John O'Shea (born 24 July 1975) is a professional

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player, who plays in the

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events. His most notable achievement is winning the 2019 World Masters, the first Irish player to win a major global tournament in many years.

Career

O' Shea had his biggest career win to date at the controversial 2019 World Masters, one of three Irish players winning titles at the tournament. Unseeded in the draw, he defeated Neil Duff,

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and

Scott Waites Scott Waites (born 17 February 1977) is an English professional darts player who plays in tournaments of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He is a two-time BDO World Darts Champion having won the 2013 tournament and 2016 tournament. ...

in the final stages. In doing so, he became the first Irish player in the modern era to win a major tournament. In October 2019, he qualified for the

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after his win at the 2019 World Masters. He lost 3–2 to

Andreas Harrysson Andreas Harrysson (born 3 June 1975) is a Swedish professional darts player who mainly plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. Career In 2016, Harrysson became the Scandinavian singles champion for the first time. He defended this in 2018. ...

in the Preliminary Round.

World Championship results

BDO

* 2020: Preliminary round (lost to

2–3)

PDC

* 2023: First round (lost to

Darius Labanauskas Darius Labanauskas (born 26 July 1976) is a Lithuanian professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. In 2015, he was the WDF world number 1. Career BDO Labanauskas is a three-time Lithuania National Ch ...

2–3)

Performance timeline

PDC European Tour

References

External links

* * * Living people Irish darts players 1975 births Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders {{Ireland-darts-bio-stub