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 victory in night 2's last in Antwerp.
Van Gerwen won the season opener in Newcastle last week and beat Luke Littler in the semis on his method to another last.
But the was no match for Welshman Price, who had actually come through two final-leg deciders before raising the title in more comfy style.
Littler had earlier opened the competition's first visit to Belgium by edging a final-leg decider of his own against competing Luke Humphries.
For Price it was a welcome triumph to verify the fine kind he had remained in of late.
"I believe I'm playing some of the best stuff I have actually played, I'm just not winning tournaments," Price informed Sky Sports after his triumph.
"There's no method I can't win a major, larger Pro Tours, Europeans. Averages are just for program and if you play well on your darts and win matches you win competitions. I'm going to get some."
The PDC Premier League visited Belgium for the very first time in the competition's 21-year history, and the 10,000 darts fanatics inside the AFAS Dome were treated to plenty of delights.
Premier League Darts 2026 components, results and table
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The night started with a bang as the 2 greatest darts stars on the planet played out a premium contest that went down to a final-leg decider.
Humphries and Littler both struck 7 180s and balanced over 102 and 105 respectively, however both were surprisingly bad on the outer ring - missing 28 doubles between them.
Humphries was the better gamer throughout, but at 4-1 up he began missing doubles badly, 17 in all by the end of the match, as Littler engineered an escape to make it 5 straight wins against his big competitor.
World number 2 Humphries has actually now lost 11 of his 15 Premier League meetings with Littler, with his last success of any kind versus the 19-year-old being available in the competition's final last May.
The previous four beats before this one came in competition finals, and possibly it is becoming a mental barrier now for the defending Premier League champion as his scoring was strong all video game, however he could just not get over the line.
Comebacks were a theme of the opening quarter-finals with all bar Van Gerwen's walk against an out-of-sorts Josh Rock filled with enjoyment.
Stephen Bunting ended up bottom of the table last year after stopping working to win a single match in the first eight weeks, however wanted to have one sewn up when leading 4-0, just to enjoy Jonny Clayton rattle 6 straight legs to win 6-4.
And Price needed to come from 3-1 and 4-2 to beat Gian van Veen in the very first of his two 6-5 victories on the night.
Price goes distance as MVG sinks Littler
Price's 2nd final-leg decider came versus buddy and Wales World Cup team-mate Clayton in a nip-and-tuck battle.
Price had 4 180s to Clayton's three and balanced just over 100 - but was forced to win the final 2 legs under extreme pressure to make the final.
It was no genuine surprise given Price had actually won 9 in a row against his compatriot and 15 of their past 16 meetings.
Van Gerwen did not impress in his opener however certainly did in a weird 6-4 victory over Littler where 7 of the 10 legs went versus the darts.
The Dutchman averaged just over 100 with an off-colour Littler down at 95 and - oddly for him - only managing a single maximum, while Van Gerwen struck 4.
But it was the finishing under pressure that made the distinction as the Dutchman hit 6 of 13 efforts at a double, including rounding off a 10-darter, in an efficiency that was much more like the Van Gerwen of old.
Despite unbelievable back-to-back finishes of 167 and 160 in the final Van Gerwen was always 2nd best, but a win and a final after two nights is a fantastic start considering he stopped working to win a single night in last season's competition.
The results also leave Littler and Humphries in 5th and 6th in the table with just one win each, but there is no panic right now with 14 weeks of components remaining.
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
Premier League Darts table
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 last each night.
Each of the 8 players is ensured to face 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 spots possibly on the line.
Players make two points per quarter-final win, an additional point if they win their semi-final and five for winning the night.
The leading 4 players after the group stage development to the play-off night at London's O2 Arena on 23 May, with very first facing fourth and 2nd versus third 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 after that matches won.
Premier League Darts night three 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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