2012 Mosconi Cup

When Mosconi Cup 2012 it was the nineteenth edition of a yearly since 1994 9- ball pool billiards tournament, in which plays a European team against a U.S. team. In 2012, he was held at the York Hall in London's Bethnal Green in the period from December 10 to 13. Defending champion was the European team, including the 2012 title defense succeeded.

Participant

For Team Europe played:

  • Johan Ruijsink ( Netherlands) ( non -playing captain )
  • Darren Appleton ( England)
  • Nick Ekonomopoulos (Greece )
  • Niels Feijen (Netherlands)
  • Chris Melling (England)
  • Nick van den Berg ( Netherlands)

Played for Team USA:

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 60 seconds to look at the situation on the table. In each individual event players per game even have the option to request an extension, ie an extension of the time by 30 seconds per burst.
  • Break conditions:
  • Prize money: Those players of the winning teams each received a cash prize of U.S. $ 15,000; which the losing team each 7,500 U.S. dollars.

Results

The game plan was as follows:

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