The Thai Equestrian Federation Cup 2018, opening tournament of the Thai Polo 10-Goal League, kicked off on Thursday at Thai Polo & Equestrian Club, in Pattaya, Thailand. Five 10-goal teams are in competition; matches are four chukkas long and the tournament is played under HPA rules.

Thai Polo 10-Goal League:

*Thai Equestrian Federation Cup (Dec. 27-30)

*Stephan Chimfunshi Cup (Feb. 8-10)

*Chinese New Year Cup (Feb. 21-24)

First results:

Thursday:

The Next Level 4-3.5 La Familia

Thai Polo 8-5 AXUS

Friday:

22BR 7.5-5 The Next Level

The Thai Equestrian Federation Cup will continue as follows:

Sat 29:

3pm: La Familia vs Thai Polo

4pm: Axus vs 22BR

Sun 30:

2:45pm: Round Robin

4pm: FINAL

TEAMS:

AXUS: Brian Xu 0, Liu Xiangyang 0, Diego Gómez 4, Darío Musso 6. Total: 10.

LA FAMILIA: Imbran/Nana -1, Michael Taylor 3, Shaik Reismann 2, Agustín Andrada 5. Total: 9.

THE NEXT LEVEL: Aron Harilela 1, Pierre Jauretche 2T, Damián Marcos 3, Nicolás Pieroni 4. Total: 10.

THAI POLO: Harald Link 0, Juan Martín Gallego 2T, Juan pedro Girou 3, Carlos Pando 5. Total: 10.

22BR: William Zhao 0, Claude Haberer 0, Nacho Garrahan 3, Pedro Fernández Llorente 5. Total: 8.

Umpire: Steve Evans