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2023 Mosconi Cup
Alexandra Palace
Alexandra Palace Way
London
Greater London
N22 7AY
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Europe on the Brink of 2023 Duelbits Mosconi Cup Glory

Team Europe require just two more points for a fourth successive Duelbits Mosconi Cup title after taking the spoils on day three of the 30th anniversary staging.

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Overall Score after Day One: Team Europe 4-0 Team USA

• Match One: Team Europe 5-4 Team USA
• Match Two: Jayson Shaw & Albin Ouschan 5-2 Shane van Boening & Tyler Styer
• Match Three: Joshua Filler 5-0 Skyler Woodward
• Match Four: Francisco Sanchez Ruiz & David Alcaide 5-3 Fedor Gorst & Shane Wolford

Overall Score after Day Two: Team Europe 7-1 Team USA

• Match Five: Joshua Filler 5-2 Fedor Gorst
• Match Six: Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 5-4 Fedor Gorst
• Match Seven: Sanchez Ruiz & Filler 4-5 Shane Van Boening & Gorst
• Match Eight: Albin Ouschan 5-0 Tyler Styer

Overall Score after Day Three: Team Europe 9-2 Team USA

• Match 9: Jayson Shaw & David Alcaide 5-2 Skyler Woodward & Shane Wolford
• Match 10: Shaw 5-1 Woodward
• Match 11: Shaw & Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 3-5 Woodward & Fedor Gorst

Heading into Friday night's action at an electric Alexandra Palace, the hosts and Mosconi Cup title holders boasted a commanding 7-1 lead - an all-time record-equaling advantage after day two.

The visitors surely had to hit the ground running in the opening tie of the night if they harboured any hopes of a colossal comeback; a doubles encounter featuring Jayson Shaw & David Alcaide against Skyler Woodward & Shane Wolford - the four cueists that didn’t play on Thursday.

But it was Team Europe who got away quickly. Shaw made his presence felt early on as he nailed a long bank on the 3-ball as the duo won the opening rack before break clearing in the second to double their lead. And, after two-time MVP winner Woodward miscued in rack three, the boys in blue soon found themselves 3-0 ahead.

The Stars and Stripes showed heart as they claimed the following two racks – punishing a missed 3-9 combo from Alcaide in rack five – but momentum soon shifted again as the Europeans compiled their second break run of the meeting before clearing up in rack seven to stamp the point after Cup rookie Wolford failed with a tricky pot on the 2-ball.

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