{"id":105752,"date":"2023-11-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kuwaitnewsgazette.com\/?guid=a51fa4eb3328e3f868cdba67c4bf5774"},"modified":"2023-11-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T00:00:00","slug":"world-chovgan-championships-morocco-becomes-world-vice-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewsgazette.com\/world-chovgan-championships-morocco-becomes-world-vice-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"World Chovgan Championships: Morocco Becomes World Vice-Champion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rabat – Morocco’s national polo team on Wednesday became world vice-champion, after finishing second at the World Chovgan Championship, held in Baku, Azerbaijan.<\/P>
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The Moroccan team, made up of Sidi Mohammed El Mhamdi, Moulay Abdessalam El Hanafi, Zouhir Lachgar and Taissir Kadiri, lost the final game against the Azerbaijani national team 0-4.<\/P>
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Morocco reached the final game after beating Kazakhstan 3- 1 and Poland 4- 0.<\/P>
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For its part, Azerbaijan qualified for the final game after besting Turkey (7-1) and Kazakhstan (7-0).<\/P>
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The Chovgan World Championship brought together six national teams of Morocco, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Poland and Turkey.<\/P>
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Chovgan is a traditional horse-riding game played on a flat, grassy field by two competing teams of players mounted on Karabakh horses. Each team has five riders, with two fullbacks and three forwards.<\/P>
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Source: Agency Morocaine De Presse<\/P>
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Rabat – Morocco’s national polo team on Wednesday became world vice-champion, after finishing second at the World Chovgan Championship, held in Baku, Azerbaijan.The Moroccan team, made up of Sidi Mohammed El Mhamdi, Moulay Abdessalam El Hanafi, Zouhir …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n