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Thursday, December 14, 2006
USA retains Mosconi Cup with tie
USA retained the Mosconi Cup after this year's battle with Europe ended all square 12-12.
The rules state that the defending champion keeps the title in case of a draw.
Europe looked to be cruising, leading 8-4, 9-6 and 12-10, but USA once again came through with a battling performance. Corey Deuel won the last match 5-2 against David Alcaide (Spain).
Finland's Mika Immonen had a golden chance to win the trophy for Europe when leading 4-1 in the penultimate match against Mike Davis. Davis managed to claw his way back to 4-4 only to see Immonen needing just two balls for victory. The Finn lost position on the nine though and Davis kept the USA alive by potting the match ball.
USA now leads the event with 11-2. Europe's last win came in 2002.
The event took place from December 7-10 in the Cruise Terminal Rotterdam, Netherlands. Matches were singles, scotch doubles, scotch triples and scotch sextuples(!) with alternate break.
See also:
- Official homepage
- Mosconi Cup ends in historic tie (AzBilliards)
- U.S., Europe Fit To Be Tied! (Billiards Digest)
- USA Billiards Team Retains the Mosconi Cup (Inside Pool Magazine)
- Mosconi 2006 (Poolfoto's van Gerard)
- Mosconi Cup Trophy goes to USA - again! (European billiards)
- Mosconi Cup XIII – Victory given away (souquet.de)
- L'égalité imparfaite (Kozoom.com - French)
- El empate le sirve a Estados Unidos para retener el título de la Copa Mosconi (Billarnet - Spanish)
- Team Europe gibt Sieg aus der Hand (billiard.info - German)
- Amerika se Vratila iz Ponora (Biljarski Savez - Hungarian)
Petroni wins final Euro Tour event of season
Italy's Fabio Petroni reigned supreme in the PoolComps.com Costa del Sol Open. In the final he crushed top player Niels Feijen (Netherlands) 10-1.
Petroni went through the event undefeated. His closest match was a 10-8 win over Finland's Petri Makkonen in the qualifying stages.
Oliver Ortmann (Germany) and Martin Kempter (Austria) finished in third place.
The tournament was played 6-9 December at in Benalmadena, Spain. In total 230 players took part. It was the seventh and final event of the season.
Nick van den Berg (Netherlands) held on to the lead in the Euro Tour Ranking. Losing finalist Feijen improved two places to finish in silver position. Ortmann's third place finish took him from 6th to 3rd and Petroni moved from 9th to 4th.
See also:
- Spanish Open (Eurotour.nu)
- Official Website of the EPBF - IBP Eurotour
- Fabio Petroni wins eurotour in Spain (European billiards)
- Petroni sur un nuage (Kozoom.com - French)
- Facquet termine en beauté (Kozoom.com - French)
- Petroni se merienda a Feijens y gana el Eurotour de la Costa del Sol (Billarnet - Spanish)
- Fabulous Fabio Osvojio Eurotour u Malagi (Biljarski Savez - Hungarian)
- Petroni siegt (billiard.info - German)
- Nick van den Berg mantiene el liderato del Euro Tour (Billarnet - Spanish)
- Eurotour (AzBilliards Forums)
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