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All ten teams that will take part in the forthcoming World Polo Championship at San Luis, Argentina have now emerged. On Thursday, September 29th, Italy and England won their respective matches and claimed the last two berths corresponding to the event.

England defeated Holland 9-3 1/2, while Italy narrowly defeated France, 10-9. This latter nation was the only one that also still had a chance to claim one of the remaining berths.

However, this European qualifying tournament has not yet ended, as France still has to face Germany, and Italy plays England this coming Saturday (October 1st). On Sunday (2nd) these last two teams will play the final, so as to see in which zone each of them plays the World Championship.


Results:

Saturday, September 24th
Italy 15 vs. Holland 5 1/2
England 16 vs. Germany 6

Sunday, September 25th
Italy 17 vs. Germany 5
France 18 vs. Holland 7 1/2

Tuesday, September 27th
England 9 vs. France 8
Germany 11 vs. Holland 9 1/2

Thursday, September 29th
Italy 10 vs. France 9
England 9 vs. Holland 3 1/2

Dates of the Matches:

Saturday, October 1st
Italy vs. England
France vs. Germany

Sunday, October 2nd
Final
England vs. Italy


The Teams:

Italy
Alfio Marchini 4
Goffredo Cutinelli Rendina 3
Fabrizio Bulgarini 2
Boris Bignoli 1
Marcos Antinori 4
Nicolás Antinori 5
Manuel Elizalde Dellacasa 2
Francisco Elizalde Dellacasa 5
Juan Jauretche 4
Enrique Martelli 3

England
J. Good 5
M. Charlton 4
J. Richardson 3
N. Britten Long 2
Max Routledge 4
A. Kent 4
Ollie Cudmore 3
John Kent 2
E. Parsons 2

Holland
Martijn van Scherpenzeel 1
Alexandre van Andell 3
Vincent Mesker 3
Nick Groos 4

Germany
Thomas Winter 5
Christopher Winter 3
Eva Bruhl 2
Moritz Gandeke 3
Sven Schsneider 3
Christopher Kiesel 2

France
Brieuc Rigaux 5
Clément Delfosse 4
Matthieu Delfosse 4
Pierre-Henri N'Goumou 4
Patrick Paillol 4
Gatan Gosset 3
Edouard Pan 3
Sébastien Pailloncy 3
Robert Strom 3
Alexis Pouille de Balkany 2