Price Gets Title In Premier League's Belgian Debut
ByPaul Higham
BBC Sport Journalist
12 February 2026
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Gerwyn Price ended Michael van Gerwen's unbeaten start to the Premier League by declaring a 6-3 success in night 2's last in Antwerp.
Van Gerwen won the season opener in Newcastle recently and beat Luke Littler in the semis on his way to another last.
But the seven-time champion was no match for Welshman Price, who had actually come through two final-leg deciders before raising the title in more comfy fashion.
Littler had earlier opened the tournament's first see to Belgium by edging a final-leg decider of his own against competing Luke Humphries.
For Price it was a welcome success to confirm the fine type he had actually remained in of late.
"I think I'm playing a few of the best things I've played, I'm simply not winning competitions," Price informed Sky Sports after his success.
"There's no chance I can't win a significant, bigger Pro Tours, Europeans. Averages are just for show and if you play well on your darts and win matches you win tournaments. I'm going to get some."
The PDC Premier League checked out Belgium for the very first time in the competitors's 21-year history, and the 10,000 darts enthusiasts inside the AFAS Dome were dealt with to plenty of thrills.
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The night started with a bang as the two biggest darts stars in the world played out a high-quality contest that decreased to a final-leg decider.
Humphries and Littler both struck seven 180s and balanced over 102 and 105 respectively, but both were remarkably poor on the outer ring - missing 28 doubles between them.
Humphries was the better gamer throughout, but at 4-1 up he started missing doubles terribly, 17 in all by the end of the match, as Littler engineered an escape to make it five straight wins versus his huge competitor.
World second Humphries has now lost 11 of his 15 Premier League conferences with Littler, with his last success of any kind versus the 19-year-old can be found in the tournament's final last May.
The past four beats before this one was available in competition finals, and possibly it is ending up being a psychological barrier now for the defending Premier League champion as his scoring was strong all game, but he might simply not get over the line.
Comebacks were a style of the opening quarter-finals with all bar Van Gerwen's walk against an out-of-sorts Josh Rock filled with excitement.
Stephen Bunting ended up bottom of the table last year after stopping working to win a single match in the first eight weeks, but wanted to have one sewn up when leading 4-0, just to see Jonny Clayton rattle 6 straight legs to win 6-4.
And Price had to originate from 3-1 and 4-2 down to beat Gian van Veen in the first of his two 6-5 success on the night.
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Price's second final-leg decider came versus buddy and Wales World Cup team-mate Clayton in a nip-and-tuck battle.
Price had four 180s to Clayton's three and balanced simply over 100 - however was forced to win the last 2 legs under extreme pressure to make the final.
It was no real surprise given Price had actually won nine in a row against his compatriot and 15 of their past 16 conferences.
Van Gerwen did not impress in his opener but definitely performed in a strange 6-4 victory over Littler where seven of the 10 legs broke the darts.
The Dutchman balanced simply over 100 with an off-colour Littler down at 95 and - strangely for him - just managing a single optimum, while Van Gerwen struck 4.
But it was the finishing under pressure that made the distinction as the Dutchman struck six of 13 efforts at a double, including rounding off a 10-darter, in an efficiency that was a lot more like the Van Gerwen of old.
Despite incredible back-to-back finishes of 167 and 160 in the last Van Gerwen was constantly second best, however a win and a final after 2 nights is an excellent start considering he failed to win a single night in last season's competition.
The results likewise leave Littler and Humphries in fifth and sixth in the table with just one win each, but there is no panic right now with 14 weeks of fixtures staying.
Premier League Darts night two results
Thursday, 12 February - FAS Dome, Antwerp
Luke Littler 6-5 Luke Humphries
Michael van Gerwen 6-2 Josh Rock
Jonny Clayton 6-4 Stephen Bunting
Gerwyn Price 6-5 Gian van Veen
Littler 4-6 Van Gerwen
Clayton 5-6 Price
Van Gerwen 3-6 Price
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Premier League Darts format and points system
Premier League Darts is played across 16 initial weeks in the league stage with quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final each night.
Each of the eight players is guaranteed to deal with the other 7 in the quarter-finals in weeks one to 7 and 9-15, with week eight and week 16 components done off the table. It indicates we will get 4th v fifth in Sheffield on the final league-stage night, with the play-off areas potentially on the line.
Players earn two points per quarter-final win, an additional point if they win their semi-final and 5 for the night.
The top four gamers after the group phase development to the play-off night at London's O2 Arena on 23 May, with very first facing 4th and second against 3rd in a best-of-19-leg match. The last, which is the very best of 21 legs, follows.
If players are level on points after the 16 weeks then locations are decided by nights won and then matches won.
Premier League Darts night 3 order of play
Thursday, 19 February - OVO Hydro, Glasgow
Quarter-finals
Stephen Bunting v Gian van Veen
Luke Humphries v Josh Rock
Michael van Gerwen v Luke Littler
Jonny Clayton v Gerwyn Price
Semi-finals
Bunting/Van Veen v Humphries/Rock
Van Gerwen/Littler v Clayton/Price
Final
Bunting/Van Veen/Humphries/Rock v Van Gerwen/Littler/Clayton/ Price
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