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It is organized by the Asociación Argentina de Polo (Argentine Polo Association). In 1975, Coronel Suárez became the first team in history to play in the tournament with a maximum handicap of 40 goals. The individual record holder with the most Argentine Open Polo Championship victories is Juan C. Harriott Jr. with 20 total championships.
This is a unique polo field, situated ten minutes away from downtown Buenos Aires, and is considered the most modern and comfortable for spectators in the sport. [5] The Campo Argentino, is the home to the Campeonato Argentino Abierto de Polo , the most important polo event in the world, held there since 1928.
The initial meetings took place in Buenos Aires, and by April 1982, the Federation of International Polo, quickly known as “FIP,” was created. FIP's first President was Marcos Uranga. To that end, Mr. Uranga spearheaded the movement for a World Championship and scheduled the first for April 1987 in the Campo Argentino de Polo in Buenos ...
The Argentine Polo Association (Spanish: Asociación Argentina de Polo, AAP) is the guiding entity of the game of Polo in the Argentina. It is a non-profit association constituted on September 14, 1922 in Buenos Aires. [1] Before its creation the Polo Association of the River Plate (the P.A.R.P) was the governing body for polo in Argentina.
Harry, who used to play polo both on the same team and against his father the King in Charles’s younger days, is also filmed questioning team-mate and Argentine professional polo player Adolfo ...
For the 2002 Abierto Argentino final match, Cambiaso made the arrangements to move more than 200 Nueva Chicago football fans to the Campo Argentino de Polo, where they supported the team during the game against Indios Chapaleufú II on 15 November 2002. The fans gave a show never seen before in a polo match, displaying big flags, singing songs ...
The plans had to be postponed because of World War II. A second Pan American Sports Congress held in London during the 1948 Summer Olympics reconfirmed Buenos Aires as the choice of host city for the inaugural games, which were held in 1951. The games began on February 25 [11] of that year, and offered 18 sports. [8]
World Polo Championship (5): 1987, 1992, 1998, 2011, 2017 Olympic Games (2) : 1924, 1936 The Argentina national polo team (Spanish: Selección nacional de polo de Argentina) represents Argentina in international polo officially and it is controlled by the Argentine Polo Association.