2008 Mosconi Cup
When Mosconi Cup 2008 is the fifteenth edition of a yearly since 1994 9- Ball Pool Tournament, in which plays a European team against a U.S. team. In 2008 he was at the Hilton Hotel in Portomaso, St Julian's in Malta during the period from 11 to 14 December. The European team won with 11:5, which meant the fourth victory of the Europeans.
Participant
For Team Europe played:
- Alex Lely ( Netherlands) ( non -playing captain )
- Tony Drago (Malta )
- Niels Feijen (Netherlands)
- Mark Gray (England)
- Mika Immonen (Finland ) (as MVP awards. )
- Ralf Souquet ( Germany )
Played for Team USA:
- Nick Varner (non -playing captain )
- Johnny Archer
- Shane van Boening
- Jeremy Jones
- Rodney Morris
- Earl Strickland
Regulate
- Tournament Length: We will play a maximum of 21 games. The team that wins first 11 games wins the tournament.
- Match Length: The game mode in the team competitions is Best of 9, ie 5 games gained 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 shock to the next player 's own team. In the team competition, which means for example that the adjoining player, he pockets a ball on the break, only comes back to the table in the sixth -to-play ball.
- Time limit of shock: Each player has 30 seconds to execute its impact. The first stroke after the kick-off, this rule does not apply, then each player has one minute to look at the situation on the table in peace. In any team competition, the players per game even have the ability to require an extension, ie an extension of the period by a further 30 seconds per burst. In the individual competitions this extension is allowed only once per game. Prompting the referee to clean the cue ball or herzureichen an auxiliary device, go on the time.
- Break conditions:
- Prize money: Those players of the winning teams each received a cash prize of U.S. $ 20,000; which the losing team each $ 10,000.
Results
The game plan was as follows:
This remained the Mosconi Cup until the next tournament in December 2009 in the possession of the team of Europe.