FIP XI Polo World Championship

The countdown is up: Sydney is ready to welcome the international polo community

After a year and some more of careful preparation to deliver the best FIP World Polo Championship up to date, everything is set at the Sydney Polo Club to give both the spectators and players the experience of a lifetime.

The XI FIP WORLD POLO CHAMPIONSHIP SYDNEY 2017 schedule has been planned with the aim to cater all tastes: besides world-class high-speed polo, there are evening events full of joyful live acts after every game day; combined with several equestrian disciplines such as rodeo, showjumping and even jousting (click for the schedule)

The teams have now been confirmed, and some of the biggest names in polo, who have starred on the most relevant tournaments around the world such as the Torneo de Verano in Sotogrande, Deauville Gold Cup, St. Tropez summer season and many more, have already landed in the Australian cosmopolitan city to experience a polo feast like no other. 

The teams have presented their shirts on Wednesday 18th at the Sydney Polo Club, and now it’s time to get some rest before the inaugural game day on Saturday 21st, that will be accompanied by Jousting, an art exhibition, vaulting, an opening ceremony, and finally closing off with live entertainment by Damage. 

Peter Higgins (CEO WPC Sydney) and Nicholas Colquhoun-Denvers (FIP President)

Argentina, led by Diego “Topo” Braun and the United States will kick off the World Cup, in a game full of excitement. Both teams are well prepared and have been planning their strategies for long. The second match of the day will possibly be the most awaited and crowded of the day, the local team featuring polo stars Alec White and Jack Archibald among others, will face Spain, who counts with remarkable figures such as Pelayo Berazadi, Benjamin Araya and José Trenor in a thrilling dispute. 

 

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THE TEAMS

Argentina

Tomás María Panelo

Héctor Guerrero

Ignacio Javier Bello

Lucio Fernández Ocampo

Valentín Novillo Astrada

Iván Maldonado

Diego Braun
 

Australia

Jack Archibald

Alex Barnet

Jake Daniels

Jake Daniels

George Hill

Jack Kiely

James Lester

Daniel O’Leary

Alec White

 

Chile

José Zegers

Martin Arrau

Andres Vial Perez

Jose Miguel

Pereira Riesco

María Silva Castelblanco

Ignacio Vial Mazieres

Antonio Eguiguren

Jose Thomas von Unger Orchard

 

England

Adolfo Casabal

Edward Banner-Eve

Henry Porter

Josh Cork

Peter Webb

Satnam Singh Dhillon

 

India

Angad Kalaan

HH Sawai Padmanabh Singh

Col Ravi Rathore

Dhruv Pal Godara

Pranav Kapur

Siddhant Sharma

Uday Kalaan

 

Spain

Antonio Ayesa Guix

Benjamín Araya

Jaime Serra Diez

José Marío Trénor Lowestein

Luis Benjumea Llorente

Mario Gomez

Pelayo Berazadi Rózpide

 

USA

Bob Puetz

Daniel Galindo

Felipe Viana

Jesse Bray

Jimmy Wright

Matías Gonzalez

 

New Zealand

Cody Forsyth

Glen Sherriff

Guy Higginson

Henry Jones

Jonny Jones

Kit Brooks

Mark Duncan

Richard Hunt

Adam Haworth

Nick Keyte

Sam Martin