Here are some break results for the 2024 Mosconi Cup played November 30 - December 3, 2024 at the Caribe Royale Orlando in Orlando, Florida. This event was 9-Ball racing to 11 match wins, with each match being a race to 5 games. The format was three team matches (everyone plays one game, then repeat until one side wins 5 games), up to 6 doubles matches (6 were played), and up to 12 singles matches (8 were played). Team Europe won the Cup 11-6, with the match scores on the 4 days as follows (Team Europe's score first):
Day 1 -- 3 - 2
Day 2 -- 3 - 2 (2-day total 6 - 4)
Day 3 -- 3 - 1 (3-day total 9 - 5)
Day 4 -- 2 - 1
Total -- 11 - 6
Players for Team USA -- Shane Van Boening, Skyler Woodward, Tyler Styer, Billy Thorpe, and Fedor Gorst
Players for Team Europe -- Jayson Shaw, David Alcaide, Eklent Kaçi, Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz, and Mickey Krause
Team Captains -- Skyler Woodward for Team USA and Jayson Shaw for Team Europe
Commentators (2 per match) -- Phil Yates, Jeremy Jones, Michael McMullan, Karl Boyes, and Scott Frost
Referees -- Marcel Eckardt and Ben Taylor-Fuente
Annoouncer/Interviewer -- Abigail Davies
Interviews -- Ashleigh Wilmot
Master of Ceremonies -- Tahir Hajat
The conditions for this event included the following:
The 17 matches were as follows, in the order they were played. Match winners are bolded; total Cup scores are after each match in brackets.
Sat.. Nov. 30, 2024
Sun. Dec. 1
Mon. Dec. 2
Tues. Dec. 3
Overall results
Here's a further breakdown of the 126 games played in the Cup.
Balls Pocketed:
Average number of balls made on the break:
Alternate-break packages (break-and-run games on a player's or team's own successive breaks)
9-Balls on the break -- The 31 break-and-run games included two 9-balls on the break (1.6% of all breaks) -- one by Thorpe (with Styer against Shaw/Krause) and one by Kaçi (with Shaw against Gorst/Styer).
Day 1 -- 3 - 2
Day 2 -- 3 - 2 (2-day total 6 - 4)
Day 3 -- 3 - 1 (3-day total 9 - 5)
Day 4 -- 2 - 1
Total -- 11 - 6
Players for Team USA -- Shane Van Boening, Skyler Woodward, Tyler Styer, Billy Thorpe, and Fedor Gorst
Players for Team Europe -- Jayson Shaw, David Alcaide, Eklent Kaçi, Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz, and Mickey Krause
Team Captains -- Skyler Woodward for Team USA and Jayson Shaw for Team Europe
Commentators (2 per match) -- Phil Yates, Jeremy Jones, Michael McMullan, Karl Boyes, and Scott Frost
Referees -- Marcel Eckardt and Ben Taylor-Fuente
Annoouncer/Interviewer -- Abigail Davies
Interviews -- Ashleigh Wilmot
Master of Ceremonies -- Tahir Hajat
The conditions for this event included the following:
• Rasson Wolf 9-foot table with 4" corner pockets;
• Simonis 860 Shark Grey cloth;
• Aramith Tournament Black balls with a black-spots cue ball;
• Magic Ball Rack racking template;
• referee racks with the 9-ball on the foot spot and the 2-ball on one of the wings or in the 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, but the referee is to enforce a forceful-break rule;
• 30-sec. shot clock (60 sec. after the break or a push out), with one 30-sec. extension per side per game;
• foul on all balls;
• 3-foul rule in effect;
• jump cues allowed;
• all slop counts; and
• lag for the break in each match.
The 17 matches were as follows, in the order they were played. Match winners are bolded; total Cup scores are after each match in brackets.
Sat.. Nov. 30, 2024
1. Teams -- USA ... 1-5 ... Europe [0-1]
2. Doubles -- Woodward/Thorpe ... 2-5 ... Shaw/Alcaide [0-2]
3. Singles -- Styer ... 5-3 ... Krause [1-2]
4. Doubles -- Van Boening/Gorst ... 2-5 ... Kaçi/Sanchez-Ruiz [1-3]
5. Singles -- Woodward ... 5-2 ... Kaçi [2-3]
Sun. Dec. 1
6. Teams -- USA ... 5-2 ... Europe [3-3]
7. Singles -- Gorst ... 2-5 ... Shaw [3-4]
8. Doubles -- Styler/Thorpe ... 5-4 ... Shaw/Krause [4-4]
9. Singles -- Van Boening ... 1-5 ... Sanchez-Ruiz [4-5]
10. Doubles -- Woodward/Gorst ... 4-5 ... Alcaide/Kaçi [4-6]
Mon. Dec. 2
11. Teams -- USA ... 5-3 ... Europe [5-6]
12. Doubles -- Van Boening/Woodward ... 1-5 ... Sanchez-Ruiz/Krause [5-7]
13. Singles -- Thorpe ... 3-5 ... Alcaide [5-8]
14. Doubles -- Gorst/Styer ... 3-5 ... Shaw/Kaçi [5-9]
Tues. Dec. 3
15. Singles -- Woodward ... 0-5 ... Shaw [5-10]
16. Singles -- Gorst ... 5-4 ... Krause [6-10]
17. Singles -- Woodward ... 4-5 ... Sanchez-Ruiz [6-11]
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Team USA -- 84% (52 of 62)
Team Europe -- 91% (58 of 64)
Total -- 87% (110 of 126)
Breaker won the game:
Team USA -- 53% (33 of 62)
Team Europe -- 69% (44 of 64)
Total -- 61% (77 of 126)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Team USA -- 21% (13 of 62)
Team Europe -- 28% (18 of 64)
Total -- 25% (31 of 126)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Team USA -- 25% (13 of 52)
Team Europe -- 31% (18 of 58)
Total -- 28% (31 of 110)
Here's a further breakdown of the 126 games played in the Cup.
Team USA broke 62 times, with the following results:
Made at least one ball (and did not foul) and won the game -- 31 (50%)
Made at least one ball (and did not foul) and lost the game -- 21 (34%)
Broke dry or fouled but won the game -- 2 (3%)
Broke dry or fouled and lost the game -- 8 (13%)
Team Europe broke 64 times, with the following results:
Made at least one ball (and did not foul) and won the game -- 42 (66%)
Made at least one ball (and did not foul) and lost the game -- 16 (25%)
Broke dry or fouled but won the game -- 2 (3%)
Broke dry or fouled and lost the game -- 4 (6%)
Totals for both teams on all 126 breaks:
Made at least one ball (and did not foul) and won the game -- 73 (58%)
Made at least one ball (and did not foul) and lost the game -- 37 (29%)
Broke dry or fouled but won the game -- 4 (3%)
Broke dry or fouled and lost the game -- 12 (10%)
Therefore, whereas Team USA won 53% (33 of 62) of the games on their own break,
They won 60% (31 of 52) of the games in which their break was successful.
They won 20% (2 of 10) of the games in which their break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
And whereas Team Europe won 69% (44 of 64) of the games on their own break,
They won 72% (42 of 58) of the games in which the break was successful.
They won 33% (2 of 6) of the games in which their break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Balls Pocketed:
Team USA -- 76 on the break, 393 not on the break, 469 in total (includes 5 balls made on breaking fouls and 1 ball made on another foul)
Team Europe -- 76 on the break, 541 not on the break, 617 in total (includes 4 balls made on breaking fouls and 3 balls made on other fouls)
Average number of balls made on the break:
Team USA -- 1.2 on all breaks, 1.4 on successful breaks
Team Europe -- 1.2 on all breaks, 1.2 on successful breaks
Total -- 1.2 on all breaks, 1.3 on successful breaks
Alternate-break packages (break-and-run games on a player's or team's own successive breaks)
Team USA's 13 B&R games consisted of three 2-packs (one by Gorst against Krause, one by Woodward against Sanchez-Ruiz, and one by Styer and Van Boening in the second Teams match) and 7 singles.
Team Europe's 18 B&R games consisted of three 2-packs (one by Alcaide against Thorpe. one by Sanchez-Ruiz/Kaçi against Van Boening/Gorst, and one by Ruiz/Krause against Van Boening/Woodward) and 12 singles.
9-Balls on the break -- The 31 break-and-run games included two 9-balls on the break (1.6% of all breaks) -- one by Thorpe (with Styer against Shaw/Krause) and one by Kaçi (with Shaw against Gorst/Styer).
I edited it. As for two-ways, I didn't mark any of those 8 misses by USA as two-way shots, although that doesn't mean the player didn't have that in mind.