2019 Mosconi Cup Scores and Individual Records

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Here are the final match and game records for the 2019 Mosconi Cup.

Scoring the way it counts, by matches:
Day 1 -- USA 2, Europe 3​
Day 2 -- USA 3, Europe 2​
Day 3 -- USA 3, Europe 2​
Day 4 -- USA 3, Europe 1​
Total -- 11 - 8 (USA winning percentage of 58%)​

Scoring by games rather than matches:
Day 1 -- USA 14, Europe 20​
Day 2 -- USA 17, Europe 13​
Day 3 -- USA 19, Europe 18​
Day 4 -- USA 16, Europe 14​
Total -- 66 - 65 (USA winning percentage of 50.4%)​

Match Records of Individual players. For the following records, I counted a full win or loss for each player in each match (i.e., not splitting the point into fifths for the teams match or halves for doubles matches). So these numbers essentially answer the question: "In how many winning and losing matches was each player involved?" [Note: These records show wins and losses, so a record like 1-2 means 1 win and 2 losses, not 1 win out of 2 matches.]

Team USA​
• Shane Van Boening ..... 2-2 singles, 3-0 doubles, 1-0 teams, 6-2 total (winning percentage of 75%)

• Skyler Woodward ..... 2-0 singles, 3-1 doubles, 1-0 teams, 6-1 total (86%)

• Justin Bergman ..... 0-1 singles, 1-2 doubles, 1-0 teams, 2-3 total (40%)

• Billy Thorpe ..... 1-1 singles, 1-1 doubles, 1-0 teams, 3-2 total (60%)

• Tyler Styer ..... 0-2 singles, 2-0 doubles, 1-0 teams, 3-2 total (60%)

Team USA Total ..... 5-6 singles, 10-4 doubles, 5-0 teams, 20-10 total (67%)​

Team Europe​
• Niels Feijen ..... 0-1 singles, 1-2 doubles, 0-1 teams, 1-4 total (20%)

• Jayson Shaw ..... 1-1 singles, 2-1 doubles, 0-1 teams, 3-3 total (50%)

• Joshua Filler ..... 3-1 singles, 0-2 doubles, 0-1 teams, 3-4 total (43%)

• Eklent Kaçi ..... 2-0 singles, 0-3 doubles, 0-1 teams, 2-4 total (33%)

• Alex Kazakis ..... 0-2 singles, 1-2 doubles, 0-1 teams, 1-5 total (17%)

Team Europe Total ..... 6-5 singles, 4-10 doubles, 0-5 teams, 10-20 total (33%)​

Another way of looking at the match records is to count a full point for each player in a singles win or loss, half a point for each player in a doubles win or loss, and one-fifth of a point for each player in a team win or loss. So the following numbers essentially answer the question: "What numerical contribution did each player make to the overall Mosconi Cup match scores?"

Team USA​
• Van Boening ..... 3.7 - 2.0 (winning percentage of 65%)
• Woodward ..... 3.7- 0.5 (88%)
• Bergman ..... 0.7 - 2.0 (26%)
• Thorpe ..... 1.7 - 1.5 (53%)
• Styer ..... 1.2 - 2.0 (38%)

Team USA Total ..... 11 - 8 (58%)​

Team Europe​
• Feijen ..... 0.5 - 2.2 (19%)
• Shaw ..... 2.0 - 1.7 (54%)
• Filler ..... 3.0 - 2.2 (58%)
• Kaçi ..... 2.0 - 1.7 (54%)
• Kazakis ..... 0.5 - 3.2 (14%)

Team Europe Total ..... 8 - 11 (42%)​

Game Records of Individual Players. Counting half a point for each player in a doubles win or loss (so the totals will add to 151 games), here are the individual records for games won and lost (including the 6 games played in the teams match):

Team USA​
• Van Boening ..... 19.5 - 17.0 (winning percentage of 53%)
• Woodward ..... 19.0 - 11.5 (62%)
• Bergman ..... 9.0 - 10.5 (46%)
• Thorpe ..... 10.5 - 11.0 (49%)
• Styer ..... 8.0 - 15.0 (35%)

Team USA Total ..... 66 - 65 (50.4%)​

Team Europe​
• Feijen ..... 9.0 - 13.0 (41%)
• Shaw ..... 13.5 - 14.0 (49%)
• Filler ..... 19.0 - 12.0 (61%)
• Kaçi ..... 14.5 - 10.5 (58%)
• Kazakis ..... 9.0 - 16.5 (35%)

Team Europe Total ..... 65 - 66 (49.6%)​
 
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pt109

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I always look forward to these stats
11-8 looks like a comfortable win....until you look at games won....66-65 for USA
....wouldn’t have taken much to reverse that win.......
...I feel the popularity of the Mosconi is that every game feels like hill-hill.
 
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Atlarge, there’s been some discussion that the US got better racks from the refs. The break stats would provide some evidence on that point.

Edit - just saw it was in another thread.
 
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Poolplaya9

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pt109 said:
...I feel the popularity of the Mosconi is that every game feels like hill-hill.
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And that feel is mostly attributable to both the alternate breaks and the short race formats, both of which making for infinitely more exciting matches because there is so much more pressure, every game seems to mean so much more, and because it always feels like both sides are still in it until the last ball falls.

Some are going to come with their normal talking points about how a race to five doesn't mean much, and they are right, but eleven races to five do mean something. The Mosconi Cup format does a great job of allowing for maximum excitement while ensuring that the better playing side is usually going to win.

All the people putting on these race to one hundred snoozefests (and they are absolute snoozefests 90+% of the time, that's fact) would be wise to take note and instead do a format such as alternate breaks best out of eleven races to nine or best out of nine races to eleven. About the same amount of pool still gets played, the better player is still going to win, but with the viewing experience being infinitely better for the fans because there is so much more pressure, every game seems to mean so much more, and because both sides will still appear to be in it and have a chance until the match is over.
 
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Poolplaya9 said:
And that feel is mostly attributable to both the alternate breaks and the short race formats, both of which making for infinitely more exciting matches because there is so much more pressure, every game seems to mean so much more, and because it always feels like both sides are still in it until the last ball falls.

Some are going to come with their normal talking points about how a race to five doesn't mean much, and they are right, but eleven races to five do mean something. The Mosconi Cup format does a great job of allowing for maximum excitement while ensuring that the better playing side is usually going to win.

All the people putting on these race to one hundred snoozefests (and they are absolute snoozefests 90+% of the time, that's fact) would be wise to take note and instead do a format such as alternate breaks best out of eleven races to nine or best out of nine races to eleven. About the same amount of pool still gets played, the better player is still going to win, but with the viewing experience being infinitely better for the fans because there is so much more pressure, every game seems to mean so much more, and because both sides will still appear to be in it and have a chance until the match is over.
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Spot on. Race to 100 and the score is 22-22 Next 4-5 games, zero pressure on the players. 44 games played and minimal pressure. Race to 25 and those games become huge.

How boring would the MC be if it was race to 70.
 
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BeiberLvr

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Thanks for this.

I find it interesting that the player most people thought would be a difference maker (Bergman) had the lowest win percentage.

Still think he was a good pick. Every team should start with SVB, Sky and Bergman
 
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