1997 Mosconi Cup

1997 Mosconi Cup
Dates	18–21 December
Venue	York Hall
Location	Bethnal Green, London, England
8  – 13   United States wins the Mosconi Cup
← 1996 1998 →

The 1997 Virtual Pool 2 Mosconi Cup, the fourth edition of the annual nine-ball pool competition between teams representing Europe and the United States, took place 18–21 December 1997 at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, England.

Team USA won the Mosconi Cup by defeating Team Europe 13–8.

Teams[]

Team USA
Name	State of birth	Notes
Earl Strickland	North Carolina
Kim Davenport	Oklahoma
Johnny Archer	Georgia
James Rempe	Pennsylvania
Nick Varner	Kentucky
Reed Pierce	Mississippi

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

Results[]

^[1]

Thursday, 18 December[]

Session 1[]

	Results
Doubles Mika Immonen	2–1 (4–5, 3–1, 3–1)	Doubles Johnny Archer Kim Davenport
Doubles Ralf Souquet Ronnie O'Sullivan	2–1 (1–3, 3–1, 3–1)	Doubles Nick Varner Reed Pierce
Doubles Oliver Ortmann Steve Davis	1–2 (2–4, 3–0, 0–3)	Doubles Earl Strickland James Rempe
2	Session	1
2	Overall	1

Friday, 19 December[]

Session 2[]

	Results
Doubles Mika Immonen	2–1 (3–0, 3–5, 5–4)	Doubles Johnny Archer Kim Davenport
Doubles Steve Davis Ronnie O'Sullivan	1–2 (4–5, 3–1, 0–3)	Doubles Earl Strickland James Rempe
Doubles Oliver Ortmann Ralf Souquet	2–1 (3–1, 4–5, 3–1)	Doubles Nick Varner Reed Pierce
2	Session	1
4	Overall	2

Session 3[]

	Results
Singles Mika Immonen	1–2 (4–2, 0–3, 3–5)	Singles Johnny Archer
Singles Oliver Ortmann	2–1 (2–4, 3–0, 3–0)	Singles James Rempe
1	Session	1
5	Overall	3

Saturday, 20 December[]

Session 4[]

	Results
Singles Ralf Souquet	1–2 (1–3, 3–0, 3–1)	Singles Earl Strickland
Doubles Oliver Ortmann	1–2 (2–3, 3–1, 1–3)	Doubles Earl Strickland James Rempe
Doubles Steve Davis Ronnie O'Sullivan	2–0 (3–1, 3–1)	Doubles Johnny Archer Reed Pierce
Doubles Ralf Souquet Mika Immonen	2–1 (3–2, 1–3, 3–1)	Doubles Kim Davenport Nick Varner
2	Session	2
7	Overall	5

Session 5[]

	Results
Singles Ronnie O'Sullivan	0–2 (2–3, 2–3)	Singles Nick Varner
Singles	1–2 (3–2, 1–3, 2–4)	Singles Reed Pierce
Singles Steve Davis	2–0 (3–1, 3–1)	Singles Kim Davenport
Singles Mika Immonen	1–2 (3–0, 0–3, 1–3)	Singles Johnny Archer
1	Session	3
8	Overall	8

Sunday, 21 December[]

Session 6[]

	Results
Singles Oliver Ortmann	0–2 (0–3, 1–3)	Singles James Rempe
Singles Ralf Souquet	0–2 (0–3, 1–3)	Singles Earl Strickland
Singles Ronnie O'Sullivan	0–2 (2–3, 1–3)	Singles Nick Varner
0	Session	3
8	Overall	11

Session 7[]

	Results
Singles Steve Davis	1–2 (3–0, 0–3, 3–5)	Singles Kim Davenport
Singles	0–2 (0–3, 0–3)	Singles Reed Pierce
0	Session	2
8	Overall	13

References[]

External links[]

• Official homepage