After an exciting six days of preliminary matches at the Fortune Heights Snow Polo World Cup 2014, penalty shoot-outs were held this morning to decide the match-ups for the next two days of quarterfinals. Spain were eliminated from the tournament by scoring two penalties to Chile’s three. And in a four-way shoot-out to decide the order of finishing in Zone 2, it concluded (from first to last place): New Zealand, Brazil, France, USA.
The Quarterfinal schedule has been finalised as follows –
QUARTERFINAL 1 Wednesday 15th January, 13:00
Hong Kong China (1st place Zone 1) vs USA (4th place Zone 2)
QUARTERFINAL 2 Wednesday 15th January, 14:30 approx
Brazil (2nd place Zone 2) vs Mexico (3rd place Zone 1)
QUARTERFINAL 3 Thursday 16th January, 13:00
New Zealand (1st place Zone 2) vs Chile (4th place Zone 1)
QUARTERFINAL 4 Thursday 16th January, 14:30 approx
England (2nd place Zone 2) vs France (3rd place Zone 1)
The quarterfinal games will consist of four six-minute chukkas. If the scores are level at the end of four chukkas, a penalty shoot-out will take place to decide the winner. The semi-finals will then take place on Saturday 18 January, and the subsidiary final and grand final will be played on Sunday 19 January.
The results so far:
Wednesday, 8 January 2014
Results: Hong Kong China vs Spain 6 – 4
Australia vs Chile 0 – 4
England vs Mexico 5 – 1
Thursday, 9 January 2014
Results: New Zealand vs USA 3 (4) – 3 (3)
Canada vs France 3 – 5
Brazil vs South Africa 3 – 2
Friday, 10 January 2014
Results: England vs Australia 4 – 3
Hong Kong China vs Chile 5 – 4
Mexico vs Spain 4 – 3
Saturday, 11 January 2014
Results: South Africa vs France 1 – 2
New Zealand vs Canada 4 (1) – 4 (2)
Brazil vs USA 4 (2) – 4 (3)
Sunday, 12 January 2014
Results: Chile vs Mexico 3 – 4
Australia vs Spain 4 (1) – 4 (2)
Hong Kong China vs England 5 – 3
Monday, 13 January 2014
Results: Canada vs Brazil 1 – 2
France vs USA 3 – 4
New Zealand vs South Africa 3 (3) – 3 (2)
Information on Fortune Heights Snow Polo World Cup 2014
Gate opens: 12:00 noon
Match Time: 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Address: 16 Hai Tai Hua Ke Ju Lu Bin Hai Gao Xin Qu, Tianjin 300384, China
Official website: www.snowpoloworldcup.com