Overview
- Littler averaged 106.02, hit 16 180s and closed the final with a 147 checkout after losing the opening set.
- The victory puts him alongside Phil Taylor, Adrian Lewis and Gary Anderson as the only players to defend the PDC crown, and it marks his third consecutive final.
- The revamped World Championship paid a record £1 million to the winner from a £5 million pot, with Van Veen earning £400,000 as runner-up.
- Van Veen, 23, climbs to world No. 3 and secures a Premier League place after a breakout run capped by a 6-3 semi-final win over Gary Anderson.
- Their showdown was the youngest World Championship final on record by combined age, underscoring a generational shift following Van Veen’s recovery from dartitis.