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Thu 9th Apr 2015

Dubai Cup Final scheduled tomorrow

New 8-10 goal tournament extends Dubai season

The Dubai Cup, the latest tournament brainchild from Mohammed Al Habtoor, the founder of The Dubai Polo Gold Cup Series, will conclude tomorrow with UAE versus Bin Drai polo team.

Hosted by Dubai Polo & Equestrian Club and announced earlier this week, the inaugural 8-10 goal tournament has extended the Dubai polo season. The week-long event started with wins for Mahra – featuring English professional, Nacho Gonzalez – and Bin Drai, with the latter following up with a second win in a row when they faced UAE the next day. Yesterday’s games saw victory finally come to Sheikha Maitha’s UAE when they defeated Mahra 7-5, after the losing team suffered a set-back in the first chukka as player Mario Gomez was replaced by Daniel Gariador. In the second game of the day, Habtoor Polo defeated Dr. A 8-4 ½.

Bin Drai secured their place in the Final having won both of their games whilst the remaining Finalist position had to be decided via a penalty shoot-out between UAE, Mahra, Dr. A and Habtoor Polo – with UAE coming out on top. They will join Bin Drai on the pitch tomorrow, Friday 10 April at 4.30pm [Dubai time] to decide the victors of the first event Dubai Cup. The other three teams will battle it out for third place in a round-robin style tournament.

Mahra Polo  

Raja Abuljebain

Khalaf Al Habtoor

Mario Gomez Duran

Nacho Gonzalez

 

UAE Polo      

Amr Zedan

HH Sheikha Maitha Bint Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Facundo F. Llorente

Nacho Acuna

 

Bin Drai Polo          

Saeed Bin Drai

Mohammed Bin Drai

Nicolas Petracchi

Raul Laplacette

Habtoor Polo          

Mohammed Al Habtoor

Marco Panelo

Santiago Gomez Romero

Justo Cuitino

DR. A 

Dr. Abdul Rahman

Maxi Malacalza

Marco Focaccia

Ariel Ponzi

 

Photograph: Habtoor Polo playing Dr. A. By Gonzalo Etcheverry

 


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