Grand Slam of Darts | Format changes by year 2007: Qualifiers: - Last 2 years PDC World Championship Semi-Finalists - Last 2 years Matchplay Finalists - Last 2 years Grand Prix Finalists - Last 2 years Las Vegas Classic Finalists - Last 2 years UK Open Finalists - Previous years WSoD Finalists - Current years US Open Finalists - Last 2 years Premier League Finalists - Last 2 BDO World Championship Semi-Finalists - Previous years BDO World Masters Finalists - Last 2 years International Darts League Finalists - Last 2 years World Darts Trophy Finalists - 3x Highest ranked PDC non-qualifier - Highest ranked BDO non-qualifier - DPA Australia Open Winner - South African Open Winner - 3 Highest ranked PDC non-qualifier Format: - 8x Groups of 4, best of 9 legs, top 2 go through - Last 16, QF - Bo19 - SF - Bo25 - Final - Bo35 - Total prize money - £300,000 2008: Qualifiers: - Previous years Grand Slam Semi-Finalists - WSoD abolished, no qualifiers - US Open qualifiers changes to previous 2 years - Previous years German Darts Championship Finalists - Current years European Championship Finalists - Current years Championship League Finalists - BDO World Masters qualifiers changed to previous 2 years Finalists - International Darts League & World Darts Trophy qualifiers changed to only the previous years Finalists - Highest ranked un-qualified from PDC and BDO don't qualify - No DPA or African Qualifier - William Cross Pro-Am winner qualifies - BDO Women's World Champion qualifiers Format: - Semi-Finals changes to Bo31 - Total prize money upped to £356,000 2009: Qualifiers: - Grand Slam Semi-Finalists qualifiers changed to previous 2 years - US Open qualifier changes to only the previous years Finalists - German Darts Championship, European Championship, and Championship League Finalists qualifying changed to previous 2 years - Previous years Players Championship Finals winner now qualifies - BDO Women's World Championship qualifier changed to previous 2 years - International Darts League, and World Darts Trophy defund - removed from qualifying criteria - DPA OoM qualifier returns - William Cross-Am qualifier removed - European OoM leader qualifiers Format: - QF's and Final changed to Bo31 - Total prize money upped to £400,000 2010: Qualifiers: - Las Vegas Classic Finalists qualifying changed to just the previous yaer - PC Finals Finalists changed to previous 2 years - PDC Women's World Championship Finalists now qualify - The next years PDC U21 World Championship Finalists now qualify - BDO Women's World Championship and World Masters spots removed - DPA and North American spot removed - Highest ranked PDC non-qualified returns - Highest ranked PC OoM non-qualified now qualifies 2011: Qualifiers: - Last 5 PDC and BDO World Champions all qualify - Las Vegas Desert Classic and German Darts Championship spots removed - PDC Women's World Championship spots removed - Previous years World Cup Finalists now qualify - PDC World Youth C'ship spots changed to next years finalists, and previous years winner 2012 Qualifiers: - World Cup qualifiers changed to previous 2 years Finalists - World Youth Championship qualifiers changed to only that years Finalists - No more Wild Cards, or European or PC OoM #1 2013: Qualifiers: - That years PDC Masters Finalists qualify - Wildcards return - Challenge Tour winner qualifies 2014 Qualifiers: - Championship League qualifiers changed to only the previous years Finalists - PDC Masters qualifiers changed to previous 2 years Finalists - European Tour and Players Championship winners used as a reserve list - Challenge Tour winner spot removed 2015: Qualifiers: - All major PDC Finalists spots changed to only the previous years, rather than the last 2 - No major PDC Semi-Finalists qualify - World Series Ranking #1 and #2 qualify - PDC TCH Qualifier introduced (8 players) - BDO World C'ship spots changed to only the previous years Finalists - BDO World Masters and World Trophy, only the winners qualify - BDO host 2x UK and 2x European qualifiers 2016: Qualifiers: - Champions League Finalists now qualify - World Series OoM spots replaced by World Series Finals Finalists - BDO qualifiers removed, replaced but top four non-qualified in the BDO 2017: Qualifiers: - BDO highest ranked non-qualified spots increased to five Format: - Total prize money upped to £450,000 2018: - No changes 2019: Qualifiers: - BDO World Masters spot removed - BDO highest ranked non-qualified spots change to top 4 men, and top 1 woman Format: - Total prize money upped to £550,000 2020: Qualifiers: - Champions League spot removed - PDC Home Tour, Summer Series, Autumn Series, and Winter Series winners qualify - PDC host a women's qualifier - BDO World Trophy spot removed - BDO highest ranked non-qualified spots removed 2021: Qualifiers: - All BDO spots removed - PDC Home Tour, Summer Series, Autumn Series, and Winter Series spots removed - UK & European Challenge Tour & Development Tour winners qualify - Women's Series qualifiers from 1-6 Winner, and Event 7-12 Winner 2022: Qualifiers: - Challenge Tour & Development Tour just 1 qualifier each - Women's World Matchplay winner qualified - Just 1 Women's Series spot - Asian Championship & North American Championship winners now qualify Format: - Total prize money upped to £650,000 2023: Qualifiers: - CDC Continental Cup Winner now qualifies, replaced North American Championship qualifier 2024 & 2025: - No changes 2026: Qualifiers: - Previous two years World Youth Championship Finalists now qualify - North American Championship winner replaced CDC Continental Cup - Nordic & Baltic Championship and ANZ Premier League winners now qualify - Any unfilled spots go to the PDC TCH Qualifier Format: - Upped to 48 players, in 16 groups of 3 - Only group winners qualify for knockouts - Total prize money upped to £1,000,000

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Notable withdrawals from PC31/32: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Luke Littler (-£18.75k) 🍀 Josh Rock (-£3.25k) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Gary Anderson (+£1k) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ryan Joyce (-£6.75k)