Break Stats -- 2022 Mosconi Cup, Nov./Dec. 2022

AtLarge · Dec 3, 2022

Here are some break results for the 2022 Mosconi Cup played this week (Nov. 30 - Dec. 3) at Bally's Las Vegas Hotel and Casino. This event was 9-Ball racing to 11 match wins, with each match being a race to 5 games. The format was one team match (everyone plays one game, then repeat until one side wins 5 games), up to 7 doubles matches (all 7 were played), and up to 13 singles matches (10 were played). Team Europe won the Cup 11-7, with the match scores on the 4 days as follows (Team Europe's score first):

Day 1 -- 1 - 3

Day 2 -- 3 - 1 (1-day total 4-4)

Day 3 -- 4 - 2 (3-day total 8-6)

Day 4 -- 3 - 1

Total -- 11 - 7

Players for Team USA -- Shane Van Boening, Earl Strickland, Skyler Woodward, Tyler Styer, and Oscar Dominguez
Players for Team Europe -- Jayson Shaw, Albin Ouschan, Joshua Filler, David Alcaide, and Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz
Team Captains -- Jeremy Jones (USA) and Alex Lely (EUR)
Team Vice Captains -- Skyler Woodward (USA) and Jayson Shaw (EUR)
Commentators (2 per match) -- Phil Yates, Karl Boyes, Nick Schulman, and Allison Fisher
Referees -- Marcel Eckardt, John Leyman, and Brendan Moore
Interviews+ -- Emma Paton
Master of Ceremonies -- Tahir Hajat

The conditions for this event included the following:

- Rasson OX 9-foot table with 4" corner pockets and 4½" side pockets;

- Simonis 860 Shark Grey cloth;

- Aramith Tournament Black balls with a black-spots cue ball;

- referee racks using a triangle rack with the 9-ball on the foot spot (2-ball not necessarily in back location);

- alternate breaks from behind the head string in a box approximately 8" to each side of the long string;

- no illegal break rule;

- 30-sec. shot clock (60 sec. after the break), with one 30-sec. extension per side per game;

- foul on all balls;

- jump cues allowed;

- all slop counts; and

- lag for the break in each match.

The 18 matches were as follows, in the order they were played. Match winners are bolded; total Cup scores are after each match in brackets.

Wed. Nov. 30, 2022

1. Teams -- USA ... 5-3 ... Europe [1-0]

2. Doubles -- Strickland/Dominguez ... 1-5 ... Alcaide/Sanchez-Ruiz [1-1]

3. Singles -- Woodward ... 5-4 ... Filler [2-1]

4. Doubles -- Van Boening/Styer ... 5-4 ... Shaw/Ouschan [3-1]

Thurs. Dec. 1

5. Singles -- Strickland ... 3-5 ... Shaw [3-2]

6. Singles -- Van Boening ... 3-5 ... Filler [3-3]

7. Doubles -- Styer/Dominguez ... 3-5 ... Filler/Ouschan [3-4]

8. Singles -- Woodward ... 5-2 ... Sanchez-Ruiz [4-4]

Fri. Dec. 2

9. Doubles -- Van Boening/Strickland ... 5-4 ... Shaw/Alcaide [5-4]

10. Singles -- Styer ... 2-5 ... Alcaide [5-5]

11. Doubles -- Woodward/Strickland ... 2-5 ... Filler/Sanchez-Ruiz [5-6]

12. Singles -- Strickland ... 2-5 ... Ouschan [5-7]

13. Doubles -- Van Boening/Woodward ... 5-0 ... Shaw/Filler [6-7]

14. Singles -- Dominguez ... 2-5 ... Shaw [6-8]

Sat. Dec. 3

15. Doubles -- Van Boening/Woodward ... 5-3 ... Alcaide/Sanchez-Ruiz [7-8]

16. Singles -- Woodward ... 3-5 ... Alcaide [7-9]

17. Singles -- Van Boening ... 3-5 ... Shaw [7-10]]

18. Singles -- Styer ... 3-5 ... Filler [7-11}

Overall results

Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):

Team USA -- 57% (38 of 67)

Team Europe -- 63% (44 of 70)

Total -- 60% (82 of 137)

Breaker won the game:

Team USA -- 55% (37 of 67)

Team Europe -- 64% (45 of 70)

Total -- 60% (82 of 137)

Break-and-run games on all breaks:

Team USA -- 21% (14 of 67)

Team Europe -- 26% (18 of 70)

Total -- 23% (32 of 137)

Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):

Team USA -- 37% (14 of 38)

Team Europe -- 41% (18 of 44)

Total -- 39% (32 of 82)

Here's a further breakdown of the 137 games played in the Cup.

Team USA broke 67 times, with the following results:

Made at least one ball (and did not foul) and won the game -- 25 (37%)

Made at least one ball (and did not foul) and lost the game -- 13 (19%)

Broke dry or fouled but won the game -- 12 (18%)

Broke dry or fouled and lost the game -- 17 (25%)

Team Europe broke 70 times, with the following results:

Made at least one ball (and did not foul) and won the game -- 31 (44%)

Made at least one ball (and did not foul) and lost the game -- 13 (19%)

Broke dry or fouled but won the game -- 14 (20%)

Broke dry or fouled and lost the game -- 12 (17%)

Totals for both teams on all 137 breaks:

Made at least one ball (and did not foul) and won the game -- 56 (41%)

Made at least one ball (and did not foul) and lost the game -- 26 (19%)

Broke dry or fouled but won the game -- 26 (19%)

Broke dry or fouled and lost the game -- 29 (21%)

Therefore, whereas Team USA won 55% (37 of 67) of the games on their own break,

They won 66% (25 of 38) of the games in which their break was successful.

They won 41% (12 of 29) of the games in which their break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).

And whereas Team Europe won 64% (45 of 70) of the games on their own break,

They won 70% (31 of 44) of the games in which the break was successful.

They won 54% (14 of 26) of the games in which their break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).

Balls Pocketed:

Team USA -- 57 on the break, 488 not on the break, 545 in total (includes 2 balls made on breaking fouls and 2 balls made on other fouls)

Team Europe -- 61 on the break, 533 not on the break, 594 in total (includes 5 balls made on breaking fouls and 5 balls made on other fouls)

Average number of balls made on the break:

Team USA -- 0.9 on all breaks, 1.4 on successful breaks

Team Europe -- 0.9 on all breaks, 1.3 on successful breaks

Total -- 0.9 on all breaks, 1.4 on successful breaks

Alternate-break packages (break-and-run games on a player's or team's own successive breaks)

Team USA's 14 B&R games consisted of 1 3-pack (by Woodward against Filler), 1 2-pack, and 9 singles

Team Europe's 18 B&R games consisted of 3 2-packs and 12 singles

9-Balls on the break -- The 32 break-and-run games included 2 9-balls on the break (1.5% of all breaks) -- one by Woodward (against Filler) and one by Sanchez-Ruiz (with Filler against Woodward and Strickland).

AtLarge · Dec 3, 2022

Miscellany from the data for the 2022 Mosconi Cup

• The most balls made on a single break was 3, which happened 5 times. The breaking side won 4 of the 5 games, 3 by B&R.

• 42% (58 of 137) of the games ended in one inning -- 23% (32) won by the breaking side (B&R) and 19% (26) won by the non-breaking side.

• The average match score was 5-2.6, with 1 match ending at 5-0, 1 at 5-1, 5 at 5-2, 8 at 5-3, and 3 at 5-4.

• The longest matches in elapsed time, both at about 63 minutes, were SVB/Styer d. Shaw/Ouschan 5-4 and SVB/Woodward d. Alcaide/Sanchez-Ruiz 5-3. The shortest matches in elapsed time, both at about 35 minutes, were SVB/Woodward d. Shaw/Filler 5-0 and Shaw d. Dominguez 5-2. The elapsed time was measured from the lag until the winning ball was made, so it includes time for racking, timeouts, and commercial breaks (which averaged about 1½ per match at about 3 minutes each).

• The average elapsed time was 50 minutes per match.

• The average minutes per game was 6.5, or an estimated 6.2 not counting commercial breaks (but counting a minute for the racking that occurred during the breaks).

• Breaking fouls averaged 1 for every 12.5 games, other fouls 1 for every 4.6 games, and missed shots about 1 for every 1.9 games.

• About 47% of the games involved one or more safeties.

AtLarge · Dec 3, 2022

Here are some 2022 Mosconi Cup break stats for each player. [Caveat: small numbers.]

Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):

Van Boening -- 11 of 19 (58%)

Strickland -- 7 of 12 (58%)

Woodward -- 11 of 17 (65%)

Styer -- 7 of 12 (58%)

Dominguez -- 2 of 7 (29%)

Team USA Total -- 38 of 67 (57%)

Shaw -- 11 of 18 (61%)

Ouschan -- 8 of 9 (89%)

Filler -- 11 of 19 (58%)

Alcaide -- 9 of 13 (69%)

Sanchez-Ruiz -- 5 of 11 (45% )

Team Europe Total -- 44 of 70 (63%)

USA + Europe Total -- 82 of 137 (60%)

Breaker's side won the game:

Van Boening -- 13 of 19 (68%)

Strickland -- 3 of 12 (25%)

Woodward -- 11 of 17 (65%)

Styer -- 7 of 12 (58%)

Dominguez -- 3 of 7 (43%)

Team USA Total -- 37 of 67 (55%)

Shaw -- 13 of 18 (72%)

Ouschan -- 8 of 9 (89%)

Filler -- 11 of 19 (58%)

Alcaide -- 7 of 13 (54%)

Sanchez-Ruiz -- 6 of 11 (55% )

Team Europe Total -- 45 of 70 (64%)

USA + Europe Total -- 82 of 137 (60%)

Break-and-run games, on all breaks:

Van Boening -- 4 of 19 (21%)

Strickland -- 1 of 12 (8%)

Woodward -- 5 of 17 (29%)

Styer -- 3 of 12 (25%)

Dominguez -- 1 of 7 (14%)

Team USA Total -- 14 of 67 (21%)

Shaw -- 5 of 18 (28%)

Ouschan -- 2 of 9 (22%)

Filler -- 5 of 19 (26%)

Alcaide -- 5 of 13 (38%)

Sanchez-Ruiz -- 1 of 11 (9% )

Team Europe Total -- 18 of 70 (26%)

USA + Europe Total -- 32 of 137 (23%)

Break-and-run games, on successful breaks:

Van Boening -- 4 of 11 (36%)

Strickland -- 1 of 7 (14%)

Woodward -- 5 of 11 (45%)

Styer -- 3 of 7 (43%)

Dominguez -- 1 of 2 (50%)

Team USA Total -- 14 of 38 (37%)

Shaw -- 5 of 11 (45%)

Ouschan -- 2 of 8 (25%)

Filler -- 5 of 11 (45%)

Alcaide -- 5 of 9 (55%)

Sanchez-Ruiz -- 1 of 5 (20% )

Team Europe Total -- 18 of 44 (41%)

USA + Europe Total -- 32 of 82 (39%)

[Note: A B&R in a doubles game is credited here to the breaker.

AtLarge · Dec 3, 2022

Regarding Lags:

2022 -- Cup won by Team Europe 11-7

• Each team won 9 lags.

• The team that won the lag won the first game 15 times (8 by USA, 7 by Europe).

• The team that won the lag won the match 12 times (5 by USA, 7 by Europe).

• In the 2 hill/hill matches, USA won the lag once and won the match by B&R in the last game. Europe won the lag once but lost the match.

- The team that won the first game (10 by USA, 8 by Europe) won the match 11 times (5 by USA, 6 by Europe).

2021 -- Cup won by Team Europe 11-6

• USA won 7 lags, Europe won 10 .

• The team that won the lag won the first game 11 times (4 by USA, 7 by Europe).

• The team that won the lag won the match 12 times (4 by USA, 8 by Europe).

• In the 5 hill/hill matches, USA won the lag once, and won the match by B&R in the last game. Europe won the lag 4 times (1 match loss, 3 wins), with 2 of those 3 wins by B&R in the last game.

- The team that won the first game (7 by USA, 10 by Europe) won the match 12 times (4 by USA, 8 by Europe).

2020 -- Cup won by Team Europe 11-3

• USA won 4 lags, Europe won 10 .

• The team that won the lag won the first game 8 times (2 by USA, 6 by Europe).

• The team that won the lag won the match 9 times (1 by USA, 8 by Europe).

• In the 5 hill/hill matches, USA won the lag once (but lost the match) and Europe won the lag 4 times (1 match loss, 3 wins). Two of those 3 wins for Europe were by B&R in the last game.

- The team that won the first game (6 by USA, 8 by Europe) won the match 7 times (1 by USA, 6 by Europe).

2019 -- Cup won by Team USA 11-8

• USA won 11 lags, Europe won 8.

• The team that won the lag won the first game 10 times (5 by USA, 5 by Europe).

• The team that won the lag won the match 7 times (5 by USA, 2 by Europe).

• In the 3 hill/hill matches, the team that won the lag won the match 2 times, but neither win was by B&R in the final game.

- The team that won the first game (8 by USA, 11 by Europe) won the match 14 times (7 by USA, 7 by Europe).

2018 -- Cup won by Team USA 11-9

• Each team won 10 lags.

• The team that won the lag won the first game 16 times (7 by USA, 9 by Europe).

• The team that won the lag won the match 15 times (8 by USA, 7 by Europe).

• In the 5 hill/hill matches, the team that won the lag won the match 4 times (2 by each team). One of the wins for each side was by B&R in the final game.

- The team that won the first game (8 by USA, 12 by Europe) won the match 13 times (6 by USA, 7 by Europe).

2017 -- Cup won by Team Europe 11-4

• USA won 4 lags, Europe won 11.

• The team that won the lag won the first game 10 times (4 by USA, 6 by Europe).

• The team that won the lag won every match (4 by USA, 11 by Europe).

• In the 5 hill/hill matches, USA won the lag 3 times and Europe twice. One of the wins for each side was by B&R in the final game.

- The team that won the first game (9 by USA, 6 by Europe) won the match 10 times (4 by USA, 6 by Europe).

2016 -- Cup won by Team Europe 11-3

• USA won 8 lags, Europe won 6.

• The team that won the lag won the first game 12 times (7 by USA, 5 by Europe).

• The team that won the lag won the match 7 times (2 by USA, 5 by Europe).

• In the 3 hill/hill matches, USA won the lag all 3 times but lost the match twice. The lone win was not by B&R in the final game.

- The team that won the first game (8 by USA, 6 by Europe) won the match 7 times (2 by USA, 5 by Europe).

2015 -- Cup won by Team Europe 11-7

• Each team won 9 lags.

• The team that won the lag won the first game 9 times (4 by USA, 5 by Europe).

• The team that won the lag won the match 10 times (4 by USA, 6 by Europe).

• In the 8 hill/hill matches, the team that won the lag won the match 6 times (3 by each team), and 4 of the 6 were by B&R in the final game.

- The team that won the first game (8 by USA, 10 by Europe) won the match 9 times (3 by USA, 6 by Europe).

2014 -- Cup won by Team Europe 11-5

• USA won 2 lags, Europe won 14.

• The team that won the lag won the first game 13 times (2 by USA, 11 by Europe).

• The team that won the lag won the match 9 times (0 by USA, 9 by Europe).

• In the only hill/hill match, Europe won the lag and the first game (by B&R) but lost the match.

- The team that won the first game (5 by USA, 11 by Europe) won the match 6 times (0 by USA, 6 by Europe).

2013 -- Cup won by Team Europe 11-2

• USA won 4 lags, Europe won 9.

• The team that won the lag won the first game 6 times (1 by USA, 5 by Europe).

• The team that won the lag won the match 7 times (0 by USA, 7 by Europe).

• In the 4 hill/hill matches, Europe won all the lags and 2 of the matches (one by B&R in the final game -- 9-ball on the break).

- The team that won the first game (5 by USA, 8 by Europe) won the match 6 times (0 by USA, 6 by Europe).

So 41 matches have gone to a hill/hill game over the past 10 years, and the breaking side (winner of the lag) won 28 (68%) of those games, 15 by B&R.

AtLarge · Dec 3, 2022

Regarding Balls Made on the Break:

Team USA averaged 0.9 balls per break on all breaks (57 balls on 67 breaks) and 1.4 balls per break on successful breaks (55 balls on 38 breaks).

Team Europe averaged 0.9 balls per break on all breaks (61 balls on 70 breaks) and 1.3 balls per break on successful breaks (56 balls on 44 breaks).

Distribution of balls made on the 137 breaks:
1s here means the 1-ball in the side pocket on the opposite side of the table from the breaker;
w means the wing ball on the same side of the table as the breaker, in the nearest corner pocket

- made 1s, but no other balls -- occurred 20 times (20 balls pocketed, including 1 on a foul)

- made 1s plus 1 or 2 other balls, but not w -- 11 times (25 balls, including 2 on a foul)

- made w, but no other balls -- 12 times (12 balls, including 1 on a foul)

- made w and other ball or balls, but not 1s -- 1 time (2 balls)

- made both 1s and w, but no others -- 6 times (12 balls)

- both 1s and w and other ball or balls -- 2 times (6 balls)

- made neither 1s nor w, but 1-2 other balls -- 36 times (41 balls, including 3 on fouls)

- dry, but no foul -- 44 times

- dry and fouled -- 5 times

Total -- 137 breaks, 118 balls pocketed

The 1-ball was pocketed on 42% (58 of 137) of all breaks, and 71% (58 of 82) of the successful breaks, in either:

- the side pocket on the opposite side from the breaker -- 28% (39 of 137), or

- the head corner pocket on the breaker's side of the table -- 14% (19 of 137).

The wing ball on the same side of the table as the breaker was pocketed in the corner pocket nearest to it on 15% (21 of 137) of the breaks.

Break Stats -- 2022 Mosconi Cup, Nov./Dec. 2022

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