Habtoor, Abu Dhabi and Ghantoot make their way to the semifinals

In today´s matches, Abu Dhabi defeated Mahra by 6 goals to 3 and Habtoor was victorious over Ghantoot by 8 goals to 7 in overtime.

The qualyfing round of the Gold Cup came to an end this afternoon with two good polo matches which resulted in Habtoor Polo, Ghantoot and Abu Dhabi qualyfing to the semifinals of the tournament.

In the first game of the day, at the main field of the Dubai Polo & Equestrian Club, Abu Dhabi defeated Mahra by 6 goals to 3 and made their way to the semifinals with this victory.

Mahra, as in almost all the tournament, made a good start but couldn´t maintain this level and Abu Dhabi over-powered them in the last two chukkers of the game.

In the second match, Habtoor Polo had to go into overtime to defeat Ghantoot by 8 goals to 7, thanks to a great goal from Nacho Bello.

It was an exciting match, with great goals, one of them scored by Mohammed Al Habtoor, in a match which could have gone either way.

Habtoor were leading for most of the match but the Ghantoot team reacted well later in the game to force the game to overtime.

After missing three good chances to score finally it was Nacho Bello who, in a great individual play, scored for Habtoor and gave the victory for his team.

The semifinals of the Gold Cup will be held next Monday at the Dubai Polo & Equestrian Club.

Habtoor will face Abu Dhabi from 2.30 and Bin Drai play against Ghantoot at 4 pm.

Pictures credited to Gonzalo Etcheverry/DubaiPoloGoldCupSeries