Thu 9th Apr 2015Dubai 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 | | Other top stories Tue 26th Mar 2024 The U.S. Open Polo Championship Fixture & Teams Tournament begins on Wednesday 27 March
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