Littler’s Out, the Field’s Wide Open, Tonight’s Flanders Darts Trophy Second Round
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Antwerp’s Flanders Darts Trophy usually means one name above the rest, but tonight the draw is wide open, Luke Littler won it in both 2024 and 2025, most recently beating Josh Rock in a final-leg decider. Tonight, he’s not in the building. Littler withdrew before the tournament began, having already secured his spot at October’s European Championship in Dortmund via a win in Prague last weekend, meaning the sport’s dominant name skipped this one entirely once the job that actually mattered was done.
The 13th European Tour event of the season is officially live at the Antwerp Expo this weekend. You can check the official ticket updates and venue details over at the official Flanders Darts Trophy website, but the real action for bettors starts tonight on the exchange boards. The second round evening session (7pm BST) is where it starts to take real shape.
Flanders Darts Trophy Tonight: Full Match Card
| Matchup | Stage | Time (BST) |
|---|---|---|
| Josh Rock vs. Ryan Joyce | Round 2 | From 19:00 |
| Gerwyn Price vs. Bradley Brooks | Round 2 | From 19:00 |
| James Wade vs. Jim Long | Round 2 | From 19:00 |
| Gian van Veen vs. Gabriel Clemens | Round 2 | From 19:00 |
| Michael van Gerwen vs. Damon Heta 🔥 | Round 2 | From 19:00 |
| Nathan Aspinall vs. Nico Springer | Round 2 | From 19:00 |
| Stephen Bunting vs. Brendan Dolan | Round 2 | From 19:00 |
| Wessel Nijman vs. Sebastian Bialecki | Round 2 | From 19:00 |
Key Flanders Darts Trophy Matches to Watch
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Michael van Gerwen vs Damon Heta carries real weight given last year’s history here, MVG was knocked out in the second round of this exact event in 2025. A repeat exit against Australia’s top-ranked player would be a rough pattern to establish two years running on the same stage.
Josh Rock vs Ryan Joyce is the closest thing to a symbolic final rematch on offer tonight, minus the man who actually won it. Rock’s the runner-up from last year’s decider, arguably the player with the most obvious claim to the title now that Littler’s out of the picture.
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Tournament Format and Prize Money
Second round matches tonight are best-of-11 legs, same as the first three rounds, the format steps up to best-of-13 for the semis and best-of-15 for Sunday’s final. £230,000 total prize money is on the line, £35,000 to the winner, with places in October’s European Championship in Dortmund also at stake for anyone still chasing qualification.
OddsMint take: an open draw with no dominant favourite is a different kind of night than the Littler-is-basically-unbackable situation we flagged during his World Matchplay run this summer. With no single player carrying overwhelming market weight, tonight’s genuinely a night where individual match form matters more than reputation, worth watching how MVG and Van Veen in particular respond to real pressure without the usual gravitational pull of a Littler match looming later in the bracket.
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