The 2019 European Amateur Team Championship took place 9–13 July at Ljunghusen Golf Club in Höllviken, Sweden. It was the 36th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.
Venue
The hosting club was founded in 1932 and by 1965 it was the first golf club in Scandinavia to feature 27 holes, one of three clubs with links courses at the south west tip of Sweden, in Vellinge Municipality, Scania County. The championship was played at holes 1–18.
The championship course was set up with par 72.
Format Each team consisted of six players, playing two rounds of an opening stroke-play qualifying competition 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 was 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.
Teams 16 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players. Belgium, Slovenia, and Wales had qualified for the championship by finishing first, second, and third in the 2018 Division 2. The other teams qualified by finishing top 13 in the 2018 championship.
Players in the leading teams CountryPlayersGerold Folk, Paul Kamml, Lukas Lipold, Oliver Rath, Niklas Regner, Maximilian SteinlechnerMatthis Besard, Alan De Bondt, Yente Van Doren, Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Giovanni Tadiotto, Jean de Wouters d'OplinterJakub Bares, Petr Janik, Krystof Strycek, Simon Zach, Matyas Zapletal, Jiri ZuskaJohn Axelsen, Hamish Brown, Alexander George Frances, Andreas Hillersborg Sorensen, August Thor Høst, Rasmus Neergaard-PetersenAlex Fitzpatrick, Harry Hall, Ben Jones, Matty Lamb, Thomas Plumb, Tom SlomanAlex Hietala, Matias Honkala, Jonatan Jolkkonen, Santeri Lehesmaa, Veeti Mähönen, Casper SimbergClément Charmasson, Alexandre Fuchs, Ko Jeong-weon, Adrien Pendaries, David Ravetto, Victor VeyretJannik de Bruyn, Marc Hammer, Alexander Herrmann, Maximilian Herrmann, Michael Hirmer, Matti SchmidRúnar Arnórsson, Aron Snær Júlíusson, Birgir Björn Magnusson, Bjarki Pétursson, Dagbjartur Sigurbrandsson, Gísli SveinbergssonTiarnan McLarnon, Ronan Mullarney, Mark Power, Conor Purcell, Caolan Rafferty, James SugrueDario Antonisse, Bob Geurts, Jerry Ji, Koen Kouwenaar, Nordin Van Tilburg, Kiet Van der WeeleStuart Easton, Ryan Lumsden, Euan McIntosh, Sandy Scott, Jamie Stewart, Euan WalkerKristjan Vojteh Burkelca, Jan Hribernik, Luka Naglic, Vid Joze Potocar, Gal Patrik Stirn, Zan Luka StirnEugenio Chacarra, Alejandro del Rey, Adrián Mata, Ignacio Montero, Victor Pastor, Eduard RousaudLudvig Åberg, Albin Bergström, Vincent Norrman, David Nyfjäll, Pontus Nyholm, Christoffer PålssonBen Chamberlain, Archie Davies, Jacob Davies, Jake Hapgood, Matt Robert, Gaelen Trew
Winners Leader of the opening 36-hole competition was team Ireland, with a 19-under-par score of 701, three strokes ahead of team England.
There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader was Euan Walker, Scotland, with a 12-under-par score of 132, two strokes ahead of nearest competitor.
Host nation Sweden won the gold medal, earning their third title and first since 1961, beating eleven-times-champion team England in the final 4–2.
Team Scotland earned the bronze on third place, after beating Denmark 4–3 in the bronze match.
Finland, Czech Republic, and Slovenia placed 14th, 15th and 16th and was intended to be moved to Division 2 for 2020, to be replaced by Switzerland, Italy and Portugal, who finished first, second, and third respectively in the 2019 Division 2. The 2020 championship came to be reduced, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with several teams not participating, why the qualification status was changed.
Results Qualification round
Team standings PlaceCountryScoreTo par1351-350=701−192351-353=704−163353-357=710 −104353-361=714−65369-351=720E6359-363=722 +27370-362=732 +128366-368=734 +149368-368=736 +1610369-368=737 +17T11 *363-375=738 +18372-366=73813368-371=739 +1914377-366=743+2315371-373=744 +2416387-382=769+49 * Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by thebest total of the two non-counting scores of the two rounds.
Individual leaders PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par1Euan Walker67-65=132−122Conor Purcell67-68=135−103Tom Sloman67-69=136−8T4Alex Fitzpatrick69-70=139−5Caolan Rafferty69-70=1396Eugenio Chacarra69-71=140−4T7Albin Bergström71-70=141−3Sandy Scott72-69=141Ben Chamberlain70-71=141Ben Jones71-70=141Vincent Norrman68-73=141David Nyfjäll68-73=141 Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.
Flight A
Bracket
Final games 4.52.5Åberg / PålssonSloman / Plumb 2 & 1Nyfjäll / Norrman 4 & 3Fitzpatrick / LambPontus Nyholm 1 holeAlex FitzpatrickLudvig Åberg 3 & 1Tom SlomanDavid Nyfjäll AS *Thomas Plumb AS *Vincent NorrmanHarry Hall 2 & 1Albin Bergström 3 & 2Ben Jones * Note: Game declared halved, since team match already decided.
Flight B
Bracket
Final standings PlaceCountry45678910111213141516
Sources:
See also 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