THE field for the partypoker.com World Grand Prix will be confirmed following this weekend's European Darts Trophy in Germany, with a host of players having plenty to play for in Leipzig.
The 2014 partypoker.com World Grand Prix will be held from October 6-12 at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, as 32 players compete live on Sky Sports in the famous double-start tournament.
The top 16 players from the PDC Order of Merit will qualify by right for the tournament - but last weekend's Players Championship double-header in Crawley led to Ian White jumping back into the world's top 16 at the expense of Raymond van Barneveld.
However, the five-time World Champion - and former World Grand Prix finalist - would still qualify at present through the ProTour Order of Merit, where 14 players plus the top two ranked Irish/Northern Irish players are selected from.
Jelle Klaasen, Benito van de Pas and Ronny Huybrechts will all hope to firstly qualify for this weekend's European Darts Trophy before embarking on runs which could put them into contention to claim a late place in the World Grand Prix.
Northern Irish pair Michael Mansell and Daryl Gurney are the current two "home" qualifiers for the World Grand Prix - alongside world number 13 Brendan Dolan - although Ireland's William O'Connor will compete in Leipzig and would qualify by reaching the quarter-finals this weekend at the expense of Gurney.
With the partypoker.com World Grand Prix featuring eight seeds, Robert Thornton, Mervyn King and Andy Hamilton will all have their sights set on claiming glory in Leipzig to take a place in the world's top eight.
Tickets for the partypoker.com World Grand Prix are available from http://pdc.seetickets.com, or by calling 0844 871 8807 (UK) and 0818 776 378 (Ireland).
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Current Provisional Top 16
Prize Money won in ET8 to be added
1 Michael van Gerwen (£865,200)
2 Phil Taylor (£740,350)
3 Adrian Lewis (£353,200)
4 Peter Wright (£289,250)
5 Simon Whitlock (£289,100)
6 Gary Anderson (£240,300)
7 James Wade (£227,950)
8 Dave Chisnall (£222,050)
9 Robert Thornton (£219,250)
10 Mervyn King (£211,400)
11 Andy Hamilton (£203,350)
12 Wes Newton (£191,650)
13 Brendan Dolan (£191,600)
14 Justin Pipe (£175,000)
15 Kim Huybrechts (£171,300)
16 Ian White (£170,650)
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17 Raymond van Barneveld (£169,100)
NB - no other players can break into Top 16 at ET8
Current Provisional ProTour Order of Merit Qualifiers
Prize Money won in ET8 to be added
1 Michael Smith (£51,500)
2 Vincent van der Voort (£44,750)
3 Steve Beaton (£43,250)
4 Jamie Caven (£41,000)
5 Terry Jenkins (£38,250)
6 Stephen Bunting (£35,250)
7 Dean Winstanley (£30,750)
8 Kevin Painter (£28,750)
9 Ronnie Baxter (£28,750)
10 Darren Webster (£27,000*)
11 Raymond van Barneveld (£27,000*)
12 Andrew Gilding (£25,500)
13 Andy Smith (£23,000)
14 Richie Burnett (£20,250*)
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Jamie Lewis (£20,250*)
Jelle Klaasen (19,000)
Wayne Jones (£17,250*)
Paul Nicholson (£17,250*)
Mark Webster (£16,250)
Benito van de Pas (£16,000)
John Henderson (£15,500)
Ronny Huybrechts (£15,250)
Stuart Kellett (£14,750)
NB - below Jelle Klaasen, players at ET8 would need to reach at least the final to break into qualifying places
* Players marked with a * are separated on count-back of prize money won in past four events.
Top Two Non-Qualified Players From Ireland/Northern Ireland on ProTour Order of Merit
Prize Money won in ET8 to be added
Michael Mansell (£11,750)
Daryl Gurney (£10,000)
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William O'Connor (£7,000)
NB - William O'Connor needs to reach quarter-finals of ET8 to move above Daryl Gurney on count-back. Should Michael Mansell win ET8, he would move into ProTour Order of Merit qualifying places.