James Wade en Simon Whitlock hebben plaatsen op de Grand Slam of Darts veilig gesteld door de finale van het EK te halen afgelopen weekend.
Wade, runner-up van de Grand Slam in 2010 en 2016, plaatste zich voor het toernooi in Wolverhampton nadat hij afgelopen zondag in Dortmund het EK wist te winnen.
Minder dan twee weken nadat Wade voor de eerste keer vader werd, beëindigde hij zijn vier jaar zonder een Major ranking toernooi te winnen.
WADE: ''I've qualified for the Grand Slam now so it's a great feeling,
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.
I've won TV titles before and I've never made the most of it. It's an amazing feeling.
Whitlock heeft zich ook geplaatst voor de Grand Slam of Darts nadat hij de finale haalde in Dortmund.
De laatste mogelijkheid voor spelers om zich te plaatsen voor de Grand Slam zijn de World Series Finals van komend weekend in Wenen.
2018 bwin Grand Slam of Darts
PDC Representatives – Current Provisional Qualifiers: (invited in the following order up to a maximum of 16 players)
2018 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
2018 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
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