Nathan Aspinall, Luke Humphries and Josh Rock have joined the list of confirmed qualifiers for the 2022 Cazoo Grand Slam of Darts, with 11 places in the November event still up for grabs.
Former Grand Slam quarter-finalist Aspinall, who missed out on last year's event, secured his return by finishing runner-up at last week's World Grand Prix in Leicester.
Four-time 2022 European Tour event winner Humphries' place in the tournament is now locked in due to just one new qualifier coming from the World Grand Prix, with just the European Championship remaining for players to secure automatic qualification as a TV event finalist.
Northern Irish sensation Rock qualifies via finishing second on the Winmau Development Tour Order of Merit, as Order of Merit winner Nathan Rafferty's had already qualified as 2021 World Youth Championship runner-up.
A total of 21 players are now guaranteed places in this year's Grand Slam, which will see 32 players competing in group and knockout stages for the Eric Bristow Trophy and £650,000 in prize money from November 12-20 at Wolverhampton's Aldersley Leisure Village.
Reigning champion Gerwyn Price, who sealed his third Grand Slam crown in 2021, headlines this year’s field alongside World Champion Peter Wright and three-time winner Michael van Gerwen.
The finalists from PDC televised events over a 12-month period will make up 16 places at this year’s Grand Slam, with 13 of those spots currently occupied.
Price, Wright and Van Gerwen are among the players to have won televised events during the qualifying period, alongside Masters champion Joe Cullen and UK Open winner Danny Noppert.
Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock will also feature after guiding Australia to their maiden Cazoo World Cup of Darts success in Frankfurt earlier this month.
World Championship runner-up Michael Smith has sealed his spot, with Dave Chisnall, Ryan Searle and Jonny Clayton also amongst the current qualifiers after reaching TV finals in the past year.
Jose De Sousa, the Grand Slam champion in 2020, has yet to book his Wolverhampton return, while James Wade and Gary Anderson are also battling to preserve their ever-present records in the tournament.
The European Championship will provide one final opportunity for players to seal qualification through televised events for the finalists.
However, if the 16 places are not filled from the televised events, winners from the 2022 PDC European Tour and then Players Championship events could also secure Grand Slam spots.
At present, Rob Cross and Brendan Dolan are provisional qualifiers from Players Championship events with six Players Championship events still to take place, while the Gibraltar Darts Trophy (ET13) will be the year's last European Tour event.
A further eight players will come through the PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier on November 6, before the 32-player field is completed with an additional eight qualifiers.
Women's World Matchplay champion Fallon Sherrock, Women's Series Order of Merit qualifier Lisa Ashton and reigning World Youth champion Ted Evetts are among the Additional Qualifiers.
North American Champion Leonard Gates and Asian Championship winner Christian Perez are both in line to make their debuts in a PDC Premier event.
The Winmau Challenge Tour Order of Merit winner will also join the list of qualifiers following this weekend's conclusion of the season.
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The tournament will be broadcast live on Sky Sports in the UK, through the PDC's worldwide broadcast partners including DAZN and Viaplay, and on PDCTV (excluding UK, Germany, Austria & Switzerland based subscribers).
Listed below is the qualification latest correct as of October 10 2022.
Players listed in BOLD CAPS are guaranteed qualification.
Players listed in REGULAR CAPS are provisional qualifiers.
2022 Cazoo Grand Slam of Darts
Qualifying Players
Invited in the following order
2021/22 PDC World Champion - PETER WRIGHT (1)
2021 Grand Slam Champion - GERWYN PRICE (2)
2022 Premier League Champion - MICHAEL VAN GERWEN (3)
2022 World Matchplay Champion - (Michael van Gerwen)
2022 World Grand Prix Champion - (Michael van Gerwen)
2022 Masters Champion - JOE CULLEN (4)
2022 UK Open Champion - DANNY NOPPERT (5)
2022 European Champion
2021 Players Championship Finals Champion - (Peter Wright)
2022 World Series of Darts Finals Champion - (Gerwyn Price)
2022 World Cup Champions x2 - DAMON HETA (6) & SIMON WHITLOCK (7)
2021/22 PDC World Championship runner-up - MICHAEL SMITH (8)
2021 Grand Slam runner-up - (Peter Wright)
2022 Premier League runner-up - (Joe Cullen)
2022 World Matchplay runner-up - (Gerwyn Price)
2022 World Grand Prix runner-up - NATHAN ASPINALL (9)
2022 Masters runner-up - DAVE CHISNALL (10)
2022 UK Open runner-up - (Michael Smith)
2022 European Championship runner-up
2021 Players Championship Finals runner-up - RYAN SEARLE (11)
2022 World Series of Darts Finals runners-up - DIRK VAN DUIJVENBODE (12)
2022 World Cup runners-up x2 - (Gerwyn Price) & JONNY CLAYTON (13)
2022 European Tour Event Winners
In order of number of event wins and then PDC Ranking Order
LUKE HUMPHRIES X4 (14)
(Michael van Gerwen X3)
(Gerwyn Price)
(Michael Smith)
(Joe Cullen)
(Peter Wright)
(Dave Chisnall)
2022 Players Championship Event Winners
In order of number of event wins and then PDC Ranking Order
ROB CROSS
BRENDAN DOLAN
Adrian Lewis
Keegan Brown
Scott Williams
Jim Williams
Danny Jansen
PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier
8x Players (Sunday November 6)
Additional Qualifiers
2021 World Youth Champion - TED EVETTS
2021 World Youth Championship runner-up - NATHAN RAFFERTY
2022 Challenge Tour Order of Merit winner
2022 Development Tour Order of Merit - JOSH ROCK
2022 Women’s World Matchplay Winner - FALLON SHERROCK
2022 Women's Series Order of Merit Winner - LISA ASHTON
2022 PDC Asian Championship Winner - CHRISTIAN PEREZ
2022 North American Championship Winner - LEONARD GATES