Beijing Metropolitan Polo Cup

About the Tournament

The Beijing Metropolitan Polo Cup is China's most prominent annual polo event, hosted at the Sunny Time Polo Club and attracting the country's business elite alongside visiting international professionals in a tournament that reflects the extraordinary growth of polo in China since the early 2000s. The event is central to Beijing's polo calendar, which runs during the spring and autumn seasons when the capital's climate is most conducive to competitive outdoor sport. The Metropolitan Cup's format — typically featuring 8-12 goal teams — provides high-quality competitive polo at a level accessible to the patron players who form the backbone of Chinese polo's participation model. Prize funds and sponsorship reflect Beijing's status as China's political and business capital, and the tournament has attracted coverage from Chinese lifestyle and luxury media that has helped position polo as a sport of aspiration and achievement in the world's largest consumer market.