2016 Mosconi Cup Scores and Individual Records

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Here are the final records for the 2016 Mosconi Cup.

Scoring the way it counts, by matches:
  • Day 1 -- USA 1, Europe 4
  • Day 2 -- USA 1, Europe 3
  • Day 3 -- USA 1, Europe 3
  • Day 4 -- USA 0, Europe 1
  • Total -- 3 - 11 (USA winning percentage of 21%)

Scoring by games rather than matches:
  • Day 1 -- USA 14, Europe 21
  • Day 2 -- USA 12, Europe 18
  • Day 3 -- USA 14, Europe 19
  • Day 4 -- USA 1, Europe 5
  • Total -- 41 - 63 (USA winning percentage of 39%)

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?"


  • Team USA
    • • Van Boening ..... 0-1 singles, 0-3 doubles, 0-1 teams, 0-5 total (winning percentage of 0%)

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

      • Dechaine ..... 0-2 singles, 0-2 doubles, 0-1 teams, 0-5 total (0%)

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

      • Woodward ..... 0-1 singles, 1-2 doubles, 0-1 teams, 1-4 total (20%)

      Team USA Total ..... 1-5 singles, 4-10 doubles, 0-5 teams, 5-20 total (20%)

    Team Europe
    • • Feijen ..... 1-0 singles, 2-0 doubles, 1-0 teams, 4-0 total (100%)

      • Appleton ..... 1-0 singles, 2-2 doubles, 1-0 teams, 4-2 total (67%)

      • Gray ..... 1-0 singles, 2-1 doubles, 1-0 teams, 4-1 total (80%)

      • Ouschan ..... 1-0 singles, 3-0 doubles, 1-0 teams, 5-0 total (100%)

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

      Team Europe Total ..... 5-1 singles, 10-4 doubles. 5-0 teams, 20-5 total (80%)


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 ..... 0 - 2.7 (winning percentage of 0%)
      • Morris ..... 1.5 - 1.2 (56%)
      • Dechaine ..... 0 - 3.2 (0%)
      • Bergman ..... 1.0 - 1.7 (37%)
      • Woodward ..... 0.5 - 2.2 (19%)

      Team USA Total ..... 3 - 11 (21%)

    Team Europe
    • • Feijen ..... 2.2 - 0 (100%)
      • Appleton ..... 2.2 - 1.0 (69%)
      • Gray ..... 2.2 - 0.5 (81%)
      • Ouschan ..... 2.7 - 0 (100%)
      • Shaw ..... 1.7 - 1.5 (53%)

      Team Europe Total ..... 11 - 3 (79%)


Game Records of Individual Players. Counting half a point for each player in a doubles win or loss (so the totals will add to 104 games), here are the individual records for games won and lost (including the 7 games played in the teams match):


  • Team USA
    • • Van Boening ..... 6.0 - 14.5 (winning percentage of 29%)
      • Morris ..... 10.0 - 11.0 (48%)
      • Dechaine ..... 6.0 - 16.0 (27%)
      • Bergman ..... 9.0 - 10.0 (47%)
      • Woodward ..... 10.0 - 11.5 (47%)

      Team USA Total ..... 41 - 63 (39%)

    Team Europe
    • • Feijen ..... 11.0 - 5.0 (69%)
      • Appleton ..... 12.5 - 12.0 (51%)
      • Gray ..... 13.0 - 5.5 (70%)
      • Ouschan ..... 14.5 - 8.5 (63%)
      • Shaw ..... 12.0 - 10.0 (55%)

      Team Europe Total ..... 63 - 41 (61%)
 
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Great stats! Appreciate you taking the time to share this! Good stuff!
 
These stats bear out what my eye test already led me to believe --- Mark Gray was the best player in the Mosconi Cup.
 
Thanks AtLarge. I think the last measure, which takes individual games into account, gives the most accurate picture. I also would like to see the Accu-Stats TPA for each player, which would even better measure individual performance. I'm sure Fleming did it.

AtLarge, what do you think the stats show was the biggest difference between US and Europe? My guess is missed shots rather than breaks or safeties or anything else, but I don't know that for sure.
 
sjm said:
These stats bear out what my eye test already led me to believe --- Mark Gray was the best player in the Mosconi Cup.
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Damn right, Sir! He got robbed the MVP award today. Albin played fantastic, but Gray was a machine. His partners all played great when paired with him because they knew they had a player that could fix every mistake they would make. Hence Darren freakin Appleton was referring to him as "The Man". If Mark can fix his only weakness the break shot, a title that is contested somewhere in Doha could very well have a new cool customer next year.
 
sjm said:
These stats bear out what my eye test already led me to believe --- Mark Gray was the best player in the Mosconi Cup.
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I always thought Mark was the weakest link on that team, but infact he was their best. He was a killer this year and he seemed to come up with the big shots under pressure every single time. His style is a bit different, definitely does not have a fluid pool type stroke but his cueing is second to none.

It's no wonder he's dominated the Euro your for so long. Congrats Mark Gray




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snucar said:
Damn right, Sir! He got robbed the MVP award today. Albin played fantastic, but Gray was a machine. His partners all played great when paired with him because they knew they had a player that could fix every mistake they would make. Hence Darren freakin Appleton was referring to him as "The Man". If Mark can fix his only weakness the break shot, a title that is contested somewhere in Doha could very well have a new cool customer next year.
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Yeah, Mark's break is his primary weakness. His safety play was, in fact, as good as his offensive execution in this Mosconi. Great performance. As Darren noted, Mark was "the man."
 
BRussell said:
Thanks AtLarge. I think the last measure, which takes individual games into account, gives the most accurate picture. I also would like to see the Accu-Stats TPA for each player, which would even better measure individual performance. I'm sure Fleming did it.

AtLarge, what do you think the stats show was the biggest difference between US and Europe? My guess is missed shots rather than breaks or safeties or anything else, but I don't know that for sure.
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He is working on it. Here's what he showed on his site for Day 1:

Player - Balls Made - Errors - TPA
Bergman - 27 - 1- .964
Woodward - 32 - 2 - .941
Dechaine - 15 - 2 - .882
Van Boening - 32 - 17 - .653
Morris - 5 - 5 - .500

He has more stats for days 2 and 3, but I didn't see any TPAs (yet). Busy guy.

AtLarge - thank you for the stats - very nice!!! I'm sure many will disagree, but based on the last set of stats you posted, I don't think we're really that far out of reach. Our players definitely need a lot more work, but it is certainly achievable.

Kudos to the Europeans as they played terrific.
 
BRussell said:
... AtLarge, what do you think the stats show was the biggest difference between US and Europe? My guess is missed shots rather than breaks or safeties or anything else, but I don't know that for sure.
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The stats on breaking success, and running out from the break, were essentially even.

But leaving the table on misses and fouls was about 50% higher for the USA than for Europe. That cost them a lot of games. sjm gave a good analysis of some of the causes of those errors here: http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=442076.
 
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