Super League field complete – three new World Championship qualifiers confirmed, Grand Slam drawn
Darts news from 9 November 2026: Kern, Damm, Gödl and Nußbaum complete the Super League. Plus three new World Championship qualifiers and the groups for the Grand Slam.
The field for the HYLO PDC Europe Super League is complete. René Damm, Christian Gödl, Lukas Nußbaum and René Kern claimed the last four places on Monday evening. Kern rounded it off with a 6:1 against Marcel Walpen. That means all participants are confirmed before the battle for the World Championship place begins in Hildesheim tomorrow.
There were new World Championship tickets at international level too: on Monday the PDC confirmed Gary Mawson, José Marques and Anton Östlund as further participants at Alexandra Palace. With Östlund, the field of the Grand Slam of Darts, expanded to 48 players, is also complete. According to the PDC, ten World Championship places remain open for international qualifiers.
Three new names for the Ally Pally
Gary Mawson returns to the World Championship stage after a long break. With his title at the CDC Continental Cup and the 8:7 in the final against Kevin Luke he secured his eighth World Championship appearance. Mawson was last there at the 2010/11 edition.
José Marques came through the Mediterranean Qualifier in Segovia. The Portuguese player won the final against Ricardo Perez Ibarra 7:6 and is in the World Championship field for the first time. After José de Sousa, he is the second player from his country to qualify for the tournament.
Anton Östlund won the PDC Nordic & Baltic Championship in Odense. In the final of the tournament featuring the best 24 players in the Nordic-&-Baltic ranking he beat Darius Labanauskas 8:4. For the 26-year-old it is a World Championship debut. With him, four Swedes have now secured a place.
Grand Slam field complete, groups drawn
The draw published on Monday brings a German duel at the Grand Slam of Darts: Martin Schindler and Jan Schmidt meet in Group N, with Chris Dobey as the third player. Gabriel Clemens plays Ross Smith and Rusty-Jake Rodriguez in Group O. Waiting for Niko Springer in Group H are Wessel Nijman and Adam Sevada. Defending champion Luke Littler takes on Beau Greaves and Niels Zonneveld. The new format leaves little room: only the winners of the three-player groups reach the last 16. All the groups are in our report on the draw. How Springer and Rodriguez earned their places, you can read in the report from Leicester.
Coming up tomorrow: Super League in Hildesheim
On Tuesday at 17:00 the group stage of the HYLO PDC Europe Super League starts at Halle 39 in Hildesheim. The 24 participants play in four groups of six, home and away. The top four in each group reach the last 16. In the end the tournament winner receives a place at the PDC World Championship. SPORT1 and DAZN are showing it live.
The four winners of the play-offs between the regional winners of the PDC Europe Start complete the groups that have already been drawn: René Damm goes into Group A, Christian Gödl into Group B, René Kern into Group C and Lukas Nußbaum into Group D. For all four it therefore continues the day right after their qualification. You can find the full group line-up in our draw report.
MODUS Super Series: four wins for Self and Coulson
In the MODUS Super Series, Archie Self and Derek Coulson each won four of their five matches. Coulson took the head-to-head 3:2. His only defeat came in a 1:3 against Steve West. Self won 14 of his 18 legs in total.
Robert Thornton lost his first three matches without winning a leg, but finished the day with two wins: 3:2 against West and 3:0 against Conan Whitehead. Whitehead managed just one success from five matches, a 3:2 against Neil Duff.
- Day's record (wins–losses): Archie Self 4–1, Derek Coulson 4–1, Steve West 2–3, Neil Duff 2–3, Robert Thornton 2–3, Conan Whitehead 1–4