Starting at 4:00 p.m., the defending champion La Natividad, also winner of the 131st Hurlingham Club Open presented by Triumph; vs. La Dolfina Saudi P. T, on a historic day, since for the second time – the first in 2009 – the tournament will be defined with a match of 80 handicap goals.
For La Dolfina it will be his 24th final (so far he won 15 and lost 8) in 25 Palermo Opens played since the creation of the club in 2000 (he was not only in the 2004 definition).
Meanwhile, the organization created by “Lolo” Castagnola will play its fourth consecutive final of the Argentine Polo Open and in all of them it faced LD: in 2021 it won La Natividad by 15-13; in 2022 La Dolfina won 13-9; while in 2023 it was again LN’s 13-10 victory. What a great game is coming up!
On the individual side, between the four players of La Dolfina they accumulate 41 titles (18 Cambiaso in 27 finals played; 12 Nero in 16; 10 Stirling in 14 and 1 Poroto in 2). On the other hand, on the side of the green-and-white team, in 2021 and 2023 they achieved the glory of winning the Palermo Open. Jeta and Barto will play their fourth consecutive decisive match, while Pablo Mac Donough will play his 17th final, looking to achieve his 13th title in Palermo; and finally Facu Pieres will compete in his 15th. decisive match, in which he will try to win his 5th. title in Palermo.
The finalist teams:
The Nativity: Camilo Castagnola 10, Facundo Pieres 10, Pablo Mac Donough 10 and Bartolomé Castagnola (h) 10. Total: 40.
La Dolfina Saudi: Adolfo Cambiaso (h) 10, David Stirling (h) 10, Adolfo Cambiaso (n) 10 and Juan M. Nero 10. Total: 40.
Judges: Gastón Lucero and Gonzalo López Vargas. Arbitrator: Matías Baibiene.