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Mosconi Cup 2025
Team Europe needed only three matches on the final day to complete another comprehensive victory over Mosconi Cup rivals USA
USA were hopeful of making a fight of things after holding Europe to a 2-2 draw on day three but the dominant form of the Europeans returned on day four with three comfortable victories to ensure the home side lifted the Mosconi Cup once again.
Final Score: Europe 11 USA 3
- Match 12 - Doubles - Joshua Filler & Moritz Neuhausen v Fedort Gorst & Skyler Woodward 5-2
- Match 13 - Singles - Pijus Labutis v Billy Thorpe 5-3
- Match 14 - Doubles - Jayson Shaw & David Alcaide v Shane Van Boening & Tyler Styer 5-2
Score after Day Three: Europe 8 USA 3
- Match 8 - Singles -Moritz Neuhausen v Tyler Styer 5-4
- Match 9 - Doubles - Pijus Labutis & David Alcade v Fedor Gorst & Billy Thorpe 3-5
- Match 10 - Team match - Europe v USA 5-4
- Match 11 - Singles - David Alcaide v Shane Van Boening 3-5
Score after Day Two- Europe 6 USA 1
- Match Five - Team match - Europe v USA 5-4
- Match Six - Singles - Joshua Filler v Fedor Gorst 5-3
- Match Seven - Doubles - Jayson Shaw & Joshua Filler v Skyler Woodward & Shane Van Boening 2-5
Score After Day One: Europe 4 USA 0
- Match One - Team Match - Europe v USA 5-1
- Match Two - Doubles - Joshua Filler & David Alcaide v Fedor Gorst & Shane Boening 5-3
- Match Three - Singles - Jayson Shaw v Skyler Woodward 5-2
- Match Four - Doubles - Moritz Neuhausen & Pijus Labutis v Tyler Styer & Billy Thorpe 5-2
The annual match-up between the USA and Europe moves back to the Alexander Palace in London.
The bookmakers made Europe heavy favourites at 2/5 before the start of the event to take the Mosconi Cup for the sixth consecutive time. USA last won the cup in Las Vegas in 2019 and have lost fifteen of the last seventeen meet ups between these two teams. The bookmakers rated the USA's chance at 2/1 pre-event.
USA won the initial Mosconi Cup 16-12 in 1994 and then won nine of the next eleven events.
The overall score of the thirty-one previous editions of the Mosconi Cup is: Europe 17, USA 13, Tied 1
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Mosconi Cup: Format
The format for the Mosconi Cup is as follows:
- A maximum of twenty matches are to be played, first team to eleven wins the Mosconi Cup
- All matches are played over the best of nine racks
- Day One: One team match, two doubles matches and one singles match
- Day Two: Three doubles matches and two singles matches
- Day Three: Two doubles matches and three singles matches
- Day Four: One Doubles match and five singles matches
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Mosconi Cup 2025: The Teams
The teams for the 2025 Mosconi Cup have now been announced and are listed below.
Team Europe:
- Jayson Shaw (Captain, 6x Mosconi Cup winner, World Ranking: 16)
- Joshua Filler (5x Mosconi Cup winner, World Ranking: 5)
- Pijus Labutis (World Ranking: 7)
- Moritz Neuhausen (World Ranking: 8)
- David Alcaide (5x Mosconi Cup winner, World Ranking:9)
Team USA:
- Skyler Woodward (Captain, World Ranking:28)
- Fedor Gorst (2x World Champion, World Ranking:1)
- Shane Van Boening (5x US Open Pool Champion, World Ranking:13)
- Tyler Styer (2x Mosconi Cup Winner, World Ranking:26)
- Billy Thorpe (World Ranking: 33)
Most betting apps should offer a section on the Mosconi Cup should you wish to make a bet on your pick for this event.
Mosconi Cup: Previous Winners
Below is a table of all the results of the Mosconi Cup:
The MVP award was introduced in 2003
| Year | Winner | Score | Losers | MVP | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Europe | 11-3 | USA | Moritz Neuhausen (Europe) | Alexandra Palace, London |
| 2024 | Europe | 11-6 | USA | Jayson Shaw (Europe) | Caribe Royale Resort |
| 2023 | Europe | 11-3 | USA | Joshua Filler (Europe) | Alexandra Palace, London |
| 2022 | Europe | 11-7 | USA | Joshua Filler (Europe) | Bally's Las Vegas |
| 2021 | Europe | 11-6 | USA | Jayson Shaw (Europe) | Alexandra Palace, London |
| 2020 | Europe | 11-3 | USA | Jayson Shaw (Europe) | Ricoh Arena, Coventry |
| 2019 | USA | 11-8 | Europe | Skyler Woodward (USA) | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| 2018 | USA | 11-9 | Europe | Skyler Woodward (USA) | Alexandra Palace, London |
| 2017 | Europe | 11-4 | USA | Joshua Filler (USA) | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| 2016 | Europe | 11-3 | USA | Abin Ouschan (Europe) | Alexandra Palce, London |
| 2015 | Europe | 11-7 | USA | Niels Feijen (Europe) | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| 2014 | Europe | 11-5 | USA | Niels Feijen (Europe) | Tower Circus, Blackpool |
| 2013 | Europe | 11-2 | USA | Niels Feijen (Europe) | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| 2012 | Europe | 11-9 | USA | Chris Melling (Europe) | Bethnal Green, London |
| 2011 | Europe | 11-7 | USA | Niels Feijen (Europe) | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| 2010 | Europe | 11-8 | USA | Darren Appleton (Europe) | Bethnal Green, London |
| 2009 | USA | 11-7 | Europe | Dennis Hatch (USA) | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| 2008 | Europe | 11-5 | USA | Mika Immonen (Europe) | St Julian's, Malta |
| 2007 | Europe | 11-8 | USA | Tony Drago (Europe) | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| 2006 | USA Europe | 12-12 | TIED | Corey Deuel (USA) | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| 2005 | USA | 11-6 | Europe | Earl Strickland (USA) | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| 2004 | USA | 12-9 | Europe | Rodney Morris (USA) | Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands |
| 2003 | USA | 11-9 | Europe | Mika Immonen (Europe) | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| 2002 | Europe | 12-9 | USA | Bethnal Green, London | |
| 2001 | USA | 12-1 | Europe | Bethnal Green, London | |
| 2000 | USA | 12-9 | Europe | Bethnal Green, London | |
| 1999 | USA | 12-7 | Europe | Bethnal Green, London | |
| 1998 | USA | 13-9 | Europe | Bethnal Green, London | |
| 1997 | USA | 13-8 | Europe | Bethnal Green, London | |
| 1996 | USA | 15-13 | Europe | Dagenham, London | |
| 1995 | Europe | 16-15 | USA | Basildon, Essex | |
| 1994 | USA | 16-12 | Europe | Romford, London |
