2020 Sebring Open – Qualifying

Qualifying for the 2020 Sebring Open is expected to take place January 19–23, 2020, with the first semifinal on January 19, the second semifinal on January 21, and the grand final on January 23.

The event's dates were moved up two days due to Beartic, Jirayu La-ongmanee, and Metagross' participations in the Pokémon Run Thailand, which conflicted with the day of the original grand final date.

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. If Russia, represented by Hydreigon, fails to finish inside the top four in Thursday's final, then Pee Saderd, who will return at the Road of the Americas Cup, qualifies inside the top four.

The grand final draw was announced after the draw was completed for the 2020 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour (some first round matches had to be held in Daytona).

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, United States, 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, the United States and Spain choosing to broadcast the second semifinal.

The running order for the countries on track were announced after Abomasnow beat Jakkapat Wattanasin on the Thailand SuperStar IG rankings by followers on December 23, 2019.

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

Semi-final 2
Russia were supposed to participate in the semifinal with Pee Saderd their representative. Saderd withdrew due to health concerns, likely because of the bushfires affecting his next tournament, the Bathurst 12 Hours.

This semifinal determined the driver (Honchkrow or Beartic) of the no.4 AJ Foyt Enterprises car for the 2020 IndyCar Series. The winner earned the seat.