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Team Ciroc Vodka won its debut in the 17th Bendura Bank Snow Polo World Cup in KitzbĂźhel, Austria. With the breathtaking Tyrolean Alps as a backdrop, the team of Sebastian Schneberger, 2, Aki Van Andel, 3, and Valentin Novillo Astrada, 7, dominated the six-team tournament in ideal weather and playing conditions.
In front of a packed house, Ciroc Vodka defeated Engel & Volkers (Kutlay Yaprak, 1, Agustin Kronhaus, 4, Adrian Laplacette, 7) in the championship final, 9-5. In the other two games, Corum (Eckhardt Juls, 0, Enno Grans, 0, Patrick Maleitzke, 4, Juan RuizGuinazu, 6) defeated Bernd Gruber
(Eduardo Greghi, 0, Grant Ganzi, 3, Pierre Henri Ngoumou, 7), 7-6, to win the KitzbĂźhel Country Club Cup subsidiary final. Defending champion Bendura Bank (Melissa Ganzi, 1, Alejandro Novillo Astrada, 8, Isidro Strada, 7, Tito Gaudenzi, 3) trounced Maserati (Marc Aberle, 1, Thomas Winter, 5, Caspar Crasemann, 4), 13-6.5. page 23