The 2025 Flanders Darts Trophy (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2025 BlÃÂ¥kläder 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 ã175,000 in prize money, with ã30,000 going to the winner.
Dave Chisnall was the defending champion after defeating Ricardo Pietreczko 8âÂÂ6 in the 2024 final. However, he lost to Leon Weber 6âÂÂ4 in the second round.
Luke Littler won the tournament, his fourth European Tour title, by defeating Josh Rock 8âÂÂ7 in the final.
The prize fund remained at ã175,000, with ã30,000 to the winner:
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 â 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 20 June), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 28 August), one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 4 July), and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 9 August).
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.
The following players took part in the tournament:
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 6âÂÂ3. Belgian qualifier Xanti Van den Bergh, the younger brother of Dimitri Van den Bergh, made his European Tour debut in a 6âÂÂ3 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 6âÂÂ5 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 6âÂÂ3. Wessel Nijman suffered only his second defeat in the first round of a European Tour event in 2025 as he lost 6âÂÂ5 to Karel SedláÃÂek. Dylan Slevin beat Belgium's François Schweyen 6âÂÂ3 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 6âÂÂ5. Christian Kist claimed his first European Tour victory since 2017 with a 6âÂÂ5 win over Cameron Menzies. Reserve player Krzysztof Ratajski avenged his loss in qualifying to Steve Lennon by defeating the Irishman 6âÂÂ3, while Luke Woodhouse averaged just under 103 in his 6âÂÂ1 victory against Johan Engström.
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 (100%) to whitewash Dylan Slevin. "When I came up on stage, it just felt like home," said Littler following the victory. Despite taking a 3âÂÂ1 lead, number two seed Michael van Gerwen was eliminated by Gian van Veen in a 6âÂÂ3 loss. Mario Vandenbogaerde was the only Belgian player to progress to the third round, defeating Jonny Clayton 6âÂÂ3 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 6âÂÂ4 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 4âÂÂ1 deficit to beat Raymond van Barneveld 6âÂÂ5, while Josh Rock survived match darts against Karel SedláÃÂek to win by the same scoreline. Much like Littler, Danny Noppert converted six out of six double attempts to defeat Dirk van Duijvenbode 6âÂÂ4. Stephen Bunting averaged over 107 in a 6âÂÂ1 victory over Joe Cullen and Damon Heta defeated Christian Kist 6âÂÂ3 to set up a third-round match with Ryan Joyce.
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 6âÂÂ3 win against Ryan Searle in the third round, survived a deciding leg against Damon Heta in the quarter-finals and defeated Daryl Gurney 7âÂÂ1 to book his place in the final. Rock joined him after beating Stephen Bunting 6âÂÂ5, Luke Woodhouse 6âÂÂ4 and James Wade 7âÂÂ5. 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 17âÂÂ14.
Rock started strong by going 4âÂÂ1 and 5âÂÂ2 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 5âÂÂ2 down put Littler on the brink of victory at 7âÂÂ6, 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 8âÂÂ7. 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".
The draw was announced on 28 August. Numbers to the left of a player's name show the seedings for the top 16 in the tournament. The figures to the right of a player's name state their three-dart average in a match. Players in bold denote match winners.