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POLO
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Polo
• Polo is a team sport played on horseback in which the objective is to score goals against an opposing team
• Sometimes called, "The Sport of Kings”
• Players score by driving a small white plastic or wooden ball into the opposing team's goal using a long-handled mallet
• Polo is played professionally in 16 countries
• It was formerly, but is not currently, an Olympic sport
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Origin
• The game first played in Persia (Iran) at dates given from the 5th century BC, or much earlier
• Later on Polo was passed from Persia to other parts of Asia including the Indian subcontinent and china
• The name polo is said to have been derived from the Tibetan word "pulu", meaning ball
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Modern game
• The modern game of polo, though formalized and popularized by the British, is derived from Manipur (now a state in India)
• The first polo club was established in the town of Silchar in Assam, India, in 1834
• The oldest polo ground in the world is the Imphal Polo Ground in Manipur State
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• The oldest royal polo square is the 16th century Gilgit Polo Field, Pakistan.
• The highest polo ground in the world, Shandur, located in district Chitral, Pakistan at 4307m (14,000 ft)
• A traditional polo tournament between the teams of Chitral and Gilgit takes place every year in July
• British settlers in the Argentine pampas started practising it during their free time
• During the early part of the 20th century, polo changed to become a high-speed sport in the United States
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The field
• The playing field is 300 yards long by 160 yards wide, the approximate area of nine American football fields
• Goals are posts which are set eight yards apart, centered at each end of the field
• The surface of a polo field requires careful and constant grounds maintenance to keep the surface in good playing condition
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World Polo championship
• The World Polo Championship is a polo competition between countries
• The event is organized by the sport's governing body, the Federation of International Polo (FIP), and is contested by the men's national teams
• The inaugural tournament was held in 1987, hosted by Argentina, and is now contested every three or four years
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World Championships
• The first FIP World Championship was played in April 1987 in Buenos Aires, Argentina
• In 1989, the second FIP World Championship was played in Berlin, at Maifeld
• FIP World Championship III was played in Santiago, Chile, in 1992
• In 1995, the fourth World Championship was held in Saint Moritz, Switzerland
• In 1998, the fifth World Championship was held at the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club in Santa Barbara, California
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• The FIP World Championship VI held in Melbourne, Australia in 2001
• In 2004, the Sixth World Championship was held in Chantilly, France
• The eighth edition of the World Polo Championship took place in Mexico during May 2008
• The ninth edition of the World Polo Championship took place in San Luis Province, Argentina during October 2011 and was won by Argentina
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Teams Participated in
World Championship 2011
Brazil England USA Chile
Mexico Australia Italy Argentina
India Pakistan
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Pakistan
• Polo is also played in Pakistan
• Shandoor polo ground is the world highest polo ground located in district Chitral
• Polo is also played in Gilgit and Skardu.
• On the event of Nouroz polo tournament is occurred within Baltistan and different teams participated in that competition.
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THE END
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