invitation through their performances at other pool events, meaning that no more snooker players appeared until 2007 when Tony Drago earned a place by virtue of his performance on the European Pool Tour. Both teams have dominated the tournament for extended periods. Team USA won ten of the first twelve tournaments between 1994 and 2005, including six consecutive victories. The 2006 tournament was a tie, and Team Europe then won ten times in eleven years between 2007 and 2017, including eight consecutive victories. The overall series record now stands at 15–13 to Team Europe. Joshua Filler of Germany became the youngest player to participate in the Mosconi Cup at 20 years old, in 2017. Earl Strickland of the USA became the oldest player to participate in the Mosconi Cup at 61 years old, in 2022. The record for the most Mosconi Cup appearances is 17, held jointly by Germany's Ralf Souquet and the USA's Johnny Archer. The record for the most Mosconi Cup wins is 9, held jointly by USA's Johnny Archer and the USA's Earl Strickland. Player appearances The players to have appeared in the Mosconi Cup: European players American players 1 Born outside the United States Player wins The players to have been on a winning team in the Mosconi Cup: European players American players 1 Born outside the United States Player representation European nations Players from sixteen nations have represented Europe. Sorted by number of different people, (number of appearances), and alphabetically, these are: American states Players from twenty-two states have represented the United States (Charlie Williams and Johan Ruijsink were both born outside of the US). Ordered as above, these are: Tournament modifications There have been rule changes and format changes throughout the tournament's history. These include, but are not limited to: "Non-playing captain" roles were introduced in the 2003 event; however these were removed in the 2004 tournament. In 2004 the doubles matches were re-formatted to be . In 2005, a 30-second shot clock was introduced, and caused controversy due to timing malfunctions. The 2006 tournament started with a team-versus-team match followed by two trebles matches. That year also saw the reintroduction of the non-playing captain role. The 2009 tournament included several new features: No pairing in the doubles matches could be repeated. The event included four blocks of consecutive matches, organized so that five slots were available for each side, in which every player