The order of play for tonights action at the Mosconi Cup is as follows:
M1: Team USA v Team Europe (all 5 players)
M2: Johnny Archer/Dennis Hatch v Niels Feijen/Darren Appleton
M3:Shane van Boening v Mika Immonen
M4:Corey Deuel/Oscar Dominguez v Ralf Souquet/Thorsten Hohmann
M5: Captain’s Pick v Captain’s Pick
With Mika Immonen playing some awesome pool in the final rack he potted Europe to Mosconi Cup victory and bagged himself the MVP in the process. Some memorable performances from Ralf Souquet, Niels Feijen who were unbeaten, laid the foundations for the second largest winning margin in Mosconi Cup history.
The European Team was made up of two reigning World Champions and the reigning US Open Champion and always looked too strong for the USA.
In fairness though the USA did not get the luck throughout the tournament, but take nothing away from the European team who potted the balls when they were presented.
TEAM EUROPE 9 V 5 TEAM USA
All matches race-to-5 racks, alternating break.
GAME 9 (DOUBLES): FEIJEN/SOUQUET 5 V 1 MORRIS/STRICKLAND
GAME 10 (SINGLES): DRAGO 2 V 5 VAN BOENING
GAME 11 (DOUBLES): IMMONEN/GRAY 5 V 4 ARCHER/JONES
GAME 12 (SINGLES): FEIJEN 3 V 5 MORRIS
GAME 13 (SINGLES): SOUQUET 5 V 2 VAN BOENING
GAME 14 (SINGLES): IMMONEN 5 V 3 JONES
TEAM EUROPE 5 V 3 TEAM USA
All matches race-to-5 racks, alternating break.
GAME 5 (DOUBLES): FEIJEN/SOUQUET 5 V 3 MORRIS/VAN BOENING
GAME 6 (SINGLES): DRAGO 4 V 5 STRICKLAND
GAME 7 (DOUBLES): IMMONEN/GRAY 1 V 5 ARCHER/JONES
GAME 8 (SINGLES): IMMONEN 5 V 0 STRICKLAND
It starts in about 1.5 hours! The most popular televised 9-ball tournament ijn the UK!
It is already available on Sky Sports in the UK however, you can also watch it live online thanks to the people at www.bet365.com - it does require you to register but other than that it is free!
Who will win? I am not a betting man but I feel Europe will win it for the second consecutive year. Tony Drago was awesome last time out and is on home soil this year. The only newbie is Mark Gray, former European number 1 it will be intresting to see how he fairs in the team environment.
Matches start at 7pm with the 5-player alternate shot team match, should be some fireworks and hopefully some great shot making as well.
Some videos below from GB9 Tour Director Shirley Ang:
note: information regarding the live stream was found here: http://www.livestreamingsport.com/category/Live-Streaming-Pool/
You can watch live 9-ball pool and live snooker this weekend!
The Mosconi Cup returns for it’s 15th edition and starts tomorrow evening the 11th December live on Sky Sports. The European team (captained this year by Alex Lely) are the defending champions having won the trophy in Las Vegas last year. The tournament MVP last time out was Tony Drago and he will be looking to put on a similar performance as he will be playing in Malta, his home country.
The rest of the European team are Ralf Souquet, Niels Feijen, Mika Immonen and Englands own Mark Gray. European players currently hold all of the world titles and have also been successful in the majors this year as well, Ralf Souquet winning the US Open the highlight.
The US team is captained by Nick Varner and is almost an unchanged side from last year, Earl Strickland returns as the only ever present since this tournament started and is joined by Johnny Archer, Shane van Boening, Jeremy Jones and Rodney Morris.
If snooker is more your tipple then prepare to be mesmerised as the Uk Championships starts on Saturday 13th December from the Telford International Centre. Regarded as the second most prestigious snooker tournament after the World Championships Ronnie O’Suillivan will be on hand to defend the title he won last December.
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