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The 2008 Mosconi Cup (the 15th annual Europe versus United States five-player team tournament) took place between December 11–14, at the Hilton Conference Center, Portomaso, Malta.

The teams

Name	State of residence	Notes
Team USA
Earl Strickland	North Carolina
Johnny Archer	Georgia
Rodney Morris	Hawaii
Jeremy Jones	Texas
Shane Van Boening	South Dakota
Nick Varner	Kentucky	Non-playing captain

Name	Nationality	Notes
Team Europe
Ralf Souquet	Germany
Niels Feijen	Netherlands
Mika Immonen	Finland	Most Valuable Player ^[1]
Tony Drago	Malta
Mark Gray	England, UK
Alex Lely	Netherlands	Non-playing captain

Results

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Thursday, December 11

Session 1

	Results
Teams Team Europe	5–3	Teams Team USA
Doubles Niels Feijen Ralf Souquet	5–3	Doubles Shane Van Boening Rodney Morris
Singles Mika Immonen	5–1	Singles Jeremy Jones
Doubles Tony Drago Mark Gray	3–5	Doubles Earl Strickland Johnny Archer
3	Session	1
3	Overall	1

Friday, December 12

Session 2

	Results
Doubles Niels Feijen Ralf Souquet	5–3	Doubles Shane Van Boening Rodney Morris
Singles Tony Drago	4–5	Singles Earl Strickland
Doubles Mika Immonen Mark Gray	1–5	Doubles Johnny Archer Jeremy Jones
Singles Mika Immonen	5–0	Singles Earl Strickland
2	Session	2
5	Overall	3

Saturday, December 13

Session 3

	Results
Doubles Niels Feijen Ralf Souquet	5–1	Doubles Earl Strickland Rodney Morris
Singles Tony Drago	2–5	Singles Shane Van Boening
Doubles Mika Immonen Mark Gray	5–4	Doubles Johnny Archer Jeremy Jones
2	Session	1
7	Overall	4

Session 4

	Results
Singles Niels Feijen	3–5	Singles Rodney Morris
Singles Ralf Souquet	5–2	Singles Shane Van Boening
Singles Mika Immonen	5–3	Singles Jeremy Jones
2	Session	1
9	Overall	5

Sunday, December 16

Session 5

	Results
Doubles Niels Feijen Ralf Souquet	5–2	Doubles Rodney Morris Jeremy Jones
Singles Mika Immonen	5–3	Singles Shane Van Boening
2	Session	0
11	Overall	5

Gallery

Rodney Morris
Earl Strickland
Mika Immonen and Mark Gray 2
Jeremy Jones 1
Mika Immonen
Tony Drago
Shane van Boening
Mark Gray
Mika Immonen and Mark Gray 2
Jeremy Jones 2
Niels Feijen
Michaela Tabb
Mika Immonen after potting the final ball to win the Mosconi Cup
Interview with Alex Lely
Nick Varner
Team Europe 1
Team Europe 2

References

^ "Mosconi Cup: Mika: Victory banishes ghosts of 06". Archived from the original on 2009-07-23. Retrieved 2009-07-05. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Results of the Mosconi Cup 2008". Archived from the original on 2009-07-23. Retrieved 2009-07-05. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Europe 11-5 USA". Matchroom Pool. Retrieved 21 December 2010.

External links

Official homepage

[1] "Mosconi Cup: Mika: Victory banishes ghosts of 06". Archived from the original on 2009-07-23. Retrieved 2009-07-05. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[2] "Results of the Mosconi Cup 2008". Archived from the original on 2009-07-23. Retrieved 2009-07-05. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[3] "Europe 11-5 USA". Matchroom Pool. Retrieved 21 December 2010.

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