2008 Mosconi Cup Explained

Year:	2008
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Dates:	11–14 December
Venue:	Hilton Conference Center
Location:	Portomaso, Malta
Home:	EU
Away:	US
Homecaptain:	Alex Lely
Awaycaptain:	Nick Varner
Mvp:	Mika Immonen (EU)
Homescore:	11
Awayscore:	5
Result:	Europe wins

The 2008 Mosconi Cup, the 15th edition of the annual nine-ball pool competition between teams representing Europe and the United States, took place 11–14 December 2008 at the Hilton Conference Center in Portomaso, Malta.

Team Europe won the Mosconi Cup by defeating Team USA 11–5.__TOC__

The teams

Team USA
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Earl Strickland
Johnny Archer
Rodney Morris
Jeremy Jones
Shane Van Boening
Nick Varner		Non-playing captain

Team Europe
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Ralf Souquet
Niels Feijen
Mika Immonen		Most Valuable Player^[1]
Tony Drago
Mark Gray
Alex Lely		Non-playing captain

Results

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Thursday, 11 December

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, 12 December

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, 13 December

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, 14 December

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

External links

• Official homepage

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mosconi Cup: Mika: Victory banishes ghosts of 06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090727075741/http://www.mosconicup.com/article_detail.asp?article_id=55 . 27 July 2009 . dead . 5 July 2009 .
2. Web site: Results of the Mosconi Cup 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090721233159/http://mosconicup.com/results.htm . 21 July 2009 . live . 5 July 2009 .
3. Web site: Europe 11–5 USA . Matchroom Pool . 21 December 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110714050838/http://www.matchroompool.com/page/mcup2008/0%2C%2C12660%2C00.html . 14 July 2011 . dead .