Tomorrow, on Saturday, December 7th, the much-anticipated final of the 120th Argentine Open takes place in Palermo. In the final match of the most important tournament of the year La Dolfina Hope Funds is going to face Alegría Sancor Seguros.
Last weekend Alegría had surprisingly defeated favourite team Ellerstina by 19-15 und by this caused one of Polo’s biggest upsets in recent years. La Dolfina has already won this years Tortugas Open and the Hurlingham Open. In case they win the Argentine Open, too, they will be overall winners of the Argentine Triple Crown.
Sebastian Merlos will be playing for La Dolfina instead of the injured Juan Martin Nero. Juan Martin Nero broke his right thumb on Sunday and thus cannot participate in the deciding match. The match will be broadcasted live at 4.30 pm (local time in Buenos Aires) on www.polo.tv.
The world’s leading luxury Scotch whisky, Royal Salute, is celebrating its second year as sponsor of world polo’s most prestigious tournament. The power and passion of the game of polo, the skill of the players, integrity and honour are values which are also inherent to Royal Salute whisky, making it the perfect sponsorship blend.
To further mark the brand’s commitment to polo, Royal Salute is also launching a new blend to coincide with The Argentine Open. The Polo Batch Limited Edition whisky, which will be available worldwide form December 2013 is a 21 Year Old Whisky which has been specially developed by Royal Salute’s Master Blender Colin Scott.
Colin Scott, Master Blender for Royal Salute: „Creating this whisky has been a great honour. It has immeasurable depth with rich aromas and scents of apples, ripe plums and creamy toffee with a hint of spiciness and a long, luxurious finish. It’s an exquisite taste, for an exquisite sport – a like-minded union with shared values.“
The results:
Saturday, November 16th, 2013
| Ellerstina Piaget | : | Chapaleufú Lange | 23 | : | 14 |
| Alegría Sancor Seguros | : | La Aguada ICBC | 16 | : | 13 |
Sunday, November 17th, 2013
| La Dolfina Hope Funds | : | Magual | 15 | : | 9 |
| La Natividad Amarok | : | La Aguada Las Monjitas ICBC | 15 | : | 14 |
Saturday, November 23rd, 2013
| Alegría Sancor Seguros | : | Chapaleufú Lange | 19 | : | 16 |
| Ellerstina Piaget | : | La Aguada ICBC | 14 | : | 13 |
Sunday, November 24th, 2013
| La Natividad Amarok | : | Magual | 12 | : | 14 |
| La Dolfina Hope Funds | : | La Aguada Las Monjitas ICBC | 15 | : | 10 |
Saturday, November 30th, 2013
| La Aguada ICBC | : | Chapaleufú Lange | 19 | : | 17 |
| Ellerstina Piaget | : | Alegría Sancor Seguros | 15 | : | 19 |
Sunday, December 1st, 2013
| La Aguada Las Monjitas ICBC | : | Magual | 15 | : | 8 |
| La Dolfina Hope Funds | : | La Natividad Amarok | 20 | : | 13 |
Match schedule:
Sunday, December 7th, 2013 – final
| La Dolfina Hope Funds | : | Alegría Sancor Seguros |
The teams:
Zone A
Ellerstina Piaget (+39)
Facundo Pieres (+10)
Gonzalo Pieres (+10)
Mariano Aguerre (+10)
Nicolás Pieres (+9)
Alegría Sancor Seguros (+34)
Pablo Pieres (+8)
Hilario Ulloa (+9)
Lucas Monteverde (+9)
Frederick Mannix (+8)
La Aguada ICBC (+31)
Facundo Sola (+8)
Guillermo Terrera (+7)
Miguel Novillo Astrada (+9)
Ignatius Du Plessis (+7)
Chapaleufú Lange (+30)
Alberto Heguy (+7)
Francisco Elizalde (+7)
Bautista Heguy (+8)
Eduardo Heguy (+8)
Zone B
La Dolfina Hope Funds (+39)
Adolfo Cambiaso (+10)
David Stirling (+9)
Pablo Mac Donough (+10)
Sebastian Merlos (+9)
La Natividad Amarok (+35)
Guillermo Caset (+9)
Ignacio Heguy (+9)
Rodrigo Ribeiro de Andrade (+8)
Bartolomé Castagnola (+9)
La Aguada Las Monjitas ICBC (+33)
Lucas James (+8)
Cristián Laprida (+8)
Eduardo Novillo Astrada (+9)
Alejandro Novillo Astrada (+8)
Magual (+32)
Alejandro Muzzio (+8)
Ignacio Toccalino (+8)
Marcos Di Paola (+8)
Jaime García Huidobro (+8)
