With only less than a week to go for the beginning of the most important European tournament of the polo season, all the countries have finalized their teams, have settled the last technical details and are arriving at the Polo Club Du Domaine De Chantilly, where the tournaments will take place. The first tournament i.e. the Ladies Championship will be held on Sunday, 30th April, and the men will play on 1st May, followed by the games over the week. Both the finals are to be held on 7th May.
Each tournament will host four teams. Women will be playing their very first European Championship. The European playoffs of the World Championship will be fought to get tickets to Australia and Sydney Polo Club at stake for the 11th championship scheduled on October 17th to 29th, 2017.
Both tournaments are highly awaited and expected to be vivacious. On May 7th, the winners of the European Championship will be announced at the Polo Club Du Domaine De Chantilly, and the two teams will be chosen to go to Sydney. Alongside the Polo Championship, there will be lunch, live commentary of the games, entertainment, and a shopping village.
Teams entry:
Ladies – Team England: Angela Robb (h0), Suzannah Harvey (h0), Lottie Lamacraft (h5), Lucy Coddington (h5)
Ladies – Team France: Léa Siboni (h0), Caroline Anier (h5), Charlotte Garaud (h3), Adèle Renauldon (h1)
Ladies – Team Italy: Costanza Marchiorello (h4), Maria Vittoria Marchiorello (h3), Ginevra d’Orazio (h3), Ginevra Visconti Bassetti (h1)
Ladies – Team Germany: Laura Gissler-Webber (h3), Maike Hoelty (h3), Naomi Schroeder (h3), Tahnee Schroeder (h3)
Men – Team France: Alexandre Sztarkman (h1), Julien Reynes (h3), Patrick Paillol (h5), Pierre Henri Ngoumou (h5)
Men – Team Germany: Maximilian Bosch (h3), Caesar Crasemann (h3), Caspar Crasemann (h3), Heinrich Dumrath (h3)
Men – Team Spain: Pelayo Berazadi (h5), Nicolas Ruiz Guinazu (h3), Mario Gomez (h4), Jose Trenor (h2)
Men – Team England: Henry Porter (h2), Mark Baldwin (h3), Will Lucas (h4), Satnam Dhillon (h5)