Polo at the 2019 SEA Games explained

Event:Polo
Year:2019
Venue:Miguel Romero and Iñigo Zobel Polo Fields, Calatagan, Batangas
Date:24 November – 9 December
Competitors:45
Nations:4
Previous:2017
Next:2021

The polo competitions at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines were held at the Miguel Romero Polo Field in Calatagan, Batangas.[1]

Competition schedule

The two polo events, 0–2 low goal and 4–6 high goal took place from 24 November to 8 December 2019.[2] Due to Typhoon Kammuri (Tisoy) matches scheduled for 3, 4, and 6 December were postponed to 5, 6, and 8 December with the gold and bronze medal matches pushed to 9 December.[3]

PPreliminaryB3rd place play-offFFinal
Event/Date Sun
Nov 24
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Nov 25
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Nov 26
Wed
Nov 27
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Nov 28
Fri
Nov 29
Sat
Nov 30
Sun
Dec 1
Mon
Dec 2
Tue
Dec 3
Wed
Dec 4
Thu
Dec 5
Fri
Dec 6
Sat
Dec 7
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Dec 8
Mon
Dec 9
0–2 low goal P P P B F
4–6 high goal P P P B F

Venue

Polo was held in two venues: the Miguel Romero Polo Field in Calatagan, Batangas, a newly-renovated venue[4] inaugurated on 23 November 2019 which was formerly known as the Globalport Polo Field.[5] and the Iñigo Zobel Polo Field.[6]

Format

Playing rules set by the Hurlingham Polo Association were used for these polo events.[1]

Participating nations

Four nations participated in two events in polo.[7] Each participating country was eligible to nominate 24 horses for either of the two event. Brunei brought in 45 horses in preparation for their participation while Indonesia and Malaysia opted not to bring their own horses.[1]

Squads

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valign=topBahar Jefri Bolkiah
Azemah Bolkiah
Abdul Mateen
Abdul Qawi
Abdullah Muhamad
Jefri Bolkiah
Mahari Huzaimi
Husin Mohamad Huzaimi
Mohd Jaafar Abd Azeez
Khairul Alimin
Sirat Idris
valign=topFahmi Akmal
Glendy Buyung
Acep Krisnandar
Rico Lianto
Billy Lumintang
Novel Momongan
Dwira Roring
valign=topFaizal Abu Bakar Muhammad
Fazly Ahmad Jamili Yudie
Shareizal Baseri Mohamad
Rashid Hasnan
Zekri Ibrahim Mohamad
Khan Mohamed Moiz Imran
Reismann Mohd Ismail Shaik
Azfar Mustapha
Zulhemie Nadzar Mohd
Saipulrudin Sayed Mohd Syed Ahmad
Amran Selamat
Keith Teh
Shazril Ezzani
valign=topAugustus Aguirre
Tomas Vicente Bitong
Jose Maria Augusto De Jesus
Benjamin Eusebio
Franchesca Eusebio
Enrique Filamor
Jose Ricardo Garcia
Julian Edgardo Garcia
Stefano Juban
Eduardo Miguel Lopez
Mikee Romero
Ferdinand Romualdez Jr.
Noel Vecinal
Jose Antonio Veloso

Results

0–2 low goal

Qualifiying league

DateDivisionTeam 1Team 2ScoreVenue
5 DecemberDivision B 1–8
Report
Miguel L. Romero Polo Facility
6–5½
Report
6 December 3–8
Report
9–4½
Report
8 December 2–7
Report
5–4
Report

Final round

Final

4–6 high goal

Qualifiying league

DateDivisionTeam 1Team 2ScoreVenue
24 NovemberDivision A 8 – 8½
Report
Iñigo Zobel Polo Field
7½ – 11
Report
26 November 7 – 4
Report
8½ – 5
Report
28 November 6 – 4½
Report
5½ – 8
Report

Final round

Final

Medalists

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Jefri Bolkiah
Huzaimi Haji Mahari
Idris Sirat
Muhammad Farid Abdullah
nowrap=true rowspan=2
Rashid Hasnan
Imran Khan Mohd Moiz
Keith Teh
Mohd Zulhelmie Nadzar
nowrap=true
Billy Lumintang
Rico Lianto
Glendy Buyung
Acep Krisnandar
nowrap=true
Michael Odylon Romero
Antonio Jose
Stefano Juban
Benjamin Eusebio
4–6 high goalnowrap=true
Amran Selamat
Tengku Ahmad Shazril Ezzani
Rashid Hasnan
Syed Ahmad Saipulrudin
nowrap=true
Tomas Vicente Bitong
Stefano Juban
Eduardo Miguel Lopez
Augustus Aguirre
nowrap=true
Abdul Mateen
Huzaimi Haji Mahari
Azemah Bolkiah
Bahar Jefri Bolkiah

Notes and References

  1. News: Henson . Joaquin . Brunei brings in 45 polo horses . 22 October 2019 . Agence France-Presse . 22 October 2019.
  2. Web site: 2019 Sea Games . 2019-11-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191123171536/https://2019seagames.com/schedule/2019-SEAG-Competition-Schedule-v16.pdf . 2019-11-23 . dead .
  3. News: SEA Games: Polo matches postponed for second straight day . 4 December 2019 . Manila Bulletin . 4 December 2019.
  4. News: Polo venue in Calatagan nearing completion . 22 October 2019 . Philippine Daily Inquirer . 30 July 2019.
  5. News: Gamboa . Jojo . Miguel Romero Polo Field named as official venue 2019 SEAGames . 22 October 2019 . 1-Pacman Media . 1-Pacman Partylist . 30 November 2018.
  6. News: Henson . Joaquin . Polo breaks ice today . 23 November 2019 . Philippine Star . 24 November 2019.
  7. News: Polo competition kicks off SEA Games hostilities . 23 November 2019 . ABS-CBN Sports . 23 November 2019 . 6 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191206132927/https://sports.abs-cbn.com/seagames/news/2019/11/23/polo-competition-kicks-sea-games-hostilities-63651 . dead .
  8. Web site: Athletes List (Polo) . 2019 Southeast Asian Games Results System . 25 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191125090639/https://rs.2019seagames.com/RS2019/Athlete?cid=0&sid=70&gender=A . 25 November 2019.