The Mosconi Cup is an annual nine-ball pool tournament contested since 1994 between teams representing Europe and the United States. Named after American pool player Willie Mosconi, the event is comparable to the Ryder Cup in golf and the Weber Cup in bowling.
The 2012 World Cup of Pool is the seventh edition of the said tournament. For the fourth straight year, the event is once again being held in the Philippines, this time at the Robinsons Place Manila in Manila, from September 4 to 9, 2012. The Finnish team of Mika Immonen and Petri Makkonen defeated the Polish team of Karol Skowerski and Wojciech Szewcyk in the final, 10–8.
The 2007 World Cup of Pool was a professional nine-ball pool competition and the second edition of the World Cup of Pool, a scotch doubles knockout championship representing 32 national teams. The event was held in the Outland club in Rotterdam, Netherlands, from 25 to 30 September 2007. The event was held as a single-elimination tournament for a total prize fund of $250,000, including $60,000 for the winner. The tournament was organised by Matchroom Sport, sponsored by poker website Partypoker, and broadcast across 31 one-hour episodes.
The 2013 World Cup of Pool was the eighth edition of the tournament and was held at the York Hall, London from 17 to 22 September 2013. The event was won by the Phillipine team of Lee Vann Corteza and Dennis Orcollo.
The 2014 World Cup of Pool was the ninth edition of the tournament. The event was once again held in England, this time at the Mountbatten Centre, Portsmouth, from 23 to 28 September. The 2014 event was sponsored by Betway.
The 2015 World Cup of Pool was the tenth edition of the tournament. The event was held in York Hall, London, England, from September 22 to 27. The 2015 event was sponsored by Dafabet.
The 2018 World Cup of Pool was the twelfth edition of the tournament. The event took place in Luwan Gymnasium, Shanghai, China, from 15 to 20 May 2018.
The 2017 World Cup of Pool was the eleventh edition of the tournament. The event was held in York Hall, London, England, from 13 to 18 June. A total of 32 two-player teams participated in the tournament.
Albin Alois Ouschan is an Austrian professional pool player. Ouschan was the 2016 WPA World Nine-ball Championship winner, as well as the runner-up in 2014. He also won the 14.1 Continuous European championship the same year. Ouschan is a multiple time Austrian champion in 8-ball, ten-ball and straight pool. Ouschan alongside partner Mario He won both the 2017 World Cup of Pool, 2019 World Cup of Pool and reached the final of the 2018 World Cup of Pool. They would lose 10–3 to the Chinese team of Wu Jia-qing & Liu Haitao. He won the WPA World Nine-ball Championship for the second time in 2021, beating Omar Al-Shaheen 13–9 in the final. He won the International Open in 2021, defeating Dennis Orcollo 13–6 in the final.
Jayson Shaw is a Scottish professional pool player. In 2010, Shaw was a WPA World Blackball Champion.
The 2019 World Pool Masters was a nine-ball pool tournament which took place in Gibraltar from 29 to 31 March 2019. It was the 26th edition of the World Pool Masters invitational tournament organised by Matchroom Sport. The event contained increased participation from 16 to 24 players, and increased total prize fund to $100,000. Spaniard David Alcaide won the event, defeating Greece's Alexander Kazakis in the final 9–8, doubling the final ball the length of the table to win. The reigning champion was Dutchman Niels Feijen who defeated Shane Van Boening of the United States in the previous year's final to win the title for the second time in his career. Feijen was defeated in the opening round by Alcaide.
Mario He is an Austrian professional pool player. He is a former winner of the European Pool Championships, and winner of both the 2017 and 2019 World Cup of Pool events alongside Albin Ouschan.
Christoph Reintjes is a German professional pool player. He is best well known for being the runner-up at the 2017 Dutch Open.
The 2019 World Cup of Pool was a professional pool doubles tournament, and the 13th edition of the World Cup of Pool. The event was contested by 32 pairs representing different nations, and took place at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England, from 25 to 30 June 2019. As host nation, Great Britain were allowed to enter two teams in the draw.
The 2019 Veldhoven Open, officially known as the 2019 Dynamic Billard Veldhoven Open, was a professional nine-ball pool tournament and the fourth Euro Tour event of 2019. It was held at the NH Koningshof in Veldhoven, Netherlands. The men's event was held from 1 to 3 August, and the women's event was held from 2 to 4 August. The event followed the Austria Open and preceded the Klagenfurt Open.
Wang Can is a Chinese professional pool player. Wang has represented China at the World Cup of Pool with playing partner Dang Jinhu. He reached the quarter-finals at the 2014 event, losing to the pair of Albin Ouschan and Mario He.
The 2021 World Pool Championship was a pool tournament that took place between June 6 to 10, 2021 in the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England. Following the 2021 Championship League Pool and the 2021 World Cup of Pool it was the third event of the season to be held in Milton Keynes.
The 2021 U.S. Open Pool Championship was an international nine-ball pool tournament held from 13 to 18 September 2021 in Harrah’s Resort, Atlantic City, New Jersey. It was the 44th entry of the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships, first held in 1976. Joshua Filler was the defending champion, having won the 2019 U.S. Open Nine-ball Championship. However, Filler lost 4–11 to Aloysius Yapp and 3–11 to Mieszko Fortuński, eliminating him from the tournament. Carlo Biado defeated Yapp 13–8 in the final to become one of the few Filipino players to win the tournament along with Alex Pagulayan in 2005 and Efren Reyes in 1994.
The 2022 World Cup of Pool will be a professional pool doubles tournament, and the 15th edition of the World Cup of Pool. The event will be contested by 32 pairs representing different nations, and will take place at the Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, England, from 14 to 19 June 2022.
The 2023 World Cup of Pool was a professional pool doubles tournament, and the 16th edition of the World Cup of Pool. The event was contested by 32 pairs representing different nations, and took place at the Pazo de Feiras e Congresos de Lugo in Lugo, Spain, from 27 June to 2 July 2023.
Justin Sajich & Ivan Li (AUS)
Mario He & Albin Ouschan (AUT)
Marharyta Fjafilawa & Yana Halliday (BLR)
Serge Das & Kevin Lannoye (BEL)
Sanjin Pehlivanović & Ajdin Piknjač (BIH)
Philipp Stojanović & Roberto Bartol (CRO)
Petr Urban & Michal Gavenčiak (CZE)
Mickey Krause & Bahram Lotfy (DEN)
Denis Grabe & Mark Mägi (EST)
Petri Makkonen & Casper Matikainen (FIN)
Alex Montpellier & Alain Da Costa (FRA)
Joshua Filler & Christoph Reintjes (GER)
Jayson Shaw & Chris Melling (GBR) A
Alexander Kazakis & Nick Malai (GRE)
Olivér Szolnoki & Vilmos Földes (HUN)
Zophonias Árnason & Magnús Árnason (ISL)
Fabio Petroni & Daniele Corrieri (ITA)
Naoyuki Ōi & Masato Yoshioka (JPN)
Omar Al-Shaheen & Bader Alawadhi (KUW)
Pijus Labutis & Kęstutis Žadeikis (LTU)
Niels Feijen & Marc Bijsterbosch (NED)
Jeff de Luna & Roberto Gomez (PHL)
Mieszko Fortuński & Wojciech Szewczyk (POL)
Fedor Gorst & Sergey Lutsker (RUS)
Aleksa Pecelj & Andreja Klasović (SRB)
Jakub Koniar & Jaroslav Polách (SVK)
Richard Halliday & JJ Faul (RSA)
David Alcaide & Francisco Sánchez Ruíz (ESP)
Ronald Regli & Dimitri Jungo (SUI)
Billy Thorpe & Skyler Woodward (USA)
