Argentina to Host FIP World Polo Championship in October 2011

Buenos Aires,  The Council of Administration has approved the bid from the “Asociación Argentina de Polo” (AAP) and has officially granted Argentina to be the venue and host its ninth edition of the “FIP World Polo Championship” to be held in October 2011. The FIP World Championship will be played at the “Estancia Grande Polo Club” in San Luis province. The club will have four polo grounds plus stabling for a pool of some 280 ponies from which teams will draw their mounts. FIP has developed a “Pool System” for the horses as a program to mount all the teams and reduce the high costs of horse transportation. This system is also used in the qualifying tournaments. Ten national teams will qualify for the World Polo Championship after play-offs during 2011: two from each of the FIP’s four geographic zones, host country Argentina, and the reigning champions, Chile. The Council of Administration also confirmed venues for two of the four Zones of the qualifying tournaments to be played in 2011. Zone A- North America /Central America:                   (Venue and dates TBA) Zone B - South America:                                                Brazil  (Dates TBA) Zone D- Europe                                                               (Venue and dates TBA) Zone D - África/Asia/Oceanía:                                       Malaysia (June 2011) Venues for Zone A and C will be announced shortly. More information about Polo.