Littler – a winner already in Belgium this year on the European Tour – continued his terrific form at the Antwerp Xpo to clinch his fifth ranking title of the campaign.
The Englishman was dominant on his first stage appearance since the World Matchplay in July, as he produced a string of dominant displays in Antwerp to add another title to his illustrious haul.
Rock got off to the perfect start in the final, as the World Cup champion led the World Champion 4-1 in Sunday’s showpiece, but Littler would go on to win five out of the next six legs which took him to the brink of an emphatic victory.
Rock landed another brilliant bull finish to stop the rot, converting a 161 skin-saver in leg fourteen to preserve his slender hopes, only for Littler to wrap up proceedings via an 11-dart-leg moments later.
Littler has only played eleven European Tour events since breaking onto the scene at the start of 2024, but the 18-year-old has already won four of these events, three of them coming in Belgium.
Following his opening round drubbing of Dylan Slevin on Saturday, Littler continued his excellent run of form into Sunday afternoon’s session, as the World Champion averaged upwards of 110 on his way to a 6-3 victory over Ryan Searle
The Warrington-born star then posted an excellent quarter-final victory, seeing off Australian number one Damon Heta in a last-leg decider, before cruising past Rock’s World Cup partner Daryl Gurney, beating the Northern Irishman 7-1.
Littler was made to work for his victory against Rock, who was unable to clinch his second European Tour title, his first coming at the Dutch Darts Championship in Rosmalen in 2024.
The County Antrim born star kicked off his campaign with a 6-5 win over Karel Sedlacek on Saturday afternoon, before beating the in-form Stephen Bunting with another impressive 6-5 victory.
The 24-year-old - who most recently lost to Littler in the semi-final of the 2025 World Matchplay - then averaged 101 in a 6-4 victory over Luke Woodhouse in the quarter-finals, before denying James Wade of another European Tour final, beating The Machine 7-5 in the last four.
Wade, meanwhile, cruised through his Last 16 game against Leon Weber, beating the German 6-2, before dumping out Dutch youngster Gian van Veen to reach his third European Tour semi-final of the year.
Daryl Gurney also progressed to the final four, accounting for Belgian Mario Vandenbogaerde before thrashing of Danny Noppert in a whitewash victory.
Noppert and van Veen were joined in the quarter-finals by Australian number one Damon Heta and Englishman Luke Woodhouse who continued his good run of form on the European Tour with another quarter-final.
The Winamax European Tour will continue next weekend after enjoying a short hiatus since July, as we head back to Prague for the Czech Darts Open (ET11) which takes place from September 5-7.
2025 Blåkläder Flanders Darts Trophy
Sunday August 31
Afternoon Session (1300 local time, 1200 BST)
Third Round
Luke Woodhouse 6-5 Mensur Suljovic
Josh Rock 6-5 Stephen Bunting
James Wade 6-2 Leon Weber
Gian van Veen 6-3 Martin Schindler
Daryl Gurney 6-5 Krzysztof Ratajski
Danny Noppert 6-4 Mario Vandenbogaerde
Damon Heta 6-4 Ryan Joyce
Luke Littler 6-3 Ryan Searle
Evening Session (1900 local time, 1800 BST)
Quarter-Finals
Josh Rock 6-4 Luke Woodhouse
James Wade 6-4 Gian van Veen
Daryl Gurney 6-0 Danny Noppert
Luke Littler 6-5 Damon Heta
Semi-Finals
Josh Rock 7-5 James Wade
Luke Littler 7-1 Daryl Gurney
Final
Luke Littler 8-7 Josh Rock
Sunday’s games played in Draw Bracket order
Gerwyn Price had withdrawn from the Blåkläder Flanders Darts Trophy this weekend due to an infected hand. As Price withdrew after the tournament had begun, Ryan Joyce received a Bye straight into Round Three.