2003 Mosconi Cup
When Mosconi Cup 2003 is the tenth edition of an annual since 1994 9- Ball Pool Tournament, in which playing a European team against a U.S. team. In 2003 he was in the studio Ballroom of the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada ( USA) during the period from 18 to 21 December. The Team USA won with 11:9, which meant the eighth victory of the Americans.
Participant
For Team Europe played:
- Oliver Ortmann ( Germany ) (non -playing captain )
- Nick van den Berg ( Netherlands)
- Marcus Hamath (Sweden)
- Steve Davis ( England)
- Mika Immonen (Finland ) (as MVP awards. )
- Thorsten Hohmann ( Germany )
- Ralf Souquet ( Germany )
Played for Team USA:
- Nick Varner (non -playing captain )
- Johnny Archer
- Jeremy Jones
- Rodney Morris
- Tony Robles
- Earl Strickland
- Charlie Williams
Regulate
- Tournament Length: We will play up to 23 games; the first team to win 12 games wins the tournament.
- Match Length: The game mode in the individual matches is Best of 9, ie 5 Matches won rich to win the set.
- Changing break: The first impulse is played, then the players or teams hit alternately, no matter who wins.
- Change shock: in team competitions rotate the players after each stroke to the next player 's own team.
- Time limit of shock: 2003, there were no shot clock. This was introduced in 2005 and set at 30 seconds.
Results
The game plan was as follows:
This remained the Mosconi Cup until the next tournament in December 2004 in the possession of the teams in the United States. The Mosconi Cup 2004 was held in Egmond aan Zee (Netherlands).