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There were high scores during the second round of qualifying matches corresponding to the European Polo Championship on Saturday, September 4th.

To start the afternoon off at Polo Club Schloss Ebreichsdorf, in Austria, the event debuting Spanish team defeated Italy 9-6.

The following three matches showed much more dominance from the winning teams: France outscored Germany 14-5½, England defeated Austria on an even larger scale, 14-2½, while Switzerland’s winning margin over Hungary was even higher: 14-2. This means that the English team is the only one with two wins so far.

Sunday, September 5th will see the following matches go ahead: Hungary vs. Holland, Slovakia vs. Italy, Spain vs. Austria, and France vs. Switzerland.



European Polo Championship

Results:

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

Saturday, September 4th
Italy 6 vs. Spain 9
Germany 5½ vs. France 14
Austria 2½ vs. England 14
Hungary 2 vs. Switzerland 14

Dates of the Matches:

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