Day Three of the Cazoo Grand Slam of Darts will see the final matches in Groups A-D take place, with players battling to qualify for the knock-out phase on Monday.
The top two players in each group will progress to the knock-out phase.
Listed below are Day Three permutations, current standings in Groups A-D and tournament rules.
Group A
Gerwyn Price has qualified and can guarantee first place with a win against Martin Schindler.
Winner of Krzysztof Ratajski v Nathan Rafferty progresses.
Martin Schindler cannot qualify.
Group B
Jonny Clayton will qualify if Rusty-Jake Rodriguez defeats Bradley Brooks. Should Brooks defeat Rodriguez, Clayton would need to win two legs in his match against Mervyn King to qualify.
Bradley Brooks will qualify with a win against Rusty-Jake Rodriguez.
Mervyn King must defeat Jonny Clayton to qualify, but the margin of victory required will be dictated by the outcome of the match between Bradley Brooks and Rusty-Jake Rodriguez.
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez must defeat Bradley Brooks by a score of 5-2 or better, and would also need Jonny Clayton to defeat Mervyn King to qualify.
Group C
Rob Cross will qualify if Boris Krcmar defeats Jim Williams. Should Williams defeat Krcmar, Cross would need to win three legs in his match against James Wade to qualify.
James Wade's qualification requirements will be dictated by the outcome of the match between Boris Krcmar and Jim Williams.
Jim Williams must win three legs in his match against Krcmar, but his chance of qualification will be dictated by the outcome of the match between James Wade and Rob Cross.
Boris Krcmar cannot qualify.
Group D
Ryan Joyce has qualified and can guarantee first place with a win against Chris Dobey.
Winner of Stephen Bunting v Rowby-John Rodriguez progresses.
Chris Dobey cannot qualify.
Tournament Rules
The first round of the 2021 Cazoo Grand Slam of Darts is a round robin stage where the 32 players are drawn into eight groups of four. Players will play three first round games.
The top eight players from the PDC Order of Merit are seeded, with the remaining players split into three pools of eight for the draw.
The second set of matches will see the two winners from the first games meet each other, and the two losers also play each other. The third set of matches will consist of the pairings which have not previously met.
Two points are awarded for a win and no points will be awarded for a loss. Each game is the best of nine legs, with the winner being the first player to win five legs. There will be no tie-break.
After the first round has been completed, the top two players in each group will progress to the knockout phase. Should there be a two-way Points tie in any position, then the player with the best Leg Difference will be deemed to have finished higher. If both players have the same Leg Difference, then the winner of the group match between those two players will be deemed to be the higher finisher.
Should Points, Leg Difference, Legs Won Against Throw and Tournament Average not be able to separate three players, then if one player has defeated both of the other two players then this player will be deemed to have finished higher, and the winner of the group match between the remaining two players will be the ‘second’ of the three. Should the three players have secured one win apiece against each other, then a Nine-Dart Shoot-Out will be played between the relevant players to determine final standings, with the highest aggregate score over nine darts being used to separate players.
In the event a “Nine-Dart Shoot-Out” finishes level between two or more players, those players who have tied on the most points will continue to throw three darts each in the same order until one player scores more points than the other player(s) with their three darts.
From the second round onwards, the tournament will be in a knockout format.