Amadeus Polo Club and Polo Club Saint-Tropez will dispute the 2023 POLO RIDER CUP Final on Saturday 24 June.
In a thrilling first semi-final, Argentina’s Amadeus Polo Club beat Aquedotto Romano Polo Club 12 goals to 9 ½, securing a place in the final.
Aquedotto Romano got off to a perfect start thanks to the outstanding performance of Gaston Maiquez, and the Italian team more or less controlled the game until about halfway through the third chukker.
Then Amadeus Polo Club really started turning on the heat, and in the latter part of the fourth chukker, Amadeus took the lead for the first time, with Santiago C. Marambio scoring three goals in a row, leading his team to a convincing win in the very last minutes, 12 goals to 9 ½.
The second spot for the final is for Polo Club Saint-Tropez, the host team, after defeating Evviva Polo Club St. Moritz by 14 ½ – 11 goals, the runner-up from the 2022 edition.
The French team, with Niky Sen and Chavanne‘s family, had the mission to get through from the very start, and they dominated the game with grace, composure and concentration from the very first ball that was thrown in.
Evviva Polo Club St. Moritz came up closer in the second chukker, but then Polo Club Saint-Tropez started running away with it, keeping up the pressure and finally winning the game to join the finals of the POLO RIDER CUP.
Earlier in the morning, the CHALLENGE CUP semi-finals were played, with Araucaria Polo Club and Golden Greens Polo Club emerging victorious.
Arucaria Polo Club beat Coronel Suarez Polo Club by 13-12 goals in the first match. The Argentinian team led by the Swiss brothers Luca and Fabio Meier played very well, and the team ramped up throughout the game because Coronel Suárez was in the lead most of the time.
At the end of the fifth and last chukker, the result was even, 12-12, and Luca Meier scored the winning goal that sent the Argentinian team to the final.
In the second semi-final, Golden Greens Polo Club beat Polo Club Schockemöhle 7-5 with a very solid game that secured them the last spot in the finals.
Golden Greens Polo Club found their rhythm in the game a lot quicker, keeping the pressure very much up, and even though Polo Club Schockemöhle came back stronger towards the end, Golden Greens Polo Club capitalised on their strong defence, and the Indian team are through into the CHALLENGE CUP finals.
POLO RIDER CUP – DAY 5
SEMI-FINALS CHALLENGE CUP
ARAUCARIA POLO CLUB 13 – 12 CORONEL SUÁREZ POLO CLUB
Score progression: 3-4 / 4-7 / 7-8 / 10-11 / 13-12.
Araucaria Polo Club: Luca Meier 1 (1 goal), Fabian Bolanteiro 4 (1 goal), Salvador Jauretche 5 (9 goals), Fabio Meier 2 (2 goals). Total HC: 12.
Coronel Suarez Polo Club: Gleb Fetisov 0 ( 1 goal), Misha Rodzianko 2 (1 goal), Ignacio Badiola 5 ( 7 goals), Gaston Beguerie 5 (3 goals). Total HC: 12.
Umpires: Hugo Iturraspe & Martin Haurie.
POLO CLUB SCHOCKMÖHLE – GOLDEN GREENS POLO CLUB
Score progression: 1-2 / 2-4 / 3-5 / 3-6 / 5-7.
Polo Club Schockemöhle: Vanessa Schockemöhle 0 (1 goal), Giordano Magini 2 (2 goals), Matias Nigoul 4 (1 goal), Tomas Pieres 6 (1 goal). Total HC: 12.
Golden Greens Polo Club: James Peter Holoweslco 0 (1 goal), Matias Nigoul Jr 1, Marcos Harriot 5 (4 goals), Manuel F. Llorente 6 (2 goals). Total HC: 12.
Umpires: Juan José Diaz Alberdi & Nicolás Scortichini.
SEMI-FINALS POLO RIDER CUP
AQUEDOTTO ROMANO POLO CLUB 9 ½ – 12 AMADEUS POLO CLUB
Score progression: 3½ – 2 / 4 ½ – 4 / 6 ½ – 6 / 7 ½ – 10 / 9 ½ -12.
Aquedotto Romano Polo Club: Andreas Bihrer 0, Sebastián Sorbac 2, Ramiro Zavaleta 4, Gastón Maiquez 6 (9 goals). Total HC: 12.
Amadeus Polo Club: Robert Kofler 0, Hilario Ruiz Guiñazú 3, Bartolomé Bayugar 4 (4 goals), Santiago C. Marambio 6 (8 goals). Total HC: 13.
Umpires: Hugo Iturraspe & Nicolás Scortichini.
EVVIVA POLO CLUB ST. MORITZ 11 – 14 ½ POLO CLUB SAINT-TROPEZ
Score progression: 3-3 ½ / 5-6 ½ / 6-10 ½ / 9-12 ½ / 11-14 ½.
Evviva Polo Club St. Moritz: Valentín Farinati 1 (1 goal), Ignacio Kennedy 5 (3 goals), Martin Aguerre H. 7 (7 goals), Thomas Rinderknecht 0. Total HC: 13.
Polo Club Saint-Tropez: Nicky Sen 0 (1 goal), Pedro Chavanne 1 (6 goals), Lorenzo Chavanne 4 (4 goals), Santiago Chavanne 7 (3 goals). Total HC: 12.
Umpires: Hugo Iturraspe & Nicolás Scortichini.
The POLO RIDER CUP continues on Friday, June 23
SHAUGAN CUP
16:00 Grand Champions Polo Club vs Polo Club Mühlen.
18:00 Roma Polo Club vs. El Rincón Polo José Ignacio.
