The much anticipated Open de España kicked off on Thursday, June 16, at Ayala Polo Club, in Sotogrande. The tournament sees fourteen teams compete. Teams are split into two levels: 14-goal and 18-goal. Games are underway at both Ayala and Los Pinos.
Open de España finals are set to be played on Sunday, June 26.
Open de España – Day 1:
Real Club de Pineda 9-7.5 East Polo
La Maroma 6-5 Hanuman
El Cañal 5-4 Los Schatzies
Dusseldorf 9-7 Shiftbio
OPEN DE ESPAÑA – TEAMS (12-14):
AYALA: Gabriel Aguirre 0, Gregorio Gelosi 5, Benjamín Panelo 6, Maximiliano Malacalza 3.
DOS LUNAS: Alicia Gariador 0, Luis Domecq 3, Pascual Sáinz de Vicuña 6, Martín Iturraspe 5.
KOREA POLO CLUB: David Ko 0, Tomás Díaz 3, Benjamín Araya 5, Miguel Díaz 5.
REAL CLUB DE PINEDA: Álvaro Álvarez 1, Pedro Beca 2, Patricio Neves 5, Tomás Rueda 4.
OPEN DE ESPAÑA – TEAMS (6-8):
ALMASANTA / HOT CONEJOS: Lucien de Cloedt 0, Joaquín Castellvi 0, Bautista Riglos 5, Manuel López 2.
DUSSELDORF: Dirk Baumgaertner 0, Kaveh Atrak 0, Mario Gómez 3, Gerardo Mazzini 5.
EAST POLO: Sina Albrecht -1, Andreas Kelnberger -1, Juan Pedro Girou 3, Patricio Neves 5.
EL CAÑAL: Pedro Espona/Jose Espona 0, Alfonso Figar 1, Juan Torroba 2, Patricio Cieza 5.
HANUMAN: Chonnarlite Thomongkhon -1, Saserach Thomongkhon -1, Nicolás Pieroni 4, Darío Musso 5.
LA MAROMA: Fernando Baldocchi 0, Alicia Gariador 0, Celestino Rivera 3, Alejandro Traverso 5.
LOS SCHATZIES: Jella Herzer 0, Maximiliano Ladino 0, Martín Iturraspe 5, Ignacio Garrahan 3.
REAL CLUB DE PINEDA: Walter Garbuglia 1, Pedro Beca 2, Diogo Gallego 2, Daniel Gariador 3.
RHONE HILL: Jemima Heffron -1, Patrick Heffron 0, Segundo Fernández Llorente 4, Gonzalo López Vargas 4.
SHIFTBIO: Jerry Kwak 0, Camila Aprile 0, Tomás Díaz 3, Miguel Díaz 5.
The Open de España resumes on Friday:
5pm, Ayala ground 3: Korea Polo vs Real Club de Pineda
7pm, Ayala ground 2: Dos Lunas vs John Smith/Ayala
OPEN DE ESPAÑA (12-14 goal): Fixture & Teams