U.S. Open Polo Championship® | U.S. POLO ASSN.

March 28 - April 18

U.S. Open Polo Championship®

Scone captures 2021 U.S. Open Polo Championship® title with 14-13 victory over Park Place.

All games reported in ET.

International Polo Club Palm Beach Covid-19 Protocol

U.S. Open Polo Championship®

Tournament History

The most prestigious polo tournament in the United States, the U.S. Open Polo Championship® is the apex of the GAUNTLET OF POLO® held during the Florida high-goal winter polo season that attracts fans and polo enthusiasts from across the United States and around the world.

The U.S. Open was originally conceived as a non-handicapped alternative to the Senior Championship tournament. The first U.S. Open had only two teams, the Wanderers and the Freebooters. It was held at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx borough of New York City. Four 15-minute chukkers were played, with a seven-minute break between each chukker.

After the inaugural U.S. Open in 1904, the tournament was not played again until 1910, when it grew to include six teams. It resumed at Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island, where it was played for several years before relocating to what became its longtime home, Meadowbrook Polo Club in Old Westbury, New York. In 1954, the U.S. Open moved to Oak Brook, where it remained for 22 years, followed by an eight year stint at Retama in San Antonio, Texas. In the late 1980s and into the 1990s, the tournament circulated among several clubs throughout the United States, including Eldorado, Lexington, Palm Beach and Royal Palm. In 2004, marking one hundred years since the tournament’s inception, the U.S. Open relocated to the International Polo Club Palm Beach, where it has been held ever since.

The U.S. Open Polo Championship® perpetual trophy was first presented in 1910 by Joseph B. Thomas. Designed by artist Sally James Farnham, it was inspired by a seventeenth century tureen. The tall, ornate silver cup features horses and riders in relief around the top perimeter and the bottom bowl of the cup, as ornate rearing horses rise from the base of the cup.

Stolen in 2002, it was recovered a few short weeks later and is currently kept in the care and custody of the Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame in Lake Worth, Florida.

After defeating each of their opponents in the C.V. Whitney Cup® and USPA Gold Cup®, Pilot carried their undefeated streak into the final leg of the GAUNTLET OF POLO® and claimed the 2019 U.S. Open Polo Championship® title. Pilot is the only team to capture the title as a part of the GAUNTLET OF POLO® after the 2020 tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the first time the U.S. Open Polo Championship® was cancelled since World War II in 1945. Returning in 2021, the tournament features nine teams competing for the $250,000 prize, including C.V. Whitney Cup® champions Park Place. Click here to learn more about the GAUNTLET OF POLO®.

2021 U.S. Open Polo Championship Champions: Scone - David Paradice, Poroto Cambiaso, Mariano 'Peke' Gonzalez, Adolfo Cambiaso. ©David Lominska

U.S. Open Polo Championship®

Tournament Format

Teams will be placed into three brackets. Teams play within their bracket.

After bracket play, all teams will be ranked 1-9 based on win-loss record, followed by net goals, then gross goals. (Note that net and gross goals are being used to rank in this case to avoid using a shootout for seeding per rule g. page 151 USPA 2021 rulebook.)

Teams ranked 8th and 9th will have a playoff game.

After the playoff game, teams will enter the quarterfinals. Teams ranked 1-4 will draw from the remaining teams (5,6,7,8) for quarterfinal pairings. Semifinal pairings will be done by draw with the winners advancing to the final.

U.S. Open Polo Championship®

Brackets

Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Mon, April 12th
Pilot (3-1) 12
Aspen/Dutta Corp (1-3) 11
Sun, April 11th
Tonkawa (2-1) 6
Scone (4-1) 10
Sat, April 10th
Cessna (1-2) 10
Park Place (3-2) 13
Sat, April 10th
Coca-Cola (1-2) 10
La Indiana (2-2) 15
Thu, April 15th
Pilot (3-1) 10
Scone (4-1) 14
Thu, April 15th
Park Place (3-2) 14
La Indiana (2-2) 13
Sun, April 18th
Scone (4-1) 14
Park Place (3-2) 13

Teams and Rosters

Bracket I

Pilot (3-1)

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Curtis Pilot
Outdoor: 0.5
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Kristos 'Keko' Magrini
Outdoor: 2
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Gonzalo Pieres Jr.
Outdoor: 10
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Facundo Pieres
Outdoor: 10

La Indiana (2-2)

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Michael Bickford
Outdoor: 2
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Nicolas 'Nico' Escobar
Outdoor: 4
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Jeff Hall
Outdoor: 6
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Pablo 'Polito' Pieres
Outdoor: 10

Santa Clara (0-3)

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Will Johnston
Outdoor: 2
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Felipe Vercellino
Outdoor: 6
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Miguel Novillo Astrada Sr.
Outdoor: 9
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Luis Escobar
Outdoor: 5

Bracket II

Tonkawa (2-1)

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Jeff Hildebrand
Outdoor: 0.5
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Lucas Escobar
Outdoor: 3
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Sapo Caset
Outdoor: 10
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Francisco Elizalde
Outdoor: 9

Cessna (1-2)

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Chip Campbell
Outdoor: 2
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Ezequiel "Gallego" Martinez Ferrario
Outdoor: 7
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Mariano 'Nino' Obregon Jr.
Outdoor: 7
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Jared Zenni
Outdoor: 6
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Camp Campbell
Outdoor: 2

Aspen/Dutta Corp (1-3)

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Timmy Dutta
Outdoor: 4
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Lucas Diaz Alberdi
Outdoor: 6
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Raul 'Gringo' Colombres
Outdoor: 8
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Stewart Armstrong
Outdoor: 3

Bracket III

Scone (4-1)

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David Paradice
Outdoor: 0
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Poroto Cambiaso
Outdoor: 6
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Mariano 'Peke' Gonzalez Jr.
Outdoor: 6
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Adolfo Cambiaso
Outdoor: 10
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Sayyu Dantata Jr.
Substitute
Outdoor: 0

Park Place (3-2)

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Andrey Borodin
Outdoor: 0
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Juan Britos
Outdoor: 8
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Hilario Ulloa
Outdoor: 10
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Matt Coppola
Outdoor: 4

Coca-Cola (1-2)

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Gillian Johnston
Outdoor: 1.5
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Mackenzie Weisz
Outdoor: 4
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Nico Pieres
Outdoor: 9
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Julian de Lusarreta
Outdoor: 8

Bracket IV

Bracket V

Bracket VI

Bracket VII

Bracket VIII

Bracket IX

Bracket X

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Tournament Games

Sunday, Mar 28, 2021

March 28

Final

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La Indiana logo

La Indiana (2-2)

18

Santa Clara logo

Santa Clara (0-3)

9

Monday, Mar 29, 2021

March 29

Final OT

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Coca-Cola logo

Coca-Cola (1-2)

11

Park Place logo

Park Place (3-2)

10

March 29

Final

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Aspen/Dutta Corp logo

Aspen/Dutta Corp (1-3)

6

Cessna logo

Cessna (1-2)

14

Wednesday, Mar 31, 2021

March 31

Final OT

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La Indiana logo

La Indiana (2-2)

13

Pilot logo

Pilot (3-1)

14

Thursday, Apr 1, 2021

April 01

Final

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Aspen/Dutta Corp logo

Aspen/Dutta Corp (1-3)

9

Tonkawa logo

Tonkawa (2-1)

11

April 01

Final

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Park Place logo

Park Place (3-2)

9

Scone logo

Scone (4-1)

8

Sunday, Apr 4, 2021

April 04

Final

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Pilot logo

Pilot (3-1)

13

Santa Clara logo

Santa Clara (0-3)

12

April 04

Final

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Cessna logo

Cessna (1-2)

12

Tonkawa logo

Tonkawa (2-1)

14

Monday, Apr 5, 2021

April 05

Final

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Coca-Cola logo

Coca-Cola (1-2)

7

Scone logo

Scone (4-1)

10

Thursday, Apr 8, 2021

April 08

Final

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Aspen/Dutta Corp logo

Aspen/Dutta Corp (1-3)

9

Santa Clara logo

Santa Clara (0-3)

6

Saturday, Apr 10, 2021

April 10

Final

U.S. Open Polo Championship®

Coca-Cola logo

Coca-Cola (1-2)

10

La Indiana logo

La Indiana (2-2)

15

April 10

Final

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Cessna logo

Cessna (1-2)

10

Park Place logo

Park Place (3-2)

13

Sunday, Apr 11, 2021

April 11

Final

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Tonkawa logo

Tonkawa (2-1)

6

Scone logo

Scone (4-1)

10

Monday, Apr 12, 2021

April 12

Final

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Pilot logo

Pilot (3-1)

12

Aspen/Dutta Corp logo

Aspen/Dutta Corp (1-3)

11

Thursday, Apr 15, 2021

April 15

Final

U.S. Open Polo Championship®

Pilot logo

Pilot (3-1)

10

Scone logo

Scone (4-1)

14

April 15

Final

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Park Place logo

Park Place (3-2)

14

La Indiana logo

La Indiana (2-2)

13

Sunday, Apr 18, 2021

April 18

Final

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Scone logo

Scone (4-1)

14

Park Place logo

Park Place (3-2)

13

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U.S. Open Polo Championship®

The Venue

The International Polo Club Palm Beach (IPC) is the premier destination for high-goal polo in the United States. Home to the most prestigious 18- and 22-goal polo tournaments in the nation, IPC has hosted the U.S. Open Polo Championship® for over 10 years. Located in the heart of the horse centric village of Wellington, Florida, polo enthusiasts flock to the club every winter to witness top level polo competition that garners some of the world’s best players, including Adolfo Cambiaso, Facundo Pieres, Gonzalito Pieres and Sapo Caset as well as one of America’s top-rated players Jeff Hall. Sunday matches take place at 3:00pm ET on the U.S. Polo Assn. Field 1, home of the official licensed brand for the USPA. The International Polo Club Palm Beach (IPC) looks forward to reopening the venue for competition in a safe and healthy manner. Please visit the IPC COVID Protocol Summary for the new protocols and procedures.

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