Luke Littler will open his bid for a third consecutive Mr Vegas Grand Slam of Darts title with a blockbuster encounter against Beau Greaves on Saturday\u2019s opening night in Wolverhampton – with the group stage draw for the expanded 48-player event having been made on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reigning champion Littler is yet to taste defeat in Wolverhampton and he will be aiming to preserve his unbeaten run when he takes on three-time Women\u2019s World Matchplay champion Greaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Greaves recorded a memorable victory when the pair met in last year\u2019s Winmau World Youth Championship semi-finals and will take on the world number one for a first time on the big stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A high-profile Group A is completed by Dutch Darts Champion Niels Zonneveld, who will await both Littler and Greaves on Sunday and Monday in further round-robin ties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The newly-expanded 48-player tournament will take place at WV Active Aldersley from November 14-22, as the sport\u2019s biggest names go head-to-head for the iconic Eric Bristow Trophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a change to previous years, the players are split into 16 groups of three, with only the group winner advancing to the knockout stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The opening round-robin games will take place during a bumper double session on Saturday, with 2023 champion Luke Humphries pitted against former Masters champion Joe Cullen and PDC Asian Champion Paolo Nebrida in Group I.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dutch number one Gian van Veen will headline Group M, as the world number three prepares to take on former World Youth Champion Bradley Brooks and debutant Carl Sneyd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Three-time champion Gerwyn Price kicks off his campaign against Challenge Tour champion Joe Hunt, with Poland\u2019s number two Sebastian Bialecki also awaiting in Group E.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Michael van Gerwen \u2013 also a three-time Grand Slam winner \u2013 kicks off his challenge against talented youngster Henry Coates, while Sweden\u2019s number one Jeffrey de Graaf completes Group L.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Scotland\u2019s number two Cameron Menzies and ANZ Premier League champion Raymond Smith will face ninth seed Stephen Bunting in Group D, as Josh Rock faces debutants Kevin Doets and Tommy Morris in Group C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Three-time runner-up James Wade also faces a tough assignment in Group K, as he goes up against last year\u2019s quarter-finalist Ricky Evans and World Youth Championship finalist Cam Crabtree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
World number five Jonny Clayton is the seeded player in Group G, which also features 2023 runner-up Rob Cross and newly-crowned PDC Nordic & Baltic champion Anton Ostlund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Group Stage Draw<\/strong> Group B<\/strong> Group C<\/strong> Group D<\/strong> Group E<\/strong> Group F<\/strong> Group G<\/strong> Group H<\/strong> Group I<\/strong> Group J<\/strong> Group K<\/strong> Group L<\/strong> Group M<\/strong> Group N<\/strong> Group O<\/strong> Group P<\/strong> Luke Littler will open his bid for a third consecutive Mr Vegas Grand Slam of Darts title with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-17615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-darts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
Group A
<\/strong>(1) Luke Littler
Niels Zonneveld
Beau Greaves<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(16) Jermaine Wattimena
Alan Soutar
Lisa Ashton<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(8) Josh Rock
Kevin Doets
Tommy Morris<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(9) Stephen Bunting
Cameron Menzies
Raymond Smith<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(4) Gerwyn Price
Sebastian Bialecki
Joe Hunt<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(13) Ryan Searle
Andrew Gilding
Charlie Manby<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(5) Jonny Clayton
Rob Cross
Anton Ostlund<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(12) Wessel Nijman
Niko Springer
Adam Sevada<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(2) Luke Humphries
Joe Cullen
Paolo Nebrida<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(15) Luke Woodhouse
Krzysztof Ratajski
Tom Sykes<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(7) James Wade
Ricky Evans
Cam Crabtree<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(10) Michael van Gerwen
Jeffrey de Graaf
Henry Coates<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(3) Gian van Veen
Bradley Brooks
Carl Sneyd<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(14) Chris Dobey
Martin Schindler
Jan Schmidt<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(6) Ross Smith
Gabriel Clemens
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(11) Nathan Aspinall
Karel Sedlacek
Maik Kuivenhoven<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"