Both teams came in carrying one point over from semifinal victories. Europe was first to challenge in the final, with Luke Szywala picking out a six ball speed shot. The cue ball is slow-rolled toward the corner pocket and, before it gets there, six balls are fired in rapid succession to beat it out. Szywala demonstrated his lightning speed, nailing the shot. Mike Massey came up for the USA, speed not one of his strong suits. He got lucky with a couple kisses towards the end, but all the balls went in the prescribed order, keeping the score level.

Bogdan Wolkowski countered with the Out Of The Rack Masse. Here, the cue ball starts inside the rack of balls, but must be masse'd out, clearing the corner ball in the process, hug the rail and pocket the hanging ball in the corner pocket. Wolkowski easily hit it (he routinely hits it with a much smaller gap). Andy Segal also hit it though, keeping the lead.

Nikolaidis turned to one-handed jump shots for his next challenge. Here, balls are jumped one-handed, alternating hands, over walls of poker chips into the side pocket. Generally dexterous, but Nikolaidis couldn't pull the shot off this time. Bruce Barthelette came up for USA's attempt and managed to hit it though, stretching USA's lead to three.

Finding themselves way behind, Szywala pulled out this creative shot which I adapted to the Pyramid Blast. With the cue ball stacked on top of a six ball cluster, the cue ball is shot down through the stack, sending all six balls headed towards the pockets. Szywala hit it, picking up a desperately needed point for Europe. Segal couldn't get it all together though, as Europe finally cut into the USA's lead.

Wolkowski turned to one of his specialty prop shot. With three bottles aligned, the cue ball is on top of one of the outside ones with another object ball on the other end one. The cue ball is shot, one-handed, knocking off the other object ball which pockets another ball in the corner pocket. The cue ball ends up staying on the center bottle and spins for at least 30 seconds, to complete the shot. Wolkowski showed off his spintastic stroke, nailing the shot. Barthelette couldn't get it going though as USA's lead shrunk to three.

Not giving up hope, Nikolaidis picked the Power Draw shot. The cue ball pockets one object ball in the corner pocket, then draws around the table three (or more) cushions to land in the 1 x 1 diamond zone by the other corner pocket. Nikolaidis whipped the cue ball around the table, leaving no doubt about getting the point. Rossman came up for the USA. Although power isn't generally his strong suit, the fast cloth made it a bit easier as he also made the shot, maintaining the three point lead.

Pelinga chose this resistance draw around the rack stroke shot. The cue ball is frozen in line with three other object balls. It pockets at least one of the three balls up table in the corner and shoots up table itself before drawing back around the rack and pocketing the hanging ball in the corner pocket. Pelinga showed off his smooth stroke as he hit the shot. Massey came up for the USA and also made it look rather pedestrian.

Trying to launch a last gasp effort, Pelinga went with this hit-your-hand-on-the-table draw shot. The cue ball is set up close to the object ball with barely enough room for the cigarettes standing up between them. The cue ball pockets that object ball up table then draws back for the ball hanging in the corner pocket. One of Pelinga's specialties, he wasn't going to miss. Massey had troubles with it though as Europe now found themselves only down by two.

Needing a point to stay in the match, Nikolaidis went with this lightning jump shot. The cue ball is shot three cushions around the table. In the meantime, five balls are jumped over the wooden block into the corner pocket before the cue ball gets there. While he showed off his speed, his accuracy failed him as he was unable to complete the shot, gifting the match and the first World Cup of Trick Shots title to the USA.