2018 Grand Slam of Darts

2018 bwin Grand Slam of Darts
2018 bwin Grand Slam of Darts
Tournament information
Dates	10–18 November 2018
Venue	Aldersley Leisure Village
Location	Aldersley, Wolverhampton
Country	England
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£450,000
Winner's share	£110,000
Nine-dart finish	Dimitri Van den Bergh
High checkout	170 Simon Whitlock (x2) ; 170 Stephen Bunting ; 170 Gerwyn Price
Champion(s)
	Gerwyn Price
«2017	2019»

The 2018 bwin Grand Slam of Darts was the twelfth staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 10–18 November 2018 in Wolverhampton, England, but for the first time in the event's history, it was not at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, as it is undergoing a two-year renovation. The 2018 tournament was held at Aldersley Leisure Village.^[1] Beginning with this tournament, the winner of the title would receive "The Eric Bristow Trophy", named after the legendary player who died in April 2018.

The tournament's defending champion was Michael van Gerwen, who won the tournament in 2017 by defeating Peter Wright 16–12 in the final to win it for a third straight year,^[2] but lost in the semi-finals to Gary Anderson by the same scoreline 16–12.

Gerwyn Price won his first PDC major title by defeating Gary Anderson 16–13, in a highly controversial final.^[3] Price also became the first Welsh player to win a PDC major title.

The DRA launched an investigation into the behaviour from both players in the final. Price was fined £21,500 for a combination of 'Bringing the sport into disrepute and gamesmanship' in the final and for his Quarter-final clash with Simon Whitlock. Price was also given a three month ban, which was suspended for 6 months. Anderson was given a formal warning for pushing Price on the oche.^[4] Price's fine was subsequently reduced on appeal to a total of £11,500.^[5]

Dimitri Van den Bergh hit the fourth nine dart leg in Grand Slam of Darts history, in his second round match against Stephen Bunting, and for the first time in the tournament history no Englishman progressed into the quarter-final stage.^[6]

Prize money

The prize fund for the Grand Slam was the same as in 2017, with the winner getting £110,000.^[7]

Position (num. of players)		Prize money (Total: £450,000)
Winner	(1)	£110,000
Runner-up	(1)	£55,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£28,500
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£16,000
Last 16 (second round)	(8)	£10,000
Third in group	(8)	£5,000
Fourth in group	(8)	£3,000

Group winner bonus	(8)	£2,500

Nine-dart finish	(1)	£25,000

Qualifying

PDC Qualifying Tournaments

PDC Main Tournaments
Tournament	Year	Position	Player	Qualifiers
PDC World Darts Championship	2018	Winner	Rob Cross	Rob Cross Michael van Gerwen Gary Anderson Dimitri Van den Bergh James Wade Raymond van Barneveld Peter Wright Michael Smith Mensur Suljović Josh Payne Simon Whitlock Jonny Clayton
Grand Slam of Darts	2017	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
Premier League Darts	2018	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
World Matchplay	2018	Winner	Gary Anderson
World Grand Prix	2018	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
PDC World Youth Championship	2017	Winner	Dimitri Van den Bergh
Masters	2018	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
UK Open	2018	Winner	Gary Anderson
European Championship	2018	Winner	James Wade
Players Championship Finals	2017	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
Champions League of Darts	2018	Winner	Gary Anderson
World Series of Darts Finals	2018	Winner	James Wade
PDC World Cup of Darts	2018	Winners	Michael van Gerwen Raymond van Barneveld
PDC World Darts Championship	2018	Runner-up	~~Phil Taylor~~^[a]
Grand Slam of Darts	2017	Runner-up	Peter Wright
Premier League Darts	2018	Runner-up	Michael Smith
World Matchplay	2018	Runner-up	Mensur Suljović
World Grand Prix	2018	Runner-up	Peter Wright
PDC World Youth Championship	2017	Runner-up	Josh Payne
Masters	2018	Runner-up	Raymond van Barneveld
UK Open	2018	Runner-up	~~Corey Cadby~~^[b]
European Championship	2018	Runner-up	Simon Whitlock
Players Championship Finals	2017	Runner-up	Jonny Clayton
Champions League of Darts	2018	Runner-up	Peter Wright
World Series of Darts Finals	2018	Runner-up	Michael Smith
PDC World Cup of Darts	2018	Runners-Up	Peter Wright Gary Anderson
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

At most sixteen players could qualify through this method, where the position in the list depicts the priority of the qualification.

As the list of qualifiers from the main tournaments produced fewer than sixteen players, the field of sixteen players is filled from the reserve lists. The first list consists of the winners from 2018 European Tour events, in which the winners are ordered by number of event wins then in Order of Merit position order at the cut-off date.

PDC European Tour
Tournament	Event	Position	Player	Qualifiers
2018 European Tour
	European Darts Open	Winner	Michael van Gerwen	Gerwyn Price Ian White Max Hopp
	German Darts Grand Prix	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
	German Darts Open	Winner	Max Hopp
	Austrian Darts Open	Winner	Jonny Clayton
	European Darts Grand Prix	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
	Dutch Darts Masters	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
	Gibraltar Darts Trophy	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
	Danish Darts Open	Winner	Mensur Suljović
	European Darts Matchplay	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
	German Darts Championship	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
	Dutch Darts Championship	Winner	Ian White
	International Darts Open	Winner	Gerwyn Price
	European Darts Trophy	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

If there are still less than sixteen qualified players after the winners of European Tour events are added, the winners of 2018 Players Championships events will be added, firstly by winners of multiple events followed by Order of Merit order.

PDC Pro Tour
Tournament	Event	Position	Player	Qualifiers
2018 PDC Pro Tour
	Players Championship 1	Winner	Michael van Gerwen	Krzysztof Ratajski
	Players Championship 2	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
	Players Championship 3	Winner	Gary Anderson
	Players Championship 4	Winner	Gary Anderson
	Players Championship 5	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
	Players Championship 6	Winner	Ian White
	Players Championship 7	Winner	Michael Smith
	Players Championship 8	Winner	Mickey Mansell
	Players Championship 9	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
	Players Championship 10	Winner	Jeffrey de Zwaan
	Players Championship 11	Winner	Gary Anderson
	Players Championship 12	Winner	Josh Payne
	Players Championship 13	Winner	Rob Cross
	Players Championship 14	Winner	Peter Wright
	Players Championship 15	Winner	Mervyn King
	Players Championship 16	Winner	Ian White
	Players Championship 17	Winner	Peter Wright
	Players Championship 18	Winner	Nathan Aspinall
	Players Championship 19	Winner	Max Hopp
	Players Championship 20	Winner	Danny Noppert
	Players Championship 21	Winner	Krzysztof Ratajski
	Players Championship 22	Winner	Krzysztof Ratajski
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

^ Phil Taylor retired following the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship.
^ Corey Cadby withdrew from the Grand Slam,^[8] due to an arm injury.^[9]

PDC Qualifying Event

A further eight places in the Grand Slam of Darts were filled by qualifiers from a PDC qualifier that took place in Wigan on 5 November. These are the qualifiers:

BDO Qualifying Tournaments

Tournament	Year	Position	Player
BDO World Darts Championship	2018	Winner	Glen Durrant
BDO World Darts Championship	2018	Runner-up	Mark McGeeney
World Masters	2018	Winner	Adam Smith-Neale
BDO World Trophy	2018	Winner	Glen Durrant

BDO Ranking qualifiers

The remaining 5 BDO places were determined via the BDO Invitational Rankings at the end of September 2018.^[10]

Pools

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
(PDC Seeded Players)	(PDC Qualifiers)		(BDO Qualifiers)
Michael van Gerwen (1) Peter Wright (2) Rob Cross (3) Gary Anderson (4) James Wade (5) Mensur Suljović (6) Simon Whitlock (7) Michael Smith (8)	Dimitri Van den Bergh Raymond van Barneveld Jonny Clayton Gerwyn Price Ian White Max Hopp Stephen Bunting Keegan Brown	Josh Payne Krzysztof Ratajski Martin Schindler Andrew Gilding Steve Hine Mark Webster Joe Murnan Ryan Searle	Glen Durrant Mark McGeeney Adam Smith-Neale Jim Williams Wesley Harms Michael Unterbuchner Scott Mitchell Gary Robson

Draw

Group stage

^[11] ^[12] ^[13] ^[14]
All group matches are best of nine legs
After three games, the top two in each group qualify for the knock-out stage

NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; +/− = Plus/minus record, in relation to legs; Pts = Points; Status = Qualified to knockout stage

Group A

Pos.	Player	P	W	L	LF	LA	+/−	Pts	Status
1	Jonny Clayton	3	3	0	15	9	+6	6	Q
2	Michael van Gerwen (1)	3	2	1	14	7	+7	4	Q
3	Gary Robson (BDO)	3	1	2	9	14	–5	2	Eliminated
4	Joe Murnan	3	0	3	7	15	–8	0	Eliminated

10 November


112.66 Michael van Gerwen	5 – 1	Gary Robson 90.76
84.44 Jonny Clayton	5 – 2	Joe Murnan 80.90

11 November


89.57 Joe Murnan	4 – 5	Gary Robson 88.53
107.92 Michael van Gerwen	4 – 5	Jonny Clayton 103.60

13 November


87.37 Jonny Clayton	5 – 3	Gary Robson 86.35
97.33 Michael van Gerwen	5 – 1	Joe Murnan 79.85

Group B

Pos.	Player	P	W	L	LF	LA	+/−	Pts	Status
1	Michael Smith (8)	3	3	0	15	7	+8	6	Q
2	Krzysztof Ratajski	3	2	1	14	9	+5	4	Q
3	Raymond van Barneveld	3	1	2	8	14	–6	2	Eliminated
4	Adam Smith-Neale (BDO)	3	0	3	8	15	–7	0	Eliminated

10 November


92.88 Michael Smith	5 – 3	Adam Smith-Neale 85.56
92.30 Raymond van Barneveld	3 – 5	Krzysztof Ratajski 90.15

11 November


88.72 Raymond van Barneveld	5 – 4	Adam Smith-Neale 84.76
97.26 Michael Smith	5 – 4	Krzysztof Ratajski 99.40

13 November


101.93 Krzysztof Ratajski	5 – 1	Adam Smith-Neale 88.52
98.88 Michael Smith	5 – 0	Raymond van Barneveld 90.96

Group C

Pos.	Player	P	W	L	LF	LA	+/−	Pts	Status
1	James Wade (5)	3	3	0	15	4	+11	6	Q
2	Wesley Harms (BDO)	3	2	1	10	12	–2	4	Q
3	Keegan Brown	3	1	2	12	14	–2	2	Eliminated
4	Mark Webster	3	0	3	8	15	–7	0	Eliminated

10 November


98.88 James Wade	5 – 0	Wesley Harms 85.88
90.40 Keegan Brown	5 – 4	Mark Webster 86.40

11 November


91.23 Mark Webster	3 – 5	Wesley Harms 88.91
104.71 James Wade	5 – 3	Keegan Brown 102.06

13 November


103.66 Keegan Brown	4 – 5	Wesley Harms 103.98
101.72 James Wade	5 – 1	Mark Webster 91.55

Group D

Pos.	Player	P	W	L	LF	LA	+/−	Pts	Status
1	Gary Anderson (4)	3	3	0	15	4	+11	6	Q
2	Michael Unterbuchner (BDO)	3	2	1	12	10	+2	4	Q
3	Ian White	3	1	2	9	11	–2	2	Eliminated
4	Steve Hine	3	0	3	4	15	–11	0	Eliminated

10 November


90.78 Gary Anderson	5 – 2	Michael Unterbuchner 78.78
104.64 Ian White	5 – 1	Steve Hine 92.89

11 November


89.86 Steve Hine	2 – 5	Michael Unterbuchner 97.09
112.54 Gary Anderson	5 – 1	Ian White 86.63

13 November


91.65 Ian White	3 – 5	Michael Unterbuchner 89.83
100.13 Gary Anderson	5 – 1	Steve Hine 85.97

Group E

Pos.	Player	P	W	L	LF	LA	+/−	Pts	Status
1	Peter Wright (2)	3	3	0	15	10	+5	6	Q
2	Josh Payne	3	1	2	12	12	0	2	Q
3	Max Hopp	3	1	2	11	13	–2	2	Eliminated
4	Jim Williams (BDO)	3	1	2	11	14	–3	2	Eliminated

10 November


88.65 Peter Wright	5 – 4	Jim Williams 87.30
92.76 Max Hopp	5 – 3	Josh Payne 90.12

11 November


90.20 Josh Payne	5 – 2	Jim Williams 91.91
98.46 Peter Wright	5 – 2	Max Hopp 95.76

12 November


97.18 Max Hopp	4 – 5	Jim Williams 101.60
90.81 Peter Wright	5 – 4	Josh Payne 86.98

Group F

Pos.	Player	P	W	L	LF	LA	+/−	Pts	Status
1	Gerwyn Price	3	2	1	14	11	+3	4	Q
2	Simon Whitlock (7)	3	2	1	11	11	0	4	Q
3	Glen Durrant (BDO)	3	1	2	13	11	+2	2	Eliminated
4	Andrew Gilding	3	1	2	9	14	–5	2	Eliminated

10 November


92.05 Simon Whitlock	1 – 5	Glen Durrant 99.20
90.24 Gerwyn Price	5 – 2	Andrew Gilding 84.49

11 November


94.11 Simon Whitlock	5 – 2	Andrew Gilding 89.56
101.60 Gerwyn Price	5 – 4	Glen Durrant 97.02

12 November


101.52 Andrew Gilding	5 – 4	Glen Durrant 104.98
108.86 Simon Whitlock	5 – 4	Gerwyn Price 104.58

Group G

Pos.	Player	P	W	L	LF	LA	+/−	Pts	Status
1	Stephen Bunting	3	3	0	15	7	+8	6	Q
2	Mensur Suljović (6)	3	1	2	12	12	0	2	Q
3	Scott Mitchell (BDO)	3	1	2	8	11	–3	2	Eliminated
4	Martin Schindler	3	1	2	9	14	–5	2	Eliminated

10 November


94.24 Mensur Suljović	5 – 2	Scott Mitchell 89.53
91.00 Stephen Bunting	5 – 3	Martin Schindler 84.83

11 November


88.42 Martin Schindler	1 – 5	Scott Mitchell 97.76
101.94 Mensur Suljović	3 – 5	Stephen Bunting 104.36

12 November


89.97 Stephen Bunting	5 – 1	Scott Mitchell 91.35
90.41 Mensur Suljović	4 – 5	Martin Schindler 87.06

Group H

Pos.	Player	P	W	L	LF	LA	+/−	Pts	Status
1	Rob Cross (3)	3	3	0	15	8	+7	6	Q
2	Dimitri Van den Bergh	3	2	1	14	9	+5	4	Q
3	Mark McGeeney (BDO)	3	1	2	8	13	–5	2	Eliminated
4	Ryan Searle	3	0	3	8	15	–7	0	Eliminated

10 November


87.49 Rob Cross	5 – 2	Mark McGeeney 79.63
95.67 Dimitri Van den Bergh	5 – 3	Ryan Searle 89.19

11 November


83.56 Ryan Searle	3 – 5	Mark McGeeney 92.93
98.08 Rob Cross	5 – 4	Dimitri Van den Bergh 100.11

12 November


98.90 Dimitri Van den Bergh	5 – 1	Mark McGeeney 95.75
98.70 Rob Cross	5 – 2	Ryan Searle 88.66

Knockout stage

Second round (best of 19 legs)
14–15 November^[15]^[16]

Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs)
16–17 November^[17]

Semi-finals (best of 31 legs)
18 November

Final (best of 31 legs)
18 November

A1

Jonny Clayton 103.65

10

B2

Krzysztof Ratajski 94.08

3

A1

Jonny Clayton 95.88

12

A2

Michael van Gerwen (1) 101.65

16

B1

Michael Smith (8) 100.69

8

A2

Michael van Gerwen (1) 108.32

10

A2

Michael van Gerwen (1) 99.05

12

D1

Gary Anderson (4) 102.97

16

C1

James Wade (5) 93.76

6

D2

Michael Unterbuchner (BDO) 93.57

10

D2

Michael Unterbuchner (BDO) 88.52

6

D1

Gary Anderson (4) 100.48

16

D1

Gary Anderson (4) 101.22

10

C2

Wesley Harms (BDO) 87.97

2

D1

Gary Anderson (4) 97.25

13

F1

Gerwyn Price 96.70

16

E1

Peter Wright (2) 93.86

6

F2

Simon Whitlock (7) 94.95

10

F2

Simon Whitlock (7) 95.03

15

F1

Gerwyn Price 95.86

16

F1

Gerwyn Price 93.37

10

E2

Josh Payne 84.10

5

F1

Gerwyn Price 97.06

16

G2

Mensur Suljović (6) 98.08

12

G1

Stephen Bunting 88.14

6

H2

Dimitri Van den Bergh 90.16

10

H2

Dimitri Van den Bergh 94.28

9

G2

Mensur Suljović (6) 98.58

16

H1

Rob Cross (3) 92.23

7

G2

Mensur Suljović (6) 93.63

10

References

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^ "Grand Slam of Darts: Michael van Gerwen wins his third title after beating Peter Wright and Phil Taylor on finals day". www.sportinglife.com. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
^ "Grand Slam of Darts: Gerwyn Price beats Gary Anderson in bad-tempered final". BBC Sport. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
^ "Gerwyn Price handed record fine for Grand Slam of Darts gamesmanship". Live Darts. 23 January 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
^ Allen, Dave. "DRA Statement: Gerwyn Price Appeal". PDC. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
^ "Dimitri Van den Bergh hits a nine-darter at Grand Slam of Darts". SKY Sports. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules". PDC. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
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^ Phillips, Josh. "bwin World Series Finals Field Confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
^ Phillips, Josh. "BDO Confirm Grand Slam Qualifiers". PDC. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
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^ Phillips, Josh. "2018 bwin Grand Slam of Darts Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
^ Phillips, Josh. "2018 bwin Grand Slam of Darts Day Three". PDC. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
^ Phillips, Josh. "2018 bwin Grand Slam of Darts Day Four". PDC. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
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[8] Phil Taylor retired following the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship.

[11] Corey Cadby withdrew from the Grand Slam,^[8] due to an arm injury.^[9]

[1] "bwin Grand Slam Remains In Wolverhampton". PDC.

[2] "Grand Slam of Darts: Michael van Gerwen wins his third title after beating Peter Wright and Phil Taylor on finals day". www.sportinglife.com. Retrieved 12 February 2020.

[3] "Grand Slam of Darts: Gerwyn Price beats Gary Anderson in bad-tempered final". BBC Sport. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.

[4] "Gerwyn Price handed record fine for Grand Slam of Darts gamesmanship". Live Darts. 23 January 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2019.

[5] Allen, Dave. "DRA Statement: Gerwyn Price Appeal". PDC. Retrieved 5 August 2019.

[6] "Dimitri Van den Bergh hits a nine-darter at Grand Slam of Darts". SKY Sports. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.

[7] "PDC Order of Merit Rules". PDC. Retrieved 2 November 2018.

[9] Phillips, Josh. "Cadby Withdraws From Grand Slam". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 30 October 2018.

[10] Phillips, Josh. "bwin World Series Finals Field Confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 30 October 2018.

[12] Phillips, Josh. "BDO Confirm Grand Slam Qualifiers". PDC. Retrieved 10 October 2018.

[13] Phillips, Josh. "2018 bwin Grand Slam of Darts Day One". PDC. Retrieved 12 November 2018.

[14] Phillips, Josh. "2018 bwin Grand Slam of Darts Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 12 November 2018.

[15] Phillips, Josh. "2018 bwin Grand Slam of Darts Day Three". PDC. Retrieved 12 November 2018.

[16] Phillips, Josh. "2018 bwin Grand Slam of Darts Day Four". PDC. Retrieved 13 November 2018.

[17] Phillips, Josh. "2018 bwin Grand Slam of Darts Day Fife". PDC. Retrieved 15 November 2018.^{[permanent dead link]}

[18] Phillips, Josh. "2018 bwin Grand Slam of Darts Day Six". PDC. Retrieved 15 November 2018.

[19] Phillips, Josh. "2018 bwin Grand Slam of Darts Day Seven". PDC. Retrieved 16 November 2018.

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2018 Grand Slam of Darts

Prize money

Qualifying

PDC Qualifying Tournaments

PDC Qualifying Event

BDO Qualifying Tournaments

BDO Ranking qualifiers

Pools

Draw

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Knockout stage

References

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