Real Club de Polo de Barcelona

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Real Club de Polo
Full nameReal Club de Polo de Barcelona
Short nameRCPB
LeagueMen's División de Honor
Women's División de Honor
Founded1897; 129 years ago (1897)
Home groundCamp Eduardo Dualde,
Barcelona
(Capacity 1,500)
WebsiteClub website
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Real Club de Polo de Barcelona (English: Barcelona Royal Polo ClubCategory:Articles containing explicitly cited English-language text) is a country club in Barcelona, Spain. Established in 1897, it had 9000 members at the time of the 1992 Summer Olympics.[1] Normally used for polo, field hockey, tennis, squash, and swimming by its members.[2] the club was the venue for the Olympic equestrian competition (dressage, jumping, and the eventing finals) and the riding portion of the modern pentathlon events.[3]

History

The Real Club de Polo de Barcelona was founded in 1897 by a man named Enrique de Iberdrola. De Iberdrola had visited London, United Kingdom and discovered Polo. He returned to Spain and with a few friends, founded the Polo Jockey Club.[2] In 1899, they played the first inter-club polo match in Spain against the Madrid Polo Club.[4] After this, the club started to branch out to run other sports such as show jumping, tennis, field hockey and paddle tennis.[2] In 1912, they received a royal title following their merge with the Barcelona Jockey Club to become the "Real Polo Jockey Club de Barcelona".[5] In 1939, they renamed again as the Real Club de Polo de Barcelona.[5]

The Real Club de Polo de Barcelona was selected by the Barcelona Olympic Games Organising Committee to host the equestrian events, except the eventing and endurance phase of the dressage, at the Barcelona-hosted 1992 Summer Olympics.[3] By this time, the club had 9,000 members.[1] 25 years later the club hosted a tribute to the Spanish Olympic team.[6] In 1997, to celebrate the clubs centenary, it was awarded a Royal Order of Sports Merit.[5] In 2022, to celebrate their 125th anniversary, the Real Club de Polo de Barcelona would be hosting an international Grand Masters Hockey tournament.[1] In 2024, they supplied eight athletes for the Spanish Olympic team at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France with one equestrian athlete and seven across the men's and women's hockey teams.[7]

Grounds

The club first played at the Can Tunis Racecourse but moved to their own dedicated polo grounds in Casa-Rabia in 1909, before moving in 1929 to Torre Melina.[4][5]

Current squad

Men's squad

Head coach: Katie Allen

As of 2021–22[8]
Pos. Nation Player
ESP Salvador Armenteras
DF ESP Pablo de Abadal
ESP Alfredo Baron
GK ESP Luis Calzado
ESP Iñaki Zaldua
DF ARG Santiago Tarazona
GK ESP Alberto Carnicer
ESP Alex Reyne
ESP Ton Borras
Pos. Nation Player
ESP Marc Reyne
ESP Javier Cabot
FW ESP Xavi Lleonart
ESP Guillermo Fortuño
MF ESP Marc Miralles
ESP Javier Uriach
MF ESP Viçens Ruiz
DF ESP Llorenç Piera

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Real Club de Polo de Barcelona set to celebrate 125th anniversary". The Hockey Paper. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 Howson, Peter (2020). Special Report: Barcelona. The Business Year. p. 139. ISBN 9781912498475.
  3. 1 2 "1992 Barcelona, Spain". FEI. 26 November 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  4. 1 2 Laffaye, Horace (2015). The Polo Encyclopedia. McFarland. p. 31. ISBN 9780786495771.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Real Club de Polo de Barcelona" (in Catalan). Federació Catalana de Tennis. Retrieved 2 April 2025.Category:CS1 Catalan-language sources (ca)
  6. ↑ "Homenaje al equipo Espanol de barcelona92" (in Spanish). Ecuestre. Retrieved 2 April 2025.Category:CS1 Spanish-language sources (es)
  7. ↑ "Ocho deportistas del Real Club de Polo de Barcelona participan en los Juegos Olímpicos de París". Crónica Global (in Spanish). 26 July 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2025.Category:CS1 Spanish-language sources (es)
  8. ↑ "Equipo". rfeh.es (in Spanish). Real Federación Española de Hockey. 22 November 2023.Category:CS1 Spanish-language sources (es)

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