Mosconi Cup 2017

Mosconi Cup 2017
venue	Mandalay Bay , Las Vegas
opening	4th December 2017
The End	7th December 2017
discipline	9-ball
winner	Europe
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The Mosconi Cup in 2017 was a snooker tournament in the discipline 9-Ball , which from 4 to 7 December 2017 in the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas took place. It was the 24th edition of the tournament named after Willie Mosconi , in which a European team plays against an American one.

The European team prevailed for the eighth time in a row since 2010 and for the twelfth time. Joshua Filler won the decisive game for the 11: 4 victory with 5: 3 against Dennis Hatch . The German, who at the age of 20 was the youngest participant in a Mosconi Cup so far, was named Most Valuable Player .

Attendees

Team Europe

player	country	Date of birth	Mosconi Cup statistics (before 2017)
			Participation	Victories	Sp.	G	V
David Alcaide	Spain	Dec 14, 1978	1	0	4th	2	2
Nick van den Berg	Netherlands	May 24, 1980	7th	5	32	13	19th
Joshua Filler	Germany	0Oct 2, 1997	0	0	0	0	0
Jayson Shaw	Scotland	13 Sep 1988	1	1	4th	2	2
Ralf Souquet	Germany	Nov 29, 1968	16	6th	76	47	29
Marcus Chamat	Sweden	0May 6, 1975	(non-playing team captain)

Team USA

player	Country	Date of birth	Mosconi Cup statistics (before 2017)
			Participation	Victories	Sp.	G	V
Shane van Boening	South Dakota	July 14, 1983	10	1	50	21st	29
Óscar Domínguez	California	26th Mar 1985	1	1	5	2	3
Dennis Hatch	Michigan	Jan. 27, 1971	4th	1	19th	9	10
Billy Thorpe	Ohio		0	0	0	0	0
Skyler Woodward	Kentucky	0May 7, 1993	2	0	9	3	6th
Johan Ruijsink	Netherlands		(non-playing team captain)

game schedule

game	date	Art	Player USA	Result	Player Europe	Total status
1	04.12.2017	team	Team USA	3: 5	Team Europe	0 - 1
2		Double	Woodward & Thorpe	3: 5	Alcaide & Shaw	0 - 2
3		singles	Hatch	4: 5	Filler	0 - 3
4th		Double	van Boening & Domínguez	3: 5	Souquet & van den Berg	0-4
5		singles	van Boening	5: 1	Shaw	1 - 4
6th	05.12.2017	Double	Hatch & Thorpe	5: 4	van den Berg & Alcaide	2 - 4
7th		singles	Domínguez	3: 5	Souquet	2 - 5
8th		Double	van Boening & Woodward	1: 5	Filler & Shaw	2 - 6
9		singles	Woodward	1: 5	Alcaide	2 - 7
10		Double	van Boening & Thorpe	0: 5	van den Berg & Filler	2 - 8
11	06.12.2017	Double	Domínguez & Hatch	5: 4	Souquet & Shaw	3 - 8
12		singles	Thorpe	5: 4	van den Berg	4 - 8
13		Double	Woodward & Domínguez	2: 5	Souquet & Alcaide	4 - 9
14th		singles	van Boening	4: 5	Shaw	4 - 10
15th	07.12.2017	singles	Hatch	3: 5	Filler	4 - 11

Web links

• Official website
• Mosconi Cup 2017 on azbilliards.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Van den Berg and Filler complete automatic picks. In: matchroompool.com. Matchroom Sport , October 30, 2017, accessed December 4, 2017 .  
2. ↑ Europe are Partypoker Mosconi Cup XXIV Champions. In: matchroompool.com. Matchroom Sport, December 7, 2017, accessed December 8, 2017 .  
3. ^ Mosconi Cup XXIV - Team Europe. In: matchroompool.com. Matchroom Sport, accessed December 4, 2017 .  
4. ^ Mosconi Cup XXIV - Team USA. In: matchroompool.com. Matchroom Sport, accessed December 4, 2017 .  
5. ↑ Mosconi Cup XXIV - Fixtures / Results. In: matchroompool.com. Matchroom Sport, accessed December 4, 2017 .