Bentley Emirates Silver Cup

Habtoor Polo Defend Silver

Cup Title Repeat of 2021 Final result

What began as a stand-alone tournament, The Gold Cup for The Dubai Open, has grown into a series of five tournaments – The Silver Cup, The Gold Cup, The Polo Masters Cup, The Dubai Challenge Cup and The Dubai Cup. As this issue went to print, Habtoor Polo had secured The Silver Cup and The Polo Masters Cup had been won by Bin Drai Polo (please turn to page 30) and The Gold Cup was ongoing.

The Bentley Emirates Silver Cup Final is the first leg of The Dubai Polo Gold Cup Series which was founded in 2009 by Mohammed Al Habtoor and this year’s Final was played between Habtoor Polo and UAE Polo.

Lukin Monteverde reaches for the ball

Prior to the Final, Bangash Dodson & Horrell narrowly defeated Dubai Wolves by CAFU, 10-10½ in the Subsidiary Final for The Hildon Cup, with Benjamín Panelo securing the winning goal.

Mohammed Al Habtoor secured the first goal of The Bentley Emirates Silver Cup Final, but with Tommy Beresford and Lukin Monteverde on form, the lead was in favour of UAE Polo by the end of the first chukka. However, the following chukkas saw Habtoor Polo creep back onto the scoreboard and by the penultimate chukka the scores were tied at 7-7. Matías González made a great save in the final chukka for Habtoor Polo, followed by a penalty shot by teammate Bautista Bayugar to secure the title for the second consecutive year, 9-7.

22 JAN

5FEB FINAL

Where: Where: Al Habtoor Polo Resort and Club

BPP

Inunciado, played by Bautista Bayugar

MVP

Bautista Bayugar

The Bentley Emirates Silver Cup Final Teams:

Habtoor Polo (18)

Mohammed Al Habtoor (0) Bautista Bayugar (8) Juan Jauretche (6) Matías González (4)

UAE Polo (18)

Sheika Maitha (0) (substituted by Sheika Alia (0)) Lukin Monteverde (5) Tommy Beresford (6) Jacinto Crotto (7) Chukka scores: 1-2, 2-4, 4-5, 7-7, 9-7 to Habtoor Polo