Teams 2018
The Arena Polo World Cup Azerbaijan 2018 is a tournament with 4 Teams. The handicap of the tournament is 10-12 Goals Arena (Grass + 1, or Arena Handicap). This year we will have 4 top international club teams with professional and amateur players.
The teams are playing as follows:
TEAM ALTUN 97
Rhein Polo Club, Düsseldorf, Germany
CAPTAIN / PLAYER
TUR - Handicap 0
Kutlay Yaprak
PLAYER
ARG/AZE - Handicap +4
Agustin Kronhaus
PLAYER
ARG - Handicap +7
Adrian Laplacette Jr.
TEAM PASHA BANK
Elite Horse & Polo Club, Baku, Azerbaijan
CAPTAIN / PLAYER
AZE- Handicap +4
Elchin Jamalli
PLAYER
AZE - Handicap +2
Rashad Hasanov
Player
AZE/ARG - Handicap +5
Lala Laplacette
RESERVE
AZE - Handicap +1
Ali Rzayev
RESERVE
AZE - Handicap +1
Amil Namazov
RESERVE
AZE - Handicap +2
Tarlan Gurbanaliyev
ASSISTANT COACH
AZE
Namig Orujov
TEAM BOT
Indian Polo & Riding Club New Delhi, India
CAPTAIN / PLAYER
IND - Handicap +6
Abhimanyu Pathak
PLAYER
IRL - Handicap +2
Luke Norris
PLAYER
CH/USA - Handicap +3
Tito Gaudenzi
RESERVE
ITA - Handicap +2
Alessandro Giachetti
TEAM PALLADIUM
Polo Club Wicklow, Ireland
CAPTAIN / PLAYER
IRL - Handicap +2
Richard Fagan
PLAYER
JOR - Handicap +1
Raja W Abuljebain
PLAYER
ARG - Handicap +8
JJ Brane
RESERVE
IRL - Handicap +1
Tiernan O’Rourke
POLO SPEAKER, UMPIRE, DJ
Speaker AZ
Ilgar Guliyev
Speaker
Jan-Erik Franck
Umpire
Oliver Ellis
Ball Judge
Dorigo Pedrolini
Sportscrew
Mohamad Bdeir
World Wide Polo Doc
Dr. Andreas Krüger
DJ
DJ Seym