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The PIPA Snow Polo World Cup Tour is an international played series of worldwide Polo tournaments organized by the
PIPA Polo Instructors and Players Association The Polo Instructors´ and Players´ Association (with or without the apostrophe) is the usual term for the worldwide organization of polo players and instructors. The organization is responsible for both male and female players and instructors ...
in cooperation wit
A Quechua World of Polo
Snow Polo Tournaments are played in teams with two or three players each. Teams are built by nationality, so for example there plays team
Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
versus
Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
. The game and the rules are similar to
Arena polo Arena polo is a fast-paced version of polo played outdoors on an enclosed all-weather surface, or in an indoor arena.{{cite web, title=Arena Polo , url=http://www.us-polo.org/new_08/arena_polo.htm , access-date=2010-01-06 , url-status=dead , archiv ...
.


History

What started with a single event in 2010 became bigger each year and since 2014 the
PIPA Polo Instructors and Players Association The Polo Instructors´ and Players´ Association (with or without the apostrophe) is the usual term for the worldwide organization of polo players and instructors. The organization is responsible for both male and female players and instructors ...
Snow Polo World Cup Tour is held in several events across Europe. It generates more and more media visibility like the events at the famous Munich Olympicparc with more than 15.000 spectators every day, o
event in Bad Gastein
or the Olympic Region Seefeld Since the beginning of the Snow Polo World Cup, 13 nations have registered to participate at the events. Beneath middle-European nations like
Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
or
Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
, also the grand nations of Polo like
Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
,
Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
or
Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
have registered for the world series.


2016 PIPA Snow Polo World Cup Tour

The 2016 PIPA Snow Polo World Cup Tour consisted of 5 events, three of them were played and two had to be cancelled,
Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...
because of too high temperatures and Rogla due to noncompliance of the community of
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regarding the PIPA grooming standards and guidelines. The first event took place in
Seefeld in Tirol Seefeld in Tirol is an old farming village, now a major tourist resort, in Innsbruck-Land District in the Austrian state of Tyrol (state), Tyrol with a local population of 3,312 (as of 1 January 2013). The village is located about northwest of Inn ...
, where the German team with Joe Reinhard and Marie Haupt won after three gamedays. The second event was played under floodlight at
Ramsau am Dachstein Ramsau am Dachstein is a municipality in the district of Liezen, state of Styria, Austria. It is also the name of the elevated plateau between the Dachstein range and the Enns valley on which this municipality is located. The appendage ''am Dachs ...
. After three days of polo
England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
with playing captain could win the final game against
Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
with playing captain Dr. Uwe Seebacher. The third event was played at
Bad Gastein Bad Gastein (; formerly ''Badgastein''; Southern Bavarian: ''Bod Goschdei'') is a spa town in the district of St. Johann im Pongau District, St. Johann im Pongau, in the Austrian state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg. Picturesquely situated in a hig ...
. Having windy conditions and warm temperatures it was again the English team winning the tournament after a thrilling final game against Austria. According to those results, Austria won the 2016 tour two points ahead of England. For Austria, this title is the second one after 2014. The final table looks as follows: # Austria / 14 points # England / 12 points # Germany / 6 points # USA / 5 points # Italy, South Africa / 4 points The tour reached a high media attention,
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reported as well as many national and international newspapers and websites.


Previous Tour Results

The 2014 PIPA Snow Polo World Cup Tour was won by Austria, the 2015 champions were England. Here are the final tables for 2014 and 2015: 2015 Tour Ranking: #England (Tim Ward, Mac Aberle and Chris Voelkers) #Austria (Uwe Seebacher, Klarina Pichler and Benjamin Darroux) #Germany (Captain Joe Reinhard, Stefan Coszma and Marc van Eupen) 2014 Tour Ranking: #Austria 12 points #Slovakia 11 points #Switzerland 8 points #Italy 7 points #Germany 5 points #Liechtenstein 5 points #Denmark 3 points #Czech Republic 3 points


See also

Arena polo Arena polo is a fast-paced version of polo played outdoors on an enclosed all-weather surface, or in an indoor arena.{{cite web, title=Arena Polo , url=http://www.us-polo.org/new_08/arena_polo.htm , access-date=2010-01-06 , url-status=dead , archiv ...

PIPA Polo Instructors and Players Association The Polo Instructors´ and Players´ Association (with or without the apostrophe) is the usual term for the worldwide organization of polo players and instructors. The organization is responsible for both male and female players and instructors ...

Polo Polo is a ball game played on horseback, a traditional field sport and one of the world's oldest known team sports. The game is played by two opposing teams with the objective of scoring using a long-handled wooden mallet to hit a small hard ...


External links

* http://www.snowpolo.org/ * http://www.aquechua.com/ * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD_cbOwxYWU


References

{{Reflist Polo competitions Winter sports competitions