José Antonio Justicia Perales (born 6 January 1989) is a Spanish darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
Justicia started his career in 2009 and participated in PDPA Players Championship events in Gibraltar and Nuland. At the end of the year, he attempted to qualify through PDC World Spain Qualifying Event for 2010 PDC World Darts Championship, but lost in the quarterfinal phase to Francisco Ruiz. Next years he participated mainly in soft-tip darts and became a European champion in Soft Tip Bullshooter European Championship 2012. He appeared in several other PDPA Players Championship events in 2011 and 2012, in Germany, Netherlands and Spain.
Between 2012 and 2018 Justicia played soft-tip darts, reaching quarterfinal of Soft Tip Dartslive Las Vegas in 2016.
In January 2018 he won a PDC Tour Card. He reached the final on Day 3, where he lost to Tytus Kanik, but adter reaching the last 16 on the final day, Justicia won his Tour Card via the PDC Q-School Order of Merit. During one of the UK Open Qualifier tournaments, Justicia was pushed by Adrian Lewis and players had to be separated by stewards. On 2 February 2018 the Darts Regulation Authority ("DRA") released a statement that Lewis would be suspended with immediate effect pending an appeal following an incident with Justicia in the first UK Open qualifier. On 8 February 2018, Lewis was given a three-month ban suspended for six months after Lewis admitted he broke DRA rules.
In March, he played his first major tournament, the 2018 UK Open, where he lost to Joe Cullen 6–2 in the second round. Justicia qualified for his two PDC European Tour events, the 2018 German Darts Open and the 2018 International Darts Open. He was unable to qualify for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship via the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit, and he was eliminated in the quarter-final of PDC World South West European Qualifying Event.
Justicia played in the 2019 UK Open and won his first major tournament match, beating Kevin Thoburn 6–2. In the last 96 he lost in a deciding leg to Ricky Evans 6–5. In April, he reached his first PDC Pro Tour quarter-final at Players Championship 10, marking his career best at that time.
After winning the South West Europe Qualifier, Justicia secured his debut at 2020 PDC World Darts Championship. He played Arron Monk in the first round and won 3–0. In the second round, Justicia faced the 17th seed, Stephen Bunting, to whom he lost to 2–3 in sets. After the tournament, Justicia placed 82nd in PDC Order of Merit and lost his Tour card.
In January 2020, Justicia entered PDC Q-School, trying to regain his Tour card. Despite reaching a quarter-final on Day 4, he was unable to retain his card. He played on the PDC Challenge Tour and was also participating in online darts.
In 2021, he failed to get a Tour Card in PDC EU Q-school and continued on the PDC Challenge Tour. Justicia won the 7th tournament of the year, in Niedernhausen, his first title on the circuit. In September, he represented Spain in the 2021 PDC World Cup of Darts alongside Jesús Noguera, where they lost in a deciding leg against the South African team of Devon Petersen and Carl Gabriel.
In January 2022, Justicia entered EU Q-School and on Day 1 in the final he whitewashed Mario Vandenbogaerde 6–0 to secure his PDC Tour Card and return to the professional circuit. He reached the third round of the 2022 UK Open, where he lost in a deciding leg to Adam Gawlas, despite hitting a nine-dart finish during the match.
World Championship results
PDC 2020: Second round (lost to Stephen Bunting 2–3) 2023: First round (lost to Josh Rock 1–3)
Performance timeline PDC Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023PDC Ranked televised events DNQ 2R DNQ 1R UK Open 2R 3R DNP 3R 2RPDC Non-ranked televised events World Cup DNP1R1R RRCareer statisticsYear-end ranking12482-1489893
European Tour Tournament 2018 2019 2022 2023German Open2RDid not qualifyInternational Open1RDNQDNP2RDanish OpenDNQ1RNot heldGerman ChampionshipDNQ2RDNQCzech OpenNHDNQ3RDNQ
Players Championships Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 2018BAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RMIL1RMIL1RBAR1RBAR1RWIG2RWIG1RMIL1RMIL3RWIGDNPBAR1RBAR1RDid not participate 2019WIG1RWIG2RWIGDNPBAR1RBAR1RWIG2RWIG1RBAR3RBARQFBAR1RBAR1RBARDNPBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RWIG1RWIG2RBAR1RBAR4RHIL1RHIL1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR2RDUB3RDUB4RBAR1RBAR1R 2021Did not participateNIE1RNIE4RNIE3RNIE1RMIL1RMIL1RMIL2RMIL1RCOV1RCOV1RCOV1RCOV1RBARDNPBAR2RBAR1RBAR3RBAR1RBAR1RBARDNPBAR1RBAR2R 2022BAR1RBAR1RWIG3RWIG1RBAR1RBAR2RNIE1RNIE1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBARQFBAR2RWIG2RWIG2RNIE1RNIE1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBARDNP 2023BAR3RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR2RBAR3RHIL3RHIL1RWIG1RWIG1RLEI1RLEI1RHIL1RHIL2RLEI2RLEI2RHIL1RHIL1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBARDNP 2026Did not participateLEI1RLEI1RDid not participateHILHILLEILEIROSROSROSROSLEILEI
References
External links
José Justicia player profile at Mastercaller