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

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

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

Team Position 1 (Hcap) Position 2 (Hcap) Position 3 (Hcap) Position 4 (Hcap) Team Hcap Substitute A (Hcap) Substitute B (Hcap)
AspenTomas Schwenke (2)Polito Pieres (10)Lucas James (7)Stewart Armstrong (3)22
CessnaChip Campbell (2)Felipe Marquez (6)Ezequiel M. Ferrario (7)Felipe Viana (6)21Eduardo Novillo Astrada (8)
Coca-ColaGillian Johnston (2)Julian de Lusarreta (8)Nacho Novillo Astrada (8)Steve Krueger (4)22
Daily Racing FormJared Zenni (6)Agustin Obregon (6)Santiago Cernadas (6)Geronimo Obregon (4)22
EquuleusJoe DiMenna (0)Iñaki Laprida (7)Cristian "Magoo" Laprida (8)Mariano Gonzalez (7)22Milo Dorignac (0)
IconicaMaureen Brennan (1)Mariono "Peke" Gonzalez Jr (5)Sebastian Merlos (9)Matias Magrini (7)22
La IndianaMichael Bickford (2)Facundo Obregon (6)Jeff Hall (7)Tomas Garcia del Rio (7)22Bautista Ortiz de Urbina (6)
Las MonjitasCamilo Bautista (0)Francisco Elizalde (8)Matt Coppola (4)Hilario Ulloa (10)22
Old Hickory BourbonWill Johnston (2)Jason Crowder (6)Miguel Novillo Astrada (9)Stevie Orthwein (4)21Sugar Erskine (6)
Park PlaceAndrey Borodin (0)Juan Britos (8)Nico Pieres (9)Lucas Díaz Alberdi (5)22
PilotMatias Gonzalez (3)Gonzalo Pieres Jr. (9)Facundo Pieres (10)Curtis Pilot (0)22
Postage Stamp FarmAnnabelle Gundlach (0)Lerín Zubiaurre (8)Mariano Aguerre (8)Joaquin Panelo (6)22Joaquin Pittaluga (8)Leon Schwenke (0)
Santa ClaraNico Escobar (3)Nino Obregon (6)Ignacio "Cubi" Toccalino (8)Luis Escobar (5)22Benjamin Avendaño (3)
SD FarmsSayyu Dantata (2)Cesar "Peco" Polledo (6)Juan "Tito" Ruiz Guiñazu (8)Jesus "Pelon" Escapite (6)22Timmy Dutta (2)
Stable DoorHenry Porter (3)Santino Magrini (4)Victorino Ruiz Jorba (6)Santiago Toccalino (8)21
TonkawaJeff Hildebrand (0)Agustin "Tincho" Merlos (8)Guillermo "Sapo" Caset (10)Sterling Giannico (4)22Malia Bryan (0)

Team Statistics

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
Aspen430.7515012.54210.52.00
Cessna420.502358.754010-1.25
Coca-Cola310.332299.673612-2.33
Daily Racing Form420.5024110.254411-0.75
Equuleus420.502348.5358.75-0.25
Iconica540.801438.6418.20.40
La Indiana300.0032793110.33-1.33
Las Monjitas650.0016210.33559.171.16
Old Hickory Bourbon300.00330103210.67-0.67
Park Place310.3323411.333612-0.67
Pilot661.0007512.5457.55.00
Postage Stamp Farm310.332279289.33-0.33
Santa Clara310.3323411.33299.671.66
SD Farms300.0032483411.33-3.33
Stable Door300.003237.674515-7.33
Tonkawa530.6026112.25310.61.60


Individual Scorers

Player Team Position Games Played Goals Goals/Game
Facundo Pieres   Pilot36355.83
Francisco Elizalde   Las Monjitas26325.33
Guillermo "Sapo" Caset   Tonkawa35356.20
Pablo "Polito" Pieres   Aspen24256.25
Gonzalo Pieres Jr.   Pilot26254.17
Mariano Gonzalez Jr.   Iconica25244.80
Nicolas Pieres   Park Place33206.67
Hilario Ulloa   Las Monjitas46203.33
Ignacio "Cubi" Toccalino   Santa Clara33196.33
Mariano Gonzalez   Equuleus44174.25
Agustin "Tincho" Merlos   Tonkawa25142.80
Sebastian Merlos   Iconica35132.60
Felipe Viana   Cessna44133.25
Santiago Toccalino   Stable Door43124.00
Valerio "Lerin" Zubiaurre   Postage Stamp Farm23124.00
Jared Zenni   Daily Racing Form14112.75
Ignacio Novillo Astrada   Coca Cola33113.67
Matias Gonzalez   Pilot16111.83
Agustin Obregon   Daily Racing Form24102.50
Felipe Marquez   Cessna24102.50
Stewart Armstrong   Aspen44102.50
Geronimo Obregon   Daily Racing Form4492.25
Julian De Lusarreta   Coca Cola2393.00
Cristian "Magoo" Laprida   Equuleus3492.25
Juan Britos   Park Place2393.00
Ezequiel M. Ferrario[note 1]   Cessna3393.00
Miguel Novillo Astrada   Old Hickory Bourbon3393.00
Jeff Hall   La Indiana3393.00
Notes:
  1. Substituted by another player in one game. Player's team played 4 games, but this player participated in 3.

Game Scores

  • Game 1    March 27, 2019 3:00pm    Field: IPC Field 3
    1 2 3 4 5 6 T
    Coca Cola11332212
    La Indiana32100410
    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 Farm1012228
    Tonkawa14121110
    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 Farms2000226
    Santa Clara14222213
    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
    Iconica0313018
    Equuleus1201015
    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 Bourbon22131211
    Park Place23033213
    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 Door0102036
    Pilot41234115
     
    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 Monjitas02210319
    Daily Racing Form11102308
     
    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
    Cessna3102208
    Aspen12512314
    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 Cola2221108
    Iconica12121512
     
    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
    Tonkawa20321210
    Pilot31221211
    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 Farm33221213
    Stable Door2103028
    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 Farms1220218
    Cessna1121319
     
    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

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