The 20th Mosconi Cup Tournament kicks off December 2, 2013, in Las Vegas, Nevada. This year will be an epic showdown. Some of the top names in Men's professional billiards will be doing battle. Team Europe has won five of the last six Mosconi Cup titles and the last three in a row, so the USA will be looking to bring the title back home.
Team USA
Johnny Archer (Captain)
Buddy Hall (Vice-Captain)
Shane Van Boening
Dennis Hatch
Rodney Morris
Earl Strickland
Team Europe
Johan Ruysink (Non-playing captain)
Darren Appleton
Karl Boyes
Niels Feijen
Mika Immonen
Ralph Souquet
The Mosconi Cup game is 9-Ball with various singles and doubles matches. Assuming they follow the same rules as 2012, the rules and format can be seen here.
The tournament will be streamed live over the internet and tickets for the event can be purchased through Ticketmaster. For more information, visit http://www.matchroompool.com/mosconi-cup
My thoughts on this year's tournament. I believe this is the year team USA will bring the title back to the United States. Team Europe has a really strong team, but when it comes to 9-ball, there isn't many better than Johnny Archer, Shane Van Boening, and Earl Strickland. Not to mention the co-captain is the legendary Buddy Hall. There's no doubt team USA is strong with Earl Strickland having recently won at Turning Stone, Johnny Archer's record-breaking 17th appearance in the Mosconi Cup Tournament and professional veteran, Rodney Morris who won the 2013 US Open 10-Ball Tournament back in July, Dennis Hatch who was on the last USA winning team in 2009 (MVP that year), and Shane Van Boening who seems to win just about everything he enters and arguably one of the best players in the world right now.
So I look for Team USA to win the Mosconi Cup in 2013.
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