SILVER CUP® | U.S. POLO ASSN.

July 24 - August 9, 2020

SILVER CUP®

All games will be livestreamed on Global Polo TV.

All game times reported in EST.

SILVER CUP®

Tournament History

The Silver Cup® has been called many names throughout its illustrious 120-year history. Originally established as the Junior Championship, it was first played in 1900. The Junior Championship attracted such historic teams as Rockaway, Cooperstown, Meadow Brook, Old Aiken and Laddie Sanford’s Hurricanes, to name a few. The 1935 Junior Championship boasted the largest field in the tournament’s history with 11 teams vying for the coveted trophy at Burnt Mills Polo Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. Aiken Knights, consisting of Dunbar W. Bostwick, Winston F. C. Guest, James F. Curtis Jr. and George H. Bostwick, triumphed over Texas 13-3.

In 1938, the Junior Polo Championship was renamed the National Twenty Goal® Championship. During this period the trophy was carried home by teams such as Bostwick Field, Milwaukee, Aurora, San Antonio and Oak Brook. The tournament took its present name, the Silver Cup, in 1974.

Many winners of the cup hail from the Polo Hall of Fame—from J. Watson Webb and Tommy Hitchcock, to Robert Skene and Cecil Smith. In fact, no fewer than 50 Polo Hall of Famers have won the Silver Cup®. Out of the 50 Hall of Famers, W. Ray Harrington Jr. and Charles Smith have earned the most Silver Cup® titles with eight wins each.

In the 2019 Silver Cup® Final, Tonkawa won the prestigious Silver Cup® undefeated in front of a sellout crowd. Played in Aspen Valley Polo Club (Carbondale, Colorado), Tonkawa led Casablanca from start-to-finish to secure an impressive 15-10 victory. For the 2020 tournament, The Silver Cup® has relocated to Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club (Carpinteria, California) and will feature eight teams vying for the trophy. Amongst the competition are Team USPA members, Lucas Escobar (Santa Clara) and Nico Escobar (Lucchese), as well as Graduating Team USPA members Jesse Bray (Klentner Ranch), Geronimo Obregon (Klentner Ranch), Matt Coppola (Antelope) and Santi Torres (Dundas).

As the country emerges out of the COVID-19 crisis, the USPA established opportunities to support USPA Member Club events through the use of the COVID-19 USPA Polo Tournament Stimulus Package, which provides eligible USPA Member Clubs with waived tournament fees, trophies or reimbursements, one professional umpire and $2,500 in prize money per tournament at no extra cost. Offered to each club for the first two USPA tournaments of 2020 following the COVID-19 USPA Tournaments and Events suspension, Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club will be taking advantage of the program for this tournament.

U.S. Polo Assn., the multi-billion-dollar, official global apparel brand of the United States Polo Association, announced it will serve as the apparel sponsor for the 2020 Silver Cup®. As the 2020 Silver Cup®’s official apparel sponsor, U.S. Polo Assn. will be featured in multiple ways including the main scoreboard, social media, staff outfitting, trophy ceremony and more throughout the tournament. Also of note, the brand, which sells merchandise in 180 countries worldwide, is also apparel partnering with the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club throughout the 2020 season.

Photo: 2019 Silver Cup® Champions: Tonkawa - Juan Martin Obregon, Jeff Hildebrand, Sapo Caset, Mason Wroe. Pictured with Mindy Hildebrand and USPA CEO Bob Puetz. ©Nick Tininenko.

SILVER CUP® Tournament Format

Teams will play cross bracket with each team playing four bracket games. All eight teams will be ranked on record and those ranked 1-4 will advance to the Silver Cup® semifinals. Remaining teams will proceed to the America Cup semifinals. In the case of a two-way tie on record, who beat who advances, and in all other cases ties on a one-man shootout tournament tiebreaker.

Teams and Rosters

Bracket I

Lucchese (5-1)

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Nicolas 'Nico' Escobar
Outdoor: 4
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Facundo Obregon
Outdoor: 6
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Jeff Hall
Outdoor: 6
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John Muse
Outdoor: 0
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Carlos Leiva
Substitute
Outdoor: 0

Antelope (4-2)

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Grant Palmer
Outdoor: 0
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Matt Coppola
Outdoor: 4
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Alfredo Bigatti
Outdoor: 8
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Santiago Trotz
Outdoor: 4
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Mariano 'Peke' Gonzalez Jr.
Substitute
Outdoor: 6
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Paco de Narvaez
Substitute
Outdoor: 6
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Raul 'Gringo' Colombres
Substitute
Outdoor: 8

FMB Too! (3-2)

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Henry Walker
Outdoor: 2
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Santiago Wulff
Outdoor: 5
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Joaquin Avendaño
Outdoor: 3
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Felipe 'Pipe' Marquez
Outdoor: 6

Santa Clara (1-3)

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Francisco Escobar
Outdoor: 0
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Luis Escobar
Outdoor: 4
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Lucas Escobar
Outdoor: 3
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Santiago 'Santi' Toccalino
Outdoor: 8
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Federico Escobar
Substitute
Outdoor: 1

Bracket II

Farmers & Merchants Bank (3-2)

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Danny Walker
Outdoor: 2
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Lucas Criado Sr.
Outdoor: 7
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Alonso Cruz
Outdoor: 1
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Felipe Vercellino
Outdoor: 6

Dundas (1-3)

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Sarah Siegel-Magness
Outdoor: 0
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Mariano Fassetta
Outdoor: 4
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Santiago 'Santi' Torres
Outdoor: 7
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Roberto Zedda
Outdoor: 5

Klentner Ranch (1-3)

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Jesse Bray
Outdoor: 6
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Geronimo Obregon
Outdoor: 5
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Marcos Alberdi
Outdoor: 4
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Justin Klentner
Outdoor: 1

BenSoleimani.com (1-3)

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Ben Soleimani
Outdoor: 0
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Jason Crowder
Outdoor: 6
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Iñaki Laprida
Outdoor: 7
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Remy Muller
Outdoor: 3

Bracket III

Bracket IV

Bracket V

Bracket VI

Bracket VII

Bracket VIII

Bracket IX

Bracket X

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Tournament Games

Friday, Jul 24, 2020

July 24

Final

SILVER CUP®

Santa Clara logo

Santa Clara (1-3)

8

Dundas logo

Dundas (1-3)

14

July 24

Final

SILVER CUP®

Antelope logo

Antelope (4-2)

13

Farmers & Merchants Bank logo

Farmers & Merchants Bank (3-2)

14

July 24

Final

SILVER CUP®

FMB Too! logo

FMB Too! (3-2)

7

Klentner Ranch logo

Klentner Ranch (1-3)

6

July 24

Final

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BenSoleimani.com logo

BenSoleimani.com (1-3)

5

Lucchese logo

Lucchese (5-1)

13

Sunday, Jul 26, 2020

July 26

Final

SILVER CUP®

FMB Too! logo

FMB Too! (3-2)

11

BenSoleimani.com logo

BenSoleimani.com (1-3)

9

July 26

Final

SILVER CUP®

Lucchese logo

Lucchese (5-1)

11

Dundas logo

Dundas (1-3)

10

July 26

Final

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Farmers & Merchants Bank logo

Farmers & Merchants Bank (3-2)

9

Santa Clara logo

Santa Clara (1-3)

12

July 26

Final

SILVER CUP®

Antelope logo

Antelope (4-2)

12

Klentner Ranch logo

Klentner Ranch (1-3)

11

Friday, Jul 31, 2020

July 31

Final OT

SILVER CUP®

Lucchese logo

Lucchese (5-1)

10

Farmers & Merchants Bank logo

Farmers & Merchants Bank (3-2)

11

July 31

Final

SILVER CUP®

FMB Too! logo

FMB Too! (3-2)

12

Dundas logo

Dundas (1-3)

6

July 31

Final

SILVER CUP®

Antelope logo

Antelope (4-2)

15

BenSoleimani.com logo

BenSoleimani.com (1-3)

12

July 31

Final

SILVER CUP®

Santa Clara logo

Santa Clara (1-3)

11

Klentner Ranch logo

Klentner Ranch (1-3)

12

Sunday, Aug 2, 2020

August 02

Final

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BenSoleimani.com logo

BenSoleimani.com (1-3)

12

Santa Clara logo

Santa Clara (1-3)

9

August 02

Final

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Antelope logo

Antelope (4-2)

15

Dundas logo

Dundas (1-3)

13

August 02

Final

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FMB Too! logo

FMB Too! (3-2)

5

Farmers & Merchants Bank logo

Farmers & Merchants Bank (3-2)

12

August 02

Final

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Klentner Ranch logo

Klentner Ranch (1-3)

11

Lucchese logo

Lucchese (5-1)

14

Friday, Aug 7, 2020

August 07

Final OT

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Antelope logo

Antelope (4-2)

9

Farmers & Merchants Bank logo

Farmers & Merchants Bank (3-2)

8

August 07

Final

SILVER CUP®

Lucchese logo

Lucchese (5-1)

12

FMB Too! logo

FMB Too! (3-2)

11

Sunday, Aug 9, 2020

August 09

Final

SILVER CUP®

Antelope logo

Antelope (4-2)

11

Lucchese logo

Lucchese (5-1)

15

SILVER CUP®

The Venue

For over 100 years, Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club (SBPRC) has provided a world class polo facility for polo patrons, professionals and amateurs of all levels. Situated between the Carpinteria Foothills and the Pacific Ocean, the club offers an unparalleled location for adrenaline-filled competition. Santa Barbara Polo Club offers over six months of polo each year at a variety of levels. Their season begins in mid-April when local California players are invited to play in casual club chukkers before the start of the spring season. Their 12-goal season runs from May to June, followed by their prominent high-goal season. The Pacific Coast Open is the highlight of the summer season and is the only Open tournament on the West Coast.

Learn about polo and be part of the club through lessons in the arena and on the grass, clinics, coaching league, arena league and camps for adults and youth at the new Polo Academy.


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