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2024 Grand Slam of Darts

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2024 Grand Slam of Darts
Tournament information
Dates9–17 November 2024
VenueAldersley Leisure Village
LocationWolverhampton, England
Organisation(s)Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
FormatLegs
Prize fund£650,000
Winner's share£150,000
High checkout
«2023 2025»

The 2024 Mr Vegas Grand Slam of Darts is the eighteenth staging of the Grand Slam of Darts, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event is being held at Aldersley Leisure Village, Aldersley, Wolverhampton between 9–17 November 2024.[1]

Luke Humphries is the defending champion, after defeating Rob Cross 16–8 in the 2023 final.[2]

Prize money

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The quarter finals of the 2022 Grand Slam of Darts at Aldersley Leisure Village, Wolverhampton

The prize fund for the Grand Slam remains the same as last year at £650,000.

Position (num. of players) Prize money
(Total: £650,000)
Winner (1) £150,000
Runner-up (1) £70,000
Semi-finalists (2) £50,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £25,000
Last 16 (8) £12,250
Third in group (8) £8,000
Fourth in group (8) £5,000
Group winner bonus (8) £3,500
Nine Dart Finish n/a £10,000

Qualification

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The qualifying criteria for the Grand Slam are as follows:[3]

  • Finalists from PDC televised events over the previous twelve months (up to a maximum of 16 players),
  • Additional qualifiers (up to a maximum of 8 players),
  • European Tour events winners (to fill up to 24 players),
  • Players Championship event winners (to fill up to 24 players)

As of 3 Nov 2024, the qualifiers are:[4]

PDC Televised Event Finalists

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Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers
PDC World Darts Championship 2024 Winner  Luke Humphries  Luke Humphries
 Luke Littler
 Mike De Decker
 Stephen Bunting
 Dimitri Van den Bergh
 Ritchie Edhouse
 Michael Smith
 Rob Cross
 Michael van Gerwen
 Jermaine Wattimena
 Rowby-John Rodriguez
 Mensur Suljović

Grand Slam of Darts 2023 Winner  Luke Humphries
Premier League Darts 2024 Winner  Luke Littler
World Matchplay 2024 Winner  Luke Humphries
World Grand Prix 2024 Winner  Mike De Decker
Masters 2024 Winner  Stephen Bunting
UK Open 2024 Winner  Dimitri Van den Bergh
European Championship 2024 Winner  Ritchie Edhouse
Players Championship Finals 2023 Winner  Luke Humphries
World Series of Darts Finals 2024 Winner  Luke Littler
PDC World Cup of Darts 2024 Winners  Luke Humphries
 Michael Smith
PDC World Darts Championship 2024 Runner-up  Luke Littler
Grand Slam of Darts 2023 Runner-up  Rob Cross
Premier League Darts 2024 Runner-up  Luke Humphries
World Matchplay 2024 Runner-up  Michael van Gerwen
World Grand Prix 2024 Runner-up  Luke Humphries
Masters 2024 Runner-up  Michael van Gerwen
UK Open 2024 Runner-up  Luke Humphries
European Championship 2024 Runner-up  Jermaine Wattimena
Players Championship Finals 2023 Runner-up  Michael van Gerwen
World Series of Darts Finals 2024 Runner-up  Michael Smith
PDC World Cup of Darts 2024 Runners-up  Rowby-John Rodriguez
 Mensur Suljović

Additional Qualifiers

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Tournament Year Position Player
PDC World Youth Championship 2023 Winner  Luke Littler
Runner-up  Gian van Veen
PDC Challenge Tour 2024 Order of Merit Winner  Connor Scutt
PDC Development Tour 2024 Order of Merit Winner  Wessel Nijman
Women's World Matchplay 2024 Winner  Beau Greaves
PDC Women's Series 2024 Order of Merit Runner-up  Noa-Lynn van Leuven
PDC Asian Championship 2024 Winner  Lourence Ilagan
CDC Continental Cup 2024 Winner  Leonard Gates

European Tour

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If the list of qualifiers has not yet filled twenty-four places, any remaining places will be filled with winners from 2024 European Tour events, in which the winners were ordered firstly by number of wins, then Order of Merit position order at the cut-off date.

Event Player Qualifiers
Belgian Darts Open  Luke Littler  Dave Chisnall
 Martin Schindler
 Peter Wright
 Josh Rock
 Gary Anderson
German Darts Grand Prix  Luke Humphries
International Darts Open  Martin Schindler
European Darts Grand Prix  Gary Anderson
Austrian Darts Open  Luke Littler (2)
Baltic Sea Darts Open  Rob Cross
Dutch Darts Championship  Josh Rock
European Darts Open  Dave Chisnall
German Darts Championship  Peter Wright
Flanders Darts Trophy  Dave Chisnall (2)
Hungarian Darts Trophy  Michael van Gerwen
Swiss Darts Trophy  Martin Schindler (2)
Czech Darts Open  Luke Humphries (2)

Players Championship

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As the field filled to twenty-four players following the addition of European Tour winners, no Players Championship winners were added.

PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifying Event

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A further eight places were filled by qualifiers from a PDC Tour Card Holder qualifier held on 1 November in Leicester.

These are the qualifiers:

Pools

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Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
(Seeded Players) (Qualifiers)

 Luke Humphries (1)
 Michael Smith (2)
 Michael van Gerwen (3)
 Rob Cross (4)
 Dave Chisnall (5)
 Stephen Bunting (6)
 Dimitri Van den Bergh (7)
 Danny Noppert (8)

 Peter Wright
 Josh Rock
 James Wade
 Luke Littler
 Gary Anderson
 Ross Smith
 Martin Schindler
 Mike De Decker

 Ritchie Edhouse
 Gian van Veen
 Ryan Joyce
 Jermaine Wattimena
 Cameron Menzies
 Martin Lukeman
 Keane Barry
 Mickey Mansell

 Mensur Suljović
 Wessel Nijman
 Rowby-John Rodriguez
 Connor Scutt
 Leonard Gates
 Beau Greaves
 Lourence Ilagan
 Noa-Lynn van Leuven

Group stage

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All group matches are best of nine legs.
After three games, the top two in each group qualify for the knock-out stage.

NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; +/− = Plus/minus record, in relation to legs; Pts = Points; Status = Qualified to knockout stage

Knockout stage

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Second round (best of 19 legs)
13–14 November
Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs)
15–16 November
Semi-finals (best of 31 legs)
17 November
Final (best of 31 legs)
17 November
            
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D1 England 
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H1  
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References

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  1. ^ Phillips, Josh. "2024 PDC calendar unveiled: New destinations & all midweek PCs confirmed". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  2. ^ Allen, Dave (19 November 2023). "Unstoppable Humphries races to Mr Vegas Grand Slam of Darts title". PDC. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  3. ^ "2024 Mr Vegas Grand Slam of Darts qualification latest". www.pdc.tv. 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 Aug 2024.
  4. ^ Gorton, Josh (3 November 2024). "2024 Mr Vegas Grand Slam of Darts field confirmed". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
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