2025 Belgian Darts Open

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The 2025 Belgian Darts Open, known as the 2025 Lecot Belgian Darts Open for sponsorship reasons,[1] was a professional darts tournament that took place at the Oktoberhallen in Wieze, Belgium from 7–9 March 2025. It was the first of fourteen PDC European Tour events on the 2025 PDC Pro Tour.[2][3] It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.

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2025 Lecot Belgian Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates7–9 March 2025
VenueOktoberhallen
LocationWieze, Belgium
Organisation(s)Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
FormatLegs
Final – first to 8 legs
Prize fund£175,000
Winner's share£30,000
High checkout170
Matt Campbell
Martin Schindler
Luke Woodhouse
Mike De Decker
Luke Littler
Champion(s)
 Luke Littler
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Luke Littler was the defending champion after defeating Rob Cross 8–7 in the 2024 final.[4][5]

Littler retained the title by defeating Belgium's Mike De Decker 8–5 in the final.

Prize money

The prize fund remained at £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner:[6]

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Stage (num. of players) Prize money
Winner (1) £30,000
Runner-up (1) £12,000
Semi-finalists (2) £8,500
Quarter-finalists (4) £6,000
Third round losers (8) £4,000
Second round losers (16) £2,500*
First round losers (16) £1,250*
Total £175,000
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  • 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.[7]

Qualification and format

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In a change from the previous year, the top 16 on the two-year main PDC Order of Merit ranking were now 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.[8][9] The seedings were confirmed on 7 February.[10]

The remaining 16 places went to players from four qualifying events – 10 from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 12 February),[11] four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 6 March),[12] one from the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifier (held on 14 February),[13] and one from the East European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 1 February).[14]

The following players took part in the tournament:

Summary

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First round

In the first round, 2024 World Grand Prix winner Mike De Decker avoided an early exit on home soil, surviving two match darts from Thomas Lovely to win 6–5. This victory set up a second-round tie against world number one Luke Humphries – a rematch of the World Grand Prix final; De Decker jokingly commented that he “might ask Luke if we can play double-in double-out”, in reference to the World Grand Prix’s format.[15] Michael Smith also survived a match dart in his 6–5 victory over Ryan Joyce. Recent UK Open semi-finalist Josh Rock was eliminated by Boris Krčmar, who claimed five consecutive legs to win the match 6–3.[16] Ryan Searle defeated Darryl Pilgrim 6–2 to set up a clash with defending Belgian Darts Open champion and reigning world champion Luke Littler.[17]

Second round

In the second round, the 16 seeded players entered the tournament. Luke Littler began his defence of his Belgian Darts Open title by defeating Ryan Searle 6–3, setting up a match in the third round against Luke Woodhouse, who dispatched of Gary Anderson 6–2.[18] Gerwyn Price celebrated his 40th birthday with the Belgian crowd as he averaged 112.42 in a 6–2 victory over Gian van Veen. Price praised Van Veen post-match, saying he (Price) “needs to play those sort of averages to win”.[18] Damon Heta whitewashed Michael Smith 6–0 to set up a meeting with Price in the third round. Stephen Bunting returned to form after five consecutive defeats in the Premier League with a 6–3 win against Jermaine Wattimena.[19] Four of the top 10 seeds were eliminated in the second round.[20] World number three Michael van Gerwen suffered a surprise 6–4 loss to Boris Krčmar.[18] World number one Luke Humphries was beaten by home favourite Mike De Decker 6–4, with De Decker becoming the only Belgian player to advance to the final day. He thanked his supporters in Wieze: “The fans are really supportive for all the Belgian players, so to reach the Sunday is an amazing feeling.”[21] Premier League players Rob Cross and Nathan Aspinall were eliminated by Ross Smith and Ritchie Edhouse respectively.[20]

Final day

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World champion Luke Littler and 2024 World Grand Prix champion Mike De Decker contested the final.

The final day of action saw Mike De Decker and Luke Littler reach the final. De Decker – who had previously never gone past the quarter-finals of a European Tour event[22] – defeated Martin Schindler 6–3 in his third-round match before a 6–4 win over Gerwyn Price in the quarter-finals, producing a 170 checkout in the latter. He then came back from 6–4 down to beat Ross Smith 7–6 and advance to the final, surviving a match dart from Smith in the process.[23] Littler reached the final by defeating Luke Woodhouse 6–4, Dave Chisnall 6–4 and James Wade 7–3.[24]

In the final, Littler took a 3–1 lead by breaking De Decker's throw, but the Belgian reduced the gap to 3–2 by winning the next leg in 15 darts. Littler took a two-leg advantage again but De Decker then produced a 115 checkout to tighten the gap once more.[22] Littler took control of the match and established a 7–3 lead. Despite De Decker staging a comeback by claiming the next two legs, Littler hit a single 10 instead of attempting a 170 checkout to leave double 20, which he hit to triumph 8–3 and retain his title.[23] Littler averaged 102.87 in the final.[24] He won his third European Tour title in what was his third tournament victory in eight days, after winning the 2025 UK Open followed by a nightly Premier League win in Brighton.[22] Littler stated that he was happy to come back to Wieze and win back-to-back Belgium Darts Open titles, while De Decker expressed his sadness in defeat but praised Littler's ability, saying: "He's special."[23]

Draw

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The draw was announced on 6 March.[25][26] Numbers to the left of players' names 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.[27]

First round
(best of 11 legs)
7 March
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
8 March
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
9 March
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
9 March
Semi-finals
(best of 13 legs)
9 March
Final
(best of 15 legs)
9 March
 Mike De Decker 86.3361 Luke Humphries 92.614
 Thomas Lovely 81.685 Mike De Decker 100.456
  De Decker 102.816
  Schindler 98.403
 Martin Schindler 87.80616 Dimitri Van den Bergh 88.693
 Jim Long 86.093 Martin Schindler 96.466
 De Decker 97.666
9 Price 97.984
 Michael Smith 97.8468 Damon Heta 94.936
 Ryan Joyce 98.265 Michael Smith 80.320
8 Heta 90.673
9 Price 101.306
 Gian van Veen 96.1269 Gerwyn Price 112.426
 James Hurrell 91.604 Gian van Veen 105.032
  De Decker 96.957
 R Smith 95.506
 Ross Smith 92.4864 Rob Cross 98.802
 Sybren Gijbels 86.875 Ross Smith 112.606
  R Smith 99.596
 Campbell 100.884
 Cameron Menzies 97.24513 Peter Wright 95.772
 Matt Campbell 96.756 Matt Campbell 92.476
 R Smith 89.636
5 Bunting 87.685
 Jermaine Wattimena 91.9165 Stephen Bunting 95.616
 Patrick De Backer 82.902 Jermaine Wattimena 93.783
5 Bunting 100.346
  Gurney 98.392
 Daryl Gurney 105.99612 Danny Noppert 90.772
 Thibault Tricole 86.191 Daryl Gurney 92.216
 De Decker 92.255
2 Littler 102.878
 Ryan Searle 98.1662 Luke Littler 94.366
 Darryl Pilgrim 85.252 Ryan Searle 95.483
2 Littler 101.816
  Woodhouse 96.944
 Luke Woodhouse 88.47615 Gary Anderson 95.612
 Cedric Waegemans 87.844 Luke Woodhouse 100.106
2 Littler 103.916
7 Chisnall 91.274
 Ricardo Pietreczko 88.2667 Dave Chisnall 90.406
 Matthew Dennant 86.695 Ricardo Pietreczko 83.793
7 Chisnall 90.716
 Edhouse 97.935
 Ritchie Edhouse 98.06610 Nathan Aspinall 98.305
 Owen Bates 97.014 Ritchie Edhouse 94.086
2 Littler 103.507
14 Wade 92.643
 Josh Rock 99.6933 Michael van Gerwen 93.864
 Boris Krčmar 95.686 Boris Krčmar 94.296
 Krčmar 89.344
14 Wade 87.116
 Raymond van Barneveld 91.70614 James Wade 88.916
 Cam Crabtree 88.864 Raymond van Barneveld 90.284
14 Wade 90.626
6 Clayton 92.304
 Wessel Nijman 86.6466 Jonny Clayton 92.836
 François Schweyen 84.125 Wessel Nijman 99.245
6 Clayton 96.616
 van Duijvenbode 95.525
 Dirk van Duijvenbode 98.04611 Chris Dobey 89.955
 Darius Labanauskas 89.624 Dirk van Duijvenbode 90.606

Top averages

The table lists all players who achieved an average of at least 100 in a match.[27] In the case one player has multiple records, this is indicated by the number in brackets.

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# Player Round Average Result
1 Ross Smith 2112.60Won
2 Gerwyn Price 2112.42Won
3 Daryl Gurney 1105.99Won
4 Gian van Veen 2105.03Lost
5 Luke Littler Quarter-Final103.91Won
6 Luke Littler (2)Semi-Final103.50Won
7 Luke Littler (3)Final102.87Won
8 Mike De Decker 3102.81Won
9 Luke Littler (4)3101.81Won
10 Gerwyn Price (2)3101.30Won
11 Matt Campbell 3100.88Lost
12 Mike De Decker (2)2100.45Won
13 Stephen Bunting 3100.34Won
14 Luke Woodhouse 2100.10Won
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