Stage set for 2nd DGAR Men's Polo C'ship 2025 quarterfinals
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, December 14 2025: The quarterfinal line up for the 2nd DGAR Men's Polo Championship 2025 organised by the Assam Rifles in association with the All Manipur Polo Association was completed today with 6 more teams securing pre-quarterfinal victories.

Luwangpokpa PC edged out Arvind Polo Club by 5-4 goals in the first match of the day staged this morning to qualify for the quarterfinals.

Luwangpokpa PC and Arvind Polo Club were locked at 4-4 till the end of the four chukkers before Th Ranjan scored his fourth and the golden goal in the additional chukker to seal the victory for Luwangpokpa PC .

Ibomcha scored twice and K Bonyson and L Rohit scored a goal apiece for Arvind PC in this game to keep the competition open as N Bankim scored the other goal for the winners.

Later in the second match (pre-quarterfinal), X-Polo Club rode on trebles from Th Santosh, Th Jacob and L Atangba to crush Laaman PC by 10-3 goals.

L Kokeshor also added one for X-Polo Club as Thembung scored twice and K Leishemba scored one for Laaman PC .

X-Polo Club will play Luwangpokpa PC in third quarterfinal match of the tournament.

In the third match of the morning session, Chingkheihunba Polo Club pulverised MPSC-C by 15-2 goals as Th Kaoba and T Leishemba scored four goals apiece, M Bhupendrajit, A Basanta and Th Manisana, and O Rozer scored one to set up the big win.

Such was the domination of Chingkheihunba PC that they led the first chukker 5-0 before cruising to 10-0 lead after two chukkers.

Chingkheihunba PC then went on to take a 13-0 lead after three chukkers and pumped in two more goals in the final chukker that also saw N Devanath and Arunkumar scoring a goal apiece for MPSC-C .

With the win, Chingkheihunba PC set up a quarterfinal date with Thangmeiband Youth PC .

In another pre-quarterfinal clash of the day, MPSC-B overcame Tentha Polo Club by 5-4 goals courtesy T Roshan's heroics.

T Roshan scored four goals across the first three chukkers before Abung Khuman hammered home the final goal in the third chukker.

Tentha PC, who were trailing by 3-5 goals till the third chukker courtesy of a double from S Sadananda and one from P Bikash, managed to reduce the margin with P Bikash scoring his second in the 4th chukker.

They however failed to close out the gap and eventually MPSC-B ran away 5-4 winners.

Later in the day, Black Watch PC won 15-2 against Paradise PC to set up a quarterfinal date with MPSC-A who sealed a 8-4 win over Loyalakpa PC in the last pre-quarterfinal match of the tournament.

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