{"id":50545,"date":"2023-12-10T22:33:13","date_gmt":"2023-12-10T22:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsgazette.co.uk\/?p=50545"},"modified":"2023-12-10T22:54:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T22:54:16","slug":"mosconi-cup-2023-europe-continue-domination-over-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsgazette.co.uk\/mosconi-cup-2023-europe-continue-domination-over-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Mosconi Cup 2023: Europe continue domination over America"},"content":{"rendered":"

Team Europe completed an 11-3 rout of Team USA to lift the 30th<\/sup> Mosconi Cup at Alexandra Palace on Sunday, marking their fourth consecutive victory.<\/p>\n

German Joshua Filler took home the MVP trophy for the second year running while it was Spaniard David Alcaide who sunk the winning nine ball, in a hill-hill finish during a singles match with American rookie Shane Wolford.<\/p>\n

Russian-born Fedor Gorst defecting to team USA was not enough to make the score line any less harsh, as Europe\u2019s talent went 4-0 up on the first day and were up 9-2 going into the final day.<\/p>\n

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Team Europe lift the Mosconi Cup. Credit: Taka G Wu\/Matchroom Multi Sport<\/em><\/p>\n

The overall score now stands at 16 European wins to 13 American, with one tie. It\u2019s a remarkable turnaround in fortunes between the teams, after USA won 10 out of the first 13 Mosconi Cups but are now commonly underdogs.<\/p>\n

First-time European captain Ralph Eckert couldn\u2019t believe his luck, as he led Europe to their 12th win in 14 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou might think this will be the easiest job to manage the best players and you might think I will be the happiest man right now, and you would think right,” he said.<\/p>\n

USA\u2019s two recent wins came in the successive years of 2018, at Ally Pally, and 2019, in Las Vegas, as two-time MVP Skyler Woodward willed them to victory and managed two golden breaks on day three this year.<\/p>\n

Gorst was involved in two of USA\u2019s three wins, in doubles matches with Woodward and Shane Van Boening, while their other victory came as the experienced Van Boening beat Joshua Filler 5-2 in a singles match-up.<\/p>\n

Team Europe players banked $40,000 each by claiming victory and relished the opportunity to play in front of the roaring crowds of up to 2,500, over the four day extravaganza.<\/p>\n

Taking a rare break from pumping up fans, the energetic Jayson Shaw said: \u201cI think I was born to play in moments like this.\u201d<\/p>\n

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