| Year: | 1997 |
| Logowidth: | 200px |
| Dates: | 18–21 December |
| Venue: | York Hall |
| Location: | Bethnal Green, London, England |
| Home: | EU |
| Away: | US |
| Homescore: | 8 |
| Awayscore: | 13 |
| Result: | United States wins |
The 1997 Virtual Pool 2 Mosconi Cup, the fourth edition of the annual nine-ball pool competition between teams representing Europe and the United States, took place 18–21 December 1997 at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, England.
Team USA won the Mosconi Cup by defeating Team Europe 13–8.__TOC__
| Team USA | |||||
| width=35% | Name | width=35% | State of birth | width=30%% | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Strickland | |||||
| Kim Davenport | |||||
| Johnny Archer | |||||
| Jim Rempe | |||||
| Nick Varner | |||||
| Reed Pierce | |||||
| Team Europe | |||||
| width=35% | Name | width=35% | Nationality | width=30% | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Davis | |||||
| Ralf Souquet | |||||
| Oliver Ortmann | |||||
| Mika Immonen | |||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | |||||
| Tommy Donlon | |||||
| Results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles Mika Immonen Tommy Donlon | 2–1 (4–5, 3–1, 3–1) | Doubles Johnny Archer Kim Davenport | |
| Doubles Ralf Souquet Ronnie O'Sullivan | 2–1 (1–3, 3–1, 3–1) | Doubles Nick Varner Reed Pierce | |
| Doubles Oliver Ortmann Steve Davis | 1–2 (2–4, 3–0, 0–3) | Doubles Earl Strickland Jim Rempe | |
| 2 | Session | 1 | |
| 2 | Overall | 1 |
| Results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles Mika Immonen Tommy Donlon | 2–1 (3–0, 3–5, 5–4) | Doubles Johnny Archer Kim Davenport | |
| Doubles Steve Davis Ronnie O'Sullivan | 1–2 (4–5, 3–1, 0–3) | Doubles Earl Strickland Jim Rempe | |
| Doubles Oliver Ortmann Ralf Souquet | 2–1 (3–1, 4–5, 3–1) | Doubles Nick Varner Reed Pierce | |
| 2 | Session | 1 | |
| 4 | Overall | 2 |
| Results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singles Mika Immonen | 1–2 (4–2, 0–3, 3–5) | Singles Johnny Archer | |
| Singles Oliver Ortmann | 2–1 (2–4, 3–0, 3–0) | Singles Jim Rempe | |
| 1 | Session | 1 | |
| 5 | Overall | 3 |
| Results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singles Ralf Souquet | 1–2 (1–3, 3–0, 1–3) | Singles Earl Strickland | |
| Doubles Tommy Donlon Oliver Ortmann | 1–2 (2–3, 3–1, 1–3) | Doubles Earl Strickland Jim Rempe | |
| Doubles Steve Davis Ronnie O'Sullivan | 2–0 (3–1, 3–1) | Doubles Johnny Archer Reed Pierce | |
| Doubles Ralf Souquet Mika Immonen | 2–1 (3–2, 1–3, 3–1) | Doubles Kim Davenport Nick Varner | |
| 2 | Session | 2 | |
| 7 | Overall | 5 |
| Results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singles Ronnie O'Sullivan | 0–2 (2–3, 2–3) | Singles Nick Varner | |
| Singles Tommy Donlon | 1–2 (3–2, 1–3, 2–4) | Singles Reed Pierce | |
| Singles Steve Davis | 2–0 (3–1, 3–1) | Singles Kim Davenport | |
| Singles Mika Immonen | 1–2 (3–0, 0–3, 1–3) | Singles Johnny Archer | |
| 1 | Session | 3 | |
| 8 | Overall | 8 |
| Results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singles Oliver Ortmann | 0–2 (0–3, 1–3) | Singles Jim Rempe | |
| Singles Ralf Souquet | 0–2 (0–3, 1–3) | Singles Earl Strickland | |
| Singles Ronnie O'Sullivan | 0–2 (2–3, 1–3) | Singles Nick Varner | |
| 0 | Session | 3 | |
| 8 | Overall | 11 |
| Results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singles Steve Davis | 1–2 (3–0, 0–3, 3–5) | Singles Kim Davenport | |
| Singles Tommy Donlon | 0–2 (0–3, 0–3) | Singles Reed Pierce | |
| 0 | Session | 2 | |
| 8 | Overall | 13 |