Mosconi Cup 2003
When Mosconi Cup 2003 is the tenth edition of a 1994-annual 9-Ball - snooker tournament in which a European team against a US team plays. In 2003 it took place in the Studio Ballroom of the MGM Grand in Las Vegas , Nevada (USA) from December 18 to 21. Team USA won 11: 9, which was the eighth victory for the Americans.
Attendees
For team Europe played:
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Oliver Ortmann ( ) (non-playing team captain)
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Nick van den Berg ( )
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Marcus Chamat ( )
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Steve Davis ( )
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Mika Immonen ( ) (awarded as MVP .)
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Thorsten Hohmann ( )
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Ralf Souquet ( )
For the USA team:
- Nick Varner (non-playing team captain)
- Johnny Archer
- Jeremy Jones
- Rodney Morris
- Tony Robles
- Earl Strickland
- Charlie Williams
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- Tournament length : A maximum of 23 games are played; the team that wins 12 games first wins the tournament.
- Match length: The game mode in the individual matches is best of 9 , i.e. H. 5 games won are enough to win a set.
- Alternating break: The first kick is played, then the players or teams take turns, regardless of who wins.
- Alternating shot: in team competitions, the players rotate after each shot to the next player on their own team.
- Time limit of the shock: In 2003 there was no shot clock . This was introduced in 2005 and set at 30 seconds.
Results
The game plan looked like this:
Thus the Mosconi Cup remained in the possession of the USA team until the next tournament in December 2004. The 2004 Mosconi Cup was held in Egmond aan Zee (Netherlands).