Fri 8th Sep 2023World Polo Tour Rankings Who’s up and who’s down?
The World Polo Tour, the international ranking of polo, has updated its professional and amateur rankings as the European season winds down (except for The French Open) and the start of the Argentine season is on the horizon.
In the professional rankings Facundo Pieres remains at the top spot, with Barto Castagnola the new number two following his 2023 win in The Cowdray Gold Cup for The British Open with UAE, as well as his Sotogrande Gold Cup win with Dubai; his UAE team mate Lukin Monteverde has jumped from 16th to 11th place and his Sotogrande team mate Rufino Laulhé has moved from 155th to 69th place at the age of just 13-years-old.
Poroto Cambiaso is in third place, Hilario Ulloa retains his fourth place, while Adolfo Cambiaso has dropped from third to fifth place. Fran Elizalde joins the top 10 for the first time in his career.
Meanwhile in the amateur rankings, Rashid Albwardy, winner of The Electrolit Gold Cup in Sotogrande, moved up from fifth place to third and MB Polo’s Prince Mateen Bolkiah, runner up in The Electrolit Gold Cup has jumped from 259th to 37th.
The World Polo Tour Professional Top 10 Rankings:
1) Facundo Pieres
2) Bartolomé Castagnola Jr.
3) Poroto Cambiaso
4) Hilario Ulloa
5) Adolfo Cambiaso
6) Camilo Castagnola
7) Polito Pieres
8) Juan Britos
9) Juan Martín Nero
10) Francisco Elizalde
The World Polo Tour Amateur Top 5 Rankings:
1) Andrey Borodin
2) David Paradice
3) Rashid Albwardy
4) Curtis Pilot
5) Sheikha Maitha Al Maktoum
The World Polo Tour Ladies Top 5 Rankings:
1) Hazel Jackson
2) Nina Clarkin
3) Lía Salvo
4) Catalina Lavinia
5) Mia Cambiaso
Photograph: Barto Castagnola is the new World Polo Tour number 2. By Mark Beaumont
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