PDC Grand Slam of Darts- 10th-18th November 2018- Wolverhampton

[DavidB]

Thanks guys!

[pranu180]

If Cadby drops out, who's his replacement?

[malcy93]

Isn’t Hopp already qualified from his ET win earlier in year ?
So if he makes the final just moves him up the GSOD qualifying list rather than knock someone off the list.

[ssjsa]

Isn’t Hopp already qualified from his ET win earlier in year ?
So if he makes the final just moves him up the GSOD qualifying list rather than knock someone off the list.

Yes. Hopp getting to the final would have no impact on either King or Ratajski's qualifying position.

[ssjsa]

If Cadby drops out, who's his replacement?

At the moment De Zwaan.

[malcy93]

Isn’t Hopp already qualified from his ET win earlier in year ?
So if he makes the final just moves him up the GSOD qualifying list rather than knock someone off the list.

Yes. Hopp getting to the final would have no impact on either King or Ratajski's qualifying position.

Thanks. So the tweet reposted last night is wrong.

It’s not just Cross and Price but Hopp already qualified. Although Hopp is in a provisional slot with 2 below him ?
So still safe even with two outsiders getting to final here.

[ssjsa]

Isn’t Hopp already qualified from his ET win earlier in year ?
So if he makes the final just moves him up the GSOD qualifying list rather than knock someone off the list.

Yes. Hopp getting to the final would have no impact on either King or Ratajski's qualifying position.

Thanks. So the tweet reposted last night is wrong.

It’s not just Cross and Price but Hopp already qualified. Although Hopp is in a provisional slot with 2 below him ?
So still safe even with two outsiders getting to final here.

Yes. Very rare error from Burton. Hopp cannot be put out of a provisional spot regardless of who qualifies for the final.

[malcy93]

With only Hopp of the EC semi finalists already qualified at least one new qualifier for the Slam so King loses his place.

[The Jolly Man]

With only Hopp of the EC semi finalists already qualified at least one new qualifier for the Slam so King loses his place.

If Ratty also loses his place it further shows the idiocy of the qualifying system. Somebody who has won 3 events won’t qualify whilst some randommer who wins a few games at the qualifier will.

And Ratty will not be able to play qualifier would he?

[ssjsa]

With only Hopp of the EC semi finalists already qualified at least one new qualifier for the Slam so King loses his place.

If Ratty also loses his place it further shows the idiocy of the qualifying system. Somebody who has won 3 events won’t qualify whilst some randommer who wins a few games at the qualifier will.

And Ratty will not be able to play qualifier would he?

Absolutely not, as it is for Tour Card holders only.

[DavidB]

Don’t know what’s more odd, the fact as a non tour card holder Ratajski can qualify for the GSoD from winning tour events or that he cannot play in a qualifier as it’s for tour card holders only - pathetic and bizarre BDO esque...

[mik252]

So, no Ratajski in the Grand Slam now, unless Cadby pulls out. Real shame, would have liked to see how he got on.

[oche balboa]

Good to see more players in it who have qualified via TV Events. Nevertheless King, Ratajski should still be in it

[foggs3355]

He in good form he can come thru qualifier

[foggs3355]

He in good form he can come thru qualifier

No he can’t as he’s not even allowed to enter it it’s for your card holders only. This year more than any other has proved how idiotic the current qualifying procedure is.

Then I do agree

[ssjsa]

JAMES WADE and Simon Whitlock have secured places in Wolverhampton next month after reaching the Unibet European Championship final on Sunday.

Wade, the 2010 and 2016 runner-up at the Wolves Civic, qualified for November's tournament at the Aldersley Leisure Village with a memorable triumph in Dortmund on Sunday.

Less than two weeks after becoming a father for the first time, Wade ended almost four years without a televised title as he scooped the £100,000 top prize at the European Championship.

The left-hander is now looking forward to returning to Wolverhampton for the Sky Sports-televised event from November 10-18.

"I've qualified for the Grand Slam now so it's a great feeling," said Wade.

"It's ticked a few boxes in my head. I've gone through my troubled times but I've shown that I'm dangerous and everyone needs to watch out."

Wade dedicated his European Championship success to new-born son Arthur, and admitted: "I've won TV titles before and I've never made the most of it. It's an amazing feeling."

Australian star Whitlock also secured qualification for the Grand Slam after reaching the European Championship final, where Wade denied him a second triumph in the event.

Players have a final chance to secure automatic qualification in next weekend's bwin World Series of Darts Finals in Vienna, before eight players come through the last-chance qualifier for PDC Tour Card Holders on November 5.

The bwin Grand Slam of Darts will be held from November 10-18 at the Aldersley Leisure Village.

For ticket information, and details of car parking and shuttle buses, visit www.wolvescivic.co.uk or call 0870 320 7000.

2018 bwin Grand Slam of Darts
PDC Representatives – Current Provisional Qualifiers: (invited in the following order up to a maximum of 16 players) 
2017/18 PDC World Champion; ROB CROSS - 1
2017 Grand Slam Champion; MICHAEL VAN GERWEN - 2 
2018 Premier League Champion; (Michael van Gerwen)
2018 World Matchplay Champion; GARY ANDERSON - 3
2018 World Grand Prix Champion; (Michael van Gerwen)
2017 World Youth Champion; DIMITRI VAN DEN BERGH - 4
2018 Masters Champion; (Michael van Gerwen)
2018 UK Open Champion; (Gary Anderson)
2018 European Champion; JAMES WADE - 5
2017 Players Champion; (Michael van Gerwen)
2018 Champions League Champion; (Gary Anderson)
2018 World Series of Darts Finals Champion; 
2018 World Cup winners; (Michael van Gerwen) & RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD - 6
2017/18 PDC World Championship runner-up; (Phil Taylor)
2017 Grand Slam runner-up; PETER WRIGHT - 7
2018 Premier League runner-up; MICHAEL SMITH - 8
2018 World Matchplay runner-up; MENSUR SULJOVIC - 9
2018 World Grand Prix runner-up; (Peter Wright)
2017 World Youth Championship runner-up; JOSH PAYNE - 10
2018 Masters runner-up; (Raymond van Barneveld)
2018 UK Open runner-up; COREY CADBY - 11
2018 European Championship runner-up; SIMON WHITLOCK - 12
2017 Players Championship runner-up; JONNY CLAYTON - 13
2018 Champions League runner-up; (Peter Wright)
2018 World Series of Darts Finals runner-up; 
2018 World Cup runners-up (2 players with highest individual taking preference if only one spot available) (Peter Wright & Gary Anderson) 
This list can produce a maximum of 28 players. If it produces more than 16 players, they shall be taken in order as listed above and no further players shall qualify automatically.
If it produces fewer than 16 places then additional places shall be filled from the reserve list in the following order:
2018 European Tour winners: GERWYN PRICE - 14, IAN WHITE - 15, MAX HOPP - 16
2018 Players Championship winners: KRZYSZTOF RATAJSKI, MERVYN KING,JEFFREY DE ZWAAN, DANNY NOPPERT, MICKEY MANSELL, NATHAN ASPINALL
2018 UK Open Qualifier winners (No non-qualified players)

Players shall be separated within the reserve list first by the number of Events in each category they have won and then by their position in the PDC main Order of Merit on the cut-off date.

BDO Representatives:
2018 Lakeside Champion - GLEN DURRANT
2018 Lakeside Championship runner-up - MARK MCGEENEY
2018 World Masters Champion - ADAM SMITH-NEALE
2018 BDO World Trophy Champion – (Glen Durrant)
Plus top five players from BDO Rankings:
JIM WILLIAMS
WESLEY HARMS
MICHAEL UNTERBUCHNER
SCOTT MITCHELL
GARY ROBSON

[ChrisW]

I presume Cadby will need to confirm if he is attending this week.

[Little Lonely Garry]

I presume Cadby will need to confirm if he is attending this week.

its icy...he might slip and break his arm again and have to "pull out"

[ssjsa]

I presume Cadby will need to confirm if he is attending this week.

Would think so, as Floor qualifier is on Monday. I know at the moment it doesn't make a difference as Ratajski cannot play in qualifier, but should we have 1 or 2 players non qualified players getting to the final of the WSOD, we would have the ridiculous situation of Hopp or White playing the qualifier, but still with the potential to qualify by right if Cadby pulls out after Monday.

In that situation, and Hopp/White are one of the 8 floor qualifiers, who would get Cadby's place.

[malcy93]

In the WSOD Finals all 8 seeds plus 3 of the other 16 (Price, White and Wade) already qualified so unlikely to see 1 let alone 2 non qualified finalists. However would have said same about the EC.