1996 Mosconi Cup

1996 Mosconi Cup
Dates	19–22 December
Venue	Goresbrook Leisure Centre
Location	Dagenham, London, England
13  – 15   United States wins the Mosconi Cup
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The 1996 Dr Martens Mosconi Cup, the third edition of the annual nine-ball pool competition between teams representing Europe and the United States, took place 19–22 December 1996 at the Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham, London, England.

Team USA won the Mosconi Cup by defeating Team Europe 15–13.

Teams[]

Team USA
Name	State of birth	Notes
Earl Strickland	North Carolina
Mike Massey	Tennessee
	Texas
	Texas
	Kentucky
Allen Hopkins	New Jersey
	Maryland

Team Europe
Name	Nationality	Notes
Steve Davis	United Kingdom
	France
Ralf Souquet	Germany
Oliver Ortmann	Germany
Mika Immonen	Finland
Ronnie O'Sullivan	United Kingdom
	United Kingdom

Results[]

^[1]

Thursday, 19 December[]

Session 1[]

	Results
Singles Steve Davis	0–2 (0–3, 4–5)	Singles
Singles	1–2 (2–4, 3–0, 1–3)	Singles Allen Hopkins
Singles Mika Immonen	2–0 (4–2, 5–3)	Singles
1	Session	2
1	Overall	2

Session 2[]

	Results
Singles	0–2 (0–3, 1–3)	Singles
Singles Ralf Souquet	2–0 (3–0, 3–0)	Singles
Singles Oliver Ortmann	2–1 (3–0, 2–4, 4–2)	Singles Earl Strickland
Singles Steve Davis	2–1 (1–3, 5–3, 3–1)	Singles Mike Massey
3	Session	1
4	Overall	3

Friday, 20 December[]

Session 3[]

	Results
Singles Oliver Ortmann	0–2 (0–3, 1–3)	Singles
Doubles Mika Immonen	2–0 (4–2, 5–3)	Doubles Allen Hopkins Mike Massey
Singles Steve Davis	2–1 (0–3, 4–2, 3–1)	Singles
2	Session	1
6	Overall	4

Session 4[]

	Results
Singles	0–2 (0–3, 0–3)	Singles
Doubles Ralf Souquet Oliver Ortmann	2–0 (3–0, 3–1)	Doubles
Singles Mika Immonen	0–2 (2–4, 0–3)	Singles Earl Strickland
Singles Ronnie O'Sullivan	2–1 (2–4, 3–1, 3–0)	Singles Allen Hopkins
2	Session	2
8	Overall	6

Saturday, 21 December[]

Session 5[]

	Results
Singles	2–1 (1–3, 3–0, 3–1)	Singles
Singles Ralf Souquet	2–0 (4–2, 3–0)	Singles
Singles Steve Davis	0–2 (2–4, 2–4)	Singles
2	Session	1
10	Overall	7

Session 6[]

	Results
Singles Mika Immonen	2–1 (1–3, 3–0, 3–1)	Singles Mike Massey
Singles	0–2 (0–3, 0–3)	Singles
Singles Oliver Ortmann	1–2 (3–0, 0–3, 1–3)	Singles Allen Hopkins
Singles Ronnie O'Sullivan	2–1 (1–3, 4–2, 3–1)	Singles Earl Strickland
2	Session	2
12	Overall	9

Sunday, 22 December[]

Session 7[]

	Results
Singles Ralf Souquet	0–2 (1–3, 3–5)	Singles
Singles	0–2 (1–3, 2–4)	Singles
Singles Ronnie O'Sullivan	1–2 (3–1, 1–3, 2–4)	Singles Mike Massey
Singles Mika Immonen	0–1 (4–5)	Singles
0	Session	4
12	Overall	13

Session 8[]

	Results
Singles Ralf Souquet	1–0 (3–1)	Singles Earl Strickland
Singles Oliver Ortmann	0–1 (1–3)	Singles
Doubles Steve Davis Ronnie O'Sullivan	0–1 (4–5)	Doubles Earl Strickland
1	Session	2
13	Overall	15

References[]

External links[]

• Official homepage