Gerwyn Price and Peter Wright (Picture: Lawrence Lustig/PDC)

Jose de Sousa is the defending champion (Picture: Lawrence Lustig/PDC)

Grand Slam of Darts 2021: Group draw, tables, schedule, results, live Sky Sports TV coverage details & betting odds

By Sporting Life

Darts

Sun November 21, 2021 · 3y ago

The full results, round-ups and group standings from the Cazoo Grand Slam of Darts, which took place from November 13-21 at the Aldersley Leisure Village in Wolverhampton.

The 14th staging of the Grand Slam of Darts has concluded, as Gerwyn Price lifted the Eric Bristow Trophy for the third time in four years with a thumping victory over Peter Wright.

Here, you can look back at how the event unfolded - and how Fallon Sherrock made history - with the group standings, results, round ups, details of how the players qualified and a look back at previous winners.

Grand Slam of Darts 2021: Results

FINAL

Gerwyn Price 16-8 Peter Wright

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SEMI-FINALS

Gerwyn Price 16-9 James Wade
Peter Wright 16-12 Michael Smith

QUARTER FINALS

James Wade 16-14 Rob Cross
Gerwyn Price 16-12 Jonny Clayton
Peter Wright 16-13 Fallon Sherrock
Michael van Gerwen 13-16 Michael Smith

SECOND ROUND

Ryan Joyce 4-10 Rob Cross
James Wade 10-1 Rowby-John Rodriguez
Gerwyn Price 10-8 Bradley Brooks
Jonny Clayton 10-2 Nathan Rafferty
Peter Wright 10-9 Jose De Sousa
Fallon Sherrock 10-5 Mensur Suljovic
Michael van Gerwen 10-8 Gary Anderson
Michael Smith 10-5 Joe Cullen

First round group standings

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Group A

(1) Gerwyn Price P 3 W 2 L 1 LegDiff +5 Pts 4
Nathan Rafferty P 3 W 2 L 1 LegDiff +3 Pts 4
Krzysztof Ratajski P 3 W 1 L 2 LegDiff -2 Pts 2
Martin Schindler P 3 W 1 L 2 LegDiff -6 Pts 2

Group B

(8) Jonny Clayton P 3 W 3 L 0 LegDiff +6 Pts 6
Bradley Brooks P 3 W 2 L 1 LegDiff +4 Pts 4
Mervyn King P 3 W 1 L 2 LegDiff -4 Pts 2
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez P 3 W 0 L 3 LegDiff -6 Pts 0

Group C

(4) James Wade P 3 W 2 L 1 LegDiff +5 Pts 4
Rob Cross P 3 W 2 L 1 LegDiff +4 Pts 4
Jim Williams P 3 W 2 L 1 LegDiff +3 Pts 4
Boris Krcmar P 3 W 0 L 3 LegDiff -12 Pts 0

Group D

Ryan Joyce P 3 W 2 L 1 LegDiff +3 Pts 4
Rowby-John Rodriguez P 3 W 2 L 1 LegDiff +2 Pts 4
Chris Dobey P 3 W 1 L 2 LegDiff -2 Pts 2
Stephen Bunting P 3 W 1 L 2 LegDiff -3 Pts 2

Chris Dobey replaced fifth seed Dimitri Van den Bergh

Group E

(2) Peter Wright P 3 W 2 L 1 LegDiff +8 Pts 4
Fallon Sherrock P 3 W 1 L 1 LegDiff +3 Pts 4
Gabriel Clemens P 3 W 2 L 1 LegDiff +3 Pts 4
Mike De Decker P 3 W 0 L 3 LegDiff -14 Pts 0

Group F

Mensur Suljovic P 3 W 2 L 1 LegDiff +6 Pts 4
(7) Jose de Sousa P 3 W 2 L 1 LegDiff +3 Pts 4
Luke Humphries P 3 W 2 L 1 LegDiff +2 Pts 4
Matt Campbell P 3 W 0 L 3 LegDiff -11 Pts 0

Group G

(3) Michael van Gerwen P 3 W 3 L 0 LegDiff +12 Pts 6
Joe Cullen P 3 W 2 L 1 LegDiff +5 Pts 4
John Henderson P 3 W 1 L 2 LegDiff -6 Pts 2
Lisa Ashton P 3 W 0 L 3 LegDiff -11 Pts 0

Group H

Michael Smith P 3 W 3 L 0 LegDiff +7 Pts 6
(6) Gary Anderson P 3 W 2 L 1 LegDiff +4 Pts 4
Raymond van Barneveld P 3 W 1 L 2 LegDiff +1 Pts 2
Joe Davis P 3 W 0 L 3 LegDiff -11 Pts 0

Scoring System: Each competitor plays each other once in a best-of-nine legs match, with two points going to the winner. The top two from each group will then progress to the knockout stages. Any two-way points tie in any position, the player with best leg difference will finish higher. If two players are still level then the winner of the match between them will progress. There is the potential for a Nine-Dart Shoot-Out should three or more players be tied for points and leg difference. For more details see the format section further down.

Grand Slam of Darts: Daily Schedule and results

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Saturday November 13
Afternoon Session (1pm)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports
Group Matches (Best of 9 legs)

Stephen Bunting 4-5 Ryan Joyce (D)
Krzysztof Ratajski 5-1 Martin Schindler (A)
Mervyn King 1-5 Bradley Brooks (B)
James Wade 4-5 Jim Williams (C)
Rob Cross 5-0 Boris Krcmar (C)
Jonny Clayton 5-3 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez (B)
Gerwyn Price 5-4 Nathan Rafferty (A)
Chris Dobey 3-5 Rowby-John Rodriguez (D)

Evening Session (7pm)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports
Group Matches (Best of 9 legs)

Gabriel Clemens 5-1 Mike De Decker (E)
Jose de Sousa 5-1 Matt Campbell (F)
Luke Humphries 3-5 Mensur Suljovic (F)
Gary Anderson 5-1 Joe Davis (H)
Michael van Gerwen 5-0 Lisa Ashton (G)
Joe Cullen 5-0 John Henderson (G)
Peter Wright 5-1 Fallon Sherrock (E)
Michael Smith 5-4 Raymond van Barneveld (H)

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Sunday November 14
Afternoon Session (1pm)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports
Group Matches (Best of 9 legs)

Martin Schindler 2-5 Nathan Rafferty (A)
Mervyn King 5-4 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez (B)
James Wade 5-2 Boris Krcmar (C) (C)
Chris Dobey 3-5 Stephen Bunting (D)
Ryan Joyce 5-1 Rowby-John Rodriguez (D)
Rob Cross 5-3 Jim Williams (C)
Gerwyn Price 5-0 Krzysztof Ratajski (A)
Jonny Clayton 5-3 Bradley Brooks (B)

Evening Session (7pm)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports
Group Matches (Best of 9 legs)

Luke Humphries 5-3 Matt Campbell (F)
Raymond van Barneveld 5-0 Joe Davis (H)
John Henderson 5-2 Lisa Ashton (G)
Mike De Decker 0-5 Fallon Sherrock (E)
Jose de Sousa 5-4 Mensur Suljovic (F)
Gary Anderson 2-5 Michael Smith (H)
Peter Wright 4-5 Gabriel Clemens (E)
Michael van Gerwen 5-2 Joe Cullen (G)

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Monday November 15 (7pm)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports
Group Matches (Best of 9 legs)

Chris Dobey 5-3 Ryan Joyce (D)
Gerwyn Price 4-5 Martin Schindler (A)
Boris Krcmar 1-5 Jim Williams (C)
James Wade 5-2 Rob Cross (C)
Bradley Brooks 5-3 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez (B)
Jonny Clayton 5-4 Mervyn King (B)
Krzysztof Ratajski 4-5 Nathan Rafferty (A)
Stephen Bunting 1-5 Rowby-John Rodriguez (D)

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Tuesday November 16 (7pm)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports
Group Matches (Best of 9 legs)

Michael Smith 5-3 Joe Davis (H)
Joe Cullen 5-2 Lisa Ashton (G)
Michael van Gerwen 5-1 John Henderson (G)
Mensur Suljovic 5-0 Matt Campbell (F)
Jose de Sousa 3-5 Luke Humphries (F)
Peter Wright 5-0 Mike De Decker (E)
Gabriel Clemens 3-5 Fallon Sherrock (E)
Raymond van Barneveld 2-5 Gary Anderson (H)

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Wednesday November 17 (7pm)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports
Second Round (Best of 19 legs)

Ryan Joyce 4-10 Rob Cross
James Wade 10-1 Rowby-John Rodriguez
Gerwyn Price 10-8 Bradley Brooks
Jonny Clayton 10-2 Nathan Rafferty

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Thursday November 18 (7pm)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports
Second Round (Best of 19 legs)

Michael Smith 10-5 Joe Cullen
Peter Wright 10-9 Jose De Sousa
Fallon Sherrock 10-5 Mensur Suljovic
Michael van Gerwen 10-8 Gary Anderson

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Friday November 19
Evening Session (1pm)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports
Quarter-finals (Best of 31 legs)

James Wade 16-14 Rob Cross
Gerwyn Price 16-12 Jonny Clayton

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Saturday November 20
Evening Session (7pm)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports
Quarter-finals (Best of 31 legs)

Peter Wright 16-13 Fallon Sherrock
Michael Van Gerwen 13-16 Michael Smith

Sunday November 21
Afternoon Session (1pm)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports
Semi-finals (Best of 31 legs)

Gerwyn Price 16-9 James Wade
Peter Wright 16-12 Michael Smith

Evening Session (7pm)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports
Final (Best of 31 legs)

Gerwyn Price 16-8 Peter Wright

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What TV channel is the Grand Slam of Darts on?

Every session of the Grand Slam of Darts will be televised live on Sky Sports.

Grand Slam of Darts: Sky Bet odds

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Grand Slam of Darts: Invited players and qualifiers

This first priority list could have up to a maximum of 22 different qualifiers in the following order

GERWYN PRICE (1) - 2020/21 PDC World Champion
JOSE DE SOUSA (2) - 2020 Grand Slam Champion
JONNY CLAYTON (3) - 2021 Premier League Champion
PETER WRIGHT (4) - 2021 World Matchplay Champion
(Jonny Clayton) - 2021 World Grand Prix Champion
(Jonny Clayton) - 2021 Masters Champion
JAMES WADE (5) - 2021 UK Open Champion
ROB CROSS (6) - 2021 European Champion
MICHAEL VAN GERWEN (7) - 2020 Players Championship Finals Champion
(Jonny Clayton) - 2021 World Series of Darts Finals Champion
JOHN HENDERSON (8), (Peter Wright) - 2021 World Cup Champions x2
GARY ANDERSON (9) - 2020/21 PDC World Championship runner-up
(James Wade) - 2020 Grand Slam runner-up
(Jose de Sousa) - 2021 Premier League runner-up
DIMITRI VAN DEN BERGH 10) - 2021 World Matchplay runner-up
(Gerwyn Price) - 2021 World Grand Prix runner-up
MERVYN KING (11) - 2021 Masters runner-up
LUKE HUMPHRIES (12) - 2021 UK Open runner-up
(Michael van Gerwen) - 2021 European Championship runner-up
(Mervyn King) - 2020 Players Championship Finals runner-up
(Dimitri Van den Bergh) - 2021 World Series of Darts Finals runner-up
MENSUR SULJOVIC (13), ROWBY-JOHN RODRIGUEZ (14) - 2021 World Cup Champions x2

This list has produced 14 players with no further televised events left to play before the qualification cut-off.

2021 European Tour Event Winners
(Gerwyn Price) - Hungarian Darts Trophy
(Gerwyn Price) - Gibraltar Darts Trophy

2021 Players Championship Event Winners
(In order of number of event wins and then PDC Ranking Order)
MICHAEL SMITH (15) (PC10, PC27)
JOE CULLEN (16) (PC1, PC13)
Chris Dobey (PC18, PC28)
Callan Rydz (PC2, PC25)
Krzysztof Ratajski (PC30)
Stephen Bunting (PC17)
Dirk van Duijvenbode (PC11)
Brendan Dolan (PC5)
Ryan Searle (PC22)
Ross Smith (PC19)
Raymond van Barneveld (PC3)

PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier
MIKE DE DECKER
GABRIEL CLEMENS
STEPHEN BUNTING
RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD
MARTIN SCHINDLER
RYAN JOYCE
KRZYSZTOF RATAJSKI
BORIS KRCMAR

Additional Qualifiers
BRADLEY BROOKS (25) - 2020 World Youth Champion
JOE DAVIS (26) - 2020 World Youth Championship runner-up
JIM WILLIAMS (27) - 2021 UK Challenge Tour Order of Merit winner
MATT CAMPBELL (28) - 2021 European Challenge Tour Order of Merit winner
NATHAN RAFFERTY (29) - 2021 UK Development Tour Order of Merit winner
RUSTY-JAKE RODRIGUEZ (30) - 2021 European Development Tour Order of Merit winner
FALLON SHERROCK (31) - 2021 Women's Series Order of Merit 1-6 Winner
LISA ASHTON (32) - 2021 Women's Series Order of Merit 7-12 Winner

Grand Slam of Darts: Tournament format

Group Stage (Potentially complicated!!)

The 32 players are drawn into eight groups of four players during the round-robin stage, and they will play each other once. The opening games are decided by a draw, with the second set of matches seeing the two winners from the first games meeting each other, and the two losers also playing each other. The third set of matches will consist of the pairings which have not previously met.

Two points are awarded for a win and no points will be awarded for a loss. Each game is the best of nine legs.

The top two players in each group will progress to the knockout phase. Should there be a two-way points tie for first place in any group, then the player with the best leg difference will be deemed to have won the group. If both players have the same leg difference, then the player who won the group match between the two players will be deemed to have won the group.

Should Points, Leg Difference, Tournament Average and Legs Won Against Throw not be able to separate three players, then if one player has defeated both of the other two players then this player will be deemed to have finished higher, and the winner of the group match between the remaining two players will be the ‘second’ of the three. Should the three players have secured one win apiece against each other, then a Nine-Dart Shoot-Out will be played between the relevant players to determine final standings, with the highest aggregate score over nine darts being used to separate players.

In the event a “Nine-Dart Shoot-Out” finishes level between two or more players, those players who have tied on the most points will continue to throw three darts each in the same order until one player scores more points than the other player(s) with his three darts.

From the second round onwards, the tournament will be in a knockout format.

Knockout stage (far more simple!)

From the second round onwards, the tournament will be in a knockout format. There will be no tie-break rule employed in any match.

Grand Slam of Darts: Prize money

Winner £125,000
Runner-Up £65,000
Semi-Finalists £40,000
Quarter-Finalists £20,000
Second Round Losers £10,000
Third in Group £7,500
Fourth in Group £4,000
Group Winner Bonus £3,500
Total: £550,000

Grand Slam of Darts: The History

The Grand Slam of Darts used to bring together the best players from the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and the British Darts Organisation (BDO) but since the latter's demise in 2020, it's now purely a PDC event.

Phil Taylor won the first three finals against Andy Hamilton, Terry Jenkins and Scott Waites - averaging over 100 in each one - but he failed at the quarter-final stages to Steve Beaton in 2010.

That year, Waites bounced back from his 16-2 hammering at the hands of 12 months to become the first ever BDO player to win the event by coming from 8-0 down to defeat James Wade. No other BDO player has ever reached the final.

Taylor averaged over 109 in a 16-4 thrashing of Gary Anderson to reclaim the title in 2011 before Raymond van Barneveld edged a thrilling all-Dutch battle to beat Michael van Gerwen in 2012.

Two more titles for The Power followed in 2013 and 2014 to take his overall tally to six when he defeated Robert Thornton and Dave Chisnall but he would lose his first final in 2015 when Michael van Gerwen triumphed 16-13 in a high-quality showdown.

The Dutchman twice successfully defended his crown in 2016 and 2017 with victories over James Wade and Peter Wright respectively but the next year Gerwyn Price would bag his first televised title with a controversial victory over Gary Anderson.

The Welshman would go on to defend his crown 12 months later with a brutal 16-6 demolition job over Snakebite before Jose de Sousa triumphed over James Wade in 2020.

Grand Slam of Darts Finals