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2014 PartyPoker Mosconi Cup – Euro Race for Spots Hotting Up

Euro Race for Spots Hotting Up 10th June, 2014 PartyPoker Mosconi Cup WITH FOUR EVENTS now completed, the race to claim the three automatic berths on the 2014 PartyPoker Mosconi Cup European side is well underway. This year, there are three separate ranking lists in operation – the first comprised of a five event Euro Tour series; the second a three event ‘World’ series and the last a combined ranking of the two. At the close of the qualification series in October, the No.1 ranked player on each of the three lists will be named as part of Team Europe as they look to defend their title at the Tower Circus, Blackpool from 1st to 4th December. There is some way to go but Mosconi veterans Nick van den Berg and Niels Feijen (Holland) hold two of the three tops spots while Mika Immonen and Thorsten Hohmann are joint leaders of the ‘World’ list. The next event is the WPA World 9 Ball Championship in Qatar later in June, while European action recommences in August […]

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2014 PartyPoker Mosconi Cup – Team USA – Captain’s Report

2014 PartyPoker Mosconi Cup – Team USA – Captain’s Report May/June 2014 In preparation for the PartyPoker Mosconi Cup XXI to be held December 1st through 4th in Blackpool, England, we assembled Team USA in San Diego, California for our very first team get-together. In our first team meeting we covered the tentative schedule for the year, and discussed what is expected of the team.  Honor, integrity, professionalism, and dedication to training were discussed as the goals for the team. We introduced Lieutenant Commander (retired) Amir Pishdad, a legendary Navy SEAL, who was our host for the weekend.  Amir is an extremely inspirational and motivational speaker, and he is expert in the principles of intense training, and the true meaning of honor, integrity, and teamwork. His assistance, inspiration, and motivation were such that by the end of the weekend, the team made him an honorary member of Team USA; and we hope to have him present to advise us during the Cup competition in Blackpool. On May 23rd we were allowed the rare privilege of […]

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Universe Announced as Official Clothing Supplier of Mosconi Cup XXI

3rd March, 2014 PartyPoker.com Mosconi Cup Universe Announced as Official Clothing Supplier of Mosconi Cup XXI Matchroom Sport is delighted to announce Universe Clothing as the Official Clothing Supplier of the 2014 PartyPoker.com Mosconi Cup. The Georgia-based operation will be responsible for the design, manufacturing and retailing of all players’ shirts for 21st running of pool’s transatlantic team showdown. This will mark the first time in the event’s illustrious history that replica team shirts will be available to the fans to show which team they support. Each side will have two separate designs created, and the shirts on sale to the public will be exactly the same as those worn by the players when the action gets underway at the Tower Circus on Monday December 1st. “We’re very much looking forward to working with Nick Bashizi and his team at Universe to help create the team shirts for what will be a new-look Mosconi Cup,” said Matchroom Chairman Barry Hearn. “We’ve never had team shirts for the fans before but I believe that Universe has […]

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2014 PartyPoker.com Mosconi Cup – European selection announced

29th January, 2014 PartyPoker.com Mosconi Cup European Selection Announced – Top three ranked and two wild cards WITH TICKETS selling fast for the 21st annual PartyPoker.com Mosconi Cup, event promoters Matchroom Sport can announce the selection criteria for Team Europe as they look to claim their fifth consecutive title in pool’s biggest event. Taking place from Monday 1st to Thursday 4th December at the Tower Circus in Blackpool, the event features two five-man teams representing the USA and Europe competing in a series of singles and doubles matches. After the all-wildcard 20th anniversary Mosconi Cup last year, 2014 will see the selection procedure for Europe revert to a combination of three ranking spots and two wildcards. The first three players will be: 1.  No.1 ranked player on the five event Euro Tour Series. – Treviso Open, 6-8 February – North Cyprus Open, 10-12 April – Austria Open, 22-24 May – Portoroz Open, 21-23 August – TBA, 22-24 October 2. No.1 ranked player on the four event World Series. – China Open, 1-8 June – World […]

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2013 PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup – Europe rout the USA

4th December, 2013 PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup It’s Europe in a landslide USA 2-11 Europe Strickland & Hatch 3-6 Appleton & Souquet Earl Strickland 4-6 Karl Boyes Hatch & Morris 4-6 Immonen & Feijen TEAM EUROPE completed their finest ever PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup win, as they beat the Americans 11-2, the second biggest winning margin in the 20 year history of the event. Needing three more points going into the third day, they reeled off the first three matches to hand out a humiliating defeat to the USA. It was Europe’s fourth win on the trot and their sixth in seven years. With a star-packed team, many felt that this was the Americans best chance in a while but after losing the first day 5-0, the writing was on the wall. America won two points on Tuesday but all in all it was a lame performance that will leave many questions. It was Niels Feijen, partnered by Mika Immonen, who downed the winning 9 ball and the final point of this year’s event gave the Dutchman […]

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2013 PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup – More joy for Europe

3rd December,  2013 PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup Europe within three after another great day USA 2-8 Europe Archer & Morris 4-6 Boyes & Feijen Dennis Hatch 5-6 Ralf Souquet Strickland & Van Boening 6-5 Appleton & Immonen Johnny Archer 0-6 Niels Feijen Morris & Van Boening 6-5 Immonen & Boyes ONLY A MIRACLE now will prevent Europe winning their fourth consecutive PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup as they once again got the better of their American opponents, winning three out of the five matches on Tuesday and now need just three points for victory. For the Americans at least they can take heart from the fact that they opened their account and are still alive in the event, but otherwise it was another disappointing day for the legion of American fans at the Mirage in Las Vegas. The USA will need to win at least three out of tomorrow’s five matches to take the 20th Mosconi Cup into a final day. “We won another session and that is the most important thing,” said European captain Johan Ruijsink. “The […]

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2013 PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup – Europe in Day One rout

2nd December, 2013 PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup Europe rampant after day one white-wash USA 0-5 Europe USA 3-6 Europe Morris/Strickland 3-6 Appleton/Boyes Shane Van Boening 5-6 Mika Immonen Archer/Hatch 3-6 Feijen/Souquet Rodney Morris 4-6 Darren Appleton TEAM EUROPE created the biggest first day lead in PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup history as they won all five matches at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas to establish a 5-0 lead and give the USA a huge mountain to climb. A win in the team game got things underway, before two doubles victories and singles wins for Mika Immonen and Darren Appleton piled on the misery for the Americans. The much-vaunted change in the break rules saw an inordinate number of dry breaks and it was the Europeans who played the better pool and made the least number of mistakes to build up a mammoth lead. Commented European captain Johan Ruijsink, “It has never happened before and it is such a huge lead that you cannot be anything other than delighted. I expect the Americans will bounce back but 5-0 […]

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Mosconi Cup 2013

Team Europe gewinnt Mosconi Cup 2013 gegen Team USA mit 11-2. MVP der Veranstaltung wurde völlig verdient Niels Feijen (NED). Vom 02. – 05. Dezember 2013 findet in Las Vegas/USA die 20. Auflage des legendären Mosconi Cups statt. Die diesjährige Jubiläumsausgabe der Matchroom Sport Topveranstaltung wird erneut alle Pool Billard Fans und Begeisterten mobilisieren. Dieser Nationenvergleich hat den gleichen Stellenwert wie z.B. im Golfsport der Ryder Cup. In diesem Jahr konnten sich die Spieler nicht anhand von Leistungen auf den Major Events qualifizieren. Der Veranstalter Matchroom Sport hat alle 10 Spieler selbst nominiert für den Mosconi Cup 2013. In den letzten 3 Jahren gewann Team Europa den Mosconi Cup ziemlich souverän, doch diesmal wird es für die Europäer um Team Captain Johan Ruijsink sicherlich ein wenig schwerer werden. Die Amerikaner machen in diesem Jahr einen sehr selbstbewussten Eindruck und scheinen fest entschlossen den Cup nach Amerika zurückzuholen. Die Nominierung der einzelnen Spieler durch Matchroom Sport hat hier und da für viel Gesprächsstoff gesorgt. Z.B. wurde der amtierende 9 Ball Weltmeister Thorsten Hohmann aus Deutschland nicht […]

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2013 PartyPoker World Pool Masters – Feijen is the Master!

27th October, 2013 PartyPoker World Pool Masters Feijen is the Master! The Final Niels Feijen (HOL) 8-6 Darren Appleton (ENG) Semi-Finals Niels Feijen (HOL) 8-2 Alex Pagulayan Darren Appleton (ENG) 8-4 Chang Jung-lin (TPE) HOLLAND’S NIELS FEIJEN captured the 21st annual PartyPoker World Pool Masters crown as he came through a tense final to defeat England’s Darren Appleton 8-6. It was Feijen’s first victory in an event he has been competing in periodically for ten years and he picks up a $20,000 winner’s cheque. It was consolation for his heart-break defeat in the final of the World Cup of Pool last month when he and his Dutch team mate Nick Van den Berg narrowly went down to the Philippines. “The crowd was cheering hard for Darren. We had both been playing well all week and that is sport, somebody has to lose and somebody has to win. He played really well all week and it could have gone either way. I managed to win and it is a great feeling,” said a thrilled Feijen after […]

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2013 PartyPoker World Pool Masters – Semi Final Line up set

27th October,  2013 PartyPoker World Pool Masters Semi Final Line up set Quarter-Finals Niels Feijen (HOL) 8-0 Mika Immonen (FIN) Chang Jung-lin (TPE) 8-3 Nick Ekonomopoulos (GRE) Darren Appleton (ENG) 8-3 Shane Van Boening (USA) THE SEMI-FINALS of the PartyPoker World Pool Masters will be between Alex Pagulayan and Niels Feijen and then Chang Jung-lin and Darren Appleton as the star studded invitational event reaches its thrilling climax at the Barnsley Metrodome on Sunday evening. The Sunday afternoon session saw the three remaining quarter-finals take place and the opener saw two of Europe’s big guns at this year’s Mosconi Cup face off as Mika Immonen and Niels Feijen took to the arena at the Metrodome.  It was the Dutchman who got off to a flyer as he won the lag and took the opening four racks, not missing anything along the way. Immonen finally took to the table in the fifth to make a safety and Feijen followed suit. They traded high quality safeties before a kick from Immonen left the 1 ball over the […]