Mosconi Cup
The Mosconi Cup is an annual nine-ball pool tournament contested between teams representing Europe and the United States since 1994. The trophy is named after American player Willie Mosconi, and has been compared to the Ryder Cup in golf. It can also be compared to the Weber Cup in bowling.
Team USA beat Team Europe 11–8 on 28 November 2019. By winning their second straight Mosconi Cup, USA regained the lead in the overall series, 13–12, with one tie.
Player selection
In its earliest days, the Mosconi Cup was created by Sky Sports and Matchroom Sport as an exhibition event to increase public awareness of pool in the United Kingdom. In the first year of competition some of the WPBA's top players played alongside the men in their respective teams. These included Franziska Stark from Germany, Allison Fisher from England, Jeanette Lee and Vivian Villarreal from the United States.As time progressed, the event evolved from its exhibition nature into a much more serious and professional tournament, and earning a place in the event has acquired a great deal of prestige. In early runnings of the event, many famous snooker players participated, but only Steve Davis continued into the event's more serious era, bowing out when the event began to clash with snooker's UK Championship.
After Davis' withdrawal, all players had to earn an invitation through their performances at other events, meaning that no more snooker players appeared until 2007, when Tony Drago earned a place by virtue of his performance on the European Pool Tour, and won the tournament's Most Valuable Player award for his unbeaten run in the singles matches.
Player appearances
The players to have appeared in the Mosconi Cup:European players
American players
- 1 Born outside the United States
Player representation
European nations
Players from sixteen nations have represented Europe. Sorted by number of different people,, and alphabetically, these are:| 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
American states
Players from twenty-two states have represented the United States. Ordered as above, these are:| 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 |
Tournament modifications
There have been rule changes and format changes throughout the tournament's brief history. These include, but are not limited to: "Non-playing captain" roles were introduced in the 2003 event; however these were removed in the 2004 tournament. In 2004 the doubles matches were re-formatted to be. In 2005, a 30-second shot clock was introduced, and caused controversy due to timing malfunctions. The 2006 tournament started with a team-versus-team match followed by two trebles matches. That year also saw the reintroduction of the non-playing captain role.The 2009 tournament included several new features:
- No pairing in the doubles matches could be repeated.
- The event included four blocks of consecutive matches, organized so that five slots were available for each side, in which every player was required to play exactly once.
- In two singles matches, each player was selected by the opposing team captain.
Results table
| Year | Venue | Winners | Score | Losers | MVP | Ref |
| 1994 | Romford, London, England | 16–12 | Europe | |||
| 1995 | Basildon, Essex, England | Europe | 16–15 | |||
| 1996 | Dagenham, London, England | 15–13 | Europe | |||
| 1997 | Bethnal Green, London, England | 13–8 | Europe | |||
| 1998 | Bethnal Green, London, England | 13–9 | Europe | |||
| 1999 | Bethnal Green, London, England | 12–7 | Europe | |||
| 2000 | Bethnal Green, London, England | 12–9 | Europe | |||
| 2001 | Bethnal Green, London, England | 12–1 | Europe | |||
| 2002 | Bethnal Green, London, England | Europe | 12–9 | |||
| 2003 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | 11–9 | Europe |  Mika Immonen | ||
| 2004 | Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands | 12–9 | Europe |  Rodney Morris | ||
| 2005 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | 11–6 | Europe | Earl Strickland | ||
| 2006 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Europe | 12–12 | Corey Deuel | ||
| 2007 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | Europe | 11–8 |  Tony Drago | ||
| 2008 | St. Julian's, Malta | Europe | 11–5 | Mika Immonen | ||
| 2009 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | 11–7 | Europe | Dennis Hatch | ||
| 2010 | Bethnal Green, London, England | Europe | 11–8 |  Darren Appleton | ||
| 2011 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | Europe | 11–7 |  Niels Feijen | ||
| 2012 | Bethnal Green, London, England | Europe | 11–9 | Chris Melling | ||
| 2013 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | Europe | 11–2 | Niels Feijen | ||
| 2014 | Tower Circus, Blackpool, England | Europe | 11–5 | Niels Feijen | ||
| 2015 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | Europe | 11–7 | Niels Feijen | ||
| 2016 | Alexandra Palace, London, England | Europe | 11–3 |  Albin Ouschan | ||
| 2017 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | Europe | 11–4 |  Joshua Filler | ||
| 2018 | Alexandra Palace, London, England | 11–9 | Europe | Skyler Woodward | ||
| 2019 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | 11–8 | Europe | Skyler Woodward |