The Gold Cup Teams
23rd june to 19TH july 2026
The anticipation and excitement surrounding the St. Regis British Open Polo Championship, and the prestigious Cowdray Gold Cup, are palpable each year. The draw for the 2025 tournament will set the stage for what promises to be a thrilling and competitive series of matches at Cowdray Park Polo Club.
THE TEAMS
19 teams will compete in the 2026 St. Regis British Open Championship for the Cowdray Gold Cup, starting with the Carlos Gracida Memorial Cup on 23rd June.
The St. Regis Cowdray Gold Cup tournament schedule and team sheets are available below, scroll down for more information.
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FINALS PROGRESSION
TEAMS & PLAYERS
Kazak
1 Sebastien Aguettant 0
2 Leon Donoso 5
3 Nico Pieres 8
BK Francisco Elizalde 9
Dubai Polo Team
1 Tariq Albwardy 0
2 Santos Merlos 6
3 Antonio Heguy 7
BK Bartolome Castagnola 9
Gaston Polo Team
1 Jean Paul Luksic 0
2 Beltran Laulhe 7
3 David Stirling 8
BK Cruz Heguy 7
La Dolfina / Marques de Riscal
1 Alejandro Aznar 0
2 Simon Prado 6
3 Felix Esain 6
BK Adolfo Cambiaso Jnr 10
Jindal Steel / La Dolfina
1 Naveen Jindal 0
2 Rufino Merlos 6
3 Gonzalo Ferrari 7
BK Adolfo Cambiaso 9
White Crane
1 Alexie Calvert-Ansari 0
2 Matt Perry 5
3 Pablo Pieres 10
BK Tomas Beresford 7
UAE
1 H.H. Sheikha Maitha 0
2 Hugo Taylor 5
3 Lucas Monteverde Jnr 8
BK Juan Martin Nero 9
La Hechicera Polo Team
1 Pablo Galante 0
2 Ned Hine 5
3 Lorenzo Chavanne 7
BK Camilo Castagnola 10
Ferne Park
1 Jonathan Rothermere 0
2 Chris Mackenzie 6
3 Joaquin Pittaluga 7
BK Facundo Pieres 9
Ojo Caliente
1 Ana Escobedo 0
2 Martin Podesta 6
3 Facundo Sola 8
BK Alfredo Cappella 8
Akasha
1 Alexandre Garese 0
2 Facundo Fernandez-Llorente 7
3 Pablo Mac Donough 9
BK Santiago Laborde 6
Jehengiri Polo
1 Muhammad Jehangiri 0
2 Rosendo Torreguitar 7
3 Gonzalito Pieres 7
BK Guillermo Caset 8
Sujan Indian Tigers
1 Jaisal Singh 0
2 Marcos Araya 6
3 Juan Britos 8
BK Juan Martin Zubia 8
Black Bears
1 Guy Schwarzenbach 2
2 Tani Darritchon 3
3 Benjamin Panelo 8
BK Tomas Panelo 9
Signet Segavas Polo Team
1 Luke Wiles 4
2 Tommy Severn 5
3 Matias Mac Donough Jnr 6
BK Alfredo Bigatti 7
Valhalla
1 Emma MacRae 0
2 Manuel Elizalde 6
3 Paco De Narvaez 8
BK Alejandro Muzzio 8
Clinova Circulare
1 Arsalan Karim 0
2 Teodoro Lacau 7
3 Juan Gris Zavaleta 7
BK Isidro Strada 7
Park Place
1 Leo Stuart 0
2 Louis Hine 6
3 Hilario Ulloa 9
BK Jeronimo Del Carril 7
Shoreline Polo Team
1 Tunde Karim 0
2 Rufino Bensadon 7
3 Diego Cavanagh 8
BK James Harper 6
LEAGUES SUMMARY
LEAGUE A
Dubai
Ferne Park
Clinova Circulare
Shoreline
Ojo Caliente
GROUP E
La Hechicera
Kazak
Sujan Indian Tigers
GROUP B
Akasha
Valhalla
Black Bears
Jehangiri
GROUP C
Gaston Polo
White Crane
Signet Segavas
GROUP D
La Dolfina / Marques de Riscal
UAE
Park Place
La Dolfina Jindal
At the draw the 19 teams who have entered the St. Regis British Open Polo Championship for the Cowdray Gold Cup were drawn into 1 league of 5 and 2 crossover groups with 4 teams on one side and 3 on the other.
Each team will play 4 qualifying games. League A will play within, Group B/C and Group D/E will play across and Group B & D’s final group matches will be played as 1st drawn team v 4th drawn team and 2nd drawn team v 3rd drawn team.
To ensure a balanced structure the draw will be as follows:-
There will be 5 seeded teams.
La Hechicera Polo Team will take the place of Balanz Capital as they have 3 of the same players in the team.
The 5 seeds are the teams with 3 wins or more in the Queens Cup:-
Akasha
Dubai
Gaston Polo Team
La Dolfina/Marques de Riscal
La Hechicera Polo Team
PAST FINALISTS
1956 Los Indios 9, Cowdray Park 4
1957 Windsor Park 5, Casarejo 3
1958 Cowdray Park 10, Woolmers Park 3
1959 Casarejo 7, Cowdray Park 6
1960 Casarejo 8, Centaurs 7
1961 Cowdray Park 7, Laversine 6
1962 Cowdray Park 8, Sao Silvestre 5
1963 La Vuici 8, Cowdray Park 7
1964 Jersey Lilies 10, Centaurs 3
1965 Jersey Lilies 9, Cowdray Park 5
1966 Windsor Park 13, Cowdray Park 9
1967 Woolmers Park 13, Chequers Manor 3
1968 Pimms 8, Chequers Manor 7
1969 Windsor Park 7, Pimms 6
1970 Boca Raton 13, Windsor Park 10
1971 Pimms 11, Columbia 10
1972 Pimms 7, Stowell Park 6
1973 Stowell Park 12, Cowdray Park 6
1974 Stowell Park 8, Cowdray Park 7
1975 Greenhill Farm 9, Jersey Lilies 5
1976 Stowell Park 10, Cowdray Park 7
1977 Foxcote 12, Cowdray Park 7
1978 Stowell Park 8, Cowdray Park 7
1979 Songhai 6, Les Diables Bleus 4
1980 Stowell Park 10, Cowdray Park 7
1981 Falcons 13, Ipanema 3
1982 Southfields 7, Les Diables Bleus 6
1983 Falcons 8, Centaurs 7
1984 Southfields 9, “B.B.s” 2
1985 Maple Leafs 11, Les Diables Bleus 10
1986 Tramontana 11, Cowdray Park 4
1987 Tramontana 9, Windsor Park 5
1988 Tramontana 15, Hildon House 8
1989 Tramontana 13, Cowdray Park 8
1990 Hildon 10, Cowdray Park 9
1991 Tramontana 11, Ellerston White 7
1992 Black Bears 10, Santa Fe 9
1993 Alcatel 9, Ellerston Black 8
1994 Ellerston Black 13, Pegasus 11
1995 Ellerston White 12, Black Bears 9
1996 CS Brooks 14, Ellerston White 13
1997 Labegorce 10, Isla Carroll 8
1998 Ellerston 13, CS Brooks 6
1999 Pommery 12, Ellerston 8
2000 Geebung 13, Black Bears 8
2001 Dubai 14, Los Tamaraos 9
2002 Black Bears 8, Emerging 7
2003 Hildon Sport 6, Labegorce 5
2004 Azzurra 17, Dubai 9
2005 Dubai 11, Black Bears 10
2006 Black Bears 9, Ellerston 8
2007 Lechuza Caracas 11, Loro Piana 19
2008 Loro Piana 11, Ellerston 10
2009 La Bamba de Areco 13, Dubai 10
2010 Dubai 14, Lechuza Caracas 12
2011 Zacara 12, Les Lions 11
2012 Cortium 10, El Remanso 9
2013 Zacara 11, Dubai 8
2014 Dubai 13, King Power 11
2015 King Power Foxes 14, UAE 8
2016 King Power 9, La Indiana 5
2017 King Power 13, El Remanso 8
2018 El Remanso 13, La Bamba de Areco 12
2019 Dubai 13, King Power 12
2020 Next Generation 14, Les Lions/Great Oaks 12
2021 Thai Polo NP 9, UAE Polo Team 7
2022 Park Place 12, Dubai 9
2023 UAE Polo Team 12, Dubai 11
2024 Dubai 11, Great Oaks 3
2025 La Dolfina/Scone 9, Kazak 8