Why is Mosconi Cup Europe vs USA/Europe?

[Avathar]

How do they say? Two countries devided by common language" ... (OK enough Off topic, sorry)

 

[Donny Lutz]

A few thousand?

It's rubbish anyway. Taking the UK as an example, there are hundreds of thousands of english pool players and probably barely a few thousand american pool players.

Really? Barely a thousand American pool players?

There are more than half a million Americans playing in pool leagues this week. This represents only a fraction of those who play.

 

[NYC cue dude]

Really? Barely a thousand American pool players?

There are more than half a million Americans playing in pool leagues this week. This represents only a fraction of those who play.

He's saying there are only thousands of Brits playing American pool in England.
And he's correct. It's fascinating that they've created so many champions from such small stock.