Sheikh Falah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan<\/a>, Chairman of Ghantoot Racing and Polo Club.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe tournament carries a handicap of 10-12 goals and will see the participation of many young faces and, of course, the creme de la creme of UAE players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ghantoot Polo, UAE Polo, Abu Dhabi Polo and Bangash Polo are the four teams taking part in the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“With the Emirates Polo Championship International, we are happy to have attained another milestone as we are hosting the 21st edition of the event,\u201d said Hamad Abdelrahman Abdalla Al Shaikh, Executive Director of Ghantoot Racing and Polo Club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis achievement would not have been possible without the support of Sheikh Falah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, sponsors and team patrons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We are looking forward to witnessing some exciting matches at the Ghantoot Racing and Polo Club’s Sheikh Zayed Polo Field,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hosts Ghantoot will face Bangash while UAE Polo lock horns with Abu Dhabi on opening day of the Emirates Polo Championship International.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The tournament will take place in line with UAE\u2019s Covid-19 precautionary and preventive measures, and the club management has decided to follow the highest standards of health and safety norms to ensure the safety of everyone involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Emirates Polo Championship International takes place in association with Abu Dhabi Sports Council and Emirates Polo Association and is supported by Capex.com, Ghantoot Equestrian Supplies, Yas Mall and Equusir.GCC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
AT A GLANCE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat<\/strong>: Emirates Polo Championship International<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhen<\/strong>: December 21-30<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhere<\/strong>: Ghantoot Racing and Polo Club, Abu Dhabi<\/p>\n\n\n\nTeams<\/strong>: Four teams<\/p>\n\n\n\nGHANTOOT<\/strong>: Nasser Al Shamsi 1 HCP, Yousof Bin Desmal 1 HCP, Kian Hall 3 HCP, Marcos Araya 7HCP.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUAE POLO TEAM<\/strong>: Sheikha Maitha 0 HCP, Sheikha Alia 0 HCP, Pablo Urquiza 4 HCP, Jacinto Crotto 7 HCP.<\/p>\n\n\n\nABU DHABI<\/strong>: Faris Al Yabhouni 0 HCP, Segundo Amadori 4 HCP, Hugo Barabucci 4 HCP.<\/p>\n\n\n\nBANGASH<\/strong>: Haider Bangash 0 HCP, Facundo Kelly 2 HCP, Federico Von Potobsky 5 HCP, Nicolas Corti Maderna 5 HCP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 21st edition of a much-anticipated Emirates Polo Championship International on December 21, 2021 The first major tournament of Ghantoot Racing and Polo Club\u2019s calendar \u2014 the Emirates Polo Championship International \u2014 will kick off on December 21. Top teams from across the UAE and some international players will take part in one of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26399,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[65],"class_list":["post-26410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-37","tag-emirates-open-polo-international-championship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grpcdemo.tranetech.ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grpcdemo.tranetech.ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grpcdemo.tranetech.ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grpcdemo.tranetech.ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grpcdemo.tranetech.ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26410"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/grpcdemo.tranetech.ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27745,"href":"https:\/\/grpcdemo.tranetech.ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26410\/revisions\/27745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grpcdemo.tranetech.ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grpcdemo.tranetech.ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grpcdemo.tranetech.ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grpcdemo.tranetech.ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}