Rob Cross was the defending champion after defeating Nathan Aspinall 8–7 in the 2023 final.

Both Michael van Gerwen and Nathan Aspinall declined their invites for family reasons.

[7] Australia's Damon Heta was a part of the PDC representatives list.

The seedings were based on the World Series Order of Merit following the first 6 events.

The Oceanic qualifiers consisted of their PDC Tour Card holders (Simon Whitlock and Haupai Puha), plus the top three players on the DPNZ Order of Merit, the two New Zealand players who won the DPNZ qualifiers, along with the highest ranked player on the DPA Order of Merit.