Nick Van Den Berg leapfroged Ralf Souquet to take the pole position on the European Mosconi Cup rankings after the Eurotour Austrian Open
Van den Berg collected 23 points for reaching the last eight of the tournament, where he fell to eventual finalist Francisco Sanchez Ruiz of Spain. Mario He rises to fourth after collecting the title.
Albin Ouschan, MVP at last year’s Mosconi Cup, climbs into the top ten as a beaten semi-finalist while the other defeated semi-finalist, Joshua Filler, moves up two places to eighth.
Unlike previous years there will be only two rankings instead of three. The first will be the ‘European Ranking’ which includes the five European ‘A’ and five European ‘B’ events. The winner of this ranking will gain a spot on the Mosconi Cup side.
The second ranking will be the ‘World Ranking’ which will comprise all 12 events. The first and second placed players in this ranking will gain spots on the European Mosconi Cup team.
With all four events so far counting towards both the European and World ranking, the two lists are identical.
In the event that the winner of the European Ranking also comes first or second in the World Ranking, then the player filling the third position in the World Ranking will gain an automatic spot. The remaining two players will be wildcard picks.
The next ranking event is the WPA China Open which starts on Sunday June 4 and only counts towards the World Ranking.
Details regarding dates, venue and ticketing details for this year’s Mosconi Cup will be announced shortly.
2017 European Mosconi Cup Rankings - World and European List (After three events)
1 Nick van den Berg (NED) 113
2 Ralf Souquet (GER)
3 David Alcaide (ESP) 80
4 Mario He (AUT) 73
5 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz (ESP) 71
6 Ruslan Chinakhov (RUS) 69
7 Niels Feijen (NED)
8 Joshua Filler (GER)
T9 Albin Ouschan (AUT) 53
T9 Denis Grabe (EST) 53
Points Cut Off
Events with a field upwards of 80 players – top 32
Events with fields between 64 and 79 players – top 24
Events with less than 64 entries – top 16.
2017 MOSCONI CUP is sponsored by Rasson Billiards who supplies the Official Table; the cloth is supplied by Iwan Simonis and the Official Balls are Super Aramith by Saluc. Predator is the Official Cue and Chalk of the event and Ultimate Team Gear provide all Mosconi Cup apparel.
