Her Highness Sheikha Maitha bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum led the Emirates team to win the Dubai Gold Polo Cup (Standard Chartered Bank 2020 gold championship), after the victory in the final match against the Alia team led by Sheikha Alia Al Maktoum, with a score of 10-8.
It is noteworthy that the championship was sponsored by His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, and lasted for about two weeks with the participation of eight teams and "Bhandicab 18 joules", so that the Emirates team won the championship cup and prize money of 250 thousand dirhams, and the team "Alia" won the cup Second place and 150 thousand dirhams.
The Al Habtoor team, led by Mohammed Al Habtoor, was crowned the champion of the UAE Bentley Cup, after defeating its rival Abu Dhabi team led by Fares Al-Yahouni with a score of 11-7, with each team earning 50 thousand dirhams.
Following the closing match, Dubai Sports Council Secretary General Saeed Hareb and Standard Chartered bank representative, sponsor of the tournament, Ali Hammad, and businessman Rashid Al Habtoor, in the presence of businessman Hamid bin Dari, and several officials crowned the winners of the Gold Cup and the Bentley Emirates Polo 2020 Cup, along with Nuno is the strongest horse in the tournament, and many event partners have been honored.
Her Highness Sheikha Maitha bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum expressed her great pleasure at the victory of her team «Emirates» in this championship, which is one of the major championships in the region and the world, noting in a press statement that «her team is still in his possession a lot of what he can do, whether from Where the effort or the technical level ».
Her Highness noted that she hopes to win the championship and a good omen, and gives our players positive momentum in the President’s Cup, so that the team can continue its strong performances. It is noteworthy that the Emirates team maintained the title for the second year in a row and the third this season.
For his part, Saeed Hareb said, in a press statement: “Attendance by fans from all age groups of the Dubai Gold Cup series in general, and the Standard Chartered Gold Cup 2020, has become a distinctive and prominent feature, and we expect the number to double in the coming years, after it has acquired (Polo Emirates Global reputation. He congratulated Her Highness on the victory of the Emirates team in the Gold Cup, and congratulated Sheikha Alia Al Maktoum, on the victory of her team with the medal and the rest of the winners.
The UAE defeated the Alia team in the final match, with a score of 10-8.