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Following lengthy preparations, the 2010 edition of the European Polo Championship finally kicked off on Friday, September 3rd at Polo Club Schloss Ebreichsdorf, in Austria, and will last until Sunday, September 12th.

On the opening day, Slovakia and England played the first match, with the latter-mentioned foursome easily winning 13-6. Then came the match between the home team, Austria, and Italy, which also was a comfortbale victory for the winners, Italy: 13-4½. Bringing the afternoon to an end, Germany defeated Holland 6-4.

The next matches will take place on Saturday 4th, with four event debutants in three of the matches: Spain vs. Italy, France vs. Germany, and Hungary vs. Switzerland. The day's other match will see England clash with Austria.


European Polo Championship

Results:

Friday, September 3rd
England 13 vs. Slovakia 6
Austria 4½ vs. Italy 13
Germany 6 vs. Holland 4


Dates of the Matches:

Saturday, September 4th
Italy vs. Spain
Germany vs. France
Austria vs. England
Hungary vs. Switzerland

Sunday, September 5th
Hungary vs. Holland
Slovakia vs. Italy
Spain vs. Austria
France vs. Switzerland

Wednesday, September 8th
Germany vs. Hungary
Austria vs. Slovakia
Switzerland vs. Holland
Spain vs. England

Thursday, September 9th
France vs. Holland
England vs. Italy
Germany vs. Switzerland
Slovakia vs. Spain

Friday, September 10th
France vs. Hungary

Saturday, September 11th
9th & 10th place decider
7th & 8th place decider
5th & 6th place decider

Sunday, September 12th
3rd & 4th place decider
Final


The Teams:

Group A

Austria:
Annabelle Winterhalder 2
Dieter Ehart 1
Gerhard Hermann 1
Benedict Kerres 1
Robert Kofler 1
Manfred Mautner Markhof 0
Konstantin Rhomberg 1
Walter Scherb 1

England:
Nina Clarkin 4
Emma Tomlinson 2
Tamara Vestey 2
Claire Brougham 0
Heloise Lorentzen 0
Lucy Taylor 1
Sarah Wiseman 1
Rosie Ross 2
Bobby Dundas 3
Tabba Woodd 0
Claire Milford-Haven 0

Italy:
Luca Evangelista D’Orazio 1
Goffredo Cutinelli Rendina 3
Julio Cesare Coria 4
Antonello Santucci 0
Santiago Buzzi 3
Martin Ezequiel De Pasquale 4
Stefania Annunciata 0
Alessandro Santucci 1
Oscar Carona 2
Alessandro Giachetti 1

Sloavakia:
Ivan Weiss 1
Peter Godanyi 0
Sebastian Tkacik 3
Vincent Sagart 0
J. R. Santamarina 4
Martin Magal 0

Spain:
Nicolás Álvarez 3
Pelayo Berazadi 3
Pascual Álvarez 2
Álvaro Álvarez 2
Jaime Serra 2
Santiago Stirling 2
Jorge Espinosa 1
José Entrecanales 1
Gonzalo Entrecanales 1
Yago Espinosa 1

Group B

France:
Jerome Anier 3
Robert Strom 3
Edward Pan 3
Alexis Pouille 2
Corentin Le Pape 2
Florent Garaud 2
Clement Toussaint 1
Adrien Le Gallo 1
Corentine Mahé 0
Thomas Chouchanian 0

Germany:
Christopher Kirch 4
Federico Heinemann 2
Eva Bruehl 1
Robert Lindner 0
Sven Schneider 3
Moritz Gaedeke 2
Marco Kiesel 2
Helge Holst 1
Heinrich Dumrath 1

Hungary:
Gabor Kesseru 2
Antal Almasy 1
Gyorgy Ivanics 1
Daniel Radics 1
Gábor Szegedi 0
Gyorgy Dvoracsek 1
Páter Kis 0
Péter Mészáros 1
Piros László 1
Gábor Rónai 0

Holland:
Mourice van Druten 2
Christian v/d Brink 2
Pacale Zantman 1
Aki van Andel 3
Martin Scherpenzeel 1
Edward Kroes 2
Pablo v/d Brink 3
Kevin Korst 1
Nicky Groos 3
Alexander Byleveldt 0

Switzerland:
S. Pictet 1
Simon Luginbuhl 2
Martin Luginbuhl 2
Guy Schwarzenbach 2
Y. Luginguhl 1
Thomas Wolfensberger 1
A. Drummond Moray 0
L. Gonzalez 1
D. Agosti 0
V. Aerni 0