116th Argentine Open Polo Championship 2009

Saturday, November 14, 2009, will mark the start of the most important polo tournament in the world, the 116th Argentine Open Polo Championship (Abierto Argentino de Polo, or just "El Abierto"), that will take place until December 5, 2009. This tournament, held every year at the Campo Argentino de Polo in Palermo (Av. del Libertador & Dorrego), brings together the best polo players in the world, and it is one of the oldest and most prestigious events in the international polo calendar. It is also one of the main social events in Buenos Aires.

"Abonos" (full set of tickets for the 7 dates) for the 116th Argentine Polo Open are on sale through Ticketek Argentina until November 13th, 2009. Tickets for the individual matches will continue, subject to availability after the sale of the "abonos", from November 14th to December 5th, 2009. Tickets for the main matches and the best seats can get sold out in just a few hours, specially for the final match on December 5th.

Participating teams:

Zone A:
Ellerstina Etiqueta Negra: Facundo Pieres 10, Gonzalo Pieres (Jr) 10, Pablo Mac Donough 10, Juan Martín Nero 10. Total: 40.
Pilará Piaget: Agustín Merlos 10 , Santiago Chavanne 8, Sebastián Merlos 9, Marcos Heguy 10. Total: 37.
Indios Chapaleufú II: Alberto Heguy (Jr) 8, Ignacio Heguy 9, David Stirling (Jr) 8, Eduardo Heguy 9. Total: 34.
Alegría: Frederick Mannix (Jr) 6, Francisco Bensadón 8, Juan I. Merlos 9, Luke Tomlinson 8. Total: 31.

Zone B:
La Dolfina Peugeot: Adolfo Cambiaso (Jr) 10, Lucas Monteverde (Jr) 10, Mariano Aguerre 10, Bartolomé Castagnola 10. Total: 40.
La Aguada Tupungato Winelands: Javier Novillo Astrada 9, Eduardo Novillo Astrada (Jr) 9, Miguel Novillo Astrada 10, Ignacio Novillo Astrada 9. Total: 37.
Chapa Uno Hope Funds: Rodrigo Ribeiro de Andrade 8, Hilario Ulloa 8, Bautista Heguy 9, Francisco de Narváez (h) 9. Total: 34.
El Paraíso: Guillermo Caset (Jr) 8, Ignacio Toccalino 8, Mariano González 8, Alejandro Novillo Astrada 7. Total: 31.

Fixture:

Date 1
Saturday, November 14 (Zone A):
2:00 PM: Ellerstina vs Alegria (1)
4.00 PM: Pilará vs Indios Chapaleufú II (2)
Results:
Ellerstina 20 - Alegria 15
Pilará 16 - Indios Chapaleufú II 15

Date 2
Sunday, November 15 (Zone B):
2:00 PM: La Dolfina vs El Paraiso (3)
4:00 PM: La Aguada vs Chapa Uno (4)
Results:
La Dolfina 21 - El Paraiso 8
La Aguada 13 -Chapa Uno 9

Date 3
Saturday, November 21: SUSPENDED DUE TO RAIN
Date 4
Sunday, November 22: SUSPENDED DUE TO RAIN 
Date 3
Friday, November 27: SUSPENDED DUE TO RAIN 

New dates:
Date 4
Saturday, November 28 (Zone B)
2:00 PM: La Aguada vs El Paraiso
4:00 PM: La Dolfina vs Chapa Uno

Results:

La Aguada 18 - El Paraiso 12 

La Dolfina 15 - Chapa Uno 14 

Date 3
Wednesday, December 2 (Zone A)
2:00 PM: Pilará vs Alegria
4:00 PM: Ellerstina vs Indios Chapaleufu II

Results:
Pilará 17 - Alegria 14
Ellerstina 14 - Indios Chapaleufu II 13

Note:

For organization reasons, the 6th date will be played before the 5th date:

Date 6
Saturday, December 5 (Zone B)
2:00 PM: El Paraiso vs Chapa Uno
Result: El Paraiso 13 - Chapa Uno 12
4:00 PM: La Dolfina vs La Aguada SUSPENDED DUE TO RAIN 

Date 5
Sunday, December 6 (Zone A):
2:00 PM: Alegria vs Indios Chapaleufu II
4:00 PM: Ellerstina vs Pilará

Results:

Indios Chapaleufu II 15 - Alegria 14

Ellerstina 15 - Pilara 13

The match suspended on December 5 will be played on:
Monday, December 7
5:00 PM: La Dolfina vs La Aguada

Result: La Dolfina 18 - La Aguada 13

For the first time in its 116 years of history, two 40-goal teams will meet at the final of the Argentine Open. 

Final: Saturday, December 12
5:00 PM: ELLERSTINA vs LA DOLFINA

Result:

LA DOLFINA 17 - ELLERSTINA 16

LA DOLFINA champion of the 116th Argentine Open.
With a golden goal by Mariano Aguerre in the supplementary chukker, La Dolfina defeated Ellerstina in the first 80-goal final in this historic tournament.