Polo players in action.

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Jack Archibald to captain nine-man squad for first time...
 
Jack Archibald will captain the Australian team at the prestigious XI FIP World Polo Championship to be held at Sydney Polo Club, Richmond from October 21 to 29.
 
The six-time capped national player will be joined by Alex Barnet, Jake Daniels, Lachlan Gilmore, George Hill, Jack Kiely, James Lester, Daniel O’Leary and Alec White.
 
A humble Archibald, 28, is excited to lead the Australian team for the first time and plans on leaving “nothing in the tank”.
 
“Representing your country at any level is a great privilege but to be a part of the World Cup team and having the opportunity to compete in front of a home crowd makes it even more special and a once in a lifetime opportunity,” he said.
 
Alec White added he was looking forward to a very competitive tournament.
 
“We have a mix of experienced and some fantastic up-and-coming players so will work hard to play a smart team game,” he said. “Hopefully we can use playing on home soil in front of family, friends and a supportive Aussie crowd to our advantage and do everyone proud.”
 
The eight international teams have been divided into two pools and will play a round-robin competition of 12 games before the two highest placed teams in each pool compete in the finals.

Eight teams will take part in the XI FIP World Polo Championship.

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POOL A - Argentina, Australia, Spain and USA         
POOL B - Chile, England, India and New Zealand
 
ARGENTINA
Tomas Maria Panelo, Federico Rooney, Hector Guerrero, Ignacio Javier Bello, Lucio Fernandez Ocampo, Valentin Novillo Astrada, Ivan Maldonado and Diago Braun
 
CHILE
Jose Zegers, Martin Arrau, Andres Vial Perez, Jose Miguel Pereira Riesco, Maria Silva Castelblanco, Ignancio Vial Mazieres, Antonio Eguiguren and Jose Thomas von Unger Orchard
 
ENGLAND
Adolfo Casabal, Edward Banner-Eve, Henry Porter, Josh Cork, Peter Webb and Satnam Singh Dhillon
 
INDIA
Angad Kalaan, HH Sawai Padmanabh Singh, Col Ravi Rathore, Dhruv Pal Godara, Pranav Kapur, Siddhant Sharma and Uday Kalaan
 
NEW ZEALAND
Cody Forsyth, Glen Sherriff, Guy Higginson, brothers Henry and Jonny Jones, Kit Brooks, Mark Duncan, Richard Hunt, Adam Haworth, Nick Keyte and Sam Martin
 
SPAIN
Antonio Ayesa Guix, Benjamin Araya, Jaime Serra Diez, José Marío Trénor Lowestein, Luis Benjumea Llorente, Mario Gomez and Pelayo Berazadi Rózpide
 
USA
Bob Puetz, CB Scherer, Daniel Galindo, Felipe Viana, Jesse Bray, Jimmy Wright and Matias Gonzalez

WHAT:              XI FIP WORLD POLO CHAMPIONSHIP 
 
WHEN:              October 21-29, 2017
 
WHERE:            Sydney Polo Club - 100 Ridges Lane, Richmond
 
TICKETING:       Visit www.wpcsydney.com (Children under 15 granted FREE entry)

Source: Event press release

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