A new edition of the Open de France, the premier tournament of the Polo Club du Domaine du Chantilly, is due to start on Friday, September 2. Located only thirty minutes from Paris, the City of Lights, the sophisticated and lavish club promises to deliver a splendid 2022 Open de France, one of the most significant and remarkable events of the polo season in Europe, that will see 16 teams, up to 16 goals, compete.
Among those who will be in participation are current title holders Alex Garese’s La Magdeleine, who aim to retain the trophy they won in 2021. Recent champions of the Coupe d’Or, Brittany, will be competing too; and Jean-Francois Decaux’s will play alongside Diego Cavanagh once again (they won the another legendary golden trophy, the British Open, in 2020).
Kazak, a team who had a great Polo de Paris season, running out the winners of the Open de Paris last June, will go for the rematch after losing the final of the 2021 Open de France to La Magdelaine. In order to achieve this, Kazak will see their captain, Sébastien Aguettant, back in the saddle (he was unable to play at Polo de Paris due to an injury). In addition, some of the most renowned French organisations will take part in the upcoming Open de France: Los Dragones; Ste. Mesme (winners in 2018); Marquard Media who, despite having a Swiss captain, Tommy Rinderknecht, have been based in France for several years. They will be joined by two lineups that have made remarkable achievements in Deauville: Talandracas, runners up of the Coupe d’Or, and Isabelle Larenaudie’s Télédou who, under the name of Barriere, claimed the last Coupe d’Argent. She will be playing alongside three members of the Zavaleta family – Ramiro, Juan Gris, and Simón (Juan Gris was unable to make it to the Coupe d’Argent and was subbed in by Martin Aguerre Jr).
The Open de France promises to deliver great polo in a unique destination, very close to Paris; great quality polo and very good teams, who aim to win the most important tournament in France in a historical edition.
The final of the Open de France is set to be played on Sunday, September 18.
The Open de France will be streamed LIVE on PoloLine.TV; worldwide and free of charge.
OPEN DE FRANCE 2022 – TEAMS:
AMANARA:Â Nicky SEN 0, Lorenzo CHAVANNE 2, Santiago CHAVANNE 7, Santiago LABORDE 6.
BERLIN POLO: Nico WOLLENBERG 0, Morirz GÄDEKE 3, Manuel ELIZALDE 6, Casear Manuel CRESPO 6.
BRITTANY POLO CLUB: Jean-François DECAUX 1, Benjamin URQUIZA 6, Diego CAVANAGH 8, Roberto ITURRIOZ 1.
CLINOVA NOA CAPITAL: Raja KARIM 0, Aristide FAGGIONATO 2, Alejandro MUZZIO 8. Nicolas CORTI MADERNA 5.
KAZAK: Sébastien AGUETTANT 0, Segundo AMADORI 4, Patrick PAILLOL 5, Jero DEL CARRIL 7.
LA BERTA:Â Juan-Cruz ARAYA 3, Marcos ARAYA 6, Min PODESTA 7, Bruno BENSOUSSAN 0.
LA FIJA SANDBOX: Arthur MADRID 0, Juan-Manuel GARCIA GROSSI 4, Simón PRADO 5, Flaco GARCIA GROSSI 7.
LA MAGDELEINE: Alexandre GARESSE 0, Santiago TAHIER 1, Tito RUIZ GUINAZU 7, Facundo Fernández LLORENTE 8.
LOS DRAGONES:Â Sam SZTARKMAN 2, Jota CHAVANNE 5, Bautista BAYUGAR 8, Alex SZTARKMAN 1.
MARQUARD MEDIA:Â Guy GIBRAT 4, Ignacio KENNEDY 5, Martin AGUERRE 7, Tommy RINDERKNECHT 0.
MUNGO: Patrick EISENCHTETER 1, Juan Cruz GREGUIOLI 4, Tete STORNI 5, Pierre-Henri N’GOUMOU 6.
REXALINE:Â Jean-Claude LE GRAND 0, Julien REYNES 4, Louis JARRIGE 4, Guillermo TERRERA 8.
SAINTE MESME: Sam WISBEY 0, Pelayo BERAZADI 5, Benjamin PANELO 6, Robert STROM 5.
SCHOCKEMÖHLE: Daniel DEISTLER 0, Patrick MALEITZKE 5, Clément DELFOSSE 5, Valentin NOVILLO ASTRADA 6.
TALANDRACAS: Edouard CARMIGNAC 0, Rufino BENSADON 7, Juan-Martin ZUBIA 8, Hugues CARMIGNAC 1.
TEDELOU:Â Isabelle LARENAUDIE 0, Ramiro ZAVALETA 4, Juan Gris ZAVALETA 7, Simon ZAVALETA 5.
OPEN DE FRANCE 2022 – FIXTURE:
Friday, September 2
1pm: Talandracas vs. Kazak
5pm: La Magdeleine vs. Marquard Media // Télédou vs. Berlin Polo
Saturday, September 3
11am: Ste. Mesme vs. Los Dragones
3pm: Clinova vs. Amanara
Sunday, September 4
1pm: La Berta vs. La Fija // Télédou vs. Talandracas
3pm: Marquard Media vs. Brittany
5pm: Mungo vs. Rexaline
Monday, September 5
2pm: Clinova vs. Ste. Mesme
3pm: Amanara vs. Los Dragones
5pm: Berlin vs. Kazak
5,30pm: Schockemohle vs. La Magdeleine
Tuesday, September 6
11,30am: La Fija vs. Rexaline
1pm: Mungo vs. La Berta
3pm:Â Schockemohle vs. Brittany
Wednesday, September 7
1pm: Télédou vs. Kazak
4pm: Amanara vs. Ste. Mesme
Thursday, September 8
11am: Mungo vs. La Fija
1pm: Rexaline vs. La Berta
3pm: Brittany vs. La Magdeleine
5pm: Clinova vs. Los Dragones
Friday, September 9
3pm: Berlin vs. Talandracas
5,3pm:Â Schockemohle vs. Marquard Media
Quarter finals – Open de France, to be played on Saturday, September 10, Sunday, September 11 or Monday, September 12. Â
Quarter finals – Trophée Condé, to be played on Saturday, September 10, Sunday, September 11 or Monday, September 12. Â
Semifinals – Open de France, to be played on Thursday, September 15, or Friday, September 16.Â
Semifinals Trophée Condé, to be played on Wednesday, September 14, or Thursday, September 15.Â
Final Trophée Condé, Saturday, September 17.
Final Open de France, Sunday, September 18.