2025Mosconi Cup
Dates	30th November 2024 -3rd December 2024
Venue	Caribe Royale Resort
Location	Orlando,Florida,USA
Captains	Skyler Woodward (United States) Jayson Shaw (Europe)
MVP	Jayson Shaw
6  – 11   Europe retains theMosconi Cup
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TheMosconi Cup is an annualnine-ballpool tournament contested since1994 between teams representing Europe and the United States. Named after American pool playerWillie Mosconi, the event is comparable to theRyder Cup ingolf and theWeber Cup inbowling.

Team composition and formats have varied over the years. As of 2024^[update], each team has five playing members.^[1] Each team also has a captain and vice captain, who may be among the players, or may be non-playing additional members of the team. The teams compete over one team match, several doubles matches and singles matches, with the first team to win 11 matches claiming victory.

On 3 December 2024,Team Europe beat Team USA 11–6, kept the title and took an overall series lead of 17–13, with one tie.

First staged in 1994 bySky Sports andMatchroom Sport as anexhibition event to increase public awareness of pool in theUnited Kingdom, the Mosconi Cup was named to commemorate the legacy of American pool playerWillie Mosconi, who died in 1993.

In the first year of competition, each team featured six men and two women, with Germany'sFranziska Stark and England'sAllison Fisher on Team Europe, andJeanette Lee andVivian Villarreal on Team USA. No women appeared after the initial event, althoughKelly Fisher in 2021 called on organizers to reinstate female players.^[2] In the event's early years, professionalsnooker playersRonnie O'Sullivan,Jimmy White,Alex Higgins, andSteve Davis all competed on Team Europe.

Staged in England for its first nine years, the Mosconi Cup from2003 to2024 alternated annually between the US and Europe. Most U.S tournaments taking place inLas Vegas, Nevada other than in2024 event being held inOrlando, Florida. Most of the European tournaments taking place in England other than2004 and2006 which were held in theNetherlands and the2008 event being held inMalta.

As time progressed, the event evolved from its exhibition nature into a much more serious and professional tournament. Among the snooker players, only Davis continued into the event's more serious era, competing in the first eleven Mosconi Cups and bowing out only when the event began to clash with snooker'sUK Championship, at which he appeared as both a player and aBBC commentator. After Davis's withdrawal, all players had to earn an invitation through their performances at other pool events, meaning that no more snooker players appeared until 2007 whenTony Drago earned a place by virtue of his performance on theEuropean Pool Tour.

Team USA initially dominated the tournament, winning 10 of the first 12 tournaments between 1994 and 2005, including 6 consecutive victories from 1996 to 2001. The 2006 tournament was a tie. Since then, Team Europe has dominated the tournament, winning 15 of the 18 events staged between 2007 and 2024, including 8 consecutive victories from 2010 to 2017. The overall series record now stands at 17–13 to Team Europe.

Joshua Filler ofGermany became the youngest player to participate in the Mosconi Cup at 20 years old, in 2017.Earl Strickland of the United States became the oldest player to participate in the Mosconi Cup at 61 years old, in 2022.^[3]

The record for the most Mosconi Cup appearances is 18, held by USA'sShane Van Boening. The record for the most Mosconi Cup wins is 9, held jointly by both USA'sEarl Strickland andJohnny Archer.

The players to have appeared in the Mosconi Cup:^[4]

European players [edit] Appearance Name Country P NP 17 0 Ralf Souquet Germany 15 0 Mika Immonen Finland 14 0 Niels Feijen Netherlands 11 0 Steve Davis England 9 0 Jayson Shaw Scotland 8 1 Oliver Ortmann Germany 8 0 Darren Appleton England 8 0 Nick van den Berg Netherlands 7 0 Albin Ouschan Austria 6 0 Joshua Filler Germany 6 5 Marcus Chamat Sweden 6 0 David Alcaide Spain 5 0 Eklent Kaçi Albania 4 2 Karl Boyes England 4 0 Steve Knight England 3 1 Thomas Engert Germany 3 0 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz Spain 3 0 Mark Gray England 3 0 Thorsten Hohmann Germany 2 3 Alex Lely Netherlands 2 0 Tony Drago Malta 2 0 Nick Ekonomopoulos Greece 2 0 Chris Melling England 2 0 Ronnie O'Sullivan England 2 0 Daryl Peach England 2 0 Tom Storm Sweden 2 0 Jimmy White England 2 0 Alexander Kazakis Greece 1 0 Mickey Krause Denmark 1 0 Fedor Gorst Russia 1 0 Tommy Donlon Ireland 1 0 Vincent Facquet France 1 0 Allison Fisher England 1 0 Alex Higgins Northern Ireland 1 0 Raj Hundal England 1 0 Lee Kendall England 1 0 Imran Majid England 1 0 Fabio Petroni Italy 1 0 Andy Richardson England 1 0 Franziska Stark Germany 1 0 Konstantin Stepanov Russia 1 0 Lee Tucker England 0 7 Johan Ruijsink Netherlands 0 1 Ralph Eckert Germany

American players [edit] Appearance Name State P NP 18 0 Shane Van Boening South Dakota 17 0 Johnny Archer Georgia 15 0 Earl Strickland North Carolina 11 0 Corey Deuel California 10 0 Skyler Woodward Kentucky 10 0 Rodney Morris California 8 4 Jeremy Jones Texas 6 0 Tyler Styer Wisconsin 5 1 Charlie Williams South Korea1 5 0 Billy Thorpe Ohio 5 0 Dennis Hatch New York 4 4 Nick Varner Kentucky 4 0 Justin Bergman Illinois 4 0 Mike Dechaine Maine 3 1 Kim Davenport Oklahoma 3 0 Oscar Dominguez California 3 0 Jim Rempe Pennsylvania 2 3 Mark Wilson Missouri 2 0 Fedor Gorst Russia1 2 0 Chris Reinhold California 2 0 Lou Butera Pennsylvania 2 0 Michael Coltrain North Carolina 2 0 Shannon Daulton Kentucky 2 0 Mike Gulyassy Ohio 2 0 Bobby Hunter Michigan 2 0 Mike Massey Tennessee 2 0 Reed Pierce Mississippi 2 0 Shawn Putnam Pennsylvania 2 0 Tony Robles New York 2 0 John Schmidt California 2 0 Dallas West Illinois 1 1 C.J. Wiley Texas 1 0 Shane Wolford Virginia 1 0 Mike Davis North Carolina 1 0 John DiToro Florida 1 0 Paul Gerni New Jersey[5] 1 0 Roger Griffis Texas 1 0 Justin Hall Illinois 1 0 Danny Harriman Maryland 1 0 Allen Hopkins New Jersey 1 0 Jeanette Lee New York 1 0 Gabe Owen Kansas 1 0 Brandon Shuff Virginia 1 0 Vivian Villarreal Texas 0 3 Johan Ruijsink  Netherlands1 0 1 Buddy Hall Illinois 0 1 Joey Gray Oklahoma 1 Born outside the United States

As of 2025,Fedor Gorst andJohan Ruijsink are the only people to take part in both teams, with Gorst being the only playing member and Ruijsink the non-playing participant.

The players to have been on a winning team in the Mosconi Cup:^[4]

European players [edit] Winner Name Country WP WNP 8 0 Niels Feijen Netherlands 7 0 Albin Ouschan Austria 7 0 Darren Appleton England 7 0 Ralf Souquet Germany 7 0 Jayson Shaw Scotland 6 0 Nick van den Berg Netherlands 5 0 Joshua Filler Germany 5 0 David Alcaide Spain 4 0 Mika Immonen Finland 4 2 Karl Boyes England 3 0 Eklent Kaçi Albania 3 0 Francisco Sánchez Ruíz Spain 3 0 Mark Gray England 2 0 Oliver Ortmann Germany 2 0 Steve Davis England 2 0 Tony Drago Malta 2 0 Nick Ekonomopoulos Greece 2 0 Chris Melling England 2 0 Daryl Peach England 1 3 Marcus Chamat Sweden 1 0 Mickey Krause Denmark 1 0 Tom Storm Sweden 1 0 Jimmy White England 1 0 Fedor Gorst Russia 1 0 Alex Higgins Northern Ireland 1 0 Lee Kendall England 1 0 Konstantin Stepanov Russia 0 3 Alex Lely Netherlands 0 6 Johan Ruijsink Netherlands 0 1 Ralph Eckert Germany

American players [edit] Winner Name State WP WNP 9 0 Earl Strickland North Carolina 9 0 Johnny Archer Georgia 5 2 Jeremy Jones Texas 4 0 Corey Deuel California 4 0 Charlie Williams South Korea1 3 2 Nick Varner Kentucky 3 0 Shane Van Boening South Dakota 3 0 Rodney Morris California 3 0 Kim Davenport Oklahoma 3 0 Jim Rempe Pennsylvania 2 0 Skyler Woodward Kentucky 2 0 Billy Thorpe Ohio 2 0 Tyler Styer Wisconsin 2 0 Shannon Daulton Kentucky 2 0 Tony Robles New York 2 0 Reed Pierce Mississippi 2 0 Michael Coltrain North Carolina 1 0 Dennis Hatch New York 1 0 Justin Bergman Illinois 1 0 Mark Wilson Missouri 1 0 Lou Butera Pennsylvania 1 0 Mike Gulyassy Ohio 1 0 Bobby Hunter Michigan 1 0 Mike Massey Tennessee 1 0 Shawn Putnam Pennsylvania 1 0 Dallas West Illinois 1 0 Oscar Dominguez California 1 0 C.J. Wiley Texas 1 0 Paul Gerni New Jersey[5] 1 0 Roger Griffis Texas 1 0 Danny Harriman Maryland 1 0 Allen Hopkins New Jersey 1 0 Jeanette Lee New York 1 0 Gabe Owen Kansas 1 0 Vivian Villarreal Texas 0 2 Johan Ruijsink  Netherlands1 1 Born outside the United States

Players from sixteen nations have represented Europe. Sorted by number of different people, (number of appearances), and alphabetically, these are:

Number of players by country

15 (44)England	6 (40)Germany	4 (23)Netherlands	2 (12)Sweden
2 (4)Greece	1 (15)Finland	1 (7)Scotland	1 (6)Austria
1 (5)Albania	2 (9)Spain	1 (2)Malta	1 (1)France
1 (1)Ireland	1 (1)Italy	1 (1)Northern Ireland	2 (2)Russia
1 (1)Denmark

Players from twenty-three states have represented the United States (Fedor Gorst, Charlie Williams and Johan Ruijsink were all born outside of the US). Ordered as above, these are:

Number of players by state

4 (28)California	4 (19)Texas	4 (8)Illinois	3 (18)North Carolina
3 (14)Kentucky	3 (8)New York	3 (7)Pennsylvania	2 (7)Ohio
2 (2)New Jersey	1 (17)Georgia	1 (18)South Dakota	1 (5)Missouri
2 (5)Oklahoma	1 (5)Wisconsin	1 (4)Maine	1 (3)Michigan
1 (2)Mississippi	2 (2)Virginia	1 (2)Tennessee	1 (2)Indiana
1 (1)Florida	1 (1)Kansas	1 (1)Maryland

There have been rule changes and format changes throughout the tournament's history. These include, but are not limited to: "Non-playing captain" roles were introduced inthe 2003 event; however these were removed in the2004 tournament. In 2004 the doubles matches were re-formatted to bescotch doubles. In 2005, a 30-secondshot clock was introduced, and caused controversy due to timing malfunctions. The 2006 tournament started with a team-versus-team match followed by two trebles matches. That year also saw the reintroduction of the non-playing captain role.

The 2009 tournament included several new features:^[6]

• No pairing in the doubles matches could be repeated.
• The event included four blocks of consecutive matches, organized so that five slots were available for each side, in which every player was required to play exactly once.
• In two singles matches, each player was selected by the opposing team captain.

Team	From	To	Matches	Wins	Losses	Ties	Win %
Europe	1994	2024	31	17	13	1	54.84%
USA	1994	2024	31	13	17	1	41.94%

Up to date as of 2024 Mosconi Cup

#	Year	Venue	Winners	Score	Losers	MVP	Ref
1st	1994	Romford,London,England	United States	16–12	Europe	–	[7]
2nd	1995	Basildon,Essex,England	Europe	16–15	USA	–	[8]
3rd	1996	Dagenham,London,England	United States	15–13	Europe	–	[9]
4th	1997	Bethnal Green,London,England	United States	13–8	Europe	–	[10]
5th	1998	Bethnal Green,London,England	United States	13–9	Europe	–	[11]
6th	1999	Bethnal Green,London,England	United States	12–7	Europe	–	[12]
7th	2000	Bethnal Green,London,England	United States	12–9	Europe	–	[13]
8th	2001	Bethnal Green,London,England	United States	12–1	Europe	–	[14]
9th	2002	Bethnal Green,London,England	Europe	12–9	USA	–	[15]
10th	2003	Las Vegas,Nevada, United States	United States	11–9	Europe	Mika Immonen	[16][17]
11th	2004	Egmond aan Zee,Netherlands	United States	12–9	Europe	Rodney Morris	[18][19]
12th	2005	Las Vegas,Nevada, United States	United States	11–6	Europe	Earl Strickland	[20][21]
13th	2006	Rotterdam,Netherlands	Tied	12–12	Tied	Corey Deuel	[22]
14th	2007	Las Vegas,Nevada, United States	Europe	11–8	USA	Tony Drago	[23][24]
15th	2008	St. Julian's,Malta	Europe	11–5	USA	Mika Immonen	[25][26]
16th	2009	Las Vegas,Nevada, United States	United States	11–7	Europe	Dennis Hatch	[27][28]
17th	2010	Bethnal Green,London,England	Europe	11–8	USA	Darren Appleton	[29]
18th	2011	Las Vegas,Nevada, United States	Europe	11–7	USA	Niels Feijen	[30][31]
19th	2012	Bethnal Green,London,England	Europe	11–9	USA	Chris Melling	[32][33]
20th	2013	Las Vegas,Nevada, United States	Europe	11–2	USA	Niels Feijen	[34][35]
21st	2014	Tower Circus,Blackpool,England	Europe	11–5	USA	Niels Feijen	[36][37]
22nd	2015	Las Vegas,Nevada, United States	Europe	11–7	USA	Niels Feijen	[38]
23rd	2016	Alexandra Palace,London,England	Europe	11–3	USA	Albin Ouschan	[39]
24th	2017	Las Vegas,Nevada, United States	Europe	11–4	USA	Joshua Filler	[40]
25th	2018	Alexandra Palace,London,England	United States	11–9	Europe	Skyler Woodward	[41]
26th	2019	Las Vegas,Nevada, United States	United States	11–8	Europe	Skyler Woodward	[42]
27th	2020	Ricoh Arena,Coventry,England	Europe	11–3	USA	Jayson Shaw	[43]
28th	2021	Alexandra Palace,London,England	Europe	11–6	USA	Jayson Shaw	[44]
29th	2022	Las Vegas,Nevada, United States	Europe	11–7	USA	Joshua Filler	[45]
30th	2023	Alexandra Palace,London,England	Europe	11–3	USA	Joshua Filler	[46]
31st	2024	Caribe Royale,Orlando,Florida, United States	Europe	11–6	USA	Jayson Shaw	[47]
32nd	2025	Alexandra Palace,London,England

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