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Following its first three days of qualifying at Polo Club Schloss Ebreichsdorf, the European Polo Championship is already a huge success, with the teams, especially the ladies' ones, all showing high standards in their outings.

There were four matches on Sunday, and the first clash ended up being a landslide victory for Holland, as it overcame Hungary by the ample margin of 17-2.

Then came Italy's (now with a 2-1 record in the event) 8-6 win against Slovakia, followed by Spain, undefeated so far, and that eliminated home team Austria with victory by 13-4½.

Monday (6th) and Tuesday (7th) will be resting days for the teams after an intense weekend. Wednesday's (September 8th) fixtures are as follows: Germany vs. Hungary, Austria vs. Slovakia, Switzerland vs. Holland, and Spain vs. England.

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

Sunday, September 5th
Hungary 2 vs. Holland 17
Slovakia 6 vs. Italy 8
Spain 13 vs. Austria 4½
France 7 vs. Switzerland 5½


Dates of the Matches:

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