Luke Littler’s dream of completing the set of major tournament victories is over for another year after Krzysztof Ratajski dumped him out of the European Championship.

Littler wants to become the second player after Michael van Gerwen to win all major televised events and the tournament in Dortmund is the only missing piece.

And that remains the case as the 19-year-old was well below par in a 10-6 quarter-final defeat to Ratajski, who he had never previously lost to.

This time last month, Littler was going for a clean sweep of major titles in 2026 and seemed untouchable, but he has lost his cloak of invincibility.

He lost in the quarter-finals of the World Series of Darts, the first round of the World Grand Prix and now exits in the last eight in Dortmund.

And that could give hope to the rest of the tour that Littler’s untouchable spell at the top events is over.

Littler’s attention will now turn to his Netflix show where he will take on 24 ‘amateur’ players in a one-off leg with a £501,000 prize on…