Mosconi Cup 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. Team USA beat Team Europe 11–9 on 7 December 2018. Both Europe and USA have won the tournament each 12 times, and they tied once. By winning in 2018 Team USA won the tournament for the first time since they last prevailed in 2009. In its earliest days, the Mosconi Cup was created by Sky Sports and Matchroom Sport
2018 Ryder Cup list were: Players in qualifying places are shown in green. The leading 15 players in the final Ryder Cup world point list were: Players in qualifying places are shown in green. Captain's picks are shown in yellow. Players written in italics qualified through the European points list above. The United States qualification rules were announced on 8 February 2017. The majority of the team were selected from the Ryder Cup points list which was based on prize money won in important tournaments. Generally one point was awarded for every $1,000 earned. The team consisted of: The qualification rules were similar