United States Women's Polo Federation
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The United States Women's Polo Federation (USWPF) coordinates the activities of its United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 member teams, arranging and supervising women's professional polo
Polo
Polo is a team sport played on horseback in which the objective is to score goals against an opposing team. Sometimes called, "The Sport of Kings", it was highly popularized by the British. Players score by driving a small white plastic or wooden ball into the opposing team's goal using a...

 matches and tournaments. The USWPF makes the United States unique in the Federation of International Polo
Federation of International Polo
Federation of International Polo was founded in 1983 with headquarters in Beverly Hills, USA, and currently represents the national polo associations of more than 80 countries. It was the brain child of Marcos Uranga, then President of the Argentine Polo Association. The first World Polo...

, as the only country to allow gender discrimination in polo: in every other country, all recognized leagues must be open equally to women and men.
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