Jonny Clayton, Devon Petersen and Jose de Sousa have secured places in the BoyleSports Grand Slam of Darts following last weekend's World Cup of Darts.
Wales' World Cup winner Clayton will return to the tournament for a third year, while the other three World Cup finalists (Gerwyn Price, Rob Cross and Michael Smith) were already assured of their places.
As a result, European Tour event winners Petersen and De Sousa step up from the 'reserve list'.
A further eight spots will be up for grabs at the PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier, which will take place on Monday November 9 (1800 GMT start).
A final qualifying place will be awarded to the highest ranked player on the Winter Series Order of Merit (excluding players who have already qualified).
The draw for the BoyleSports Grand Slam of Darts will be made on Saturday November 14 following confirmation of the final qualifiers for the event at the end of the PDC Winter Series.
2020 BoyleSports Grand Slam of Darts – Qualifying Structure
PDC Competitors
Qualifying Players: (invited in the following order up to a maximum of 22 players. Current provisional qualifiers in Bold)
2019/20 PDC World Champion; PETER WRIGHT - 1
2019 Grand Slam Champion; GERWYN PRICE - 2
2020 Premier League Champion; GLEN DURRANT – 3
2020 World Matchplay Champion; DIMITRI VAN DEN BERGH - 4
2020 World Grand Prix Champion; (Gerwyn Price)
2019 World Youth Champion; LUKE HUMPHRIES - 5
2020 Masters Champion; (Peter Wright)
2020 UK Open Champion; MICHAEL VAN GERWEN - 6
2020 European Champion; (Peter Wright)
2019 Players Champion; (Michael van Gerwen)
2020 World Series of Darts Finals Champion; (Gerwyn Price)
2020 World Cup winners; (Gerwyn Price), JONNY CLAYTON - 7
2020 PDC Home Tour Champion: NATHAN ASPINALL – 8
2020 PDC Summer Series OOM Highest-Placed Player: JAMES WADE - 9
2020 PDC Autumn Series OOM Highest-Placed Player: DAMON HETA - 10
2020 PDC Winter Series OOM Highest-Placed Player:
2020 PDC Women’s Qualifier: LISA ASHTON - 11
2019/20 PDC World Championship runner-up; (Michael van Gerwen)
2019 Grand Slam runner-up; (Peter Wright)
2020 Premier League runner-up; (Nathan Aspinall)
2020 World Matchplay runner-up; GARY ANDERSON - 12
2020 World Grand Prix runner-up; DIRK VAN DUIJVENBODE - 13
2019 World Youth Championship runner-up; ADAM GAWLAS - 14
2020 Masters runner-up; MICHAEL SMITH - 15
2020 UK Open runner-up; (Gerwyn Price)
2020 European Championship runner-up; (James Wade)
2019 Players Championship runner-up; (Gerwyn Price)
2020 World Series of Darts Finals runner-up; ROB CROSS – 16
2020 World Cup runners-up (2 players with highest individual taking preference if only one spot available); (Michael Smith, Rob Cross)
This list can produce a maximum of 31 players. (CURRENTLY 16 QUALIFIED WITH 1 PLACE REMAINING)
Eight further players will be found at the PDC’s Full Member Qualifier on Monday November 9.
If the above criteria produces fewer than 30 places then additional places shall be filled from the reserve list. 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.
Reserve List
2020 European Tour winners (in Order of Merit order at Nov 15): (Gerwyn Price ET1), DEVON PETERSEN (ET2), JOSE DE SOUSA (ET3), JOE CULLEN (ET4)
2020 Players Championship winners (in Order of Merit order at Nov 15): (Gary Anderson PC1), (Nathan Aspinall PC2, PC7), RYAN SEARLE (PC3) , KRZYSZTOF RATAJSKI (PC4), (Peter Wright PC5, PC13, PC14), (Gerwyn Price PC6, PC17, PC18), IAN WHITE (PC8), (Michael van Gerwen PC9, PC11, PC16), RYAN JOYCE (PC10), (James Wade PC12), (Damon Heta, PC15)
Current Reserve List (Order as of November 8)
Joe Cullen (17) - Qualified
Devon Petersen (33) - Qualified
Jose De Sousa (37) - Qualified
Ian White (12)
Krzysztof Ratajski (14)
Ryan Joyce (40)
Ryan Searle (41)
The remaining two places shall be filled with two invited players from the BDO system:
WAYNE WARREN - 2020 BDO Champion
MIKURU SUZUKI - 2020 BDO Women's Champion
For the draw, the 30 competing PDC players shall be ordered in three pots of eight players each and one of six, determined in Order of Merit order after the Grand Slam qualifier.
The top eight ranked PDC players shall be seeded as per the bracket order in Groups A–H with the remaining players placed in main Order of Merit order in to the three remaining pots.
The two BDO invited players shall be placed into the third pot as numbers 31 & 32 for the draw.