Littler, who won last year's Grand Slam of Darts after beating Luke Humphries 16-11, has only faced Zonneveld and Greaves once on the PDC Tour, with Zonneveld beating Littler 6-5 at the 2026 Belgian Darts Open in March and Greaves falling 6-5 to 'the Nuke' at Player Championship 24 in 2025.
More notably, Beau Greaves knocked Littler out of the 2025 PDC World Youth Championships, steamrolling him 6-1 in last year's semifinals.
Elsewhere, fifth seed Jonny Clayton was matched up with Rob Cross, while World Youth Championships finalists Cam Crabtree and Jan Schmidt were drawn against James Wade and Chris Dobey.
2026 Grand Slam of Darts Groups
The 48 players were selected based on their results in this year's tournaments. The field includes winners and finalists from various competitions. It was completed by 10 players who came through the qualifiers for tour-card holders.
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
2026 Grand Slam of Darts 2026 schedule and tournament format
The Grand Slam of Darts will begin on Saturday, November 14th, and run through Sunday, November 22nd. The tournament will be held at WV Active Aldersley in Wolverhampton.
For the first time in the event's history, 48 players will compete, split into 16 groups of three. Only the group winners will advance to the play-off stage, where they will enter the round of 16. Previously, the tournament featured 32 players.
Group-stage matches will be played over a best-of-nine-leg format. Matches in the first play-off round, the round of 16, will be played over a best-of-19-leg format, while the later rounds will be played over a best-of-31-leg format.
2026 Grand Slam of Darts 2026 prize money
The tournament's prize fund will be huge, up by £350,000 from the previous edition. Players will receive £5,000 simply for taking part, while finishing second in a group will bring a £12,500 payout. The winner will earn £200,000.
Third place in group: £5,000
Second place in group: £12,500
Round of 16: £20,000
Quarter-final: £35,000
Semi-final: £60,000
Final: £100,000
Winner: £200,000