The
Mosconi Cup is an annual nine-ball
poolPool, also known as pocket billiards, is the general term for a family of games played on a pool table, with 6 receptacles called pockets along the rails, in which balls are deposited as the main goal of play...
tournamentA tournament is a competition involving a relatively large number of competitors, all participating in a sport or game. More specifically, the term may be used in either of two overlapping senses:...
contested between teams representing
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and the USA since
19941994 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* January 29 – death of Ulrike Maier , Austrian skier, who broke her neck when she crashed during a World Cup downhill race at Garmisch-Partenkirchen...
. The trophy is named after American player
Willie MosconiWillie Mosconi nicknamed "Mr. Pocket Billiards", , born William Joseph Mosconi, was an American professional pocket billiards player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and a Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame member. Between the years of 1941 and 1957, he won the BCA World Championship of...
.
The tournament has featured some of the most famous players in the sport, including
Earl StricklandEarl Strickland is an American professional pool player and was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame in 2006...
,
Johnny ArcherJohnny Archer is an American professional pool player. He is nicknamed "the Scorpion" ....
,
Jimmy WhiteJames Warren White, MBE is an English professional snooker player, best known as Jimmy White. Nicknamed the "Whirlwind", White is a multiple World Championship finalist, appearing in six World Championship finals without ever winning the title - although he won the 1980 amateur World Championship,...
,
Alex HigginsAlexander Gordon Higgins , best known as Alex "Hurricane" Higgins, is a retired professional snooker player from Northern Ireland, who was twice World Champion and runner-up on two occasions.-Life and career:...
,
Ronnie O'SullivanRonald Antonio "Ronnie" O'Sullivan , nicknamed "the Rocket" due to his rapid playing style, is an English professional snooker player. He has been World Champion on three occasions , and is second on the all-time prize money list with career earnings of over UK£6 million, behind only Stephen Hendry...
, and
Steve DavisSteve Davis, OBE, is an English professional snooker player. He has won more professional titles in the sport than any other player, including six World Championships during the 1980s....
.
In its earliest days, the Mosconi Cup was created by
Sky SportsSky Sports is the brand name for a group of sports-oriented television channels operated by the UK and Ireland's main satellite pay-TV company, British Sky Broadcasting. Sky Sports is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland...
and
Matchroom SportMatchroom Sport is a sport event promotions company founded by the English entrepreneur Barry Hearn. It first came to attention in the sports of snooker and boxing and is also involved in pool, bowling, golf, fishing, darts and poker....
as an
exhibition eventAn exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition...
to increase public awareness of pool in the UK.
The
Mosconi Cup is an annual nine-ball
poolPool, also known as pocket billiards, is the general term for a family of games played on a pool table, with 6 receptacles called pockets along the rails, in which balls are deposited as the main goal of play...
tournamentA tournament is a competition involving a relatively large number of competitors, all participating in a sport or game. More specifically, the term may be used in either of two overlapping senses:...
contested between teams representing
EuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus Mountains , and the Black Sea to the southeast...
and the USA since
19941994 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* January 29 – death of Ulrike Maier , Austrian skier, who broke her neck when she crashed during a World Cup downhill race at Garmisch-Partenkirchen...
. The trophy is named after American player
Willie MosconiWillie Mosconi nicknamed "Mr. Pocket Billiards", , born William Joseph Mosconi, was an American professional pocket billiards player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and a Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame member. Between the years of 1941 and 1957, he won the BCA World Championship of...
.
Famous players
The tournament has featured some of the most famous players in the sport, including
Earl StricklandEarl Strickland is an American professional pool player and was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame in 2006...
,
Johnny ArcherJohnny Archer is an American professional pool player. He is nicknamed "the Scorpion" ....
,
Jimmy WhiteJames Warren White, MBE is an English professional snooker player, best known as Jimmy White. Nicknamed the "Whirlwind", White is a multiple World Championship finalist, appearing in six World Championship finals without ever winning the title - although he won the 1980 amateur World Championship,...
,
Alex HigginsAlexander Gordon Higgins , best known as Alex "Hurricane" Higgins, is a retired professional snooker player from Northern Ireland, who was twice World Champion and runner-up on two occasions.-Life and career:...
,
Ronnie O'SullivanRonald Antonio "Ronnie" O'Sullivan , nicknamed "the Rocket" due to his rapid playing style, is an English professional snooker player. He has been World Champion on three occasions , and is second on the all-time prize money list with career earnings of over UK£6 million, behind only Stephen Hendry...
, and
Steve DavisSteve Davis, OBE, is an English professional snooker player. He has won more professional titles in the sport than any other player, including six World Championships during the 1980s....
.
In its earliest days, the Mosconi Cup was created by
Sky SportsSky Sports is the brand name for a group of sports-oriented television channels operated by the UK and Ireland's main satellite pay-TV company, British Sky Broadcasting. Sky Sports is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland...
and
Matchroom SportMatchroom Sport is a sport event promotions company founded by the English entrepreneur Barry Hearn. It first came to attention in the sports of snooker and boxing and is also involved in pool, bowling, golf, fishing, darts and poker....
as an
exhibition eventAn exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition...
to increase public awareness of pool in the UK. As a result, players on both teams were generally picked for their ability to entertain the crowd. This is why early European teams featured a high percentage of famous
snookerSnooker is a cue sport that is played on a large baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A regulation table is . It is played using a cue and snooker balls: one white , 15 worth one point each, and six balls of different ...
players, in order to draw snooker fans to the event.
In the first year of competition some of the
WPBAThe WPBA is a professional women's billiards tour based in the United States. It was originally founded in 1976 as the Women's Professional Billiard Alliance by players Madelyn Whitlow and Palmer Byrd, as well as Larry Miller ....
's top players played alongside the men in their respective teams. These included Franziska Stark (Germany),
Allison FisherAllison Fisher is an English professional pool player. She won her first world title at the age of 17. To date, she has won over 80 national titles and 11 world titles in total. She even entered the Male Snooker ranking, but never progressed into the sport's upper levels...
(England), Jeanette Lee (US) and Vivian Villarreal (US).
As time progressed, the event evolved from its exhibition nature into a much more serious and professional tournament, and earning a place in the event has acquired a great deal of prestige. Of the snooker players, only Steve Davis remained into the event's more serious era, bowing out when the event began to clash with snooker's UK Championship (for which he appeared as both a player and a
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commentator).
After Davis's withdrawal, all players had to earn an invitation through their performances at other events, meaning that no more snooker players appeared until 2007, when
Tony DragoTony Drago is a professional snooker and pool player from Malta. He won the 2003 World Pool Masters Tournament beating Hsia Hui-kai 8-6 and also reached the quarter finals of the World Snooker Championship...
earned a place by virtue of his performance on the European pool tour, and won the tournament's
Most Valuable PlayerIn sports, a Most Valuable Player award is an honor typically bestowed upon the best performing player or players on a specific team, in an entire league, or for a particular contest or series of contests...
award for his unbeaten run in the singles matches.
Player appearances
The players to have appeared in the Mosconi Cup:
| Apearance |
Name |
Country |
| P |
NP |
| 13 |
0 |
Ralf Souquet Ralf Souquet is a German professional pool player. His nicknames are "The Kaiser" and "The Surgeon." Since 1981, he has won more than 250 tournament titles, including 41 German Championship titles and 34 European Championship titles.He began playing billiards at the age of six in his parents' pub,...
|
Germany |
| 13 |
0 |
Earl Strickland Earl Strickland is an American professional pool player and was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame in 2006...
|
USA |
| 12 |
0 |
Johnny ArcherJohnny Archer is an American professional pool player. He is nicknamed "the Scorpion" ....
|
USA |
| 12 |
0 |
Mika Immonen Mika Immonen is a professional pool player, especially of nine-ball, and nicknamed "the Ice Man."He won the WPA World Nine-ball Championship in Cardiff, Wales in 2001...
|
Finland |
| 11 |
0 |
Steve DavisSteve Davis, OBE, is an English professional snooker player. He has won more professional titles in the sport than any other player, including six World Championships during the 1980s....
|
England |
| 8 |
1 |
Oliver Ortmann Oliver Ortmann is a German top professional pool player whose nickname is "The Machine". He is renowned not only as a World Champion in Nine-Ball but also in the resurgent discipline of 14.1 or straight pool....
|
Germany |
| 7 |
0 |
Jeremy Jones |
USA |
| 6 |
0 |
Marcus ChamatMarcus Chamat is a professional eight-ball and nine-ball pool player.He plays on the International Pool Tour and has represented Team Europe at the Mosconi Cup five times....
|
Sweden |
| 6 |
0 |
Rodney Morris Rodney Morris is a professional pool player of Hawaiian descent. He currently resides in Phoenix, Arizona....
|
USA |
| 6 |
0 |
Niels Feijen Niels Feijen is a professional pool player, from in the Hague, Netherlands. His nickname is "the Terminator".In 2001, Feijen reached the finals of a nine-ball tournament in Tokyo, Japan. The event had a field of more than 700 players and offered the largest prize money at that time. However, he...
|
the Netherlands |
| 5 |
0 |
Corey Deuel Corey Deuel is an American professional pocket billiards player from West Jefferson, Ohio. Nicknamed "Cash Money", he is an accomplished tournament competitor, having won the US Open Nine-ball Championship in 2001, as well as many other major titles...
|
USA |
| 5 |
0 |
Charles Williams |
USA |
| 4 |
0 |
Steve Knight |
England |
| 3 |
2 |
Nick Varner Nick Varner is an American pool player and was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America in 1992.-Career:...
|
USA |
| 3 |
0 |
Thomas Engert Thomas Engert is a German professional pool player. Engert won the 2004 International Challenge of Champions beating fellow German Thorsten Hohmann in the finals...
|
Germany |
| 3 |
0 |
James Rempe |
USA |
| 3 |
0 |
Nick van den BergNick van den Berg is a professional pool player.In 2005 he was runner-up to Wu Chia-ching in the WPA World Eight-ball Championship.He represented Team Europe in the Mosconi Cup in 2006 for the third time....
|
the Netherlands |
| 2 |
1 |
Kim Davenport Kim Davenport is an American professional pocket billiards player, nicknamed "Kimmer".-Professional career:He became a professional player in 1985....
|
USA |
| 2 |
1 |
Alex Lely Alex Lely is a former professional pool player from the Netherlands. He is a two-time European straight pool champion. He won the World Pool Masters in 1999 and nearly won it for the second consecutive time in the next year. He retired from the sport on 8 November 2006.-External links:*...
|
the Netherlands |
| 2 |
0 |
Lou Butera Lou Butera is an American professional pool player and an inductee into the Billiards Congress of America's Hall of Fame in 1986....
|
USA |
| 2 |
0 |
Shane Van Boening Shane Van Boening is an American professional pocket billiards player from Rapid City, South Dakota, currently ranked No.1 in the U.S. Rankings published by the UPA Tour....
|
USA |
| 2 |
0 |
Michael Coltrain |
USA |
| 2 |
0 |
Shannon Daulton |
USA |
| 2 |
0 |
Tony DragoTony Drago is a professional snooker and pool player from Malta. He won the 2003 World Pool Masters Tournament beating Hsia Hui-kai 8-6 and also reached the quarter finals of the World Snooker Championship...
|
Malta |
| 2 |
0 |
Mike Gulyassy |
USA |
| 2 |
0 |
Thorsten HohmannThorsten Hohmann is a German professional pool player, nicknamed "the Hitman." He has been described as having a steely demeanor, and being a very precise player.-Germany-based career:...
|
Germany |
| 2 |
0 |
Robert Hunter |
USA |
| 2 |
0 |
Mike Massey Michael "Mike" Massey is an American professional pocket billiards player, best known as a trick shot artist since the late 1970s, and has given substantial visibility to the sport by traveling the globe to perform exhibitions and compete in a variety of disciplines...
|
USA |
| 2 |
0 |
Ronnie O'SullivanRonald Antonio "Ronnie" O'Sullivan , nicknamed "the Rocket" due to his rapid playing style, is an English professional snooker player. He has been World Champion on three occasions , and is second on the all-time prize money list with career earnings of over UK£6 million, behind only Stephen Hendry...
|
England |
| 2 |
0 |
Daryl Peach Daryl Peach is a British professional pocket billiards player. Nicknamed "Razzledazzle" and "the Dazzler," he defeated the Philippines' Roberto Gomez in 2007 to become the first British male to win the WPA World Nine-ball Championship ....
|
England |
| 2 |
0 |
Reed Pierce Reed Pierce is an American professional pool player. Notable tournament wins include the 1995 US Open Nine-ball Championship, the 1998 Camel Tour Kasson Open, and the 1994 PBT Dallas Open. He was selected to represent the U.S...
|
USA |
| 2 |
0 |
Tony Robles |
USA |
| 2 |
0 |
Tom Storm |
Sweden |
| 2 |
0 |
Justin Marks Justin Marks is an American race car driver. He currently drives the #67 Construct Corps Porsche for TRG in the Rolex Sports Car Series.-Early years:...
|
Italy |
| 2 |
0 |
Dallas West Dallas West is an American pool player and was inducted into the Billiards Congress of America Hall of Fame in 1996.West is known for having a strong competitive spirit and is respected by his peers as being a gentleman player...
|
USA |
| 2 |
0 |
Jimmy WhiteJames Warren White, MBE is an English professional snooker player, best known as Jimmy White. Nicknamed the "Whirlwind", White is a multiple World Championship finalist, appearing in six World Championship finals without ever winning the title - although he won the 1980 amateur World Championship,...
|
England |
| 2 |
0 |
Mark Wilson |
USA |
| 1 |
0 |
David Alcaide David Alcaide is a Spanish pool player. During the 2006 Men's World 9-Ball Championship he survived the group stages, the round of 64 and the round of 32, but was eliminated in the round of 16 by Rodolfo Luat...
|
Spain |
| 1 |
0 |
Mike Davis |
USA |
| 1 |
0 |
Tommy Donlon |
Ireland |
| 1 |
0 |
John DiToro |
USA |
| 1 |
0 |
Vincent Facquet |
France |
| 1 |
0 |
Allison Fisher Allison Fisher is an English professional pool player. She won her first world title at the age of 17. To date, she has won over 80 national titles and 11 world titles in total. She even entered the Male Snooker ranking, but never progressed into the sport's upper levels...
|
England |
| 1 |
0 |
Paul Gerni |
USA |
| 1 |
0 |
Roger Griffis |
USA |
| 1 |
0 |
Mark Gray Mark Eugene Gray is an American country music artist. He has recorded both as a solo artist for Columbia Records and as a member of the country pop band Exile, of which he was a member between 1979 and 1982....
|
England |
| 1 |
0 |
Danny Harriman |
USA |
| 1 |
0 |
Alex HigginsAlexander Gordon Higgins , best known as Alex "Hurricane" Higgins, is a retired professional snooker player from Northern Ireland, who was twice World Champion and runner-up on two occasions.-Life and career:...
|
Northern Ireland |
| 1 |
0 |
Allen Hopkins |
USA |
| 1 |
0 |
Raj Hundal |
England |
| 1 |
0 |
Lee Kendall |
England |
| 1 |
0 |
Jeanette Lee |
USA |
| 1 |
0 |
Imran Majid Imran Majid is a professional pool player. Majid is of Pakistani descent as his parents are from Lahore, Punjab....
|
England |
| 1 |
0 |
Shawn Putnam |
USA |
| 1 |
0 |
Fabio Petroni |
Italy |
| 1 |
0 |
Andy Richardson |
England |
| 1 |
0 |
John Schmidt |
USA |
| 1 |
0 |
Franziska Stark |
Germany |
| 1 |
0 |
Konstantin Stepanov Konstantin Stepanov is a Russian professional pool player. During the 2006 WPA Men's World Nine-ball Championship he survived the group stages, the round of 64 and the round of 32, but was eliminated in the round of 16 by Ralf Souquet. This performance secured him a spot in the 2007 edition of the...
|
Russia |
| 1 |
0 |
Lee Tucker |
England |
| 1 |
0 |
Vivian Villarreal |
USA |
| 1 |
0 |
C.J. Wiley |
USA |
| 1 |
0 |
Darren Appleton Darren Appleton is a British pocket billiards player, nicknamed "Dynamite". He won the first WPA World Ten-ball Championship in 2008 against Wu Chia-ching, the former world champion in both nine-ball and eight-ball from Taiwan...
|
England |
| 0 |
2 |
Johan Ruijsink |
the Netherlands |
| Legend |
| P |
Playing team member |
| NP |
Non-playing captain |
European representation
Konstantin Stepanov, who in 2007 was the first Russian player to appear, took the total number of nations who have represented Europe to eleven (in order of total representatives, alphabetically in the case of ties):
Number of players by country
| 12: England |
5: Germany |
4: Netherlands |
2: Sweden |
| 1: Finland |
1: France |
1: Italy |
1: Malta |
|
|
| 1: Russia |
1: Spain |
Television coverage
In the UK,
Sky SportsSky Sports is the brand name for a group of sports-oriented television channels operated by the UK and Ireland's main satellite pay-TV company, British Sky Broadcasting. Sky Sports is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland...
shows this event every year, and until
the 2005 tournamentThe 2005 Mosconi Cup was played in MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada.Team USA beat Team Europe, 11–6.-The teams:-External links:* official website....
had the only live coverage of the competition with a total of 22 hours of coverage across Sky Sports 1, 2 & 3.
Tournament modifications
There have been rule changes and format changes throughout the tournament's brief history. These include, but are not limited to: "Non-playing captain" roles were introduced in the 2003 event (the first Mosconi Cup not played in the UK); however these were removed in
the 2004 tournamentThe 2004 Mosconi Cup, the 11th annual Europe versus United States five-player team tournament in the sport of pool, was played in Egmond aan Zee in the Netherlands.Team USA beat Team Europe, 12–9.-The Teams:-External links:* official website....
. The doubles matches were re-formatted to be scotch doubles in 2004. In 2005, a 30-second
shot clockA shot clock is used in some sports to quicken the pace of the game. It is normally associated with basketball, but has also found use in sports such as Snooker, professional lacrosse, professional Australian rules football and korfball....
was introduced, and caused controversy due to timing malfunctions. The 2006 tournament started with a single team-versus-team match followed by two trebles matches. That year also saw the reintroduction of the non-playing captain role.
Results table
| Year |
Vennue |
Victors |
Losers |
Final score |
| 1994 |
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, UK |
USA USA |
Europe Europe |
16 - 12 |
| 1995 |
Basildon, Essex, UK |
Europe Europe |
USA USA |
16 - 15 |
| 1996 |
DagenhamDagenham is a suburban town in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, situated east of Charing Cross, in East London.-Etymology:Dagenham as Dæccanhaam is first recorded in a charter of Barking Abbey dating from 687 AD...
, London[]London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...
, UK |
USA USA |
Europe Europe |
15 - 13 |
| 1997 |
Bethnal GreenBethnal Green is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London. Bethnal Green is located north east of Charing Cross...
, London[]London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...
, UK |
USA USA |
Europe Europe |
13 - 8 |
| 1998 |
Bethnal GreenBethnal Green is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London. Bethnal Green is located north east of Charing Cross...
, London[]London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...
, UK |
USA USA |
Europe Europe |
13 - 9 |
| 1999 |
Bethnal GreenBethnal Green is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London. Bethnal Green is located north east of Charing Cross...
, London[]London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...
, UK |
USA USA |
Europe Europe |
12 - 7 |
| 2000 |
Bethnal GreenBethnal Green is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London. Bethnal Green is located north east of Charing Cross...
, London[]London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...
, UK |
USA USA |
Europe Europe |
12 - 9 |
| 2001 |
Bethnal GreenBethnal Green is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London. Bethnal Green is located north east of Charing Cross...
, London[]London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...
, UK |
USA USA |
Europe Europe |
12 - 1 |
| 2002 |
Bethnal GreenBethnal Green is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London. Bethnal Green is located north east of Charing Cross...
, London[]London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...
, UK |
Europe Europe |
USA USA |
12 - 9 |
| 2003 |
Las Vegas, NevadaLas Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, fine dining, and entertainment. Las Vegas, which bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, is famous for the number of...
, USA |
USA USA |
Europe Europe |
11 - 9 |
2004The 2004 Mosconi Cup, the 11th annual Europe versus United States five-player team tournament in the sport of pool, was played in Egmond aan Zee in the Netherlands.Team USA beat Team Europe, 12–9.-The Teams:-External links:* official website....
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Egmond aan Zee Egmond aan Zee is a village on the North Sea coast in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Bergen, and lies about 9 km west of Alkmaar....
, NetherlandsThe Netherlands is a country in Northwestern Europe, constituting the major portion of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east...
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USA USA |
Europe Europe |
12 - 9 |
2005The 2005 Mosconi Cup was played in MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada.Team USA beat Team Europe, 11–6.-The teams:-External links:* official website....
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Las Vegas, NevadaLas Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, fine dining, and entertainment. Las Vegas, which bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, is famous for the number of...
, USA |
USA USA |
Europe Europe |
11 - 6 |
2006The 2006 Mosconi Cup in nine-ball pool was played in the Rotterdam Cruise Terminal in Rotterdam, Netherlands from 8 through 10 December of that year....
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Rotterdam, Netherlands |
USA USA |
Europe Europe |
12 - 12 |
2007The 2007 Mosconi Cup took place between December 13 – December 16, at the MGM Grand Las Vegas. Team Europe won the Cup for the first time since 2002 against arguably the best American team to ever take part in the event...
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, USA |
Europe Europe |
USA USA |
11 - 8 |
2008The 2008 Mosconi Cup took place between December 11 – December 14, at the Hilton Conference Center, Portomaso, Malta. -The teams:-Session 1:-Session 2:-Session 3:...
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St Julians, MaltaMalta , officially the Republic of Malta , is a densely populated developed European country in the European Union. The Southern European island nation is an archipelago that includes the inhabited islands of Malta, Gozo and Comino, along with a number of smaller, uninhabited islands...
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Europe Europe |
USA USA |
11 - 5 |
| 2009 The 2009 Mosconi Cup will take place between December 10 – December 13, at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.-The teams:...
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, USA |
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The IAAF Continental Cup is an international athletics competition. It is the only world cup contested by teams representing entire continents, rather than just those of individual nations....
- NFL Global Junior Championship
The NFL Global Junior Championship was played during the week leading up to the Super Bowl, in the same city that is hosting the game. The first game was played in 1997, and only two teams played, Mexico and Europe. Mexico won the first and second edition, Europe won the third edition. From 2000 to...
in American footballAmerican football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, and often as Gridiron or Tackle football outside North America, is a competitive team sport known for combining strategy with physical play. The objective of the game is to score points by advancing the ball into the...
(includes a Team Europe)