Kross-European Grand Prix 1982

This was the 28th Grand Prix. At the end of each race, the other group will give 1-5 points to the racers they think deserve them. The winner of the race receive 5 points, 2nd place receives 4 points, 3rd place receives 3 points, 4th place receives 2 points, 5th place receives 1 point while 6th and 7th place receive 0 points. An extra 3 points are given to racers who finish under 5 minutes. In the final, the last place will receive -2 points, fifth place will receive 1 point. fourth place will be receive 2 points. third place will receive 3 points. second place will receive 5 points. first place will receive 8 points. The eliminated countries will give 5 points to their favourite, 4 points to the second favourite, 3 points to the third favourite, 2 points to their fourth favourite and 1 point to their fifth favourite.

Hosting
The Grand Prix was decided internally to be hosted in the Netherlands. They wanted to use the winner of the 1981 contest, being France but they were hosting the Racing World Cup in Paris at the time.

Participation
Netherlands, the host, confirmed the day that confirming began on 2nd April 1982. Belgium confirmed it's participation on 10th April 1982. Luxembourg confirmed it's participation on 16th April 1982. United Kingdom confirmed it's participation back in 1980 during an interview where they stated they would enter at least every contest until 1988. They resent their confirmation just in case though on 20th April 1982. France confirmed participation on 29th April 1982 - they had won the most times at 8 wins

Germany confirmed it's participation on 2nd May 1982. Switzerland confirmed entry on 14th May 1982. Italy confirmed it's participation on 21st May 1982. Spain confirmed it's participation in the Grand Prix on 23rd May 1982 followed by Portugal who confirmed on 24th May 1982. Russia confirmed it's participation on 30th May 1982. Monaco, who was thought to have stopped competing, did confirm to join the contest on 1st June 1982. Now with a whole new team of racers. Romania confirmed it's participation on 4th June 1982. Bulgaria was the last to confirm, doing so on 11th June 1982. Confirming closed on 20th June 1982.

Grouping
There were 14 participants. They were put into two pots of three and two pots of four based on geographical location. There will be two groups and seven participants in each group. They were split into these two groups:

Group A
These were Group A's times and what the other group gave them in scores. Top 3 go to the final. (5th August 1982)

Group B
These were Group A's times and what the other group gave them in scores. Top 3 go to the final. (12th August 1982)

Final
The race was 10 minutes.