2025 PDC Grand Slam Of Darts - Race

[Safc]

12 of 32

Winners

1. Luke Littler (2025 World Championship, 2024 Grand Slam)
2. Luke Humphries (2024 Players Championship Finals, 2025 Winmau World Masters)
3. Gian van Veen (2024 World Youth Championship)
4. Beau Greaves (2025 Challenge Tour Winner) (Currently)
9. Rob Cross (Players Championship 1)
10. Gerwyn Price (Players Championship 2)

Runner Ups

5. Michael van Gerwen (2025 World Championship)
6. Martin Lukeman (2024 Grand Slam)
7. Jonny Clayton (2025 Winmau World Masters)
8. Jurjen van der Velde (2024 World Youth Championship)
11. Joe Cullen (Players Championship 1)
12. Chris Dobey (Players Championship 2)

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Current Top 16 Not Qualified

5. Stephen Bunting
7. Dave Chisnall
8. Damon Heta
11. Nathan Aspinall
12. Peter Wright
13. Danny Noppert
14. Gary Anderson
15. James Wade
16. Dimitri van den Bergh

Runner Up in ET, and PCs don't count buddy.

[James4]

12 of 32

Winners

1. Luke Littler (2025 World Championship, 2024 Grand Slam)
2. Luke Humphries (2024 Players Championship Finals, 2025 Winmau World Masters)
3. Gian van Veen (2024 World Youth Championship)
4. Beau Greaves (2025 Challenge Tour Winner) (Currently)
9. Rob Cross (Players Championship 1)
10. Gerwyn Price (Players Championship 2)

Runner Ups

5. Michael van Gerwen (2025 World Championship)
6. Martin Lukeman (2024 Grand Slam)
7. Jonny Clayton (2025 Winmau World Masters)
8. Jurjen van der Velde (2024 World Youth Championship)
11. Joe Cullen (Players Championship 1)
12. Chris Dobey (Players Championship 2)

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Current Top 16 Not Qualified

5. Stephen Bunting
7. Dave Chisnall
8. Damon Heta
11. Nathan Aspinall
12. Peter Wright
13. Danny Noppert
14. Gary Anderson
15. James Wade
16. Dimitri van den Bergh

Runner Up in ET, and PCs don't count buddy.

I’m fully aware, this is based on if they did as some of the people here have proposed they should in the yet to be released new qualification criteria

[Safc]

12 of 32

Winners

1. Luke Littler (2025 World Championship, 2024 Grand Slam)
2. Luke Humphries (2024 Players Championship Finals, 2025 Winmau World Masters)
3. Gian van Veen (2024 World Youth Championship)
4. Beau Greaves (2025 Challenge Tour Winner) (Currently)
9. Rob Cross (Players Championship 1)
10. Gerwyn Price (Players Championship 2)

Runner Ups

5. Michael van Gerwen (2025 World Championship)
6. Martin Lukeman (2024 Grand Slam)
7. Jonny Clayton (2025 Winmau World Masters)
8. Jurjen van der Velde (2024 World Youth Championship)
11. Joe Cullen (Players Championship 1)
12. Chris Dobey (Players Championship 2)

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Current Top 16 Not Qualified

5. Stephen Bunting
7. Dave Chisnall
8. Damon Heta
11. Nathan Aspinall
12. Peter Wright
13. Danny Noppert
14. Gary Anderson
15. James Wade
16. Dimitri van den Bergh

Runner Up in ET, and PCs don't count buddy.

I’m fully aware, this is based on if they did as some of the people here have proposed they should in the yet to be released new qualification criteria

Ah fair enough

[Rogg]

How many spots would have been needed last year to include everybody who met the broad qualifying criteria? Apologies in advance to the people who have already posted such a list and I've lost it.

Dobey – 3 PCs
Heta - 2 PCs

1 PC
Clayton
Noppert
Searle
R Smith
Dolan
Van Barneveld
Menzies
Soutar
Plaisier

Thanks! So we're saying 24 plus those 11 = 35.

In which case a 48-player event should easily to be able to scoop them all up and still leave room for a fat floor qualifier.

So which 13 would you go with?

You want me to pick 13 stray players to come through last year's floor qualifier? An interesting request!
Cullen, Asp, Licey, Jose, Jeff Swan, Kim, Flo, Dirk, Ricky Evans, Dick Veins, Buttons, Tricole, Turetta.

[James4]

How many spots would have been needed last year to include everybody who met the broad qualifying criteria? Apologies in advance to the people who have already posted such a list and I've lost it.

Dobey – 3 PCs
Heta - 2 PCs

1 PC
Clayton
Noppert
Searle
R Smith
Dolan
Van Barneveld
Menzies
Soutar
Plaisier

Thanks! So we're saying 24 plus those 11 = 35.

In which case a 48-player event should easily to be able to scoop them all up and still leave room for a fat floor qualifier.

So which 13 would you go with?

You want me to pick 13 stray players to come through last year's floor qualifier? An interesting request!
Cullen, Asp, Licey, Jose, Jeff Swan, Kim, Flo, Dirk, Ricky Evans, Dick Veins, Buttons, Tricole, Turetta.

That’s not what I asked for but ok

[The Thorn]

Nooooooooooooooooo 13 nooooooo

[Safc]

Updated after PCs 3&4

[James4]

Updated after PCs 3&4

Very useful for cross to be in, defending the runners-up prize

[Safc]

Updated after UK Open

[1205]

Group of 3 is not a group just like dry humping is not a shag

What is a group of 3 called if its not a group?

A crowd.

[The real ssjsa]

Group of 3 is not a group just like dry humping is not a shag

What is a group of 3 called if its not a group?

Ménage à trois

[Safc]

No changes after Women's Series 5-8 and ET 1

[shenmue]

I was praying most of last year for wadey that he qualifies for this but thank god that this year I won't have to, God bless you wadey. Proud of you mate.

[Safc]

Updated after PC 5-6

Joe Cullen in

[shenmue]

Happy for sexy jobber joe

[Safc]

Updated after CT 6-10

Darius Labanauskas In
Stefan Bellmont Out

[Safc]

Updated after PCs 7-8

[Safc]

Updated after ET2

Nathan Aspinall - In

[DeepFriedRat]

I haven't listened back (or properly) yet to the Hearn interview but I think he said they're looking at 'more players' into the GSoD. Even if he didn't say that, we can ponder it.

Would everyone go mental if they scrapped the groups? Thinking about it now, the group stage uses 6 sessions and 48 games to eliminate just 16 players. Maybe all that time could be used more effectively to involve more than 32 players? Ponder.

48 players

Pot 1
16 TV winners/runners up in order of ranking. If you can't get 16, take from the ET winners in rank order.

Pot 2
16 ET and PC winners in rank order. ET winners are top priority and then PC winners. If you can't get 16, take ET runners up in rank order.

Pot 3
16- 8 floor qualifiers (force the Qualifiers to be in Pot 3, not pot 1 if they somehow are ranked top 8), and the other 8 as usual (1 CDC, 1 Asian, 1 CT, 1 DT, 2 women and the 2 Youth finalists- If Van Veen wins something else then lowest in Pot 2 drops down etc).

16 groups with 3 each, winner makes it out.

Rough Schedule

Friday night- Group 1-8 first matches

Saturday afternoon- Group 9-16 first matches
Saturday night- Group 1-8 second matches

Sunday afternoon- Group 9-16 second matches
Sunday night- Group 1-8 third matches

Monday night- Group 9-16 third matches

Tuesday night- 4 x L16

Wednesday night- 4 x L16

Thursday night- 2 x QF

Friday night- 2 x QF

Saturday night- 2 x SF

Sunday night- Final

- Or if you insist, you can keep the schedule the same and start Saturday afternoon and have the awful semis and final on the Sunday.

- Also eliminates players going up against a group rival in the QF.

This could be happening now

[oche balboa]

Anyone want to guess the GSOD criteria now

My personal opinion the Top 16 will be involved regardless of their form