The 2019 U.S. Open Polo Championship was the 103rd installment of the U.S. Open Polo Championship and was held at the International Polo Club Palm Beach in Wellington, Florida from March 27 to April 21, 2019.
A total of 16 teams entered the tournament and a total of 31 matches were played.
The winning team, Pilot, consisted of Curtis Pilot, Matias Gonzalez, Facundo Pieres, and Gonzalo Pieres Jr.
Qualifying - Group stage
Groups were created via a draw held on the evening of March 20, 2019, at the IPC Pavilion in Wellington, Florida
+ Group One Team Won Lost Aspen30 Cessna21 Santa Clara12 SD Farms03
+ Group Two Team Won Lost Iconica30 Equuleus21 Coca-Cola12 La Indiana03
+ Group Three Team Won Lost Las Monjitas30 Daily Racing Form21 Park Place12 Old Hickory Bourbon03
+ Group Four Team Won Lost Pilot30 Tonkawa21 Postage Stamp Farm12 Stable Door03
Final stage
Quarterfinal brackets were determined by group winners who drew from the pool of second place teams from outside their own group.
Team Rosters
Team Position 1 (Hcap) Position 2 (Hcap) Position 3 (Hcap) Position 4 (Hcap) Team Hcap Substitute A (Hcap) Substitute B (Hcap)Aspen Tomas Schwenke (2) Polito Pieres (10) Lucas James (7) Stewart Armstrong (3) 22 Cessna Chip Campbell (2) Felipe Marquez (6) Ezequiel M. Ferrario (7) Felipe Viana (6) 21 Eduardo Novillo Astrada (8) Coca-Cola Gillian Johnston (2) Julian de Lusarreta (8) Nacho Novillo Astrada (8) Steve Krueger (4) 22 Daily Racing Form Jared Zenni (6) Agustin Obregon (6) Santiago Cernadas (6) Geronimo Obregon (4) 22 Equuleus Joe DiMenna (0) Iñaki Laprida (7) Cristian "Magoo" Laprida (8) Mariano Gonzalez (7) 22 Milo Dorignac (0) Iconica Maureen Brennan (1) Mariono "Peke" Gonzalez Jr (5) Sebastian Merlos (9) Matias Magrini (7) 22 La Indiana Michael Bickford (2) Facundo Obregon (6) Jeff Hall (7) Tomas Garcia del Rio (7) 22 Bautista Ortiz de Urbina (6) Las Monjitas Camilo Bautista (0) Francisco Elizalde (8) Matt Coppola (4) Hilario Ulloa (10) 22 Old Hickory Bourbon Will Johnston (2) Jason Crowder (6) Miguel Novillo Astrada (9) Stevie Orthwein (4) 21 Sugar Erskine (6) Park Place Andrey Borodin (0) Juan Britos (8) Nico Pieres (9) Lucas Díaz Alberdi (5) 22 Pilot Matias Gonzalez (3) Gonzalo Pieres Jr. (9) Facundo Pieres (10) Curtis Pilot (0) 22 Postage Stamp Farm Annabelle Gundlach (0) Lerín Zubiaurre (8) Mariano Aguerre (8) Joaquin Panelo (6) 22 Joaquin Pittaluga (8) Leon Schwenke (0)Santa Clara Nico Escobar (3) Nino Obregon (6) Ignacio "Cubi" Toccalino (8) Luis Escobar (5) 22 Benjamin Avendaño (3) SD Farms Sayyu Dantata (2) Cesar "Peco" Polledo (6) Juan "Tito" Ruiz Guiñazu (8) Jesus "Pelon" Escapite (6) 22 Timmy Dutta (2) Stable Door Henry Porter (3) Santino Magrini (4) Victorino Ruiz Jorba (6) Santiago Toccalino (8) 21 Tonkawa Jeff Hildebrand (0) Agustin "Tincho" Merlos (8) Guillermo "Sapo" Caset (10) Sterling Giannico (4) 22 Malia Bryan (0)
Team statistics
Team Matches Played Matches Won Winning Avg Matches Lost Goals scored Avg Goals Per Game Goals Against Avg Goals Against Per Game Avg +/- Per GameAspen 4 3 0.75 1 50 12.5 42 10.5 2.00Cessna 4 2 0.50 2 35 8.75 40 10 -1.25Coca-Cola 3 1 0.33 2 29 9.67 36 12 -2.33Daily Racing Form 4 2 0.50 2 41 10.25 44 11 -0.75Equuleus 4 2 0.50 2 34 8.5 35 8.75 -0.25Iconica 5 4 0.80 1 43 8.6 41 8.2 0.40La Indiana 3 0 0.00 3 27 9 31 10.33 -1.33Las Monjitas 6 5 0.00 1 62 10.33 55 9.17 1.16Old Hickory Bourbon 3 0 0.00 3 30 10 32 10.67 -0.67Park Place 3 1 0.33 2 34 11.33 36 12 -0.67Pilot 6 6 1.00 0 75 12.5 45 7.5 5.00Postage Stamp Farm 3 1 0.33 2 27 9 28 9.33 -0.33Santa Clara 3 1 0.33 2 34 11.33 29 9.67 1.66SD Farms 3 0 0.00 3 24 8 34 11.33 -3.33Stable Door 3 0 0.00 3 23 7.67 45 15 -7.33Tonkawa 5 3 0.60 2 61 12.2 53 10.6 1.60
Individual Scorers
Player Team Position Games played Goals Goals/GameFacundo Pieres Pilot 3 6 35 5.83Francisco Elizalde Las Monjitas 2 6 32 5.33Guillermo "Sapo" Caset Tonkawa 3 5 35 6.20Pablo "Polito" Pieres Aspen 2 4 25 6.25Gonzalo Pieres Jr. Pilot 2 6 25 4.17Mariano Gonzalez Jr. Iconica 2 5 24 4.80Nicolas Pieres Park Place 3 3 20 6.67Hilario Ulloa Las Monjitas 4 6 20 3.33Ignacio "Cubi" Toccalino Santa Clara 3 3 19 6.33Mariano Gonzalez Equuleus 4 4 17 4.25Agustin "Tincho" Merlos Tonkawa 2 5 14 2.80Sebastian Merlos Iconica 3 5 13 2.60Felipe Viana Cessna 4 4 13 3.25Santiago Toccalino Stable Door 4 3 12 4.00Valerio "Lerin" Zubiaurre Postage Stamp Farm 2 3 12 4.00Jared Zenni Daily Racing Form 1 4 11 2.75Ignacio Novillo Astrada Coca Cola 3 3 11 3.67Matias Gonzalez Pilot 1 6 11 1.83Agustin Obregon Daily Racing Form 2 4 10 2.50Felipe Marquez Cessna 2 4 10 2.50Stewart Armstrong Aspen 4 4 10 2.50Geronimo Obregon Daily Racing Form 4 4 9 2.25Julian De Lusarreta Coca Cola 2 3 9 3.00Cristian "Magoo" Laprida Equuleus 3 4 9 2.25Juan Britos Park Place 2 3 9 3.00Ezequiel M. Ferrario Cessna 3 3 9 3.00Miguel Novillo Astrada Old Hickory Bourbon 3 3 9 3.00Jeff Hall La Indiana 3 3 9 3.00 Notes:
Game Scores + Game 1 March 27, 2019 3:00pm Field: IPC Field 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 T Coca Cola 1 1 3 3 2 2 12 La Indiana 3 2 1 0 0 4 10
+ Game 2 March 28, 2019 10:00 am Field: Isla Carroll West 1 2 3 4 5 6 T Postage Stamp Farm 1 0 1 2 2 2 8 Tonkawa 1 4 1 2 1 1 10
+ Game 3 March 28, 2019 4:00pm Field: IPC Field 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 T SD Farms 2 0 0 0 2 2 6 Santa Clara 1 4 2 2 2 2 13
+ Game 4 March 29, 2019 10:00 am Field: IPC Field 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 T Iconica 0 3 1 3 0 1 8 Equuleus 1 2 0 1 0 1 5
+ Game 5 March 29, 2019 4:00pm Field: Isla Carroll East 1 2 3 4 5 6 T Old Hickory Bourbon 2 2 1 3 1 2 11 Park Place 2 3 0 3 3 2 13
+ Game 6 March 30, 2019 10:00 am Field: IPC Field 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 T Stable Door 0 1 0 2 0 3 6 Pilot 4 1 2 3 4 1 15
+ Game 7 March 31, 2019 10:00am Field: Isla Carroll West 1 2 3 4 5 6 OT T Las Monjitas 0 2 2 1 0 3 1 9 Daily Racing Form 1 1 1 0 2 3 0 8
+ Game 8 March 31, 2019 3:00pm Field: IPC Field 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 T Cessna 3 1 0 2 2 0 8 Aspen 1 2 5 1 2 3 14
+ Game 9 April 2, 2019 10:00am Field: Isla Carroll East 1 2 3 4 5 6 T Coca Cola 2 2 2 1 1 0 8 Iconica 1 2 1 2 1 5 12
+ Game 10 April 3, 2019 10:00am Field: Isla Carroll West 1 2 3 4 5 6 T Tonkawa 2 0 3 2 1 2 10 Pilot 3 1 2 2 1 2 11
+ Game 11 April 3, 2019 4:00pm Field: IPC 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 T Postage Stamp Farm 3 3 2 2 1 2 13 Stable Door 2 1 0 3 0 2 8
+ Game 12 April 4, 2019 10:00am Field: IPC 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 T SD Farms 1 2 2 0 2 1 8 Cessna 1 1 2 1 3 1 9
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