118th Argentine Polo Open Championship

Rodrigo Ribeiro de Andrade y Adolfo Cambiaso

Palermo is ready to greet the world's best polo !

At the Polo’s cathedral, a stadium located in Palermo's neighborhood in the City of Buenos Aires, polo players show their talent and skills.

On Saturday November 19, La Dolfina and Chapa Uno will be in charge to play the opening match of the 118th. Argentine Polo Open Championship, in Palermo, the world's most awaited polo competition. The day's second match will have La Aguada and Pilará playing on field #1.

There are over 3,000 Argentine polo players but every few of them are internationally famous and they belong to the most traditional families, such as Bautista, Horacio, Alberto and Eduardo Heguy; Juan Carlos Harriot, Alfredo Harriot, Adolfo Cambiasso, Enrique Alberdi, Juan A. Traill, Mariano Aguerre, Javier Novillo Astrada .

As usual, the Argentine Open in Palermo will showcase the world's best eight teams, up to 39 goals, broken down into two leagues. The final is due on Saturday December 10th.

Here is the fixture announced for the Argentine Open

Zone "A"

LA DOLFINA DUBAI:
Adolfo Cambiaso (h) 10, David Stirling (h) 9, Pablo Mac Donough 10 y Juan Martín Nero 10. Total 39.

LA AGUADA BMW:
Javier Novillo Astrada 9, Eduardo Novillo Astrada (h) 9, Miguel Novillo Astrada 9 e Ignacio Novillo Astrada 9. Total 36.

PILARÁ PIAGET:
Hilario Ulloa 9, Cristian Laprida (h) 8, Bautista Heguy 8 y Luke Tomlinson 8. Total 33.

CHAPA UNO HOPE FUNDS:
Pablo Pieres 8, Guillermo Caset (h) 8, Rodrigo Ribeiro de Andrade 8 y Jaime García Huidobro 8. Total 32.

Zone "B"
ELLERSTINA ETIQUETA NEGRA:
Facundo Pieres 10, Nicolás Pieres 8, Gonzalo Pieres (h) 10 e Ignacio Heguy 9. Total 37

ESTANCIA GRANDE SANCOR SEGUROS:
Agustín Merlos 9, Lucas Monteverde (h) 9, Sebastián Merlos 9 y Bartolomé Castagnola 9. Total 36.

INDIOS CHAPALEUFÚ II CARDÓN:
Alberto Heguy (h) 8, Alejandro Novillo Astrada 8, Julio Arellano 9 y Eduardo Heguy 8. Total 33.

ALEGRÍA CROWNE PLAZA:
Frederick Mannix (h) 7, Francisco Bensadón 8, Mariano Aguerre 9 y Francisco de Narváez (h) 8. Total 32.

Location: Campo Argentino de Polo, Avenida del Libertador y Dorrego, Palermo.
Website: http://www.aapolo.com/

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