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Exclusive: Luke Littler confirms if he will boycott World Cup of Darts in Germany as he pulls out of European Grand Prix

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Updated 19:38 1 May 2025 GMT+1Published 19:14 1 May 2025 GMT+1

Exclusive: Luke Littler confirms if he will boycott World Cup of Darts in Germany as he pulls out of European Grand Prix

Luke Littler will not participate in the European Grand Prix in Germany this weekend after the official lineup was confirmed.

Josh Lawless

Josh Lawless

Luke Littler has confirmed his stance on participating in the World Cup of Darts in Germany after withdrawing from an upcoming event in the country.

Reigning world and Premier League champion Littler has been given a hard time by fans in Germany in recent times.

He was met with a hostile reception in Berlin on night nine of Premier League darts at the Uber Arena on 3 April and then received the same negative reaction at the German Darts Grand Prix at the end of the month.

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Acknowledging he had a "headloss", Littler said he "can't explain" why he was loudly jeered and took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to address his status for events in Germany.

"Shouldn't have been in Munich but had to play anyway," Littler wrote.

"Next one in Germany for me is Dortmund and I am glad to say that."

The Dortmund event he referenced is the German Darts Championship between 17 and 19 October - but on Thursday it was confirmed that Littler would not be participating in the the Elten Safety Shoes European Darts Grand Prix in Sindelfingen, Germany, this weekend.

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However, in June, Germany will once again host the World Cup of Darts - where Littler is set to team with close pal Luke Humphries and representing England.

As the two top players from England in the world rankings, the pair get first refusal and after Humphries did the business last year, Littler is keen on helping delivering back to back wins for his country.

Luke Littler Luke Littler is re-launching the Best Kebab category for Deliveroo’s 2025 Restaurant Awards. Image: Deliveroo
Luke Littler Luke Littler is re-launching the Best Kebab category for Deliveroo’s 2025 Restaurant Awards. Image: Deliveroo

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“Yeah one hundred per cent I will do it," he told SPORTbible in an exclusive interview when asked about his interest in playing in the World Cup of Darts.

"Me and Luke are the top two English ranked players in the Order of Merit and we get the first choice of saying yes or no.

“Luke won it last year with Michael Smith and it’s a big thing winning the World Cup for your country.

"Phil Taylor and James Wade won it plenty of times back in the day and I’m sure Luke will want to go back to back and I want to get my first one.

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“If we’re on our form on the day it’s going to take some beating.”

The event will be held in Frankfurt between the 12 and 15 June, with holders England among 34 nations set to compete.

The team representing England are poised to enter at the second round stage and the pairing will be officially confirmed after the Players Championship 16 on May 13.

Stuart Pyke of Sky Sports has said Littler is "definitely" going to play with Humphries at the showpiece and claims his withdrawal from the European Darts Grand Prix is only because of a scheduling conflict.

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Deliveroo has recruited British darts sensation Luke Littler to reintroduce one of the most iconic award categories back into the collection for its 2025 Restaurant Awards - the newly-named Luke Littler x Deliveroo Best Kebab Award. Voting is open now and closes on the 9th May at deliveroorestaurantawards.com.

Featured Image Credit: Getty

Topics: Luke Littler, Darts, World Darts Championship

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Josh is a sports journalist who specialises in football and WWE. He has been published by Curzon Ashton FC, Late Tackle, Manchester City FC, The Mirror, Read Man City and Manchester Evening News. He provides coverage of professional wrestling and has covered two WrestleMania events for SPORTbible.

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