Habtoor Polo Team has won its second match in a row and thus qualified for the final of the 2nd edition of the Dubai Cup 2016 held at the Al Habtoor Polo Resort & Club.
Habtoor Polo Team, consisting of Habtoor Al Habtoor, Justo Cuitiño, Marcos Panelo and Santiago Gómez Romero, defeated DPEC by 7-6.5 and will play the Dubai Cup final next Friday against Zedan.
In a great match, Habtoor Polo quickly reduced the DPEC 1.5 goal handicap advantage and controlled game during the first half. In the third chukka, DPEC, with Marco Focaccia and Gonzalo Yanzon leading the team, made a great comeback and put some suspense to match. Finally, in the last seven minutes, Marcos Panelo and Santiago Gómez Romero scored for Habtoor for the final 7-6.5 victory.
In the first match of the day, F4Z defeated Mahra by 6-5.5 in a very close game. Both teams will be again face to face next Friday for the subsidiary final of the Dubai Cup.
Teams:
DPEC (10)
Haider Bangash (1)
Louis Garrije (2)
Marco Focaccia (3)
Gonzalo Yanzon (4)
Habtoor Polo (10)
Habtoor Al Habtoor (0)
Santiago Gómez Romero (3)
Justo Cuitiño (3)
Marcos Panelo (4)
Zedan (10)
Amr Zedan (0)
Rashid Bin Drai (0)
Martín Gándara (4)
Manuel Plaza (6)
Mahra (10)
Rashid Al Habtoor (0)
Daniel Gariador (2)
Justo Del Carril (4)
TBA
F4Z (10)
Raja Abuljebain (0)
Adam Frith (0)
Mario Gomez (4)
Nacho Gonzalez (6)
Dubai Gold Cup Series
Mohammed Al Habtoor founded the Dubai Gold Cup Series in 2009. Since then it has grown in tandem with the city of Dubai. Today it is one of the highest handicap tournament in the Middle East and the fourth largest of its kind after Argentina, the US and the UK. The Gold Cup Series is played under the banner of the Hurlingham Polo Association (HPA). It attracts polo stars from around the world, VIPs, society figures as well as senior corporate executives from across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). This year in 2016, The Dubai Polo Gold Cup Series reached to have a number of 5 tournaments under its umbrella (Silver Cup, Polo Masters Cup, Gold Cup, Dubai Challenge Cup and Dubai Cup).
For more information visit: www.dubaipologoldcup.com