The Premier League champion, meanwhile, was unable to add to his wins in Wieze and Graz, despite crashing in 31 maximums across the weekend – a new European Tour record.
Littlerkicked off his title bid with a six-leg blitz of Dylan Slevin on Saturday, before winning through a scrappy affair against Ryan Searle to reach the last eight.
The World Championship runner-up then fought back from 4-1 down to deny Damon Heta in a dramatic quarter-final, while he proved too strong for Daryl Gurney in the last four, averaging 107 and hitting eight 180s to advance to a meeting with Wright.
“Peter just wouldn’t go away,” conceded Littler, who was eyeing an eighth PDC title of 2024.
“I threw at my best, Peter threw at his best at the end, but maybe the game would have changed if I hit that 150 [checkout].
“Fair play to Peter. He’s played well all weekend, so I’ve got to take it on the chin.”
German Darts Championship results
Final
- Peter Wright 8-5 Luke Littler
Semi-Finals
- Peter Wright 7-5 Dave Chisnall
- Luke Littler 7-2 Daryl Gurney
Quarter-Finals
- Dave Chisnall 6-5 Martin Schindler
- Peter Wright 6-4 Michael van Gerwen
- Daryl Gurney 6-3 Nick Kenny
- Luke Littler 6-5 Damon Heta
Third Round
- Dave Chisnall 6-0 Joe Cullen
- Martin Schindler 6-4 Chris Dobey
- Michael van Gerwen 6-2 Danny Noppert
- Peter Wright 6-4 Gian van Veen
- Daryl Gurney 6-2 Krzysztof Ratajski
- Nick Kenny 6-5 Ricardo Pietreczko
- Damon Heta 6-4 Andrew Gilding
- Luke Littler 6-2 Ryan Searle
Second Round
- Gian van Veen 6-3 Robert Owen
- Andrew Gilding 6-3 Ryan Joyce
- Daryl Gurney 6-1 Stephen Burton
- Chris Dobey 6-2 Mickey Mansell
- Nick Kenny 6-5 Ross Smith
- Danny Noppert 6-4 Dirk van Duijvenbode
- Ryan Searle 6-4 Jonny Clayton
- Damon Heta 6-2 Ritchie Edhouse
- Dave Chisnall 6-3 Dom Taylor
- Joe Cullen 6-4 Max Hopp
- Krzysztof Ratajski 6-5 Gerwyn Price
- Michael van Gerwen 6-2 James Wade
- Martin Schindler 6-4 Mensur Suljovic
- Ricardo Pietreczko 6-3 Simon Whitlock
- Peter Wright 6-5 Stephen Bunting
- Luke Littler 6-0 Dylan Slevin
First Round
- Nick Kenny 6-3 Jelle Klaasen
- Robert Owen 6-3 Krzysztof Kciuk
- Mickey Mansell 6-2 Matthias Ehlers
- Andrew Gilding 6-4 Johan Engstrom
- Dylan Slevin 6-4 Steve Beaton
- Stephen Burton 6-4 Boris Krcmar
- Krzysztof Ratajski 6-3 Dragutin Horvat
- Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-2 Brendan Dolan
- Ritchie Edhouse 6-5 Luke Woodhouse
- Max Hopp 6-2 Jose De Sousa
- James Wade 6-3 Maik Kuivenhoven
- Dom Taylor 6-2 Raymond van Barneveld
- Peter Wright 6-4 Niko Springer
- Jonny Clayton 6-5 Martin Lukeman
- Simon Whitlock 6-4 Callan Rydz
- Mensur Suljovic 6-2 Dimitri Van den Bergh
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