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The 2025 Grand Slam of Darts gets under way this week as one of the Professional Darts Corporation’s (PDC) major tournaments roars into action in Wolverhampton.
Unlike most of darts’ major tournaments, the 32 qualifiers are split into eight groups of four, rather than a straight knockout format.
Each player will face three opponents in their group, with the top two progressing into the last 16.
The rest of the competition is a straight knockout.
Luke Littler is the defending champion following a 16-3 demolition victory over Martin Lukeman in the 2024 final.
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When is the Grand Slam of Darts?
Getty ImagesThe tournament lasts for nine days from Saturday, 8 November to Sunday, 16 November.
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Group stage (8 November to 11 November) – 48 matches
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Second round (12 November to 13 November) – eight matches
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Quarter-finals (14 November to 15 November) – four matches
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Semi-finals (16 November) – two matches
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Final (16 November) – one match
What is the format?
In the group stage, the format is a best of nine legs, or first to five legs.
For the latter stages of the competition, matches are significantly longer.
Second-round matches consist of a best-of-19-legs format, or first to 10 legs.
The quarter-finals, semi-finals and final are best of 31 legs, or first to 16 legs.
Who is playing?
The first 10 players qualified through reaching televised major finals in the past 12 months.
The other 22 players are made up of winners of events on the PDC, Championship Darts Corporation (for players in the United States and Canada) , Women’s Tour, European Tour and a PDC Tour qualifying event.
Players are then placed into four pots for the group-stage draw, with the top eight players in the PDC’s Order of Merit seeded.
Group A
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Luke Humphries (1)
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Nathan Aspinall
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Michael Smith
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Alex Spellman
Group B
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Chris Dobey (8)
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Damon Heta
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Martin Lukeman
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Jurjen van der Velde
Group C
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Stephen Bunting (4)
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Martin Schindler
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Luke Woodhouse
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Alexis Toylo
Group D
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James Wade (5)
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Gerwyn Price
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Ricky Evans
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Stefan Bellmont
Group E
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Luke Littler (2)
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Daryl Gurney
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Connor Scutt
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Karel Sedlacek
Group F
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Gian van Veen (7)
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Josh Rock
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Wessel Nijman
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Lisa Ashton
Group G
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Michael van Gerwen (3)
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Gary Anderson
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Niko Springer
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Beau Greaves
Group H
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Jonny Clayton (6)
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Danny Noppert
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Lukas Wenig
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Cam Crabtree
What is the prize money?
The winner will take home a prize of £150,000.
All of the eight group-stage winners will also win an additional £3,500 each.
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Winner: £150,000
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Runner-up: £70,000
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Semi-final: £50,000
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Quarter-final: £25,000
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Second round: £12,250
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Third in group stage: £8,000
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Fourth in group stage: £5,000
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Group stage group winner bonus: £3,500
Who has previously won the Grand Slam of Darts?
Getty ImagesPhil Taylor is the competition’s most successful player with six titles.
Price and Van Gerwen are the joint-second most successful players in the competition’s history with three wins each.
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2024 – Luke Littler
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2023 – Luke Humphries
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2022 – Michael Smith
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2021 – Gerwyn Price
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2020 – Jose de Sousa
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2019 – Gerwyn Price
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2018 – Gerwyn Price
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2017 – Michael van Gerwen
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2016 – Michael van Gerwen
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2015 – Michael van Gerwen
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2014 – Phil Taylor
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2013 – Phil Taylor
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2012 – Raymond van Barneveld
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2011 – Phil Taylor
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2010 – Scott Waites
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2009 – Phil Taylor
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2008 – Phil Taylor
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2007 – Phil Taylor
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