2008 Mosconi Cup

2008 Mosconi Cup
Dates		11–14 December
Venue		Hilton Conference Center
Location		Portomaso, Malta
Captains		Alex Lely (EU) Nick Varner (US)
MVP		Mika Immonen (EU)
11  – 5
Europe wins the Mosconi Cup
«2007		2009»

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

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

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
Tony Drago	Malta
Mark Gray	England
Alex Lely	Netherlands	Non-playing captain

Results

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, 16 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

Gallery

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

External links

• Official homepage