Qualifying race for World Grand Prix comes to conclusion on Sunday: Can Woodhouse hang on as three players attempt unthinkable?

The field of participants for the 2024 World Grand Prix is almost set. After this weekend's Swiss Darts Trophy, we became which players may participate in the double-in double-out tournament in Leicester.

The World Grand Prix will take place Oct. 7-13 at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester, where 32 players will compete for a major title. The top-16 in the world rankings and the top-16 in the Pro Tour rankings will be invited.

By now it is already clear that 31 players are certain to participate in the World Grand Prix. The field of participants Michael van Gerwen, World champion and defending champion Luke Humphries, teen sensation Luke Littler and big names such as Peter Wright, Michael Smith, Gerwyn Price, Gary Anderson and James Wade will also be there. 

The only player who is not yet sure of his place is Luke Woodhouse, who currently occupies the 16th spot on the Pro Tour rankings. He lost to Wessel Nijman in the first round of the Swiss Darts Trophy in Basel on Friday, but also saw his closest rivals quickly eliminated.

Nijman of all people is still one of the three players who can rob Woodhouse of his spot at the World Grand Prix. The Dutchman has a monster task ahead of him to achieve this. Nijman must win the Swiss Darts Trophy to still qualify. The same goes for Callan Rydz and Madars Razma, who therefore need to win four more matches to secure a starting ticket for the World Grand Prix.

1 Luke Humphries 1662.25

2 Michael Smith 1066.25

3 Michael van Gerwen 1022

4 Rob Cross 601

5 Nathan Aspinall 557.75

6 Dave Chisnall 556.25

7 Gerwyn Price 537.5

8 Jonny Clayton 513.5

9 Damon Heta 510.75

10 Ross Smith 493.75

11 Peter Wright 481

12 Chris Dobey 462.75

13 Dimitri Van den Bergh 462.25

14 Stephen Bunting 445

15 Danny Noppert 417.75

16 Josh Rock 408.5

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17 Joe Cullen 397.75

18 James Wade 394.75

19 Ryan Searle 388

1 Luke Littler 141

2 Gary Anderson 134.5

3 Ryan Searle 133

4 Martin Schindler 108.75

5 Gian van Veen 103.75

6 Daryl Gurney 95

7 Ricardo Pietreczko 94.5

8 Raymond van Barneveld 77.5

9 Ritchie Edhouse 73.75

10 Ryan Joyce 73.5

11 Cameron Menzies 72

12 James Wade 69.75

13 Mike De Decker 66

14 Joe Cullen 59.25

15 Brendan Dolan 58.75

16 Luke Woodhouse 56.5

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17 Andrew Gilding 55.5

18 Gabriel Clemens 55.25

19 Dirk van Duijvenbode 52.5

20 Jermaine Wattimena 51

21 Martin Lukeman 50

22 Alan Soutar 49.75

23 Wessel Nijman 46

24 Callan Rydz 45.5

25 Kevin Doets 45.25

26 Madars Razma 43.25