Luke Littler has stopped acknowledging the Amsterdam crowd on his way off stage. After two nights of sustained boos and whistles at the World Series of Darts Finals, he told Online Darts he is now ready to stop coming to the Netherlands altogether.
“If the Dutch stay like this, then I’m not going to do any Euro tours over there,” the 19-year-old said.
“There’s just no point in me travelling, wasting my time whilst I’m getting booed.”
Littler said he was “100 per cent” prepared to boycott the country’s tournaments. He beat Nathan Aspinall 10-9 on Saturday night to keep his sweep bid alive, but the atmosphere had already crossed a line. The whistling during throws grew so intrusive that referee Charlie Corstorphine stopped play to appeal to spectators to hold off out of respect for the players.
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He had also been booed on Friday during his win over Dutch favourite Danny Noppert.
“The past two nights, I’ve done nothing, I’ve just walked off stage without thanking anybody,” Littler said.
“There’s no point thanking everyone when they are booing me.”
Germany still an open question
Amsterdam is not the first place where Littler has felt the hostility. He has already refused to travel to European Tour events in Germany, and he made clear the same treatment in the Netherlands would produce the same call.
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“With the Germans, I haven’t been for a long time, we will have to see in Dortmund whether it changes or stays the same,” he said.
The next date in the Netherlands is the Dutch Darts Championship, scheduled for Maastricht in October.
Sweep bid dies against Clayton
On Sunday the sporting story overtook the row. Jonny Clayton beat Littler 10-4 in the quarter-finals, ending his attempt to win all 10 televised majors in a single calendar year. Clayton drew level at 3-3 with a 136 checkout and pulled clear from there.
Littler had already added five televised majors this year: the World Championship, World Masters, UK Open, Premier League and World Matchplay. Amsterdam was meant to be the sixth. Ross Smith beat Gerwyn Price 11-5 in Sunday’s final.
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Four ranking majors remain in 2026. First up is the World Grand Prix at the end of September. The Dutch Darts Championship in Maastricht follows in October.
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