontinental Final.

+ Already qualified for the Grand Prix series