The 2025 Belgian Darts Open, known as the 2025 Lecot Belgian Darts Open for sponsorship reasons,[1] is an upcoming professional darts tournament taking place at the Oktoberhallen in Wieze, Belgium from 7–9 March 2025. It will be the first of fourteen PDC European Tour events on the 2025 PDC Pro Tour.[2][3] It will feature a field of 48 players and £175,000 in prize money, with £30,000 going to the winner.
Luke Littler is the defending champion after defeating Rob Cross 8–7 in the 2024 final.[4][5]
Prize money
The prize fund remained at £175,000, with £30,000 to the winner:[6]
| 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 | |
- 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
In a change from the previous year, the top 16 on the two-year main PDC Order of Merit ranking will now be seeded and enter the tournament in the second round, while the 16 qualifiers from the one-year PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit ranking will enter in the first round.[8][9] The seedings were confirmed on 7 February.[10]
The remaining 16 places will go 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 will take part in the tournament:
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Draw
The draw was announced on 6 March.[15]
| 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 | 1 |  Luke Humphries | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Lovely | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Martin Schindler | 16 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Jim Long | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Smith | 8 |  Damon Heta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ryan Joyce | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Gian van Veen | 9 |  Gerwyn Price | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| James Hurrell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ross Smith | 4 | Rob Cross | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sybren Gijbels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Cameron Menzies | 13 | Peter Wright | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Matt Campbell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jermaine Wattimena | 5 | Stephen Bunting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Patrick De Backer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Daryl Gurney | 12 | Danny Noppert | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Thibault Tricole | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ryan Searle | 2 | Luke Littler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Darryl Pilgrim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Luke Woodhouse | 15 | Gary Anderson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cedric Waegemans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ricardo Pietreczko | 7 | Dave Chisnall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Matthew Dennant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ritchie Edhouse | 10 | Nathan Aspinall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owen Bates | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Josh Rock | 3 | Michael van Gerwen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Boris Krčmar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Raymond van Barneveld | 14 | James Wade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cam Crabtree | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wessel Nijman | 6 | Jonny Clayton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| François Schweyen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dirk van Duijvenbode | 11 | Chris Dobey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Darius Labanauskas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Lecot Belgian Darts Open (ET1)". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
- ^ "Darts 2025 schedule and dates: Premier League Darts, World Matchplay and more with Luke Littler among those in action". Sky Sports. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (28 August 2024). "PDC European Tour expanded to 14 events with 2025 dates confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- ^ "Luke Littler hits nine darter as he wins Belgian Open". BBC Sport. 10 March 2024. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ "Luke Littler hits nine-darter as he wins Belgian Open". Sky News. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
- ^ "Belgian Darts Open 2025". Mastercaller. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit Rules | 2025 PDC Order of Merit Rules, as at January 13 2025". PDC.
- ^ Shaw, Jamie (13 January 2025). "PDC confirm further controversial changes to European Tour criteria in 2025". Live Darts. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- ^ Gill, Samuel (13 January 2025). "PDC European Tour rules change again in controversial move seeming to protect big names". Darts News. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (7 February 2025). "2025 ET1-2 Seeds & Tour Card Holder qualifier entries confirmed". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
- ^ "PDC ET01 Tour Card Holder Qualifier". DartConnect. 12 February 2025.
- ^ "PDC ET01 Host Nation Qualifier". DartConnect. 6 March 2025.
- ^ "PDCNB 2025 Tour - Latvia - Weekend 01 • ET1 Qualifier Final". DartConnect. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
- ^ "PDC ET01 E. Europe Qualifier". DartConnect. 1 February 2025.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (6 March 2025). "2025 Lecot Belgian Darts Open draw & schedule confirmed". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 6 March 2025.