The field of participants for the 2023
Grand Slam of Darts is complete. From November 11 to 19, 32 players will compete for the prestigious title at the event in Wolverhampton. The pot draw for this tournament has also been announced.
Players could qualify for this tournament through several routes. On the one hand, this could be done by reaching finals at the televised tournaments. Because these criteria did not yield sixteen players, three Euro Tour winners and a Players Championship winner were also added to the lineup. Furthermore, there are eight international qualifiers and eight winners of the qualifying tournament for PDC Tour Card holders.
The pot draw is based on the position of the players in the world rankings. The first eight players have been given seeded status and have already been divided among the eight groups. World champion and defending champion
Michael Smith is in Group A. Also on his side of the schedule will be
Jonny Clayton (Group B),
Luke Humphries (Group C) and
Gerwyn Price (Group D).
Peter Wright (Group E) is the highest-ranked player at the bottom of the tournament schedule. He is joined by
Danny Noppert (F),
Michael van Gerwen (Group G) and
Nathan Aspinall (Group H).
The remaining 24 participants will be placed in the eight pots in the draw. In pot 2 are Rob Cross, Dirk van Duijvenbode, Dave Chisnall, Damon Heta, James Wade, Ryan Searle, Chris Dobey and Andrew Gilding.
Pot 3 includes Gary Anderson, Stephen Bunting, Krzysztof Ratajski, Josh Rock, Brendan Dolan, Ricardo Pietreczko, Martijn Kleermaker and Gian van Veen. Finally, Steve Lennon, Nathan Rafferty, Berry van Peer, Nathan Girvan, Beau Greaves, Fallon Sherrock, Haruki Muramatsu and Stowe Buntz are in pot 4.
Grand Slam of Darts participant field
Top-8 placed players
1. Michael Smith (Group A)
2. Peter Wright (Group E)
3. Michael van Gerwen (Group G)
4. Luke Humphries (Group C)
5. Gerwyn Price (Group D)
6. Nathan Aspinall (Group H)
7. Danny Noppert (Group F)
8. Jonny Clayton (Group B)
Pot 2
Rob Cross
Dirk van Duijvenbode
Dave Chisnall
Damon Heta
James Wade
Ryan Searle
Chris Dobey
Andrew Gilding
Pot 3
Gary Anderson
Stephen Bunting
Krzysztof Ratajski
Josh Rock
Brendan Dolan
Ricardo Pietreczko
Martijn Kleermaker
Gian van Veen
Pot 4
Steve Lennon
Nathan Rafferty
Berry van Peer
Nathan Girvan
Beau Greaves
Fallon Sherrock
Haruki Muramatsu
Stowe Buntz
