Michael van Gerwen ended his two-year wait for a PDC Premier title with a record-extending sixth World Series of Darts Finals triumph in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dutch icon returned to the winner’s circle on a memorable night, defeating his great rival Luke Littler in a thrilling final to continue his remarkable record at this event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Van Gerwen also lifted the World Series of Darts Finals title from 2015-2017 and in 2019 and 2023 \u2013 with his most recent success representing his last victory in a PDC Premier Event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Having survived match darts in dramatic deciding-leg wins over Wessel Nijman and Rob Cross to reach Finals Day, Van Gerwen stormed to victory with a trio of spectacular performances in front of an adoring home crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The three-time World Champion was inspired on Dutch soil, overcoming Luke Humphries, Josh Rock and Littler to pocket the \u00a380,000 top prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dutchman averaged 106 to dispatch world number one Humphries in the last eight, before winning six of the last seven legs to complete a resounding 11-6 win over Rock in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This set up a blockbuster showdown against Littler in a repeat of January’s World Championship decider, with Van Gerwen running out an 11-7 winner to cap off a terrific weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I have goosebumps –\u00a0it’s amazing to hold a trophy again,”\u00a0reflected an emotional Van Gerwen, who celebrated the win on stage with his daughter Zoe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Everyone knows I’ve had a difficult time in the last few months, but to win in front of my home crowd means a lot to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I was playing some fantastic darts, and that gives you energy, that gives you joy, and I’m really glad I could perform like this. It means the world to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I had to dig really deep to do this. I still love what I do, and hopefully this is the beginning of a bright future for me.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Van Gerwen defied a rip-roaring start from Littler to seize the early initiative in Sunday’s showpiece, only for the 18-year-old to draw level at three apiece with a ten-darter in leg six.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dutchman responded with a three-leg burst \u2013 aided by an 11-dart break in leg eight \u2013 to surge into a 6-3 lead, but the pendulum swung once again when Van Gerwen squandered darts for a 7-3 cushion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Littler produced an 11-darter of his own to restore parity at 6-6, yet an unflappable Van Gerwen restored his three-leg buffer to leave Littler staring down the barrel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Roared on by the Dutch support, Van Gerwen then pinned double five to move a leg away from glory at 10-7, before landing the same target to seal the deal with a sensational 130 checkout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Littler was bidding to retain a PDC Premier title for the first time in his career, although he was unable to topple an impenetrable Van Gerwen in the Dutch capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The World Champion won through a series of gruelling battles across the weekend, following up a brace of 6-4 victories against Simon Whitlock and Jonny Clayton with an epic quarter-final win against Ross Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The teenage wonderkid averaged and landed ten 180s to wrap up a memorable 10-8 success, defying a 106 average from former European Champion Smith to win through a classic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This was followed by a dramatic deciding-leg victory over two-time champion Gerwyn Price, as he capitalised on profligacy from the Welshman in the latter stages to overturn a 9-5 deficit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It was another good tournament for myself,” reflected Littler, who was full of praise for Van Gerwen post-match. Michael was playing some of his best darts this weekend. It’s good to see him back. He’s had a tough time, but if he keeps playing like that, we’re going to have some great battles.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Price followed up his comeback win over Dutch legend Raymond van Barneveld in the second round with another impressive fightback against Chris Dobey in the quarter-finals, recovering from 6-4 down to join Rock in the last four.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Northern Irishman had defeated World Grand Prix champion Mike De Decker 10-6 in Sunday’s opening quarter-final, having also whitewashed Dutch number two Danny Noppert in round two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Quarter-Finals<\/strong>: Josh Rock 10-6 Mike De Decker; Michael van Gerwen 10-5 Luke Humphries; Luke Littler 10-8 Ross Smith; Gerwyn Price 10-8 Chris Dobey<\/p>\n\n\n\n Semi-Finals<\/strong>: Michael van Gerwen 11-6 Josh Rock; Luke Littler 11-10 Gerwyn Price<\/p>\n\n\n\n Final<\/strong>: Michael van Gerwen 11-7 Luke Littler<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Michael van Gerwen ended his two-year wait for a PDC Premier title with a record-extending sixth World Series<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,7],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-3277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","category-newsbeat","tag-darts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-WSOD-Finals-Michael-van-Gerwen-Trophy-pic_compressed.jpg",2400,1602,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-WSOD-Finals-Michael-van-Gerwen-Trophy-pic_compressed-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-WSOD-Finals-Michael-van-Gerwen-Trophy-pic_compressed-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-WSOD-Finals-Michael-van-Gerwen-Trophy-pic_compressed-768x513.jpg",640,428,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-WSOD-Finals-Michael-van-Gerwen-Trophy-pic_compressed-1024x684.jpg",640,428,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-WSOD-Finals-Michael-van-Gerwen-Trophy-pic_compressed-1536x1025.jpg",1536,1025,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-WSOD-Finals-Michael-van-Gerwen-Trophy-pic_compressed-2048x1367.jpg",2048,1367,true],"morenews-large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-WSOD-Finals-Michael-van-Gerwen-Trophy-pic_compressed-825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"morenews-medium":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-WSOD-Finals-Michael-van-Gerwen-Trophy-pic_compressed-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"International<\/a> Newsbeat<\/a>","tag_info":"Newsbeat","comment_count":"0","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-WSOD-Finals-Michael-van-Gerwen-Trophy-pic_compressed.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3277"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3279,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3277\/revisions\/3279"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}