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Polo
Everything the paper holds for Polo: game reports built from the signed-off box score, the schools that field the sport, the athletes who have chosen to be public, and the season calendar.
From the Scorebook
Polo Game Reports
No Polo reports published yet
A report lands in this section as soon as both teams' books agree, the box score is signed off, and the recap is published from the game page.
The Season
Season Calendar
Season Calendar · 2026
Polo · Federation of International Polo (FIP)
| Phase | Starts | Ends | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. high-goal winter season (Wellington, Florida) | Dec 28, 2025 | Apr 26, 2026 | Play began on 28 December 2025 with the Memorial George Miller and ran to the U.S. Open final on 26 April 2026. Day-to-day polo is organised club by club and the season is defined by where the horses can play, not by a single global league. |
| Gauntlet of Polo 2026 | Feb 13, 2026 | Apr 26, 2026 | C.V. Whitney Cup 13 February to 1 March; USPA Gold Cup 4 March to 5 April with the final on 29 March; U.S. Open Polo Championship 1-26 April with the final on 26 April at the USPA National Polo Center on U.S. Polo Assn. Stadium Field. Pilot beat BTA in the 2026 U.S. Open final. |
| FIP Zone A Qualifier | Apr 27, 2026 | May 4, 2026 | USA, Guatemala and Mexico. Team USA beat Mexico 6-4 on 3 May at the National Polo Center to qualify. Other 2026 FIP fixtures include the Ambassador's Cup No. 130 in Queretaro 5-9 May, the FIP Arena European Championship in Rome 26-30 May, the Zone B Qualifier in September with host to be confirmed, and the Zone C Qualifier at Chantilly, France 23-27 September. |
| USPA Division I National Intercollegiate Championship | Mar 18, 2026 | Mar 22, 2026 | Prestonwood Polo & Country Club, Oak Point, near Dallas. Described as the highest level of collegiate polo in the United States, with men's and women's finals on 22 March. USC-Aiken beat Texas A&M 15-6 and North Texas beat Cornell 15-13. |
| Northern-club grass season and Southern-Hemisphere peak | May 2, 2026 | — | Northern-club grass polo runs in summer, with Prestonwood's spring and summer grass season opening on 2 May 2026. The Southern-Hemisphere and Argentine season peaks in the northern autumn, with FIP's Ambassador's Cup in Argentina in December 2026, while arena polo fills the winter indoors. |
| XIII FIP World Polo Championship | — | — | — |
FIP tournament calendar · checked Jul 31, 2026
Sources Disagree
One date is published two different ways
Both published versions are shown with the page each came from. The paper does not pick between them — the governing body settles it.
Championship
The host and timing of the XIII FIP World Polo Championship are stated differently by two sources; championship dates are left null pending FIP confirmation.
- Hosted by the UAE, with FIP's president pointing to Dubai in December and the final in DecemberFIP LinkedIn post, January 2026
- Host location and date yet to be determined, reported May 2026Palm Beach Post
Settled by FIP
Not Yet Confirmed
4 parts of the Polo year are still unsourced
These are gaps, not blanks. Each names what is missing and who would confirm it. Nothing is estimated to fill the shape of the table above.
- Championship
- The confirmed venue and exact dates of the XIII FIP World Polo Championship — FIP would confirm. FIP World Polo Championship page · FIP coming tournaments
- High school season
- USPA National Interscholastic Championship dates and structure for 2026-27 — the USPA's interscholastic and intercollegiate department would confirm. NFHS Activities & Sports
- College season
- Exact 2026 Division II Intercollegiate Nationals dates and the 2027 Division I NIC host and dates — the USPA would confirm. USPA
- Club, youth and academy
- USPA-published youth and junior clinic and camp windows — the USPA would confirm. National Polo Center ticketing
Around The Season
- High school
- Not an NFHS sport, and there is no high-school polo season; polo is absent from the NFHS list of sanctioned activities and sports. Interscholastic polo is run by the USPA through clubs rather than state associations. NFHS Activities & Sports
- College
- Not an NCAA sport; polo appears in neither the NCAA championship future-dates schedule nor the emerging-sports list. Collegiate polo is run by the USPA and played in arenas over the winter, with nationals in March and April: the Division I National Intercollegiate Championship ran 18-22 March 2026 at Prestonwood Polo & Country Club near Dallas, and Division II Intercollegiate Nationals are hosted in April, Cornell hosting in 2025 and 2026 across 9-13 April. NCAA Future Dates Summary
- Olympic and major games
- Not on the LA28 Olympic or Paralympic programme. FIP is IOC-recognised and was created in 1982 partly to broaden international polo and gain Olympic status. Its continental structure of European Championship and zone qualifiers substitutes for the multi-sport-games route. LA28 Games Plan
- Club, youth and academy
- Polo runs on a club season model. Wellington's National Polo Center hosts the winter high-goal season from late December to late April, with a defined set of ticketed marquee dates on 28 December, 22 February, 1 March, 22 March, 29 March, 19 April and 26 April 2026. Northern clubs then run grass seasons from May, with Prestonwood's opener on Kentucky Derby Day, 2 May 2026. Collegiate arena polo occupies the winter, with the 50th anniversary of women's intercollegiate polo and an alumni game staged at the 2026 NIC on 21 March. Non-FIP invitational fixtures also feature, such as the Nedbank International in Johannesburg on 16 May 2026.
- Busiest months
- February, March, April, September, December
Results data · Published but human-readable only. FIP posts calendars and past-winner lists as web pages with no structured results feed; USPA results reach the public mainly through press releases and club pages; and much video sits behind USPA membership or broadcast rights.
Programs
Schools Fielding Polo
No Polo programs in the directory yet
This list is built from the school directory the roster work already produced. Schools appear as soon as a program for this sport is sourced.
Athletes
Public Polo Pages
Athlete records are private by default. Only athletes who have claimed their record and chosen to make it public appear here.
No public athlete pages in this section yet
An athlete appears here only after they have claimed their record and set it public. Nothing is listed on their behalf.
Bylines
Reporting on Polo
No filed stories on Polo yet
Stories from named reporters covering this sport appear here, each carrying that reporter's page and their podcast, channel and social links.