2005 Mosconi Cup Explained

Year:	2005
Logowidth:	200px
Dates:	15–18 December
Venue:	MGM Grand
Location:	Las Vegas, Nevada
Home:	US
Away:	EU
Homecaptain:	Johnny Archer
Awaycaptain:	Mika Immonen
Mvp:	Earl Strickland (US)
Homescore:	11
Awayscore:	6
Result:	United States wins

The 2005 Mosconi Cup, the 12th edition of the annual nine-ball pool competition between teams representing Europe and the United States, took place 15–18 December 2005 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. A shot clock was used for the first time in the events history.^[1]

Team USA won the Mosconi Cup by defeating Team Europe 11–6.__TOC__

Teams

Team USA^[2]
width=40%	Name	width=35%	State of birth	width=25%	Notes
Rodney Morris
Shawn Putnam
Jeremy Jones
Earl Strickland		Most Valued Player^[3]
Charlie Williams	¹
Johnny Archer		Captain

Team Europe
width=40%	Name	width=35%	Nationality	width=25%	Notes
Marcus Chamat
Raj Hundal
Thorsten Hohmann
Niels Feijen
Alex Lely
Mika Immonen		Captain

¹ Born outside the United States.

Results

^[4]

Thursday, 15 December

	Results
Doubles Thorsten Hohmann Niels Feijen	5–1	Doubles Johnny Archer Jeremy Jones
Singles Mika Immonen	5–2	Singles Johnny Archer
Doubles Alex Lely Raj Hundal	3–5	Doubles Charlie Williams Shawn Putnam
Singles Niels Feijen	3–5	Singles Charlie Williams
Doubles Mika Immonen Marcus Chamat	4–5	Doubles Earl Strickland Rodney Morris
2	Session	3
2	Overall	3

Friday, 16 December

	Results
Doubles Thorsten Hohmann Niels Feijen	4–5	Doubles Charlie Williams Shawn Putnam
Singles Raj Hundal	5–4	Singles Shawn Putnam
Doubles Mika Immonen Marcus Chamat	4–5	Doubles Johnny Archer Jeremy Jones
Singles Thorsten Hohmann	5–4	Singles Jeremy Jones
Doubles Alex Lely Raj Hundal	2–5	Doubles Earl Strickland Rodney Morris
2	Session	3
4	Overall	6

Saturday, 17 December

	Results
Doubles Niels Feijen Alex Lely	5–3	Doubles Charlie Williams Shawn Putnam
Singles Alex Lely	4–5	Singles Rodney Morris
Doubles Marcus Chamat Mika Immonen	2–5	Doubles Rodney Morris Earl Strickland
Singles Marcus Chamat	2–5	Singles Earl Strickland
Doubles Thorsten Hohmann Raj Hundal	3–5	Doubles Jeremy Jones Johnny Archer
1	Session	4
5	Overall	10

Sunday, 18 December

	Results
Singles Mika Immonen	5–4	Singles Shawn Putnam
Singles Thorsten Hohmann	4–5	Singles Jeremy Jones
1	Session	1
6	Overall	11

External links

Official homepage

Notes and References

Web site: Mosconi Cup Shot Clock Rules . Matchroom Sport . 19 February 2012 . 26 July 2012 . https://archive.today/20120726093743/http://2005.mosconicup.com/article_detail.asp_article_id=9 . dead . dmy-all .
Web site: Mosconi Cup (Official homepage) . Matchroom Sport . 22 December 2010 . 14 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110714115927/http://2005.mosconicup.com/default.asp . dead . dmy-all .
Web site: Archer: We Showed Our Heart. Mosconi Cup 2005. 24 December 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20070920075105/http://2005.mosconicup.com/article_detail.asp?article_id=31. 20 September 2007.
Web site: 2005 Results. Mosconi Cup 2006. 22 December 2010. 8 August 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070808040301/http://www.mosconicup.com/staticPage.asp?article_id=20.