The PDC European Tour returns with the Flanders Darts Trophy between Friday, 29 August, and Sunday, 31 August, and you can find our best betting tips below.
Reigning PDC World Darts Championship winner Luke Littler will make his return to the European Tour this weekend, competing at the Flanders Darts Trophy in Antwerp, Belgium.
Littler hasn’t featured on the tour since the German Darts Grand Prix in April.
The 18-year-old, who will likely go into this weekend’s tournament as the favourite with UK betting sites, won the opening Euro Tour event of the year at the Belgian Darts Open in March.
He’ll be keen to add a second Euro Tour title to his catalogue for the year with the Flanders Darts Trophy, following on from back-to-back World Series triumphs in Australia and New Zealand.
Last year’s event was won by Dave Chisnall, who defeated Ricardo Pietreczko 8-6 in the final.
There will be a total field of 48 players, with the likes of Luke Humphries, Stephen Bunting, Gerwyn Price, Josh Rock, Michael van Gerwen and more battling Littler for the trophy.
The tournament gets underway at the Antwerp Expo on Friday, 29 August, and runs until Sunday, 31 August, with £30,000 of the £175,000 prize fund going to the winner.
Flanders Darts Trophy Betting Tips 🎯
- Best Bet: Stephen Bunting to WIN @ TBC
- E/W Bet: Martin Schindler @ TBC
Stephen Bunting To Win @ TBC
Our outright tip for the 2025 Flanders Darts Trophy is to back one of the PDC’s form players, Stephen Bunting, to win his second European Tour title of the year.
He won his maiden Euro Tour event of the year at the International Darts Open in Riesa back in April. The 40-year-old defeated Nathan Aspinall 8-5 in the final to seal the title.
Heading into this one, ‘The Bullet’ is fresh off the back of winning a second Players Championship title of the year on Tuesday. He beat Jonny Clayton 8-6 in the final with a 101.7 average.
His tournament average finished just shy of the 103 mark.
And the winner is …….
🏆 #LetsGoBuntingMental pic.twitter.com/XCKqru5Yse— Stephen Bunting (@sbunting180) August 26, 2025
He also finished as the runner-up to Jeffrey de Graaf in Monday’s Players Championship event.
Following his triumph at PC25, Bunting said: “I’ve played exceptionally this week.
“I was disappointed not to win yesterday [Players Championship 24], but to reach two finals and get one title over the line, I’m really happy with that.
“We’re coming into that part of the season where everyone wants to be playing well, and I’m over the moon with my performances over the last two days.
“I need to keep working hard at my game or I’ll get left behind, but I’m really happy with where it is at the moment and I’m just looking forward to the rest of the season.”
Clearly a man in form and bursting with confidence, we’re backing Bunting, who is third on the list of the most followed darts players in the world, to pip Littler and co to the title in Antwerp.
Martin Schindler E/W @ TBC
Our each-way pick for the 2025 Flanders Darts Trophy is Germany’s Martin Schindler.
The 29-year-old won a third European Tour title of his career earlier in the year, triumphing at the Austrian Darts Open with an 8-4 win over England’s Ross Smith in the final.
Schindler’s excellent performances on the continent have seen him earn an impressive £64,500 on the tour this year. That puts him in second place on the European Tour Order of Merit, behind only Nathan Aspinall, who has earned £76,000 in Euro Tour prize money.
‘The Wall’ narrowly lost 7-6 to eventual runner-up Clayton in a gruelling semi-final encounter at PC25 on Tuesday, despite boasting a higher average than the Welshman, but his strong showing at the event bodes well ahead of his visit to Antwerp this weekend.
We’re backing Schindler to make a deep run into the 10th event on this year’s European Tour.
CLAYTON WINS THE DECIDER!
Jonny Clayton will look for his second Players Championship title of 2025, as he beats Martin Schindler 7-6 in a gruelling semi-final!
📺 https://t.co/YyBPPwoMK8 #PC25 pic.twitter.com/lj8QUhHktP
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) August 26, 2025
Who Is Playing At The Flanders Darts Trophy?
Seeded Players
- Luke Humphries
- Luke Littler
- Michael van Gerwen
- Stephen Bunting
- Jonny Clayton
- Nathan Aspinall
- Chris Dobey
- Rob Cross
- James Wade
- Damon Heta
- Gerwyn Price
- Dave Chisnall
- Gary Anderson
- Peter Wright
- Ross Smith
- Danny Noppert
PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit Qualifiers
- Martin Schindler
- Josh Rock
- Cameron Menzies
- Ryan Searle
- Gian van Veen
- Wessel Nijman
- Mike De Decker
- Dirk van Duijvenbode
- Andrew Gilding
- Daryl Gurney
- Luke Woodhouse
- Raymond van Barneveld
- Ryan Joyce
- Joe Cullen
- Michael Smith
- Jermaine Wattimena
Tour Card Qualifiers
- Leon Weber
- Ricardo Pietreczko
- Steve Lennon
- Mensur Suljović
- Martin Lukeman
- Jeffrey de Graaf
- Callan Rydz
- Karel Sedláček
- Ian White
- Christian Kist
Host Nation Qualifier
- x4 (TBC)
Nordic & Baltic Qualifier
- Johan Engstrom
East European Qualifier
- Adam Gawlas
