Here are some break results for the 2025 Mosconi Cup played December 3-6, 2025 at Alexandra Palace in London, England. 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 (5 were played). Team Europe won the Cup 11-3, with the match scores on the 4 days as follows (Team Europe's score first):
Players for Team USA -- Shane Van Boening, Skyler Woodward, Tyler Styer, Billy Thorpe, and Fedor Gorst
Players for Team Europe -- Jayson Shaw, David Alcaide, Joshua Filler, Pijus Labutis, and Moritz Neuhausen
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
Announcer/Interviewer -- Abigail Davies
Interviews -- Kim Kothari
Master of Ceremonies -- Tahir Hajat
The conditions for this event included the following:
The 14 matches were as follows, in the order they were played. Match winners are bolded; total Cup scores are after each match in brackets.
Wed. Dec. 3, 2024
Thurs. Dec. 4
Fri. Dec. 5
Sat. Dec. 6
Overall results
Breaker won the game:
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Here's a further breakdown of the 108 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 23 break-and-run games included two 9-balls on the break (1.9% of all breaks) -- one by Gorst in Match 6 and one by Labutis in Match 9.
Day 1 -- 4 - 0
Day 2 -- 2 - 1 (2-day total 6 - 1)
Day 3 -- 2 - 2 (3-day total 8 - 3)
Day 4 -- 3 - 0
Total -- 11 - 3
Players for Team USA -- Shane Van Boening, Skyler Woodward, Tyler Styer, Billy Thorpe, and Fedor Gorst
Players for Team Europe -- Jayson Shaw, David Alcaide, Joshua Filler, Pijus Labutis, and Moritz Neuhausen
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
Announcer/Interviewer -- Abigail Davies
Interviews -- Kim Kothari
Master of Ceremonies -- Tahir Hajat
The conditions for this event included the following:
• Rasson Victory 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 14 matches were as follows, in the order they were played. Match winners are bolded; total Cup scores are after each match in brackets.
Wed. Dec. 3, 2024
1. Teams -- USA ... 1-5 ... Europe [0-1]
2. Doubles -- Van Boening/Gorst ... 3-5 ... Filler/Alcaide [0-2]
3. Singles -- Woodward ... 2-5 ... Shaw [0-3]
4. Doubles -- Styer/Thorpe ... 2-5 ... Labutis/Neuhausen [0-4]
Thurs. Dec. 4
5. Teams -- USA ... 4-5 ... Europe [0-5]
6. Singles -- Gorst ... 3-5 ... Filler [0-6]
7. Doubles -- Van Boening/Woodward ... 5-2 ... Shaw/Filler [1-6]
Fri. Dec. 5
8. Singles -- Styer ... 4-5 ... Neuhausen [1-7]
9. Doubles -- Gorst/Thorpe ... 5-3 ... Alcaide/Labutis [2-7]
10. Teams -- USA ... 4-5 ... Europe [2-8]
11. Singles -- Van Boening ... 5-3 ... Alcaide [3-8]
Sat. Dec. 6
12. Doubles -- Woodward/Gorst ... 2-5 ... Filler/Neuhausen [3-9]
13. Singles -- Thorpe ... 3-5 ... Labutis [3-10]
14. Doubles -- Van Boening/Styer... 2-5 ... Shaw/Alcaide [3-11]
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Team USA -- 70% (37 of 53)
Team Europe -- 84% (46 of 55)
Total -- 77% (83 of 108)
Breaker won the game:
Team USA -- 45% (24 of 53)
Team Europe -- 62% (34 of 55)
Total -- 54% (58 of 108)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Team USA -- 23% (12 of 53)
Team Europe -- 20% (11 of 55)
Total -- 21% (23 of 108)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Team USA -- 32% (12 of 37)
Team Europe -- 24% (11 of 46)
Total -- 28% (23 of 83)
Here's a further breakdown of the 108 games played in the Cup.
Team USA broke 53 times, with the following results:
Made at least one ball (and did not foul) and won the game -- 18 (34%)
Made at least one ball (and did not foul) and lost the game -- 19 (36%)
Broke dry or fouled but won the game -- 6 (11%)
Broke dry or fouled and lost the game -- 10 (19%)
Team Europe broke 55 times, with the following results:
Made at least one ball (and did not foul) and won the game -- 31 (56%)
Made at least one ball (and did not foul) and lost the game -- 15 (27%)
Broke dry or fouled but won the game -- 3 (5%)
Broke dry or fouled and lost the game -- 6 (11%)
Totals for both teams on all 126 breaks:
Made at least one ball (and did not foul) and won the game -- 49 (45%)
Made at least one ball (and did not foul) and lost the game -- 34 (31%)
Broke dry or fouled but won the game -- 9 (8%)
Broke dry or fouled and lost the game -- 16 (15%)
Therefore, whereas Team USA won 45% (24 of 53) of the games on their own break,
They won 49% (18 of 37) of the games in which their break was successful.
They won 38% (6 of 16) of the games in which their break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
And whereas Team Europe won 62% (34 of 55) of the games on their own break,
They won 67% (31 of 46) of the games in which the break was successful.
They won 33% (3 of 9) of the games in which their break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Balls Pocketed:
Team USA -- 54 on the break, 380 not on the break, 434 in total (includes 7 balls made on breaking fouls)
Team Europe -- 66 on the break, 446 not on the break, 512 in total (includes 2 balls made on breaking fouls and 3 balls made on other fouls)
Average number of balls made on the break:
Team USA -- 1.0 on all breaks, 1.3 on successful breaks
Team Europe -- 1.2 on all breaks, 1.4 on successful breaks
Total -- 1.1 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 12 B&R games consisted of three 2-packs (one by Gorst and Styer in Match 5, one by Gorst in Match 6, and one by Van Boening and Woodward in Match 7) and 6 singles.
• Team Europe's 11 B&R games were all singles.
9-Balls on the break -- The 23 break-and-run games included two 9-balls on the break (1.9% of all breaks) -- one by Gorst in Match 6 and one by Labutis in Match 9.