2003 Mosconi Cup
| 2003 Mosconi Cup | |
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| Dates | 18–21 December |
| Venue | MGM Grand |
| Location | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Captains | Nick Varner (US) Oliver Ortmann (EU) |
| MVP | Mika Immonen (EU) |
 11 – 9  United States wins the Mosconi Cup | |
The 2003 Mosconi Cup, the tenth edition of the annual nine-ball pool competition between teams representing Europe and the United States, took place 18–21 December 2003 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. This was the first time, that the competition was held outside England and that there were non-playing captains.
Team USA won the Mosconi Cup by defeating Team Europe 11–9.
Teams
[edit]| Team USA
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| Name | State of birth | Notes |
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| Johnny Archer |  Georgia
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| Jeremy Jones |  Texas
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| Rodney Morris |  California
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| Earl Strickland |  North Carolina
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| Charlie Williams |  South Korea1
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| Tony Robles |  New York
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| Nick Varner |  Kentucky
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Non-playing captain |
| Team Europe
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| Name | Nationality | Notes |
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| Mika Immonen |  Finland
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Most Valued Player[1] |
| Ralf Souquet |  Germany
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| Nick van den Berg |  Netherlands
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| Marcus Chamat |  Sweden
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| Steve Davis |  United Kingdom
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| Thorsten Hohmann | Germany
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| Oliver Ortmann | Germany
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Non-playing captain |
- 1 Born outside the United States.
Results
[edit]Thursday, 18 December
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Results |
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| Singles Thorsten Hohmann |
4–5 | Singles Johnny Archer |
| Doubles Mika Immonen Marcus Chamat |
5–1 | Doubles Charlie Williams Tony Robles |
| Singles Ralf Souquet |
3–5 | Singles Rodney Morris |
| Doubles Steve Davis Nick van den Berg |
4–5 | Doubles Earl Strickland Jeremy Jones |
| Singles Mika Immonen |
5–3 | Singles Johnny Archer |
| 2 | Session | 3 |
| 2 | Overall | 3 |
Friday, 19 December
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Results |
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| Singles Marcus Chamat |
3–5 | Singles Jeremy Jones |
| Doubles Steve Davis Nick van den Berg |
3–5 | Doubles Tony Robles Earl Strickland |
| Singles Mika Immonen |
5–4 | Singles Charlie Williams |
| Doubles Ralf Souquet Thorsten Hohmann |
1–5 | Doubles Johnny Archer Rodney Morris |
| 1 | Session | 3 |
| 3 | Overall | 6 |
Saturday, 20 December
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Results |
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| Singles Nick van den Berg |
5–3 | Singles Tony Robles |
| Doubles Thorsten Hohmann Ralf Souquet |
5–4 | Doubles Johnny Archer Rodney Morris |
| Singles Steve Davis |
5–0 | Singles Earl Strickland |
| Doubles Mika Immonen Marcus Chamat |
5–2 | Doubles Charlie Williams Jeremy Jones |
| Singles Ralf Souquet |
5–3 | Singles Jeremy Jones |
| 5 | Session | 0 |
| 8 | Overall | 6 |
Sunday, 21 December
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Results |
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| Singles Thorsten Hohmann |
3–5 | Singles Rodney Morris |
| Singles Steve Davis |
2–5 | Singles Johnny Archer |
| Singles Nick van den Berg |
4–5 | Singles Earl Strickland |
| Singles Mika Immonen |
2–5 | Singles Tony Robles |
| Singles Ralf Souquet |
5–3 | Singles Charlie Williams |
| Singles Marcus Chamat |
2–5 | Singles Jeremy Jones |
| 1 | Session | 5 |
| 9 | Overall | 11 |
References
[edit]- ^ "U.S. Surge, Regain Mosconi Cup". Billiards Digest. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
- ^ "Results". Mosconi Cup. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
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