Polo Sotogrande 2026: Full Match Schedule — Every Game, Time & Field

Here’s the full Polo Sotogrande 2026 schedule — every match, every kick-off time, and every ground for this year’s Ayala Polo Club season.

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Every summer for over twenty years, I’ve made my way down to Ayala Polo Club — which used to be known as Santa María Polo Club, back when the fields were the Los Pinos grounds — and every summer I’m reminded of the same thing: most people who haven’t experienced it have no idea how unusual Sotogrande polo really is.

The first time Open Frontiers sponsored the Bronze Cup was back in 2004, when the polo was still played inside Sotogrande itself, on the Río Fields, overlooked by the houses around it — which is also why the residential complex “El Polo” has the name it does, since it used to border those fields directly. Polo there felt more like a family gathering than a sporting event. That feeling has never really changed. Two decades later, I still go with the same instinct: meet friends, have a drink, catch up on the week — and if the match is a good one, everyone goes quiet and actually watches it. If it isn’t, it doesn’t matter, because it was never really about the score. It’s one of the best excuses in Sotogrande to get your favourite people in one place.

That’s the bit most first-time visitors don’t expect.

If you’ve watched polo elsewhere in the world — England, Argentina, the US — you’ll assume two things: that it’s an expensive, exclusive ticket, and that it’s a formal, dressed-up affair, closer in spirit to a day at the races than a casual afternoon out. In Sotogrande, neither is true.

• It’s free. Matches at Ayala Polo Club are open to the public at no cost — genuinely unusual for a tournament of this calibre anywhere in the world.
• It’s casual. The dress code is relaxed summer wear, not the upscale, dressed-to-be-seen formality you’d find at most international polo. You can spot the tourists from the locals almost instantly: the locals are the ones in shorts and espadrilles.
• It’s social first, sporting second. Locals treat it as a weekly meeting point as much as a match. Expect to have a drink and stay well beyond the final whistle — there are shops, bars, food trucks, and sometimes live bands on the grounds, so it’s often a full afternoon-into-evening thing rather than a quick match and home.

That combination — world-class polo, zero cost of entry, and a genuinely relaxed local crowd — is, as far as I know, not replicated anywhere else on the international polo calendar.

This year marks the 55th International Polo Tournament at Ayala Polo Club, running from Monday 27 July to Saturday 29 August 2026 — just over five weeks of polo across three parallel competitions, each at a different handicap level:

Matches are played across six fields at two clubs: Ayala (in San Enrique — grounds Ayala, Ayala 1, Ayala 3) and Los Pinos (by the Sotogrande marina, still listed on Google Maps under its former name, Santa María Polo Club — grounds Los Pinos 1 to 4). Both are a short drive from the marina and from Sotogrande Costa.

📍 Ayala Polo Club, San Enrique · 📍 Los Pinos grounds, by the marina

Where to Find Each Field

(As with any live sporting fixture, match order can shift — Ayala Polo Club flags this on their own schedule too, so treat times as the latest confirmed plan rather than fixed in stone. We’ll keep this page updated as the season progresses.)

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Bookmark this Polo Sotogrande 2026 schedule so you can refer back to it later.

Since the Bronze Cup is the one closest to my heart — it’s the one Open Frontiers has sponsored since 2004 — here it is in full:

Monday 27 July

• 10:00 — Ayala 1 — Cuartos de Final 1 — Savoir Polo Team vs Scholarview
• 11:00 — Los Pinos 1 — Cuartos de Final 2 — Estancia Lamar vs Polothanda
• 17:30 — Los Pinos 2 — Qualy 1 (Medium) — Royal Salute Standing Rock vs P1 Cars El Bambú
• 19:00 — Los Pinos 4 — Qualy 2 (Medium) — John Smith vs ATL

Tuesday 28 July

• 10:00 — Ayala 3 — Cuartos de Final 3 — Adrenalina/La Esperanza vs Tahanto
• 11:00 — Ayala 1 — Cuartos de Final 4 — Vamos Korea vs C.H. Kazuki
• 17:30 — Los Pinos 4 — Qualy 1 (High) — Essso vs Brunei Polo Team
• 19:00 — Los Pinos 3 — Qualy 2 (High) — Sainte Mesme vs Dos Lunas IQ

Wednesday 29 July

• 10:00 — Los Pinos 1 — Semifinal Silbón 1 — Loser Cuartos 1 vs Loser Cuartos 2
• 10:00 — Ayala 1 — Semifinal Copa de Bronce Gluf 1 — Winner Cuartos 1 vs Winner Cuartos 2
• 17:30 — Los Pinos 2 — Qualy 3 (Medium) — Jolly Roger vs P1 Cars El Bambú
• 19:00 — Los Pinos 3 — Qualy 4 (Medium) — ATL vs Royal Salute Standing Rock

Thursday 30 July

• 10:00 — Ayala — Penalty shoot-out (Medium)
• 10:00 — Los Pinos 1 — Semifinal Silbón 2 — Loser Cuartos 3 vs Loser Cuartos 4
• 11:00 — Ayala 1 — Semifinal Copa de Bronce Gluf 2 — Winner Cuartos 3 vs Winner Cuartos 4
• 17:30 — Los Pinos 2 — Qualy 3 (High) — Ayala vs Dos Lunas IQ
• 19:00 — Los Pinos 4 — Qualy 4 (High) — Brunei Polo Team vs Sainte Mesme

Friday 31 July

• 10:00 — Ayala — Penalty shoot-out (Medium)
• 19:00 — Los Pinos 4 — Final Copa de Bronce Gluf (Medium) — 1st qualifier vs 2nd qualifier

Saturday 1 August

• 10:00 — Ayala 1 — Final Silbón (Low) — Semifinal winner 1 vs Semifinal winner 2
• 17:00 — Los Pinos 4 — Final Copa de Bronce Gluf (Low) — Semifinal winner 1 vs Semifinal winner 2
• 19:00 — Los Pinos 3 — Final Copa de Bronce Gluf (High) — 1st qualifier vs 2nd qualifier

A note on this section: many qualifying matches are listed in the official fixture by group letter only (e.g. “A vs B”) rather than by team name, because those groups hadn’t been assigned yet at time of publishing. We’ve reproduced them exactly as published rather than guess — the named matches are confirmed teams.

Sunday 2 August — Tournament meeting, Copa de Plata Terralpa

Monday 3 August

• 10:00 — Ayala 3 — Qualy (Low) — A vs B
• 10:00 — Los Pinos 1 — Qualy (Low) — C vs D
• 11:00 — Ayala 1 — Qualy (Medium) — E vs C
• 17:30 — Los Pinos 2 — Qualy (Medium) — B vs D
• 17:30 — Los Pinos 4 — Qualy (High) — Amanara Polo Team vs Dubai
• 19:00 — Los Pinos 3 — Qualy (High) — Brunei Polo Team vs Sainte Mesme

Tuesday 4 August

• 10:00 — Los Pinos 1 — Qualy (Low) — G vs H
• 10:00 — Ayala 1 — Qualy (Low) — E vs F
• 17:30 — Los Pinos 4 — Qualy (High) — Essso vs Dos Lunas IQ
• 19:00 — Los Pinos 3 — Qualy (High) — La Dolfina Marqués de Riscal vs Ayala

Wednesday 5 August

• 10:00 — Los Pinos 1 — Qualy (Low) — A vs I
• 10:00 — Ayala 1 — Qualy (Low) — B vs C
• 17:30 — Los Pinos 2 — Qualy (Medium) — A vs B
• 19:00 — Los Pinos 4 — Qualy (Medium) — C vs D

Thursday 6 August

• 10:00 — Los Pinos 1 — Qualy (Low) — D vs E
• 10:00 — Ayala 1 — Qualy (Low) — F vs G
• 17:30 — Los Pinos 2 — Qualy (High) — Amanara Polo Team vs Brunei Polo Team
• 19:00 — Los Pinos 3 — Qualy (High) — Dubai vs Sainte Mesme

Friday 7 August

• 10:00 — Los Pinos 1 — Qualy (Low) — B vs I
• 10:00 — Los Pinos 2 — Qualy (Low) — A vs H
• 11:00 — Ayala 1 — Qualy (Medium) — E vs D
• 17:30 — Los Pinos 4 — Qualy (High) — Dos Lunas IQ vs Ayala
• 19:00 — Los Pinos 3 — Qualy (High) — Essso vs La Dolfina Marqués de Riscal

Saturday 8 August

• 17:30 — Los Pinos 1 — Qualy (Low) — E vs G
• 19:00 — Los Pinos 3 — Qualy (Medium) — C vs A

Sunday 9 August

• 10:00 — Los Pinos 1 — Qualy (Low) — F vs H
• 10:00 — Ayala 1 — Qualy (Low) — C vs I
• 17:30 — Los Pinos 2 — Qualy (Medium) — E vs B
• 19:00 — Los Pinos 3 — Qualy (High) — Amanara Polo Team vs Sainte Mesme
• 19:00 — Los Pinos 4 — Qualy (High) — Dubai vs Brunei Polo Team

Monday 10 August

• 10:00 — Ayala — Penalty shoot-out (Medium)
• 10:00 — Los Pinos 1 — Qualy (Low) — A vs E
• 11:00 — Ayala 1 — Qualy (Low) — B vs D
• 19:00 — Los Pinos 3 — Qualy (High) — La Dolfina Marqués de Riscal vs Dos Lunas IQ
• 19:00 — Los Pinos 2 — Qualy (High) — Essso vs Ayala

Tuesday 11 August

• 10:00 — Ayala — Penalty shoot-out (High)
• 10:00 — Ayala 1 — Qualy (Low) — C vs F
• 17:30 — Los Pinos 2 — Semifinal Copa de Plata Terralpa 1 (Medium) — 1st qualifier vs 4th qualifier
• 19:00 — Los Pinos 3 — Semifinal Copa de Plata Terralpa 2 (Medium) — 2nd qualifier vs 3rd qualifier

Wednesday 12 August

• 10:00 — Ayala 1 — Qualy (Low) — G vs I
• 10:00 — Los Pinos 1 — Qualy (Low) — D vs H
• 17:30 — Los Pinos 4 — Semifinal Copa de Plata Terralpa 1 (High) — 1st Zone 1 vs 2nd Zone 2
• 19:00 — Los Pinos 3 — Semifinal Copa de Plata Terralpa 2 (High) — Copa Diputación de Cádiz — 1st Zone 2 vs 2nd Zone 1

Thursday 13 August

• 10:00 — Ayala — Penalty shoot-out (Low)
• 17:30 — Los Pinos 2 — Semifinal Copa Sotogrande 1 (High) — 3rd Zone 1 vs 4th Zone 2
• 19:00 — Los Pinos 4 — Semifinal Copa Sotogrande 2 (High) — 3rd Zone 2 vs 4th Zone 1

Friday 14 August

• 17:00 — Los Pinos 1 — Final Copa JP Financial (Low) — 3rd qualifier vs 4th qualifier
• 18:30 — Los Pinos 4 — Final Copa de Plata Terralpa (Medium) — Semifinal winner 1 vs Semifinal winner 2

Saturday 15 August

• 10:00 — Los Pinos 2 — Final Copa Sotogrande (High) — Semifinal winner 1 vs Semifinal winner 2
• 17:00 — Los Pinos 4 — Final Copa de Plata Terralpa (Low) — 1st qualifier vs 2nd qualifier
• 18:30 — Los Pinos 3 — Final Copa de Plata Terralpa (High) — Semifinal winner 1 vs Semifinal winner 2

Sunday 16 August

• 10:00 — Ayala — Copa Timothy Van de Brand (junior/youth cup)
• 19:00 — Los Pinos 4 — Exhibición La Martina (to be confirmed)

Same note applies here: the qualifying rounds are largely listed by group letter in the official fixture, with teams to be assigned closer to the date. We’ll update this section with team names as they’re confirmed.

Monday 17 August

• 10:00 — Ayala 3 — Qualy (Low) — A vs B
• 10:00 — Los Pinos 1 — Qualy (Low) — C vs D
• 11:00 — Ayala 1 — Qualy (Medium) — E vs C
• 17:00 — Los Pinos 2 — Qualy (Medium) — B vs D
• 17:00 — Los Pinos 4 — Qualy (High) — A vs B
• 18:30 — Los Pinos 3 — Qualy (High) — C vs D

Tuesday 18 August

• 10:00 — Los Pinos 1 — Qualy (Low) — G vs H
• 10:00 — Ayala 1 — Qualy (Low) — E vs F
• 17:00 — Los Pinos 2 — Qualy (High) — E vs F
• 18:30 — Los Pinos 3 — Qualy (High) — G vs H

Wednesday 19 August

• 10:00 — Ayala 3 — Qualy (Low) — A vs I
• 10:00 — Los Pinos 1 — Qualy (Low) — B vs C
• 11:00 — Ayala 1 — Qualy (Medium) — A vs B
• 17:00 — Los Pinos 2 — Qualy (Medium) — C vs D
• 17:00 — Los Pinos 4 — Qualy (High) — A vs C
• 18:30 — Los Pinos 3 — Qualy (High) — B vs D

Thursday 20 August

• 10:00 — Los Pinos 1 — Qualy (Low) — D vs E
• 10:00 — Ayala 1 — Qualy (Low) — F vs G
• 17:00 — Los Pinos 2 — Qualy (High) — F vs H
• 18:30 — Los Pinos 3 — Qualy (High) — E vs G

Friday 21 August

• 10:00 — Los Pinos 1 — Qualy (Low) — B vs I
• 10:00 — Ayala 1 — Qualy (Low) — A vs H
• 17:00 — Los Pinos 2 — Qualy (Medium) — E vs D
• 18:30 — Los Pinos 3 — Qualy (Medium) — C vs A

Saturday 22 August

• 10:00 — Ayala 3 — Qualy (Low) — E vs G
• 18:30 — Los Pinos 4 — Qualy (High) — A vs D
• 18:30 — Los Pinos 2 — Qualy (High) — B vs C

Sunday 23 August

• 10:00 — Ayala 1 — Qualy (Low) — F vs H
• 10:00 — Los Pinos 1 — Qualy (Low) — C vs I
• 17:00 — Los Pinos 2 — Qualy (Medium) — E vs B
• 18:30 — Los Pinos 4 — Qualy (High) — G vs F
• 18:30 — Los Pinos 3 — Qualy (High) — E vs H

Monday 24 August

• 10:00 — Ayala — Penalty shoot-out (High)
• 10:00 — Ayala — Penalty shoot-out (Medium)
• 17:00 — Los Pinos 1 — Qualy (Low) — A vs E
• 18:30 — Los Pinos 2 — Qualy (Low) — B vs D

Tuesday 25 August

• 10:00 — Ayala 1 — Qualy (Low) — C vs F
• 17:00 — Los Pinos 4 — Semifinal Copa de Oro Ayala Polo Club 1 (Medium) — 1st qualifier vs 4th qualifier
• 18:30 — Los Pinos 3 — Semifinal Copa de Oro Ayala Polo Club 2 (Medium) — 2nd qualifier vs 3rd qualifier

Wednesday 26 August

• 10:00 — Los Pinos 1 — Qualy (Low) — G vs I
• 11:00 — Los Pinos 2 — Qualy (Low) — D vs H
• 17:00 — Los Pinos 4 — Semifinal Copa de Oro Ayala Polo Club 1 (High) — 1st Zone 1 vs 2nd Zone 2
• 18:30 — Los Pinos 3 — Semifinal Copa de Oro Ayala Polo Club 2 (High) — 1st Zone 2 vs 2nd Zone 1

Thursday 27 August

• 10:00 — Ayala — Penalty shoot-out (Low)

Friday 28 August

• 17:00 — Los Pinos 2 — Final Copa Barberán (Low) — 3rd qualifier vs 4th qualifier
• 18:30 — Los Pinos 4 — Final Copa de Oro Ayala Polo Club (Medium) — Semifinal winner 1 vs Semifinal winner 2

Saturday 29 August

• 17:00 — Los Pinos 4 — Final Copa de Oro Ayala Polo Club (Low) — 1st qualifier vs 2nd qualifier
• 18:30 — Los Pinos 3 — Final Copa de Oro Ayala Polo Club (High) — Semifinal winner 1 vs Semifinal winner 2

If you only need the headline dates from this Polo Sotogrande 2026 schedule for your diary:

The Gold Cup Final on 29 August is the traditional highlight of the season — if you only make it to one match, that’s the one.

• It’s free and open to everyone — no tickets required for regular matches.
• Dress code: casual summer wear. Leave the blazer at home.
• Arrive a little early, especially for weekend and final matches, for parking and a good spot pitch-side.
• Check nearer the date for order-of-play changes — as noted on the official fixture, match order can shift.

Every August I watch the same thing happen: someone comes to Sotogrande for a friend’s polo weekend, has exactly the afternoon I described above, and starts asking about property before the season is even over. It’s genuinely one of the best times of year to see Sotogrande at its most alive — and to understand why so many owners never leave.

If you’re thinking about buying near the fields: Sotogrande Costa and Kings & Queens put you within a few minutes of Ayala Polo Club and Los Pinos, while La Reserva and Sotogrande Alto offer more privacy with the same easy reach. Whichever it is, get in touch and I’m happy to talk through it — no pressure, just a local’s honest take.

For the fuller picture of the season — teams, the international crowd, where to stay — see our Polo Sotogrande 2026 season guide. For the very latest official fixture and any late changes, Ayala Polo Club is the definitive source.