2008 Mosconi Cup

Official logo of the 2008 Mosconi Cup.

The 2008 Mosconi Cup (the 15th annual Europe versus United States five-player team tournament) took place between December 11–14, at the Hilton Conference Center, Portomaso, Malta.

The teams

Team USA
Name	State of birth	Notes
Earl Strickland	North Carolina
Johnny Archer	Georgia
Rodney Morris	California
Jeremy Jones	Texas
Shane Van Boening	South Dakota
Nick Varner	Kentucky	Non-playing captain

Team Europe
Name	Nationality	Notes
Ralf Souquet	Germany
Niels Feijen	Netherlands
Mika Immonen	Finland	Most Valuable Player [1]
Tony Drago	Malta
Mark Gray	England
Alex Lely	Netherlands	Non-playing captain

Results

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Thursday, December 11

Session 1

	Results
Teams Team Europe	5–3	Teams Team USA
Doubles Niels Feijen Ralf Souquet	5–3	Doubles Shane Van Boening Rodney Morris
Singles Mika Immonen	5–1	Singles Jeremy Jones
Doubles Tony Drago Mark Gray	3–5	Doubles Earl Strickland Johnny Archer
3	Session	1
3	Overall	1

Friday, December 12

Session 2

	Results
Doubles Niels Feijen Ralf Souquet	5–3	Doubles Shane Van Boening Rodney Morris
Singles Tony Drago	4–5	Singles Earl Strickland
Doubles Mika Immonen Mark Gray	1–5	Doubles Johnny Archer Jeremy Jones
Singles Mika Immonen	5–0	Singles Earl Strickland
2	Session	2
5	Overall	3

Saturday, December 13

Session 3

	Results
Doubles Niels Feijen Ralf Souquet	5–1	Doubles Earl Strickland Rodney Morris
Singles Tony Drago	2–5	Singles Shane Van Boening
Doubles Mika Immonen Mark Gray	5–4	Doubles Johnny Archer Jeremy Jones
2	Session	1
7	Overall	4

Session 4

	Results
Singles Niels Feijen	3–5	Singles Rodney Morris
Singles Ralf Souquet	5–2	Singles Shane Van Boening
Singles Mika Immonen	5–3	Singles Jeremy Jones
2	Session	1
9	Overall	5

Sunday, December 16

Session 5

	Results
Doubles Niels Feijen Ralf Souquet	5–2	Doubles Rodney Morris Jeremy Jones
Singles Mika Immonen	5–3	Singles Shane Van Boening
2	Session	0
11	Overall	5

Gallery

Rodney Morris   Earl Strickland   Mika Immonen and Mark Gray 2   Jeremy Jones 1   Mika Immonen   Tony Drago   Shane van Boening   Mark Gray   Mika Immonen and Mark Gray 2   Jeremy Jones 2   Niels Feijen   Michaela Tabb   Mika Immonen after potting the final ball to win the Mosconi Cup   Interview with Alex Lely   Nick Varner   Members of the victorious Team Europe with the Cup.   Team Europe 1   Team Europe 2

References

1. ^ "Mosconi Cup: Mika: Victory banishes ghosts of 06". Archived from the original on 2009-07-23. http://mosconicup.com/article_detail.asp?article_id=55. Retrieved 2009-07-05. 
2. ^ "Results of the Mosconi Cup 2008". Archived from the original on 2009-07-23. http://www.mosconicup.com/results.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-05. 
3. ^ "Europe 11-5 USA". Matchroom Pool. http://www.matchroompool.com/page/mcup2008/0,,12660,00.html. Retrieved 21 December 2010. 

External links

• Official homepage