In Zone A, La Zeta Kazak got its ticket to Palermo after defeating La Matera 12-9; while in the next match of the group, La Esquina beat La Ensenada by 17 to 10.
On the other hand, in group B, in the first round La Irenita Clinova won by 15 to 12 La Irenita II and then, La Dolfina beat La Aguada a by 14 to 13 but it was not enough, because to qualify they should have won by at least three goals. In this way, as leader of group B, the Open Door team managed to enter the select group of the 10 that will play the Argentine Open.
In this way, La Aguada will play in Zone A and La Zeta Kazak in Zone B of the 131st HSBC Argentine Polo Open.
To see the final standings of the tournament, click HERE
Teams and progressions:
Zone A
The Zeta Kazak: Beltrán Laulhé 6, Lorenzo Chavanne 6 (8 goals, four penalties), Nicolás Pieres 8 (2, one penalty) and Matías Torres Zavaleta 8 (2). Total: 28.
La Matera: Guillermo Terrera (h) 8 (Received a yellow card in the sixth chukker), Valerio Zubiarre (h) 7 (2), Santos Merlos 7 (6, four penalty and one corner) and Jared Zenni 7 (1 penalty). Total: 29.
La Zeta Kazak: 1-0, 4-2, 5-4, 6-6, 6-6, 9-8 and 12-9.
Judges: Gastón Lucero and Gonzalo López Vargas. Arbitrator: Martín Aguerre.
The Corner: Pascual Sáinz de Vicuña 6 (3), Cristian Laprida (h) 8 (1), Lucas James 7 (1) and Ignacio Laprida 8 (12, six penalties). Total: 29.
La Ensenada: Segundo Bocchino 7 (1), Santiago Loza 7 (1), Santiago Cernadas 7 (2) and Tomas Beresford 7 (7, three penalty and one penalty 1). Total: 28.
La Esquina: 2-2, 3-2, 5-3, 7-7, 11-8, 15-9 and 17-10.
Judges: Gonzalo López Vargas and José I. Araya. Arbitrator: Matías Baibiene.
Zone B
The Little Irenita Clinova: Facundo Fernández Llorente 8 (4), Tomás Fernández Llorente (h) 8 (3), Matías Mac Donough (h) 7 (8) and Alfredo Cappella Barabucci 8. Total: 31.
The Little Irenita II: Federico Panzillo 7 (3) (Yellow card in the fourth chukker), Juan Jauretche 7 (2) (Yellow card in the fourth chukker), Martín Podestá (h) 8 (6) (Yellow card in the fifth chukker) and Jacinto Crotto 8 (1) (Yellow card in the fourth chukker). Total: 30.
La Irenita Clinova: 1-2, 3-3, 6-5, 12-6, 14-8, 14-10 and 15-12.
Judges: Matías Baibiene and Guillermo Villanueva (Jr.). Arbitrator: José I. Araya.
La Dolfina: Lucas Criado (h) 7 (11, six penalties), Gonzalo Ferrari 7, Mariano González (h) 7 (2) and Isidro Strada 7 (1 penalty). Total: 28.
La Aguada: Facundo Llosa 7 (5, two penalties), Pedro Zacharias 8 (4, three penalties), Felipe Vercellino 7 (2) and Pedro Falabella (h) 7 (2). Total: 29.
La Aguada: 2-1, 3-1, 6-4, 9-4, 10-6, 11-10 and 14-13.
Judges: Martín Aguerre and Martín Pascual. Arbitrator: Gastón Lucero.