2. 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
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3. 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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4. 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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5. • 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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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. • 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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10. Teams Participated in
World Championship 2011
England USA Chile
Brazil
Mexico Australia Italy Argentina
India Pakistan
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11. 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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