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Hamburger Polo Club
The Hamburger Polo Club is a sports club in Hamburg, Germany, founded in 1898. The club participates in polo, field hockey, and tennis. The club's men's field hockey team is a member of Feldhockey Bundesliga (Men's field hockey), Feldhockey Bundesliga, the top level professional men's field hockey league in Germany. In their third season in the Bundesliga in 2021–22 the men's team reached the final of the championship for the first time. They lost the final 1–0 to Rot-Weiss Köln. The result also meant they qualified for the Euro Hockey League for the first time. Current squads Men's field hockey squad References External linksOfficial website Hamburger Polo Club, Field hockey clubs in Germany Sport in Hamburg Polo clubs Sports clubs and teams established in 1898 1898 establishments in Germany Field hockey clubs established in 1898 Polo in Germany {{Polo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polo
Polo is a stick and ball game that is played on horseback as a traditional field sport. It is one of the world's oldest known team sports, having been adopted in the Western world from the game of Chovgan (), which originated in ancient Iran, dating back over 2,000 years. Initially played by Persian nobility as a training exercise for cavalry units, polo eventually spread to other parts of the world. The game is played by two opposing teams with the objective of scoring using a long-handled wooden mallet to hit a small hard ball through the opposing team's goal. Each team has four mounted riders, and the game usually lasts one to two hours, divided into periods called ''chukkas'' or ''chukkers.'' Polo has been called "The Sport of Kings" and has become a spectator sport for equestrians and high society, often supported by sponsorship. The progenitor of polo and its variants existed from the 6th century BC to the 1st century AD, as an equestrian game played by the Ira ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
