With a great event that accompanied the finals matchday, the Thai Polo Open, the most important polo tournament in SE Asia, came to an end on Saturday at Thai Polo & Equestrian Club, in Pattaya, Thailand. The competition featured six 12-goal teams. Lots of people attended the club on Saturday and they had the chance to enjoy not only two great polo matches but also a great variety of high quality food from around the globe. Malaysian team Royal Pahang celebrated the title for the first ever time. The event also had the honourable presence of Her Royal Highness Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana.
The scores on the Finals Matchday were the following:
Fifth Place Match (Friday): Thai Polo 2-2 22BR
Third Place Match: La Familia 9-5 Fast Fish
FINAL: Royal Pahang 6-4.5 Axus
Royal Pahang: HH Tengku Muhammad 0, HH Tengku Amir Nasser 1 (1 goal), Tomasito Fernández Llorente 7 (4), Tomás Gándara 5 (1). Total: 13.
Axus: Brian Xu 0 (2 goals), Damián Marcos 3 (1), Diego Gómez 3, Dario Musso 6 (1). Total: 12.
Score Royal Pahang: (0-0.5) 2-1.5, 4-1.5, 6-2.5, 6-4.5.
Umpires: Daniel Boudou and Juan José Díaz Alberdi.
MVP: Tomás Gándara.
BPP: Tinta One. Owner: Brian Xu. Played by: Darío Musso.
Picture Galleries:
Thai Polo Open Finals: Social & Around The Field
Thai Polo Open Finals: Around The Field with HRH Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana
Fifth Place Match: Thai Polo vs 22BR
Thai Polo Open: Fixture & Teams