2020 Sebring Open – Qualifying

Qualifying for the 2020 Sebring Open is expected to take place January 21–25, 2020, with the first semifinal on January 21, the second semifinal on January 23, and the grand final on January 25.

The event will take place over three days, with the first semi-final scheduled for Sunday before the tournament start, Tuesday for the second semi-final and Thursday for the grand final, similar to Eurovision.

Format
The twenty countries with the fastest laps at the end of the semi-final session qualify for the Grand Final. All semi-final countries have to take a lap at the track.

Paraguay will be represented by Abomasnow instead of Haxorus. The top thirty-two countries qualified for the 2020 Sebring Open tournament. If Abomasnow finishes inside the top sixteen, Paraguay will be seeded 17th and represented by Haxorus.

Semi-final allocation draw
The draw allocations for which country is in which semi-final was held after the event was announced following the draw for the 2019 Swiss Open – Mixed Doubles.

Also, all eight pre-qualified Grand Final countries (Spain, France, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, all part of the United Kingdom, Italy and Germany) automatically qualified for the final and don't have to vote in the semi-finals; as the event is motorsport and not a Eurovision event. The United Kingdom countries chose to broadcast the first semifinal, with France, Germany, Italy and Spain choosing to broadcast the second semifinal.

The seeding pots are based on the seeding results from the 2020 Rolex 24 at Daytona.