Littler drawn with Greaves in Grand Slam Group A

Luke Littler has been drawn alongside Beau Greaves and Niels Zonneveld in Group A for the 2026 Grand Slam of Darts, where only the winner of each three-player group will advance to the knockout stage.

The draw, published on November 9, puts the defending champion against Greaves in his opening match on Saturday, November 14. The Group A match is scheduled for the evening session at Aldersley in Wolverhampton. Zonneveld completes the group.

The tournament has expanded from 32 players to 48, arranged in 16 groups of three. The group winners will progress to the last 16. This is a change from the previous format, in which groups contained four players. One report described the field as 49 players, but the published draw lists 16 groups of three.

Littler is the back-to-back champion. He beat Luke Humphries 16-11 in the 2025 final after winning the title in 2024. Humphries, the 2023 champion, has been drawn in Group I with Joe Cullen and Paolo Nebrida.

Other groups include former champions Gerwyn Price, Michael van Gerwen and James Wade. Price is in Group E with Sebastian Bialecki and Joe Hunt, while van Gerwen is in Group L with Jeffrey de Graaf and Henry Coates. Wade is drawn with...