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Tickets:
Priority Sale: Monday 5 Nov from 10am GMT (UTC)
General Sale: Tuesday 6 Nov 2018 from 10am
Live on ITV 4
Live on ITV 4
Grand Slam of Darts 2017
Civic Hall, Wolverhampton
11-19 Nov
Defending Champion: Michael van Gerwen
Live on Sky Sports
Live Coverage (Check locally):
Sky Sports - UK & Ireland
RTL7 - Netherlands
Sport1 - Germany
Fox Sports - Australia
Sky - New Zealand
OSN - Middle East
Fox Africa (African nations plus Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Malta and Turkey)
Nova - Czech Republic & Slovakia
Format
Group Games - Best of 9 legs
Last 16 - Best of 19 legs
Q-Final - Best of 31 legs
S-Final - Best of 31 legs
Final - Best of 31 legs
Top two players of each group advance to Round 2 (last 16).
In the Group Stage, two points are awarded for a win. Ties for places in each Group will be split by Points Won and Leg Difference, with a Nine-Dart Shoot-Out should two or more players be tied for Points and Leg Difference.
Prize Fund
(increased from £400,000)
Winner: £110,000
R-up: £55,000
S-Final: £28,500
Q-Final: £16,000
Last 16: £10,000
Group 3rd: £5,000
Group 4th: £3,000
Group Winner Bonus: £2,500
Total: £450,000
Qualifying players
(invited in the following order up to a maximum of 16 players)
2016/17 PDC World Champion - MICHAEL VAN GERWEN
2016 Grand Slam Champion - Michael van Gerwen
2017 Premier League Champion - Michael van Gerwen
2017 World Matchplay Champion - PHIL TAYLOR
2017 World Grand Prix Champion - DARYL GURNEY
2016 World Youth Champion - COREY CADBY
2017 Masters Champion - Michael van Gerwen
2017 UK Open Champion - PETER WRIGHT
2017 European Champion - Michael van Gerwen
2016 Players Champion - Michael van Gerwen
2017 Champions League Champion - MENSUR SULJOVIC
2017 World Series of Darts Finals Champion - Michael van Gerwen
2017 World Cup winners (higher individual takes preference if only one spot available) – Michael van Gerwen, RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD
2016/17 PDC World Championship runner-up - GARY ANDERSON
2016 Grand Slam runner-up - JAMES WADE
2017 Premier League runner-up - Peter Wright
2017 World Matchplay runner-up - Peter Wright
2017 World Grand Prix runner-up - SIMON WHITLOCK
2016 World Youth Championship runner-up - BERRY VAN PEER
2017 Masters runner-up - Gary Anderson
2017 UK Open runner-up - GERWYN PRICE
2017 European Championship runner-up - ROB CROSS
2016 Players Championship runner-up - DAVE CHISNALL
2017 Champions League runner-up - Gary Anderson
2017 World Series of Darts Finals runner-up - Gary Anderson
2017 World Cup runners-up (higher individual takes preference if only one spot available) – Gerwyn Price, MARK WEBSTER
This list can produce a maximum of 28 players. If it produces more than 16 players, they shall be taken in order as listed above and no further players shall qualify automatically.
If it produces fewer than 16 places then additional places shall be filled from the reserve list in the following order:
2017 European Tour winners (in Order of Merit order at Nov 6)
Gibraltar Darts Trophy - MICHAEL SMITH
2017 Players Championship winners (in Order of Merit order at Nov 6)
2017 UK Open Qualifier winners (in Order of Merit order at Nov 6)
Once 16 players are reached from the above criteria then the remaining 16 places shall be filled with eight players from a PDC Tour Card holder qualifier and eight BDO qualifiers.
PDC qualifiers x8
JAMES WILSON, ROBBIE GREEN, JOE MURNAN, ALAN NORRIS,
JEFFREY DE ZWAAN, DARREN WEBSTER, STEVE LENNON, STEPHEN BUNTING
BDO qualifiers x8
2017 Lakeside Champion - GLEN DURRANT
2017 Lakeside Championship runner-up - DANNY NOPPERT
2016 World Masters Champion - Glen Durrant
2017 BDO World Trophy Champion - PETER MACHIN
Plus top five players from BDO Rankings on 30 Sep 2017
MARK McGEENEY, JAMIE HUGHES, SCOTT MITCHELL, ROSS MONTGOMERY, CAMERON MENZIES
2017 Grand Slam
Group Matches
Group A
Michael van Gerwen (1)
Rob Cross
Joe Murnan
Ross Montgomery
Group Round Robin results - Best of 9 legs
Nov 11
5
1
5
1
Nov 12
3
5
5
4
Nov 13
Nov 14
5
2
5
2
Pts
6
4
0
2
8
6
-9
-5
Leg
Diff
Pos
1
2
4
3
Top two positions from each group advance to next round
5
3
5
1
6
2
2
2
8
-3
0
-5
1
3
2
4
Group B
Raymond van Barneveld (8)
Gerwyn Price
Steve Lennon
Jamie Hughes
5
0
5
4
1
5
5
2
Group C
Phil Taylor (5)
James Wade
Robbie Green
Peter Machin
1
5
5
1
5
1
5
4
3
5
3
5
4
4
2
2
3
2
1
-6
1
2
3
4
3
5
5
1
6
2
2
2
10
-3
-3
-4
1
2
2
4
Group D
Daryl Gurney (4)
Darren Webster
Mark Webster
Danny Noppert
5
2
5
3
2
5
5
1
9-dart shoot-out
D Webster 301-298 M Webster
Group E
Peter Wright (2)
Alan Norris
Corey Cadby
Glen Durrant
5
4
2
5
5
0
3
5
5
4
5
4
4
2
2
4
3
-2
-5
4
2
3
4
1
5
4
5
2
2
6
2
2
-1
5
-2
-2
2
1
3
3
Group F
Dave Chisnall (7)
Stephen Bunting
Jeffrey de Zwaan
Scott Mitchell
3
5
2
5
4
5
5
4
Group G
Mensur Suljovic (6)
Michael Smith
James Wilson
Mark McGeeney
5
3
5
2
5
2
5
4
5
4
5
4
6
4
2
0
5
2
0
-7
1
2
3
4
4
5
5
3
6
0
4
2
9
-7
-2
0
1
4
2
3
Group H
Gary Anderson (3)
Simon Whitlock
Berry van Peer
Cameron Menzies
2
5
5
1
5
2
5
4
Matches 1-8 local time 13:00
Matches 9-16 (UTC) 20:00
13:00
19:00
19:00
19:00
2017 Grand Slam
Last 16
Best of 19 legs
Wed 15 Nov 7pm 1-4
Thu 16 Nov 7pm 5-8
(Local time UTC)
Q-Final
Best of 31 legs
Fri 17 Nov 7pm 1-2
Sat 18 Nov 8pm 3-4
S-Final
Best of 31 legs
Sun 19 Nov 1pm
Final
Best of 31 legs
Sun 19 Nov 6.30pm
7
8
6
5
Michael van Gerwen (1}
Steve Lennon
Raymond van Barneveld (8)
Rob Cross
Phil Taylor (5)
Darren Webster
Daryl Gurney (4)
James Wade
10
3
7
10
10
4
10
2
2
4
1
3
Glen Durrant
Dave Chisnall (7)
Stephen Bunting
Peter Wright (2)
Mensur Suljovic (6)
Berry van Peer
Gary Anderson (3)
Michael Smith
10
8
4
10
10
2
10
6
4
3
1
2
Michael van Gerwen
Rob Cross
Phil Taylor
Daryl Gurney
Glen Durrant
Peter Wright
Mensur Suljovic
Gary Anderson
16
13
16
4
10
16
12
16
2
1
Michael van Gerwen
Phil Taylor
Peter Wright
Gary Anderson
16
8
16
15
Michael van Gerwen
Peter Wright
16
12