Johan Ruijsink (born 21 December 1965) is a Dutch professional pool manager and coach, who captained both the European and American teams at the Mosconi Cup.[1] After his first appearance at the Mosconi Cup, he captained the European team to draw the 2006 Mosconi Cup, and later won six events between 2007 and 2014, going undefeated as European captain. Ruijsink took over as American captain in 2017, and won the 2018 Mosconi Cup and 2019 Mosconi Cup events.
Ruijsink is the only non-playing captain to win the Mosconi Cup as a part of both the European and United States teams.[2] Despite competing at 9 Mosconi Cup events, Ruijsink's only loss came as American captain to his European replacement Marcus Chamat at the 2017 Mosconi Cup.
Ruijsink is most well known for taking a European team that had won one event in ten years, and win on 7 occasions between 2007, and 2014. In 2014, Ruijsink left his post as European captain, to be replaced by Swedish player Marcus Chamat.[4]
In 2017, Ruijsink would take over as captain of the American team, having his first loss in the 2017 Mosconi Cup 4–11 to successor Chamat.[5][6][7] However, the following year, as captain of the American team (alongside vice-captain Jeremy Jones),[8] Ruijsink would defeat Chamat, and win the 2018 Mosconi Cup 9–11, with teammate Skyler Woodward winning the Most Valuable Player award.[2][9]
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