2025 Belgian Darts Open

The 2025 Belgian Darts Open, known as the 2025 Lecot Belgian Darts Open for sponsorship reasons, 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. It featured a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.

Luke Littler was the defending champion after defeating Rob Cross 8–7 in the 2024 final.

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:

* 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 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. The seedings were confirmed on 7 February.

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

The following players took part in the tournament:

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Summary

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. 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. Ryan Searle defeated Darryl Pilgrim 6–2 to set up a clash with defending Belgian Darts Open champion and reigning world champion Luke Littler.

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. 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”. 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. Four of the top 10 seeds were eliminated in the second round. World number three Michael van Gerwen suffered a surprise 6–4 loss to Boris Krčmar. 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.” Premier League players Rob Cross and Nathan Aspinall were eliminated by Ross Smith and Ritchie Edhouse respectively.

Final day

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 – 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. Littler reached the final by defeating Luke Woodhouse 6–4, Dave Chisnall 6–4 and James Wade 7–3.

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. 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. Littler averaged 102.87 in the final. 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. 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."

Draw

The draw was announced on 6 March. 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.

Top averages

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

References

{{2025 in PDC darts

Belgian Darts Open
2025 PDC Pro Tour
2025 in Belgian sport