The 2008 European Amateur Team Championship took place 1–5 July at Royal Park Golf & Country Club in Fiano, Italy. It was the 26th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

It was the first time the championship was played in consecutive years, since its inauguration in 1959.

Venue The club was founded in 1971 by the Agnelli family. Its first course, the Allianz Course, a parkland and forest course, in Fiano, in the Metropolitan City of Turin, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) northwest of Turin, in the region Piedmont, Italy, was designed the same year by Robert Trent Jones Sr. The course had previously hosted the 2009–2012 Italian Open on the European Tour.

Format Each team consisted of 6 players, playing two rounds of stroke-play over two days, counting the five best scores each day for each team.

The eight best teams formed flight A, in knock-out match-play over the next three days. The teams were seeded based on their positions after the stroke play. The first placed team were drawn to play the quarter-final against the eight placed team, the second against the seventh, the third against the sixth and the fourth against the fifth. Teams were allowed to use six players during the team matches, selecting four of them in the two morning foursome games and five players in to the afternoon single games. Teams knocked out after the quarter-finals played one foursome game and four single games in each of their remaining matches. Games all square at the 18th hole were declared halved, if the team match was already decided.

The eight teams placed 9–16 in the qualification stroke-play formed flight B, to play similar knock-out play, with one foursome game and four single games in each match, to decide their final positions.

The four teams placed 17–20 formed flight C, to play each other in a round-robin system, with one foursome game and four single games in each match, to decide their final positions.

Teams 20 nation teams contested the event, the same number of teams as at the previous event one year earlier. Poland took part for the first time. Each team consisted of six players.

Players in the teams CountryPlayersHans Peter Bacher, Tano Kromer, Bernhard Reiter, Florian Sander, Philipp Sharma, Johannes SteinerXavier Feyaerts, Patrick Hanauer, Hugues Joannes, Christopher Mivis, Pierre Relecom, Francois VerheyenPeter Baunsoe, Morten Ørum Madsen, Kristian Nielsen, Rasmus Hjelm Nielsen, Jacob RothCharlie Ford, Matt Haines, Sam Hutsby, Steve Uzzell, Dale Whitnell, Chris WoodGert Holland, Torel Neider, Egert Poldma, Paul Pohi, Mait Schmidt, Mark SuursaluJanne Kaske, Immu Korvenmaa, Tuomas Pollari, Mikael Salminen, Kalle Samooja, Henri SatamaDavid Antoneli, Édouard Dubois, Victor Dubuisson, Benjamin Hebert, Alexandre Kaleka, Jean WolffSean Einhaus, Florian Fritsch, Stephan Gross, Allen John, Maximilian Kieffer, Alexander KnappeKristjan Einarsson, Sigmundur Einar Masson, Stefan Mar Stefansson, Hlynur Hjartarson, Sigurthór Jónsson, Ólafur Loftsson, Jonathan Caldwell, Paul Cutler, Niall Kearney, Shane Lowry, Paul O'Hanlon, Gareth ShawNino Bertasio, Federico Colombo, Matteo Manassero, Andrea Pavan, Cristiano Terragni, Claudio ViganoTristan Bierenbroodspot, Richard Kind, Reinier Saxton, Tim Sluiter, Jurrian Van Der Vaart, Floris de VriesMorten Erik Bergan, Knut Børsheim, Tor Erik Knudsen, Espen Kofstad, Markus Leandersson, Joakim MikkelsenSteven Janicki, Mateusz Jedrzejczyk, Michal Kaspronicz, Tomasz Pulsakonski, Daniel Snoey, Michal WaclawekPedro Figueiredo, Ricardo Gouveia, Nuno Henriques, Josè Maria Joia, Tiago Rodrigues, Manuel ViolasWallace Booth, Gavin Dear, Callum Macaulay, Paul O'Hara, Keir M'Nicoll, Michael StewartJorge Campillo, Moises Cobo, Borja Etchart, Pedro Oriol, Carlos Pigem, Juan Sarasti, Jesper Kennegård, Henrik Norlander, Tobias Rosendahl, Fredrik Quicker, Pontus Widegren, Björn ÅkessonKen Benz, Roberto Francioni, Marc Dobias, Oliver Gilmartin, Steven Rojas, Benjamin RuschNigel Edwards, Ben Enoch, Rhys Enoch, Craig Evans, Zac Gould, Ben Westgate

Winners Five-time-winners team Scotland won the opening 36-hole competition, with a 22-under-par score of 698. Tied five strokes behind were team Sweden and team Germany. Sweden earned 2nd place on the tie breaking better non-counting scores. Host nation Italy, with 15-year-old future European Tour winner Matteo Manassero in the team, finished 5th.

There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader were Wallace Booth, Scotland, with a 10-under-par score of 134, two strokes ahead of Jorge Campillo, Spain, and Callum Macaulay, Scotland.

Defending champions team Ireland, led by team captain Michael Burns, won the gold medal, earning their sixth title, beating team England in the final 4–2. The winning Irish team, combined from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, included future professional major winner 21-year-old Shane Lowry.

Team Germany, earned the bronze on third place, after beating France 4–3 in the bronze match.

Results Qualification round

Team standings PlaceCountryScoreTo par1349-349=698−22T2 *349-354=703 −17351-352=7034358-347=705 −155353-355=708 −126352-357=709 −117353-366=719 −18349-373=722 +2T9 *358-367=725 +5357-368=72511357-369=726 +612364-366=730 +1013363-369=732 +1214368-371=739 +19T15 *373-373=746 +26373-373=74617375-374=749 +2918387-370=757 +3719410-408=818 +9820404-418=822 +102 * Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the best total of the two non-counting scores of the two rounds.

Individual leaders PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par1Wallace Booth69-65=134 −10T2Jorge Campillo68-67=135 −9Callum Macaulay65-70=135T4Tobias Rosendal68-69=137−7Chris Wood72-65=137T6Espen Kofstad69-69=138 −6Alexander Knappe67-71=138Gareth Shaw68-70=138Floris de Vries64-74=138T10Borja Etchart68-71=139−5Sam Hutsby70-69=139Henrik Norlander70-69=139Andrea Pavan68-71=139 Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.

Flight A

Bracket

Final games 4.52.5G. Shaw / S. LowryC. Wood / S. Hutsby 1 holeP. Cutler / J. Caldwell 3 & 1S. Uzzell / D. WhitnellGareth Shaw 2 & 1Charlie FordPaul Cutler 1 holeChris WoodNiall Kearney 3 & 2Matt HainesJonathan Caldwell AS * Sam Hutsby AS *Shane LowryDale Whitnell 5 & 3 * Note: Game declared halved, since team match already decided.

Flight B

Bracket

Flight C

First round 50 50

Second round 41

50

Third round 32

32

Final standings PlaceCountry4567891011121314151617181920 Sources:

See also European Golf Association – Organizer of European amateur golf championships Eisenhower Trophy – biennial world amateur team golf championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation. European Ladies' Team Championship – European amateur team golf championship for women organised by the European Golf Association.

References

External links European Golf Association: Full results