Grand Slam of Darts field complete as Anton Ostlund wins Nordic title

The Grand Slam of Darts field is now complete. Anton Ostlund took the 48th and final place by winning the PDC Nordic & Baltic Championship in Odense on Sunday. The 26-year-old Swede beat Darius Labanauskas 8-4 in the final. The win also books his first trip to the World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace next month.

It was only the second edition of the Nordic & Baltic Championship. The top 24 players on the regional rankings played for the Jan Hoffman Trophy. Ostlund won five matches in a row across the weekend to lift it, the PDC confirmed in its official report.

How Ostlund took the last Grand Slam place

Ostlund was in fine form from the start. He averaged 100.20 in a 6-0 whitewash of Iceland’s Alexander Thorvaldsson in the round-robin stage. He then beat fellow Swede Daniel Larsson 6-4 to finish top of Group A.

In the quarter-finals he beat Finland’s Petri Rasmus 7-3. His semi-final was even more one-sided. He beat another Swede, Oskar Lukasiak, 8-1 while averaging almost 96. He hit checkouts of 127, 98 and 101 along the way. He then finished the match with a 170, the biggest checkout in darts.

The final against Labanauskas was closer, but Ostlund stayed in control and won 8-4. Labanauskas is a former World Championship quarter-finalist. He had already secured his Ally Pally place through the ProTour rankings. The defeat did cost him a Grand Slam debut, though.

Anton Ostlund at the 2026 PDC Nordic & Baltic Championship

Stage	Opponent	Score
Group A	Alexander Thorvaldsson	Won 6-0
Group A	Daniel Larsson	Won 6-4
Quarter-final	Petri Rasmus	Won 7-3
Semi-final	Oskar Lukasiak	Won 8-1
Final	Darius Labanauskas	Won 8-4

There were early exits for several big regional names. Reigning champion Teemu Harju went out in the group stage. Sweden’s Andreas Harrysson and Norway’s number one, Cor Dekker, also fell early.

Grand Slam of Darts 2026: dates, venue and format

The Grand Slam of Darts runs from 14 to 22 November at WV Active Aldersley in Wolverhampton. The 48 players will be split into 16 groups of three. The tournament has a £1 million prize fund, with £200,000 for the winner. Luke Littler is the two-time defending champion.

With the field settled, attention now turns to the group draw. Our Grand Slam draw guide explains how the draw works and how to follow it. You can also look back at our earlier qualifier results, where Stephen Bunting led ten players through.

World Darts Championship debuts for Ostlund and Marques

Ostlund’s win also earns him a maiden appearance at Alexandra Palace. He will join Larsson and Dekker as the third Nordic & Baltic player at the World Championship. The PDC says he is the fourth Swede to book a place in north London.

He is one of three players to qualify for the 2026/27 World Championship over the weekend, the PDC confirmed on Monday. Portugal’s Jose Marques will also make his debut. The two-time World Cup player came through the Mediterranean Qualifier in Segovia. He beat Ricardo Perez Ibarra 7-6 in the final. He will be only the second player from Portugal to play at the World Championship, after Jose de Sousa.

The third qualifier is Gary Mawson, who won the CDC Continental Cup. He returns to Ally Pally for the first time since 2010/11. Read our full report on Gary Mawson’s World Championship return.

World Championship qualifiers still to come

The PDC says just ten spots remain for international qualifiers. The PDO Polish Qualifier is on 13 November. The Netherlands & Belgium Qualifier follows in Den Bosch on 14 November, the same day the Grand Slam starts.

Two more events are left later in the month. The South-East Europe Qualifier is in Nove Zamky, Slovakia, on 28 November. The Czechia Qualifier takes place in Prague on 29 November. Follow every update on our darts news hub and in our Grand Slam coverage.

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