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19. December 2019

Numbers and statistics of the Argentine Open history. By winning the title of the 2019 Argentine Open, La Dolfina won the final of the most important polo tournament in the world for the seventh successive time.

(Source: AAP, effective 19 December 2019)

Statistics Winning Teams of Argentine Open:

Team, Number of titles
Coronel Suárez 25
Hurlingham 14
La Dolfina 13
North Santa Fe 8
El Trébol 8
Venado Tuerto 7
La Espadaña 6
Indios Chapaleufú 6
Ellerstina 6
Indios Chapaleufú II 4
The Casuals 3
Las Rosas 3
Santa Inés 3
Santa Paula 3
Santa Ana 3
Las Petacas 2
Western Camps 2
Flores 1
La Victoria 1
San Carlos 1
Palomar 1
Coronel Suárez-Los Indios 1
La Rinconada 1
Meadow Brook 1
Tortugas 1
Los Indios 1
Los Pingüinos 1
Coronel Suárez II 1
La Aguada 1

Winners of the Argentine Open since 1893:

1893 (April in Hurlingham) – Hurlingham: Francisco J.Balfour, Frank Furber, J. C. Tetley, Hugo Scott Robson
1893 (October in Cañada de Gómez) – Hurlingham: Francisco J.Balfour, Frank Furber, J. C. Tetley, Hugo Scott Robson (Juan Ravenscroft)
1894 (April in Hurlingham) – The Casuals: E. Follet Holt, R. Mc Smyth, Percy Talbot, F.S. Robinson
1894 (October in Cañada de Gómez) – Flores: J. Bennett, F. J. Bennett, T. Scout Robson, Hugo Scott Robson
1895 (April in Hurlingham) – Las Petacas: José Martínez, Sixto Martínez, Frank E. Kinchant, Francisco Benítez
1895 (October in Cañada de Gómez) – The Casuals: E. Follet Holt, C. J. Tetley, R. Scott Moncrieff, Percy Talbot
1896 – Las Petacas: José Martínez, Sixto Martínez, Frank C. Kinchant, Francisco Benítez
1897 – Hurlingham: M. Finlayson, Frank Furber, E. Follet Holt, Hugo Scott Robson
1898 – The Casuals: Frank B. Hinchliff, Eduardo Traill, Roberto W.Traill, F.S. Robinson
1899 – Hurlingham: Francisco J. Balfour, F.J. Bennet, T. Scott Robson, Hugo Scott Robson
1900 – La Victoria: Magnus Fea, Frank E. Kinchant, J. Luard Bury, G. Hinchliff
1901 – San Carlos: Gastón Peers, Percy Talbot, J. Carrizo, Roque Fredes
1902 – Hurlingham: Francisco J. Balfour, E. C. Robson, T. Scott Robson, B. Bedford
1903 – Hurlingham: Francisco J. Balfour, G. E. P. Robson, T. Scott Robson, Hugo Scott Robson
1904 – North Santa Fe: José E. Traill, Eduardo Traill, Juan A. E. Traill, Roberto W. Traill
1905 – Hurlingham: E. C. Robson, T. Scott Robson, Hugo Scott Robson, B. Bedford
1906 – North Santa Fe: José E. TraiII, Juan A. E. Traill, Roberto W. Traill, José González
1907 – Western Camps: Juan A. Campbell, Ricardo Leared, H. Drysdale, Eduardo Lucero
1908 – North Santa Fe: José E.Traill, Eduardo Traill, Juan A. E. Traill, Roberto W. Traill
1909 – Western Camps: Juan A. Campbell, Ricardo Leared, H. Drysdale, Eduardo Lucero
1910 – Las Rosas: Carlos A. M. Watts, Roberto Guillermo Best, Juan A. E. Traill, Count E. de Galleani
1911 – North Santa Fe: Geoffrey C. Francis, L. A. Lynch Staunton, Roberto W. Traill, Juan A. E. Traill
1912 – North Santa Fe: Geoffrey C. Francis, L. A. Lynch Staunton, Roberto W. Traill, Juan A. E. Traill
1913 – North Santa Fe (+33): José E. Traill 9, L. A. Lynch Staunton 6, Roberto W. Traill 8, Juan A. E. Traill 10
1914 – (Not played due to World War I)
1915 – El Palomar (+26): Lindsay R. S. Holway 5, Samuel A. Casares 6, Carlos F. Lacey 5, Luis L. Lacey 10
1916 – North Santa Fe (+25): Juan B. Miles 3, David B. Miles 6, Carlos N. Land 6, Juan A. E. Traill 10
1917 – North Santa Fe (+28): Juan B. Miles 5, David B. Miles 7, Carlos N. Land 6, Juan A. E. Traill 10
1918 – Hurlingham (+25): Juan H. Roberts 4, C. Crawford Smith 5, Julio Negrón 6, Juan A. E. Traill 10
1919 – Las Rosas (+24): Guillermo Agar Benitz 5, Juan B. Miles 6, David B. Miles 7, Carlos N. Land 6
1920 – Hurlingham (+26): Arturo J. Kenny 5, Juan D. Nelson 6, Julio Negrón 6, Luis L. Lacey 9
1921 – Hurlingham (+26): Arturo J. Kenny 5, Juan D. Nelson 6, Julio Negrón 6, Luis L. Lacey 9
1922 – Santa Inés (+15): Daniel M. Kearney 3, Carlos N. Land 6, Guillermo Brooke Naylor 4, Juan Kearney 2
1923 – Las Rosas (+30): Juan B. Miles 7, José E. Traill 6, Juan A. E. Traill 9, David B. Miles 8
1924 – Santa Inés (+22): Daniel M. Kearney 5, Carlos N. Land 7, Guillermo Brooke Naylor 5, Juan Kearney 5
1925 – Hurlingham (+30): Arturo J. Kenny 6, Juan D. Nelson 8, Eustace Leonardo Lacey 6, Luis L. Lacey 10
1926 – Hurlingham (+18): MARTIN IRON: Francisco Ceballos 3, Ramón Videla Dorna 4, Justo J. Galarreta 4, Enrique E. Padilla 7
1927 – Hurlingham (+27): Arturo J. Kenny 6, Juan D. Nelson 8, Julio Negrón 4, Luis L. Lacey 9
1928 – Santa Inés (+21): Daniel Kearney 6, Guillermo Brooke Naylor 6, Kenneth Reynolds 3, Juan Kearney 6
1929 – Hurlingham (+31): Arturo J. Kenny 6, Juan D. Nelson 8, Enrique Padilla 7, Luis L. Lacey 10
1930 – Santa Paula (+27): Alfredo J. Harrington 5, Juan J. Reynal 6, José C. Reynal 8, Manuel Andrada 8
1931 – La Rinconada (+25): Audilio Bonadeo Ayrolo 4, Martín J. Reynal 5, José C. Reynal 8, Manuel Andrada 8
1932 – Meadow Brook (+30): Michael G. Phipps 7, Winston F.C. Guest 9, Elmer J. Boeseke Jr. 8, William H. Post 6
1933 – Santa Paula (+29): Juan J. Reynal 7, Martín J. Reynal 6, José C. Reynal 8, Manuel Andrada 8
1934 – Coronel Suárez (+20): Ricardo E. Garrós 4, Eduardo E. Garrós 4, Enrique J. Alberdi 7, Juan C. Alberdi 5
1935 – Tortugas (+25): Juan C. Alberdi 6, Mario Inchauspe 5, Enrique J. Alberdi 7, Manuel Andrada 7
1936 – Santa Paula (+27): Juan J. Reynal 6, Matías Casares 6, José C. Reynal 9, Ricardo S. Santamarina 6
1937 – Hurlingham (+26): Eduardo Rojas Lanusse 5, Juan D. Nelson 6, Roberto Cavanagh 8, Luis L. Lacey 7
1938 – Los Indios (+26): Audilio Bonadeo Ayrolo 4, Juan Rodríguez 6, Andrés Gazzotti 8, Manuel Andrada 8
1939 – El Trébol (+27): Luis J. Duggan 6, Heriberto Duggan 7, Enrique Duggan 5, Manuel Andrada 9
1940 – El Trébol (+25): Luis J. Duggan 6, Julio M. Menditeguy 6, Heriberto Duggan 7, Carlos E. Menditeguy 6
1941 – El Trébol (+29): Luis J. Duggan 7, Julio M. Menditeguy 7, Heriberto Duggan 8, Carlos E. Menditeguy 7
1942 – El Trébol (+33): Luis J. Duggan 8, Julio M. Menditeguy 8, Heriberto Duggan 9, Carlos M. Menditeguy 8
1943 – El Trébol (+36): Luis J. Duggan 9, Julio M. Menditeguy 9, Heriberto Duggan 9, Carlos M. Menditeguy 9
1944 – Venado Tuerto (+32): Juan L. Cavanagh 6, Roberto Cavanagh 7, Enrique J. Alberdi 10, Juan C. Alberdi 9
1945 – (Not played due to World War II)
1946 – Venado Tuerto (+36): Juan L. Cavanagh 8, Roberto Cavanagh 8, Enrique J. Alberdi 10, Juan C. Alberdi 10
1947 – Venado Tuerto (+34): Juan L. Cavanagh 8, Roberto Cavanagh 8, Enrique J. Alberdi 9, Juan C. Alberdi 9
1948 – Venado Tuerto (+36): Juan L. Cavanagh 9, Roberto Cavanagh 9, Enrique J. Alberdi 9, Juan C. Alberdi 9
1949 – Venado Tuerto (+34): Luis J. Duggan 7, Juan L. Cavanagh 9, Enrique J. Alberdi 9, Juan C. Alberdi 9
1950 – Venado Tuerto (+37): Juan L. Cavanagh 9, Roberto Cavanagh 9, Enrique J. Alberdi 9, Juan C. Alberdi 10
1951 – Los Pingüinos (+27): Luis J. Duggan 7, Iván M. Mihanovich 6, Gabriel Capdepont 7, Mariano Gutiérrez Achával 7
1952 – Coronel Suárez (+29): Ruben Fernández Sarraúa 5, Francisco Reyes Carrere 7, Enrique J. Alberdi 9, Juan Carlos Harriott 8
1953 – Coronel Suárez (+32): Ernesto J. Lalor 6, Francisco Reyes Carrere 8, Enrique J. Alberdi 9, Juan C. Alberdi 9
1954 – El Trébol (+34): Nicolas Ruíz Guiñazú 7, Charles Robertson Skene 10, Carlos E. Menditeguy 10, Eduardo A. Bullrich 7
1955 – Venado Tuerto (+38): Juan L. Cavanagh 9, Roberto Cavanagh 10, Enrique J. Alberdi 10, Juan C. Alberdi 9
1956 – El Trébol (+33): Eduardo A. Bullrich 7, Julio Menditeguy 7, Charles Robertson Skene 10, Carlos E. Menditeguy 9
1957 – Coronel Suárez (+29): Bertil Andino Grahn 6, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 7, Enrique J. Alberdi 9, Juan Carlos Harriott 7
1958 – Coronel Suárez (+27): Horacio A. Heguy 6, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 8, Antonio Heguy 5, Juan Carlos Harriott 8
1959 – Coronel Suárez (+31): Horacio A. Heguy 7, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 9, Luis A. Lalor 7, Juan Carlos Harriott 8
1960 – El Trébol (+29): Horacio Castilla 4, Teófilo V. Bordeu 7, Carlos de la Serna 8, Carlos E. Menditeguy 10
1961 – Coronel Suárez (+31): Horacio A. Heguy 8, Daniel González 6, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 9, Juan Carlos Harriott 8
1962 – Coronel Suárez (+32): Horacio A. Heguy 9, Daniel González 6, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 10, Juan Carlos Harriott 7
1963 – Coronel Suárez (+31): Alberto P. Heguy 6, Horacio A. Heguy 8, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 10, Juan Carlos Harriott 7
1964 – Coronel Suárez (+33): Alberto P. Heguy 7, Horacio A. Heguy 9, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 10, Juan Carlos Harriott 7
1965 – Coronel Suárez (+33): Alberto P. Heguy 7, Horacio A. Heguy 9, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 10, Daniel González 7
1966 – Coronel Suárez (+35): Alberto P. Heguy 8, Horacio A. Heguy 9, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 10, Daniel González 8
1967 – Coronel Suárez (+35): Alberto P. Heguy 9, Horacio A. Heguy 9, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 10, Alfredo Harriott 7
1968 – Coronel Suárez (+33): Alberto P. Heguy 8, Horacio A. Heguy 8, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 10, Alfredo Harriott 7
1969 – Coronel Suárez (+35): Alberto P. Heguy 8, Horacio A. Heguy 9, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 10, Alfredo Harriott 8
1970 – Coronel Suárez (+36): Alberto P. Heguy 8, Horacio A. Heguy 9, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 10, Alfredo Harriott 9
1971 – Santa Ana (+36): Teófilo V. Bordeu 7, Gastón Dorignac 10, Daniel González 9, Francisco Dorignac 10
1972 – Coronel Suárez (+38): Alberto P. Heguy 9, Horacio A. Heguy 10, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 10, Alfredo Harriott 9
1973 – Santa Ana (+37): Gastón R. Dorignac 10, Héctor Merlos 8, Daniel González 9, Francisco Dorignac 10
1974 – Coronel Suárez (+37): Alberto P. Heguy 9, Horacio A. Heguy 9, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 10, Alfredo Harriott 9
1975 – Coronel Suárez (+40): Alberto P. Heguy 10, Horacio A. Heguy 10, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 10, Alfredo Harriott 10
1976 – Coronel Suárez (+39): Alberto P. Heguy 10, Horacio A. Heguy 9, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 10, Alfredo Harriott 10
1977 – Coronel Suárez (+40): Alberto P. Heguy 10, Horacio A. Heguy 10, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 10, Alfredo Harriott 10
1978 – Coronel Suárez (+40): Alberto P. Heguy 10, Horacio A. Heguy 10, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 10, Alfredo Harriott 10
1979 – Coronel Suárez (+40): Alberto P. Heguy 10, Horacio A. Heguy 10, Juan Carlos Harriott (h) 10, Alfredo Harriott 10
1980 – Coronel Suárez (+33): Benjamín Araya 5, Alberto P. Heguy 10, Alfredo Harriott 10, Celestino Garrós 8
1981 – Coronel Suárez (+36): Benjamín Araya 7, Alberto P. Heguy 10, Alfredo Harriott 10, Celestino Garrós 9
1982 – Santa Ana (+36): Gastón R. Dorignac 9, Héctor Merlos 8, Guillermo Gracida (h) 10, Francisco E. Dorignac 9
1983 – Coronel Suárez II (+33): Benjamín Araya 9, Juan Badiola 8, Daniel González 8, Horacio Araya 8
1984 – La Espadaña (+34): Juan M. Zavaleta 8, Alfonso Pieres 9, Gonzalo Pieres 9, Ernesto Trotz (h) 8
1985 – La Espadaña (+37): Antonio Herrera 8, Alfonso Pieres 10, Gonzalo Pieres 10, Ernesto Trorz (h) 9
1986 – Indios Chapaleufú (+31): Marcos Heguy 7, Gonzalo Heguy 8, Horacio Heguy (h) 8, Alejandro Garrahan 8
1987 – La Espadaña (+39): Carlos Gracida 9, Alfonso Pieres 10, Gonzalo Pieres 10, Ernesto Trotz (h) 10
1988 – La Espadaña (+39): Carlos Gracida 9, Alfonso Pieres 10, Gonzalo Pieres 10, Ernesto Trotz (h) 10
1989 – La Espadaña (+40): Carlos Gracida 10, Alfonso Pieres 10, Gonzalo Pieres 10, Ernesto Trotz (h) 10
1990 – La Espadaña (+40): Carlos Gracida 10, Alfonso Pieres 10, Gonzalo Pieres 10, Ernesto Trotz (h) 10
1991 – Indios Chapaleufú (+37): Bautista Heguy 8, Gonzalo Heguy 10, Horacio Heguy (h) 10,Marcos Heguy 9
1992 – Indios Chapaleufú (+40): Bautista Heguy 10, Gonzalo Heguy 10, Horacio Heguy (h) 10, Marcos Heguy 10
1993 – Indios Chapaleufú (+40): Bautista Heguy 10, Gonzalo Heguy 10, Horacio Heguy (h) 10, Marcos Heguy 10
1994 – La Ellerstina (+37): Adolfo Cambiaso 9, Mariano Aguerre 8, Gonzalo Pieres 10, Carlos Gracida 10
1995 – Indios Chapaleufú (+40): Bautista Heguy 10, Gonzalo Heguy 10, Horacio Heguy (h) 10, Marcos Heguy 10
1996 – Indios Chapaleufú II (+37): Alberto Heguy (h) 9, Ignacio Heguy 9, Alejandro Díaz Alberdi 9, Eduardo Heguy 10
1997 – La Ellerstina (+37): Adolfo Cambiaso 10, Mariano Aguerre 9, Gonzalo Pieres 10, Bartolomé Castagnola 8
1998 – La Ellerstina (+38): Adolfo Cambiaso 10, Mariano Aguerre 9, Gonzalo Pieres 10, Bartolomé Castagnola 9
1999 – Indios Chapaleufú II (+37): Alberto Heguy (h) 9, Ignacio Heguy 10, Milo Fernández Araujo 8, Eduardo Heguy 10
2000 – Indios Chapaleufú II (+38): Alberto Heguy (h) 9, Ignacio Heguy 10, Milo Fernández Araujo 9, Eduardo Heguy 10
2001 – Indios Chapaleufú (+38): Bautista Heguy 10, Mariano Aguerre 10, Marcos Heguy 10, Horacio Heguy (h) 8
2002 – La Dolfina (+38): Adolfo Cambiaso 10, Sebastián Merlos 9, Juan I. Merlos 10, Bartolomé Castagnola 9
2003 – La Aguada (+34): Javier Novillo Astrada 9, Eduardo Novillo Astrada (h) 9, Miguel Novillo Astrada 9, Ignacio Novillo Astrada 7
2004 – Indios Chapaleufú II (+37): Alberto Heguy (h) 9, Ignacio Heguy 10, Milo Fernández Araujo 9, Eduardo Heguy 9
2005 – La Dolfina (+36): Adolfo Cambiaso 10, Lucas Monteverde (h) 8, Mariano Aguerre 9, Bartolomé Castagnola 9
2006 – La Dolfina (+39): Adolfo Cambiaso 10, Lucas Monteverde (h) 9, Mariano Aguerre 10, Bartolomé Castagnola 10
2007 – La Dolfina (+39): Adolfo Cambiaso 10, Lucas Monteverde (h) 9, Mariano Aguerre 10, Bartolomé Castagnola 10
2008 – La Ellerstina (+39): Facundo Pieres 10, Gonzalo Pieres 10, Pablo Mac Donough 10, Juan Martín Nero 9
2009 – La Dolfina (+40): Adolfo Cambiaso 10, Lucas Monteverde (h) 10, Mariano Aguerre 10, Bartolomé Castagnola 10
2010 – La Ellerstina (+40): Facundo Pieres 10, Gonzalo Pieres 10, Pablo Mac Donough 10, Juan Martín Nero 10
2011 – La Dolfina (+39): Adolfo Cambiaso 10, David Stirling Jr 9, Pablo Mac Donough 10, Juan Martín Nero 10
2012 – La Ellerstina (+38): Facundo Pieres 10, Gonzalo Pieres (h) 10, Mariano Aguerre 9, Nicolás Pieres 9
2013 – La Dolfina (+39): Adolfo Cambiaso 10, David Stirling Jr 9, Pablo Mac Donough 10, Juan Martín Nero 10
2014 – La Dolfina (+40): Adolfo Cambiaso 10, David Stirling Jr 10, Pablo Mac Donough 10, Juan Martín Nero 10
2015 – La Dolfina (+40): Adolfo Cambiaso 10, David Stirling Jr 10, Pablo Mac Donough 10, Juan Martín Nero 10
2016 – La Dolfina (+40): Adolfo Cambiaso 10, David Stirling Jr 10, Pablo Mac Donough 10, Juan Martín Nero 10
2017 – La Dolfina (+40): Adolfo Cambiaso 10, David Stirling Jr 10, Pablo Mac Donough 10, Juan Martín Nero 10
2018 – La Dolfina (+40): Adolfo Cambiaso 10, David Stirling Jr 10, Pablo Mac Donough 10, Juan Martín Nero 10
2019 – La Dolfina (+40): Adolfo Cambiaso 10, David Stirling Jr 10, Pablo Mac Donough 10, Juan Martín Nero 10, substitute:Rodrigo Ribeiro de Andrade 8
2020 – La Dolfina (+40): Adolfo Cambiaso 10, David Stirling 10, Pablo Mac Donough 10, Juan M Nero 10

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La Dolfina Sancor Seguros unbeatable

19. December 2019

Team La Dolfina Sancor Seguros remains undefeated this year as well. With the victory over Ellerstina Johor, La Dolfina has continued its winning streak at the 126th HSBC Argentine Open and has been at the top of the podium for seven consecutive years.

After 32 undefeated matches, La Dolfina Sancor Seguros have also taken the lead in Saturday’s 126th Argentine Open final with a clear 16-12 against Ellerstina, winning the world’s most important polo tournament for the seventh year running, with ten teams with team handicaps between 28 and 40 goals and the most important players from Argentina, South Africa and Uruguay.

In a highly competitive match, Team La Dolfina, who had already won the Hurlingham Open, defeated Ellerstina Johor (winner of the Tortugas Open).

The outstanding performances of Adolfo Cambiaso, who scored 6 goals, and Pablo MacDonough, who scored another 5, earned La Dolfina the trophy, although her team-mate Juan M. Nero had to leave his place to Rodrigo Ribeiro de Andrade after a fall in the seventh Chukker.

Ellerstina could do little to withstand the attacks of La Dolfina. Facundo Pieres, scorer of 8 goals in the final, also failed to turn three penalties into goals.

In this way, La Dolfina’s Cañuelas won their 13th title in 19 appearances at the Palermo Open since the team’s inception in 2000. For Ellerstina it was the twelfth final in fifteen years. Since 2005, the team has only missed the final in 2006, 2013 and 2018 and won the Argentine Open three times in total.

Looking at the individual players, the balance is as follows: the four La Dolfina players have won a total of 44 Argentine Open titles to date – 16 Cambiaso, 10 Mac Donough and Nero, 8 Stirling. On Ellerstina’s side, Gonzalo and Facundo Pieres each won 3 titles, while his brother Nicolas won 1. “Polito” Pieres is the only one of the 8 finalists who has not yet made it onto the trophy.

After a speech by Eduardo Novillo Astrada, President of the AAP, the award ceremony began. Carlos Menéndez Behety, Rafael Cúneo Libarona, Federico Virasoro, Juan Lastra, Gonzalo Delger and Guilllermo Mones Ruiz, Global Markets Director at HSBC, as well as Martín Pérez Ibañez and Bob Jornayvaz presented the awards.

After Maxi Funes, Relations Manager of AAP, was awarded for 25 years of AAP work, Pablo Mac Donough received the Gonzalo Heguy Trophy from Jesús Heguy as the best player of the final. The Javier Novillo Astrada Trophy was presented to the tournament’s record scorer, Adolfo Cambiaso, who scored a total of 39 goals at the 126th Palermo Open.

In the final of the 3rd Abierto Argentino de Polo Femenino Team Overo Z7 UAE defeated the opponents of La Dolfina Brava and won the Women’s Open presented by La Roche Posay. Team Overo Z7 UAE with Clara Cassino (7), Millie Hine (4), Hazel Jackson-Gaona (10) and Lía Salvo (9) defeated the defending champions La Dolfina Brava with 10 to 5 and won the coveted title for the first time since the founding of Abierto Femenino in 2017. Led by Lía Salvo, who became the tournament’s best player and scorer for the third year running, El Overo Z7 UAE scored the victory they had hoped for.

Current Ranking of the 126. HSBC Argentine Open

1)      La Dolfina                  900 (5 PJ) (5 PG) (0 PP)
2)      Ellerstina                    750 (5 PJ) (4 PG) (1 PP)
3) La Dolfina PR 450 (4 PJ) (3 PG) (1 PP)
4)      Las Monjitas              450 (4 PJ) (3 PG) (1 PP)
5)      La Natividad              300 (4 PJ) (2 PG) (2 PP)
6)      La Albertina 150 (4 PJ) (1 PG) (3 PP)
7)      La Aguada 150 (4 PJ) (1 PG) (3 PP)
8)      La Ensenada 150 (4 PJ) (1 PG) (3 PP)
9)      La Irenita 150 (4 PJ) (1 PG) (3 PP)
10)   Cría Yatay 0 (4 PJ) (0 PG) (4PP)

Photos: Nacho Corbalán

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126. HSBC Argentine Open

9. December 2019

La Dolfina has qualified for the final of the 126th HSBC Argentine Open in the 100th game with the current team line-up in the Triple Crown on Saturday, December 14th. Yesterday, Ellerstina Johor was the second finalist in the coveted final round at the world-famous Campo Argentino de Polo field 1 in Palermo after winning against Las Monjitas.

The Campo Argentino de Polo, the “cathedral” of international polo, hosted the twelfth matchday of the 126th HSBC Argentine Polo Open yesterday. The two teams, who will compete against each other again in the final on 14 December, have been determined. The Argentine Polo Open is the world’s most important polo tournament. 10 teams with a team handicap of 28 to 40 goals take part in the competition. Polo fans from all over the world take part in the games every year.

In a fiercely contested match Ellerstina Johor yesterday returned the favour with 11 – 10 goals to last year’s winner of her own group, Las Monjitas, and thus secured her place in this year’s Volkswagen Cup finale. For Ellerstina Johor it is the 12th final of the Argentine Open in the last fifteen years (since 2005 the team only missed the final in 2006, 2013 and 2018). As in the previous 11 final entries (3 victories and 8 defeats), their opponent in 2019 will again be La Dolfina Sancor Seguros. The eagerly awaited final against the tournament’s six-time defending champion, La Dolfina Sancor Seguros, will take place next Saturday, 14 December.

La Dolfina Sancor Seguros had already secured his place in the final on Saturday, 7 December, with a superior 15 – 6 win against La Dolfina Polo Ranch. Besides the place in the final, the team of La Dolfina Sancor Seguros, which played all 31 games in Palermo so far unbeaten, won the Imperial Cup, which was presented by Diego Gonzalez Puig, Brand Manager of the Imperial Brewery. La Dolfina is now preparing to play the 19th final since the team was founded in 2000 (12 victories and 6 defeats at the Argentine Open so far).

TEAMS:

Ellerstina Johor (+39)
Facundo Pieres (+10)
Gonzalo Pieres (+9)
Pablo Pieres (+10)
Nicolás Pieres (+10)

La Dolfina Sancor Seguros (+40)
Adolfo Cambiaso (+10)
David Stirling (+10)
Pablo Mac Donough (+10)
Juan M. Nero (+10)

Current Ranking of the 126. HSBC Argentine Open

1)      La Dolfina                  750 (4 PJ) (70 GF)
2)      Ellerstina                    750 (4 PJ) (53 GF)
3)      LD Polo Ranch          450 (4 PJ) (55 GF)
4)      Las Monjitas              450 (4 PJ) (54 GF)
5)      La Natividad              300 (4 PJ) (44 GF)
6)      La Albertina               150 (4 PJ) (44 GF)
7)      La Aguada 150 (4 PJ) (43 GF)
8)      La Ensenada              150 (4 PJ) (39 GF)
9)      La Irenita 150 (4 PJ) (36 GF)
10)   Cría Yatay 0 (4 PJ) (42 GF)