The draw for the Mr Vegas Grand Slam of Darts has been made, and back-to-back defending champion Luke Littler will be in Group A alongside Beau Greaves and Niels Zonneveld in Wolverhampton.
Littler, who swept to the title in 2024, and then triumphed 16-11 in the 2025 final against Luke Humphries, has been matched tough at Aldersley Leisure Village in the newly-expanded 48-player field, and will have to face female phenom Greaves in his opening match on Saturday evening.
Humphries will start the quest to add to his 2023 title in a group containing Joe Cullen and Paolo Nebrida, and three-time former winner Gerwyn Price will be in Group E with Sebastian Bialecki and Joe Hunt.
The only other former winner in the field is Michael van Gerwen, and the Dutchman, champion in 2015, 2016 and 2017, will have Jeffrey de Graaf and Henry Coates for company in Group L.
Ross Smith, winner of the European Championship and World Series Finals this year, will fancy his chances of getting out of Group O that has Gabriel Clemens and Rusty-Jake Rodriguez for company.
Only the group winners will advance to the last 16 stage, with the winner to receive £200,000 and the Eric Bristow Trophy.
The tournament runs from November 14-22, and will be live on Sky Sports in the UK, and PDC.tv worldwide.
2026 Mr Vegas Grand Slam of Darts
Group Stage Draw
Group A
(1) Luke Littler
Niels Zonneveld
Beau Greaves
Group B
(16) Jermaine Wattimena
Alan Soutar
Lisa Ashton
Group C
(8) Josh Rock
Kevin Doets
Tommy Morris
Group D
(9) Stephen Bunting
Cameron Menzies
Raymond Smith
Group E
(4) Gerwyn Price
Sebastian Bialecki
Joe Hunt
Group F
(13) Ryan Searle
Andrew Gilding
Charlie Manby
Group G
(5) Jonny Clayton
Rob Cross
Anton Ostlund
Group H
(12) Wessel Nijman
Niko Springer
Adam Sevada
Group I
(2) Luke Humphries
Joe Cullen
Paolo Nebrida
Group J
(15) Luke Woodhouse
Krzysztof Ratajski
Tom Sykes
Group K
(7) James Wade
Ricky Evans
Cam Crabtree
Group L
(10) Michael van Gerwen
Jeffrey de Graaf
Henry Coates
Group M
(3) Gian van Veen
Bradley Brooks
Carl Sneyd
Group N
(14) Chris Dobey
Martin Schindler
Jan Schmidt
Group O
(6) Ross Smith
Gabriel Clemens
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Group P
(11) Nathan Aspinall
Karel Sedlacek
Maik Kuivenhoven
Schedule of Play
Saturday November 14
Afternoon Session (1300 GMT)
8x Group Matches (Seeded Player v Player C)
Luke Woodhouse v Tom Sykes (J)
Jermaine Wattimena v Lisa Ashton (B)
Stephen Bunting v Raymond Smith (D)
Ryan Searle v Charlie Manby (F)
Josh Rock v Tommy Morris (C)
Wessel Nijman v Adam Sevada (H)
Nathan Aspinall v Maik Kuivenhoven (P)
Jonny Clayton v Anton Ostlund (G)
Evening Session (1900 GMT)
8x Group Matches (Seeded Player v Player C)
Gerwyn Price v Joe Hunt (E)
James Wade v Cam Crabtree (K)
Ross Smith v Rusty-Jake Rodriguez (O)
Michael van Gerwen v Henry Coates (L)
Luke Humphries v Paolo Nebrida (I)
Luke Littler v Beau Greaves (A)
Gian van Veen v Carl Sneyd (M)
Chris Dobey v Jan Schmidt (N)
Sunday November 15
Afternoon Session (1300 GMT)
8x Group Matches (Player B v Saturday Afternoon’s Losing Player)
Evening Session (1930 GMT)
8x Group Matches (Player B v Saturday Evening’s Losing Player)
Monday November 16 (1900 GMT)
8x Group Matches (Groups A-H, Player B v Saturday’s Winning Player)
Tuesday November 17 (1900 GMT)
8x Group Matches (Groups I-P, Player B v Saturday’s Winning Player)
Wednesday November 18 (1900 GMT)
4x Round Two Matches
Winner Group A v Winner Group B
Winner Group C v Winner Group D
Winner Group E v Winner Group F
Winner Group G v Winner Group H
Thursday November 19 (1900 GMT)
4x Round Two Matches
Winner Group I v Winner Group J
Winner Group K v Winner Group L
Winner Group M v Winner Group N
Winner Group O v Winner Group P
Friday November 20 (1900 GMT)
2x Quarter-Finals
Winner A/B v Winner C/D
Winner E/F v Winner G/H
Saturday November 21 (1900 GMT)
2x Quarter-Finals
Winner I/J v Winner K/L
Winner M/N v Winner O/P
Sunday November 22
Afternoon Session (1300 GMT)
Semi-Finals
Evening Session (1930 GMT)
Final
