2025 Flanders Darts Trophy
The 2025 Flanders Darts Trophy was a professional darts tournament that took place at the Antwerp Expo in Antwerp, Belgium, from 29 to 31 August 2025. It was the tenth of fourteen PDC European Tour events on the 2025 PDC Pro Tour. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.
Dave Chisnall was the defending champion after defeating Ricardo Pietreczko 8–6 in [2024 Flanders Darts Trophy|the 2024 Flanders Darts Trophy|2024 final]. However, he lost to Leon Weber 6–4 in the second round.
Luke Littler won the tournament, his fourth European Tour title, by defeating Josh Rock 8–7 in the final.
Prize money
The prize fund remained at £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner:- Pre-qualified players from the Orders of Merit who lose in their first match of the event shall not be credited with prize money on any Order of Merit. A player who qualifies as a qualifier, but later becomes a seed due to the withdrawal of one or more other players shall be credited with their prize money on all Orders of Merit regardless of how far they progress in the event.
Qualification and format
In a change from the previous year, the top 16 on the two-year main PDC Order of Merit ranking were seeded and entered the tournament in the second round, while the 16 qualifiers from the one-year PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit ranking entered in the first round. In another change, the 16 Pro Tour Order of Merit qualifiers were drawn against one of the 16 other qualifiers in the first round.The seedings were confirmed on 14 June. The remaining 16 places went to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier, four from the Host Nation Qualifier, one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier, and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier.
Luke Humphries, Nathan Aspinall and Gary Anderson all withdrew from the event. They were replaced by three players from the reserve list, while Josh Rock, Martin Schindler and Ryan Searle moved up to become the 14th, 15th and 16th seeds respectively. Gerwyn Price then withdrew with a hand injury, and was not replaced in the draw.
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Summary
First round
The first round was played on Friday 29 August. Kim Huybrechts and Mario Vandenbogaerde, who qualified for the event through the Host Nation Qualifier, advanced to the second round after deciding leg victories over Lukas Wenig and former world champion Michael Smith respectively. Antwerp native Huybrechts thanked his hometown crowd and proclaimed, "This is going to be in the top three of my best moments in life." Belgian number one Mike De Decker joined his compatriots in the next round by defeating Martin Lukeman 6–3. Belgian qualifier Xanti Van den Bergh, the younger brother of Dimitri Van den Bergh, made his European Tour debut in a 6–3 loss to five-time world champion Raymond van Barneveld. 2024 runner-up Ricardo Pietreczko converted a 170 checkout but missed three match darts to beat Ryan Joyce, who won 6–5 and received a bye to the third round following Gerwyn Price's withdrawal due to a hand infection. Daryl Gurney and Callan Rydz both achieved three-dart averages of over 100 in their contest, with Gurney prevailing 6–3. Wessel Nijman suffered only his second defeat in the first round of a European Tour event in 2025 as he lost 6–5 to Karel Sedláček. Dylan Slevin beat Belgium's François Schweyen 6–3 to set up a match against reigning world champion Luke Littler, while Leon Weber overcame a ten-point difference in averages to defeat Jermaine Wattimena 6–5. Christian Kist claimed his first European Tour victory since 2017 with a 6–5 win over Cameron Menzies. Reserve player Krzysztof Ratajski avenged his loss in qualifying to Steve Lennon by defeating the Irishman 6–3, while Luke Woodhouse averaged just under 103 in his 6–1 victory against Johan Engström.Second round
The second round was played on Saturday 30 August. Luke Littler, who went through dental treatment to get a tooth removed before the tournament, hit six out of six double attempts to whitewash Dylan Slevin. "When I came up on stage, it just felt like home," said Littler following the victory. Despite taking a 3–1 lead, number two seed Michael van Gerwen was eliminated by Gian van Veen in a 6–3 loss. Mario Vandenbogaerde was the only Belgian player to progress to the third round, defeating Jonny Clayton 6–3 to reach the final day of a European Tour event for the first time. Vandenbogaerde asked "Can you wake me up?" in response to the win before adding, "I'm 52, I go to the oche and I tell myself to enjoy it." Belgium's Mike De Decker and Kim Huybrechts were beaten by Martin Schindler and James Wade respectively, with De Decker hitting a 170 checkout in defeat. Defending champion Dave Chisnall was defeated by Leon Weber 6–4 in his opening match, joining the many seeds to fall in the second round along with Rob Cross, Peter Wright, Chris Dobey and Ross Smith. Ryan Searle overturned a 4–1 deficit to beat Raymond van Barneveld 6–5, while Josh Rock survived match darts against Karel Sedláček to win by the same scoreline. Much like Littler, Danny Noppert converted six out of six double attempts to defeat Dirk van Duijvenbode 6–4. Stephen Bunting averaged over 107 in a 6–1 victory over Joe Cullen and Damon Heta defeated Christian Kist 6–3 to set up a third-round match with Ryan Joyce.Final day
The third round, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final were played on Sunday 31 August. The final day saw Luke Littler and Josh Rock reach the final. Littler averaged 110 in his 6–3 win against Ryan Searle in the third round, survived a deciding leg against Damon Heta in the quarter-finals and defeated Daryl Gurney 7–1 to book his place in the final. Rock joined him after beating Stephen Bunting 6–5, Luke Woodhouse 6–4 and James Wade 7–5. Littler was aiming to win his second European Tour title of the year after claiming the Belgian Darts Open trophy in March, while Rock was looking to add to his sole European Tour title at the 2024 Dutch Darts Championship. It was a rematch of their 2025 World Matchplay semi-final, their only previous meeting in the PDC, where Littler defeated Rock 17–14.Rock started strong by going 4–1 and 5–2 ahead in a race to 8 legs. Reminiscent of their World Matchplay clash, Littler staged a comeback and took the lead for the first time in the 11th leg. Winning five of the next six legs from 5–2 down put Littler on the brink of victory at 7–6, but Rock completed a dramatic 161 checkout on the bullseye to take the match to a deciding leg. Littler would go on to win the last leg in 11 darts, pinning double 18 for a 96 checkout to triumph 8–7. Littler ended the match with a three-dart average of 107.40. Competing in only his third European Tour event in 2025, Littler won his second title in three attempts, with both successes coming in Belgium. It was his fourth European Tour title overall, having also won the Belgian Darts Open and Austrian Darts Open in 2024. In his post-match interview, Littler admitted that "it wasn't a good feeling" when Rock took out the 161 finish but backed himself to win the deciding leg, commenting, "It might sound crazy but I love a last-leg decider!" Despite the narrow defeat, Rock was highly complimentary towards Littler, saying, "He's not officially world number one yet but he will be soon and that's why he is the world champion".