MICHAEL SMITH has secured a place in the bwin Grand Slam of Darts, with the final eight spots in the field for the Wolverhampton event to be confirmed at Monday's PDC Tour Card Holders' Qualifier.
The bwin Grand Slam of Darts brings together stars from both the PDC and BDO systems as they compete from November 11-19 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, live on Sky Sports.
The weekend's World Series of Darts Finals in Glasgow was the final PDC televised event to count towards automatic qualification for the 2017 Grand Slam of Darts, with Michael van Gerwen and Gary Anderson reaching the final.
With that duo already having qualified, former World Youth Champion Smith secured his place in Wolverhampton as a European Tour event winner from the reserve list, following his triumph in May's Gibraltar Darts Trophy.
Smith's inclusion completes the 16 automatic PDC qualifiers, with Van Gerwen and Anderson joined by TV event winners Phil Taylor, Peter Wright, Daryl Gurney, Mensur Suljovic, Raymond van Barneveld and Corey Cadby.
James Wade, Simon Whitlock, Gerwyn Price, Rob Cross, Dave Chisnall, Berry van Peer and Mark Webster all qualified by reaching televised finals during the past 12 months.
The final eight spots will go to players from the PDC Tour Card Holders' Qualifier in Wigan, which will take place on Monday afternoon following the conclusion of the PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship Last 64.
Tickets for the bwin Grand Slam of Darts are available through www.wolvescivic.co.uk or by calling 0870 320 7000.
bwin Grand Slam of Darts
Qualifying Players:
(invited in the following order up to a maximum of 16 players)
2016/17 PDC World Champion - MICHAEL VAN GERWEN - 1
2016 Grand Slam Champion - (Michael van Gerwen)
2017 Premier League Champion - (Michael van Gerwen)
2017 World Matchplay Champion – PHIL TAYLOR - 2
2017 World Grand Prix Champion – DARYL GURNEY - 3
2016 World Youth Champion - COREY CADBY - 4
2017 Masters Champion - (Michael van Gerwen)
2017 UK Open Champion - PETER WRIGHT - 5
2017 European Champion – (Michael van Gerwen)
2016 Players Champion - (Michael van Gerwen)
2017 Champions League Champion – MENSUR SULJOVIC - 6
2017 World Series of Darts Finals Champion - (Michael van Gerwen)
2017 World Cup winners (2 players with highest individual taking preference if only one spot available) – (Michael van Gerwen), RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD - 7
2016/17 PDC World Championship runner-up - GARY ANDERSON - 8
2016 Grand Slam runner-up - JAMES WADE - 9
2017 Premier League runner-up - (Peter Wright)
2017 World Matchplay runner-up – (Peter Wright)
2017 World Grand Prix runner-up – SIMON WHITLOCK - 10
2016 World Youth Championship runner-up - BERRY VAN PEER - 11
2017 Masters runner-up - (Gary Anderson)
2017 UK Open runner-up - GERWYN PRICE - 12
2017 European Championship runner-up – ROB CROSS - 13
2016 Players Championship runner-up - DAVE CHISNALL - 14
2017 Champions League runner-up – (Gary Anderson)
2017 World Series of Darts Finals runner-up - (Gary Anderson)
2017 World Cup runners-up (2 players with highest individual taking preference if only one spot available) – (Gerwyn Price), MARK WEBSTER - 15
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:
2017 European Tour winners (in Order of Merit order at Nov 6) – MICHAEL SMITH -16
2017 Players Championship winners (in Order of Merit order at Nov 6) – No possible qualifiers
2017 UK Open Qualifier winners (in Order of Merit order at Nov 6) – No possible qualifiers
Once 16 players are reached from the above criteria then the remaining 16 places shall be filled with eight players from a PDC Tour Card holder qualifier and eight BDO Qualifiers.
BDO Qualifiers
2017 Lakeside Champion - GLEN DURRANT
2017 Lakeside Championship runner-up - DANNY NOPPERT
2016 World Masters Champion - (Glen Durrant)
2017 BDO World Trophy Champion – PETER MACHIN
Plus top five players from BDO Rankings at September 30 2017:
MARK McGEENEY
JAMIE HUGHES
SCOTT MITCHELL
ROSS MONTGOMERY
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