2019 U.S. Open Polo Championship

The 2019 U.S. Open Polo Championship was the 103rd installment of the U.S. Open Polo Championship and was held at the International Polo Club Palm Beach in Wellington, Florida from March 27 to April 21, 2019.[1][2]

A total of 16 teams entered the tournament and a total of 31 matches were played.

The winning team, Pilot, consisted of Curtis Pilot, Matias Gonzalez, Facundo Pieres, and Gonzalo Pieres Jr.


Qualifying - Group stage

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Groups were created via a draw held on the evening of March 20, 2019, at the IPC Pavilion in Wellington, Florida[3]

Group One
Team Won Lost
Aspen 3 0
Cessna 2 1
Santa Clara 1 2
SD Farms 0 3
Group Two
Team Won Lost
Iconica 3 0
Equuleus 2 1
Coca-Cola 1 2
La Indiana 0 3
Group Three
Team Won Lost
Las Monjitas 3 0
Daily Racing Form 2 1
Park Place 1 2
Old Hickory Bourbon 0 3
Group Four
Team Won Lost
Pilot 3 0
Tonkawa 2 1
Postage Stamp Farm 1 2
Stable Door 0 3


Final stage

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Quarterfinal brackets were determined by group winners who drew from the pool of second place teams from outside their own group.[4]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
Iconica 9
Cessna 8
Iconica 6
Pilot 13
Pilot 14
Daily Racing Form 10
Pilot 12
Las Monjitas 7
Las Monjitas 8
Equuleus 4
Las Monjitas 14
Tonkawa 12
Aspen 11
Tonkawa 12


Team Rosters

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Team Position 1 (Hcap) Position 2 (Hcap) Position 3 (Hcap) Position 4 (Hcap) Team Hcap Substitute A (Hcap) Substitute B (Hcap)
Aspen Tomas Schwenke (2) Polito Pieres (10) Lucas James (7) Stewart Armstrong (3) 22
Cessna Chip Campbell (2) Felipe Marquez (6) Ezequiel M. Ferrario (7) Felipe Viana (6) 21 Eduardo Novillo Astrada (8)
Coca-Cola Gillian Johnston (2) Julian de Lusarreta (8) Nacho Novillo Astrada (8) Steve Krueger (4) 22
Daily Racing Form Jared Zenni (6) Agustin Obregon (6) Santiago Cernadas (6) Geronimo Obregon (4) 22
Equuleus Joe DiMenna (0) Iñaki Laprida (7) Cristian "Magoo" Laprida (8) Mariano Gonzalez (7) 22 Milo Dorignac (0)
Iconica Maureen Brennan (1) Mariono "Peke" Gonzalez Jr (5) Sebastian Merlos (9) Matias Magrini (7) 22
La Indiana Michael Bickford (2) Facundo Obregon (6) Jeff Hall (7) Tomas Garcia del Rio (7) 22 Bautista Ortiz de Urbina (6)
Las Monjitas Camilo Bautista (0) Francisco Elizalde (8) Matt Coppola (4) Hilario Ulloa (10) 22
Old Hickory Bourbon Will Johnston (2) Jason Crowder (6) Miguel Novillo Astrada (9) Stevie Orthwein (4) 21 Sugar Erskine (6)
Park Place Andrey Borodin (0) Juan Britos (8) Nico Pieres (9) Lucas Díaz Alberdi (5) 22
Pilot Matias Gonzalez (3) Gonzalo Pieres Jr. (9) Facundo Pieres (10) Curtis Pilot (0) 22
Postage Stamp Farm Annabelle Gundlach (0) Lerín Zubiaurre (8) Mariano Aguerre (8) Joaquin Panelo (6) 22 Joaquin Pittaluga (8) Leon Schwenke (0)
Santa Clara Nico Escobar (3) Nino Obregon (6) Ignacio "Cubi" Toccalino (8) Luis Escobar (5) 22 Benjamin Avendaño (3)
SD Farms Sayyu Dantata (2) Cesar "Peco" Polledo (6) Juan "Tito" Ruiz Guiñazu (8) Jesus "Pelon" Escapite (6) 22 Timmy Dutta (2)
Stable Door Henry Porter (3) Santino Magrini (4) Victorino Ruiz Jorba (6) Santiago Toccalino (8) 21
Tonkawa Jeff Hildebrand (0) Agustin "Tincho" Merlos (8) Guillermo "Sapo" Caset (10) Sterling Giannico (4) 22 Malia Bryan (0)

Team statistics

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Team Matches Played Matches Won Winning Avg Matches Lost Goals Scored Avg Goals Per Game Goals Against Avg Goals Against Per Game Avg +/- Per Game
Aspen 4 3 0.75 1 50 12.5 42 10.5 2.00
Cessna 4 2 0.50 2 35 8.75 40 10 -1.25
Coca-Cola 3 1 0.33 2 29 9.67 36 12 -2.33
Daily Racing Form 4 2 0.50 2 41 10.25 44 11 -0.75
Equuleus 4 2 0.50 2 34 8.5 35 8.75 -0.25
Iconica 5 4 0.80 1 43 8.6 41 8.2 0.40
La Indiana 3 0 0.00 3 27 9 31 10.33 -1.33
Las Monjitas 6 5 0.00 1 62 10.33 55 9.17 1.16
Old Hickory Bourbon 3 0 0.00 3 30 10 32 10.67 -0.67
Park Place 3 1 0.33 2 34 11.33 36 12 -0.67
Pilot 6 6 1.00 0 75 12.5 45 7.5 5.00
Postage Stamp Farm 3 1 0.33 2 27 9 28 9.33 -0.33
Santa Clara 3 1 0.33 2 34 11.33 29 9.67 1.66
SD Farms 3 0 0.00 3 24 8 34 11.33 -3.33
Stable Door 3 0 0.00 3 23 7.67 45 15 -7.33
Tonkawa 5 3 0.60 2 61 12.2 53 10.6 1.60


Individual Scorers

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Player Team Position Games Played Goals Goals/Game
Facundo Pieres    Pilot 3 6 35 5.83
Francisco Elizalde    Las Monjitas 2 6 32 5.33
Guillermo "Sapo" Caset    Tonkawa 3 5 35 6.20
Pablo "Polito" Pieres    Aspen 2 4 25 6.25
Gonzalo Pieres Jr.    Pilot 2 6 25 4.17
Mariano Gonzalez Jr.    Iconica 2 5 24 4.80
Nicolas Pieres    Park Place 3 3 20 6.67
Hilario Ulloa    Las Monjitas 4 6 20 3.33
Ignacio "Cubi" Toccalino    Santa Clara 3 3 19 6.33
Mariano Gonzalez    Equuleus 4 4 17 4.25
Agustin "Tincho" Merlos    Tonkawa 2 5 14 2.80
Sebastian Merlos    Iconica 3 5 13 2.60
Felipe Viana    Cessna 4 4 13 3.25
Santiago Toccalino    Stable Door 4 3 12 4.00
Valerio "Lerin" Zubiaurre    Postage Stamp Farm 2 3 12 4.00
Jared Zenni    Daily Racing Form 1 4 11 2.75
Ignacio Novillo Astrada    Coca Cola 3 3 11 3.67
Matias Gonzalez    Pilot 1 6 11 1.83
Agustin Obregon    Daily Racing Form 2 4 10 2.50
Felipe Marquez    Cessna 2 4 10 2.50
Stewart Armstrong    Aspen 4 4 10 2.50
Geronimo Obregon    Daily Racing Form 4 4 9 2.25
Julian De Lusarreta    Coca Cola 2 3 9 3.00
Cristian "Magoo" Laprida    Equuleus 3 4 9 2.25
Juan Britos    Park Place 2 3 9 3.00
Ezequiel M. Ferrario[note 1]    Cessna 3 3 9 3.00
Miguel Novillo Astrada    Old Hickory Bourbon 3 3 9 3.00
Jeff Hall    La Indiana 3 3 9 3.00
Notes:
  1. ^ Substituted by another player in one game. Player's team played 4 games, but this player participated in 3.

Game Scores

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Game 1    March 27, 2019 3:00pm    Field: IPC Field 3
1 2 3 4 5 6 T
Coca Cola 1 1 3 3 2 2 12
La Indiana 3 2 1 0 0 4 10
Bautista O. de Urbina replaced Facundo Obregon
Goals Coca Cola: I. Novillo Astrada 6, J. Lusarreta 4, G. Johnston 2
Goals La Indiana: J. Hall 3, T. Garcia Del Rio 3, B.O. de Urbina 3, M. Bickford 1
  Ignacio Novillo Astrada
Game 2    March 28, 2019 10:00 am    Field: Isla Carroll West
1 2 3 4 5 6 T
Postage Stamp Farm 1 0 1 2 2 2 8
Tonkawa 1 4 1 2 1 1 10
J. Pittaluga replaced M. Aguerre; L Schwenke replaced A. Gundlach
Goals Postage: V. Zubiaurre 4, L. Schwenke 2, J. Panelo 1, J. Pittaluga 1
Goals Tonkawa: G. Caset 7, J. Hildebrand 2, A. Merlos 1
 
Game 3    March 28, 2019 4:00pm    Field: IPC Field 4
1 2 3 4 5 6 T
SD Farms 2 0 0 0 2 2 6
Santa Clara 1 4 2 2 2 2 13
Benjamin Avendano replaced Nicolas Escobar
Goals SD Farms: J. Escapite 3, J.R. Guiñazu 3
Goals Santa Clara: I. Toccalino 6, L. Escobar 3, M. Obregon 2, B. Avendaño 2
  Juan Ruiz Guiñazu
Game 4    March 29, 2019 10:00 am    Field: IPC Field 5
1 2 3 4 5 6 T
Iconica 0 3 1 3 0 1 8
Equuleus 1 2 0 1 0 1 5
Milo Dorignac replaced Joe DiMenna
Goals Iconica: Mariano Gonzalez Jr. 7, Sebastian Merlos 1
Goals Equuleus: Cristian Laprida 2, Mariano Gonzalez 2, Ignacio Laprida 1
 
Game 5    March 29, 2019 4:00pm    Field: Isla Carroll East
1 2 3 4 5 6 T
Old Hickory Bourbon 2 2 1 3 1 2 11
Park Place 2 3 0 3 3 2 13
Sugar Erskine replaced Jason Crowder
Goals Old Hick Bourb: M. N. Astrada 3, S. Orthwein 3, S Erskine 3, W. Johnston 2
Goals Park Place: N. Pieres 8, J. Britos 4, L. Diaz Alberdi 1
  Miguel Novilla Astrada
Game 6    March 30, 2019 10:00 am    Field: IPC Field 3
1 2 3 4 5 6 T
Stable Door 0 1 0 2 0 3 6
Pilot 4 1 2 3 4 1 15
 
Goals Stable Door: Santiago Toccalino 5, Santino Magrini 1
Goals Pilot: Gonzalo Pieres 6, Facundo Pieres 5, Matias Gonzalez 4
 
Game 7    March 31, 2019 10:00am    Field: Isla Carroll West
1 2 3 4 5 6 OT T
Las Monjitas 0 2 2 1 0 3 1 9
Daily Racing Form 1 1 1 0 2 3 0 8
 
Goals Las Monjitas: Francisco Elizalde 7, Matt Coppola 2
Goals Daily Racing Form: Jared Zenni 4, Agustin Obregon 2
  Agustin Obregon
Game 8    March 31, 2019 3:00pm    Field: IPC Field 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 T
Cessna 3 1 0 2 2 0 8
Aspen 1 2 5 1 2 3 14
Eduardo N. Astrada replaced Ezequiel Martinez Ferrario
Goals Cessna: Felipe Viana 5, Felipe Marquez 2, Chip Campbell 1
Goals Aspen: Polito Pieres 8, Stewart Armstrong 5
  Felipe Viana
Game 9    April 2, 2019 10:00am    Field: Isla Carroll East
1 2 3 4 5 6 T
Coca Cola 2 2 2 1 1 0 8
Iconica 1 2 1 2 1 5 12
 
Goals Coca Cola: J. De Lusarreta 3, Steve Krueger 3, I. Novillo Astrada 2
Goals Iconica: Mariano Gonzalo Jr 9, Matias Magrini 2, Sebastian Merlos 1
  Mariano Gonzalo Jr.
Game 10    April 3, 2019 10:00am    Field: Isla Carroll West
1 2 3 4 5 6 T
Tonkawa 2 0 3 2 1 2 10
Pilot 3 1 2 2 1 2 11
Malia Bryan replaced Jeff Hildebrand
Goals Tonkawa: Guillermo Caset 4, Agustin Merlos 4, M. Bryan 1, S. Giannico 1
Goals Pilot: Facundo Pieres 6, Gonzalo Pieres 4, Matias Gonzales 1
  Guillermo Caset
Game 11    April 3, 2019 4:00pm    Field: IPC 4
1 2 3 4 5 6 T
Postage Stamp Farm 3 3 2 2 1 2 13
Stable Door 2 1 0 3 0 2 8
Leon Schwenke replaced Annabelle Gundlach
Goals Postage Stamp: V. Zubiaurre 7, M. Aguerre 4, J. Panelo , L. Schwenke 1
Goals Stable Door: Santiago Toccalino 4, Victor Ruiz Jorba 3
  Santino Magrini
Game 12    April 4, 2019 10:00am    Field: IPC 5
1 2 3 4 5 6 T
SD Farms 1 2 2 0 2 1 8
Cessna 1 1 2 1 3 1 9
 
Goals SD Farms: J. Escapite 3, Juan R. Guinazu 2, Timmy Dutta 2, C. Polledo 1
Goals Cessna: F. Marquez 4, F. Viana 3, Ezequiel Ferrario 1, Chip Campbell 1
  Felipe Marquez

References

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  1. ^ "Pilot Crowned Champion".
  2. ^ Robb, Sharon (2019-04-22). "Pilot wins Gauntlet of Polo CaptiveOne U.S. Open championship at International Polo Club". The Palm Beach Post. West Palm Beach, FL. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
  3. ^ "US Open Polo Championship draw set".
  4. ^ "USPA Tournament Page".