2006 Mosconi Cup

The 2006 Mosconi Cup, the 13th edition of the annual nine-ball pool competition between teams representing Europe and the United States, took place 7–10 December 2006 at the Rotterdam Cruise Terminal in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

2006 Mosconi Cup
Dates	7–10 December
Venue	Rotterdam Cruise Terminal
Location	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Captains	Johan Ruijsink (EU) Johnny Archer (US)
MVP	Corey Deuel (US)
12  – 12   United States retains the Mosconi Cup
← 2005 2007 →

The event ended in a 12–12 draw, thus Team USA retained the Mosconi Cup as the prior year's winner. The possibility of ties was removed for the following year's event.

Teams

Team USA
Name	State of birth	Notes
Earl Strickland	North Carolina
Rodney Morris	California
Corey Deuel	California	Most Valued Player[1]
Mike Davis	North Carolina
John Schmidt	California
Johnny Archer	Georgia	Captain

Team Europe
Name	Nationality	Notes
Mika Immonen	Finland
Ralf Souquet	Germany
Imran Majid	United Kingdom
Thomas Engert	Germany
Nick van den Berg	Netherlands
David Alcaide	Spain
Johan Ruijsink	Netherlands	Non-playing captain

Results

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Thursday, 7 December

Session 1

	Results
Teams Team Europe	5–6	Teams Team USA
Trebles Mika Immonen David Alcaide Ralf Souquet	6–3	Trebles Johnny Archer John Schmidt Mike Davis
Trebles Imran Majid Thomas Engert Nick van den Berg	2–6	Trebles Corey Deuel Earl Strickland Rodney Morris
1	Session	2
1	Overall	2

Friday, 8 December

Session 2

	Results
Doubles Mika Immonen Ralf Souquet	6–2	Doubles John Schmidt Mike Davis
Doubles David Alcaide Thomas Engert	1–6	Doubles Johnny Archer Corey Deuel
Doubles Nick van den Berg Imran Majid	6–5	Doubles Earl Strickland Rodney Morris
2	Session	1
3	Overall	3

Session 3

	Results
Singles David Alcaide	7–5	Singles John Schmidt
Singles Imran Majid	7–2	Singles Johnny Archer
Singles Ralf Souquet	7–2	Singles Corey Deuel
3	Session	0
6	Overall	3

Saturday, 9 December

Session 4

	Results
Doubles Nick van den Berg Imran Majid	3–6	Doubles Corey Deuel Mike Davis
Doubles Mika Immonen David Alcaide	6–4	Doubles Rodney Morris Earl Strickland
Doubles Ralf Souquet Thomas Engert	6–1	Doubles Johnny Archer John Schmidt
2	Session	1
8	Overall	4

Session 5

	Results
Singles Mika Immonen	5–7	Singles Rodney Morris
Singles Thomas Engert	4–7	Singles Earl Strickland
Singles Nick van den Berg	7–4	Singles Mike Davis
1	Session	2
9	Overall	6

Sunday, 10 December

Session 6

	Results
Teams Team Europe	3–6	Teams Team USA
Triples Imran Majid Thomas Engert Nick van den Berg	5–6	Triples Corey Deuel Earl Strickland John Schmidt
Triples Ralf Souquet Mika Immonen David Alcaide	1–6	Triples Johnny Archer Rodney Morris Mike Davis
0	Session	3
9	Overall	9

Session 7

	Results
Singles Thomas Engert	5–1	Singles John Schmidt
Singles Imran Majid	2–5	Singles Rodney Morris
Singles Ralf Souquet	5–4	Singles Johnny Archer
Singles Nick van den Berg	5–4	Singles Earl Strickland
Singles Mika Immonen	4–5	Singles Mike Davis
Singles David Alcaide	2–5	Singles Corey Deuel
3	Session	3
12	Overall	12