Luke Littler confirmed for World Grand Prix as full 32-man line-up revealed after Swiss Darts Trophy

LUKE LITTLER has been confirmed in the 32 entries for the World Grand Prix of darts.

The 17-year-old qualified after making it to the third round of the Swiss Darts trophy, where he was then eliminated by Luke Humphries.

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The Nuke will make his debut at the event being held at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester between October 7-13.

There he will have the chance to land a major title.

However, current holder Humphries will be out to defend his crown.

As one of the top eight seeds in the PDC Order of Merit, he receives protected status and cannot be drawn against another top eight player in the first round.

That means Michael Smith, Michael van Gerwen, Rob Cross, Nathan Aspinall, Dave Chisnall, Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton will enter the other rounds.

Damon Heta, Ross Smith, Peter Wright, Chris Dobey, Dimitri van den Bergh, Stephen Bunting, Danny Noppert and Josh Rock also qualified through the world rankings.

The top 16 in the Order of Merit will face the top 16 players in the Pro Tour – the method through which Littler has been invited.

He was second on the list behind Ryan Searle, who lost 8-7 in the final of last week’s Swiss Darts Trophy to Martin Schindler – the third-place qualifier from the Pro Tour.

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The winner of the tournament will land a cool prize of £120,000.

Meanwhile, the losing finalist pockets £60,000, semi-finalists £40,000 and quarter-finalists £25,000.

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