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Monday 24 October 2011
Appleton to the fore as Team Europe named
DARREN APPLETON's second successive US Open title – only the third man in history to successfully defend the biggest title in American pool – saw him move to second spot in the final European rankings and secure a second successive PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup appearance.
He will be joined by countryman Chris Melling who has enjoyed a fabulous season, with 14 times Mosconi Cup veteran Ralf Souquet (Germany) claiming the third automatic spot. The remaining two "wild card" spots go to the Dutch duo of Nick Van den Berg and Niels Feijen, who have ten Mosconi Cup appearances between them.
Following a 13 event series over 12 months taking in 12 different countries around the world, the top five players in the ranking will now reconvene at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas to defend the title they won so well in London last year.
World 10 Ball champion Huidji See gave Feijen a run for his money but came up just six points short as "The Terminator"s 17th place finish in Chesapeake saw him over the line.
There are two changes from last year's victorious side – Melling comes in for Karl Boyes, while Feijen replaces Mika Immonen. The team will once again be captained by Dutchman Johan Ruijsink.
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The PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup is the annual Europe v America pool showdown. In existence since 1994, the event features two five-man teams doing battle in a series of singles and doubles matches over four days of compelling action.
 | 1. ( - ) | Chris Melling |  | GBR | 122 |
| 2. (↑1) | Darren Appleton | | GBR | 111 | |
| 3. (↓1) | Ralf Souquet |  | GER | 94 | |
| 4. ( - ) | Nick van den Berg |  | NED | 80 | |
| 5. ( - ) | Niels Feijen | | NED | 78 | |
| 6. (↑1) | Huidji See | | NED | 72 | |
| 7. (↓1) | Daryl Peach | | GBR | 69 | |
| 8. ( - ) | Mark Gray | | GBR | 58 | |
| 9. ( - ) | David Alcaide |  | ESP | 48 | |
| 10. (↑1) | Jayson Shaw |  | SCO | 47 | |
| 11. (↓1) | Konstantin Stepanov |  | RUS | 45 | |
| 12. ( - ) | Serge Das |  | BEL | 40 | |
| 12. ( - ) | Oliver Ortmann | | GER | 40 | |
| 14. ( - ) | Carlo Dalmatin |  | CRO | 38 | |
| 15. ( - ) | Dimitri Jungo |  | SWI | 35 | |
| 1. ( - ) | Shane Van Boening |  | USA | 673.0 |
| 2. (↑2) | Shawn Putnam | | USA | 591.5 | |
| 3. (↓1) | Mike Dechaine | | USA | 541.5 | |
| 4. (↓1) | Johnny Archer | | USA | 520.5 | |
| 5. ( - ) | Rodney Morris | | USA | 479.5 | |
| 6. (↑1) | Dennis Hatch | | USA | 469.0 | |
| 7. (↓1) | Corey Deuel | | USA | 406.5 | |
| 8. (↑2) | Charlie Williams | | USA | 379.0 | |
| 9. ( - ) | Mike Davis | | USA | 368.5 | |
| 10. (↑1) | Earl Strickland | | USA | 367.0 | |
| 11. (↓3) | Hunter Lombardo | | USA | 354.5 | |
| 12. ( - ) | Stevie Moore | | USA | 315.5 | |
| 13. (↑1) | Oscar Dominguez | | USA | 297.5 | |
| 14. (↓1) | Jeremy Sossei | | USA | 250.5 | |
| 15. (↑3) | Rob Saez | | USA | 239.0 | |
2011 US MOSCONI CUP RANKINGS LATEST
Top Five set for Vegas Show-down
WITH The 2011 partyPoker.net Mosconi Cup set to kick off at 11am on Thursday 8th December, the team selected to represent America at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas will be Shane Van Boening, Shawn Putnam, Mike Dechaine, Johnny Archer and Rodney Morris.
These five have finished at the top of Matchroom Sport's ranking system that comprised ten events across the USA over a 12 month period. With a total of 26 appearances in the transatlantic tussle between them, there is plenty of experience on hand, with Mike Dechaine being the sole debutant.
Following a career best finish at the weekend's US Open in Chesapeake, Shawn Putnam, who was a member of the winning side in 2005, crashed the top three to guarantee an automatic spot. He ultimately displaced Johnny Archer, but "the Scorpion" and Rodney Morris garnered sufficiently high finishes at the Open to maintain their top five positions and hold off Dennis Hatch, who narrowly missed out.
With the top three in the ranking assured their spots, Matchroom Sport decided to go with the top five after an epic year-long battle among the top players in the USA, and named Morris and Archer as the "wild cards". The team will now attempt to win back pool's most prestigious team trophy after defeat in London last December.
The US Mosconi Cup Ranking consisted of 10 events throughout the United States, and culminated in the US Open. Points were allocated as per the BCA Points List and each event was weighted depending on total purse, size of field and number of top-ranked players competing.
Only players finishing in the last 32 of each event were allocated points and players were allowed to drop their worst finish of the ten event series. At the conclusion, after the 2011 US Open, the top three players were automatically granted entry to the Mosconi Cup side.
Tickets for the Mosconi Cup are priced at $35 per day or $120 for the four day season passes and booking charges will apply.
Currently the Mosconi Cup is sold through Ticketmaster (1-800-745-3000) or MGM Resorts Contact Center (1-866-740-7711).
Visit www.ticketmaster.com and search "Mosconi Cup"