The 2022 European Amateur Team Championship took place 5–9 July at Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich, Kent, England. It was the 39th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.
Team Spain won the championship. Defending champion from the 2021 European Amateur Team Championship, team Denmark, finished third.
Venue
Royal St George's Golf Club was founded in 1887 and had previously hosted the 1965 European Amateur Team Championship and The Open Championship 15 times, last time in 2021.
Course layout HoleYardsParHoleYardsPar14424 1041242426411242332393123794449641345745416414545561763154934757351616138457417424494104184564 Out3,63535 In3,56935Source: Total 7,20470
Format Nations qualified were the teams placed 1st to 13th from the 2019 championship and the teams placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd from the 2019 and the 2021 European Amateur Team Championship Division 2.
Each nation team consisted of six players. On the first two days each player played 18 holes of stroke play each day. The lowest five scores from each team's six players counted to the team total each day.
The eight best teams formed flight A, in knock-out match-play over the following three days. The teams were seeded based on their positions after the stroke play. The first placed team to played 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. Extra holes were played in games that were all square after 18 holes. However, if the result of the team match was already decided, undecided games were declared halved.
The teams placed 9–16 in the stroke-play stage formed flight B, to also play knock-out match-play, but with one foursome game and four single games in each match, to decide their final positions. The teams placed 17–19 formed flight C, to meet each other with one foursome game and four single games in each match, to decide their final positions.
A second division, giving nation teams the opportunity to qualify for the 2023 championship, took place at Pravets Golf Club in Bulgaria 6–9 July 2022.
Teams 19 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players.
Players in the participating teams CountryPlayersChristoph Bleier, Lukas Boandl, Namu Sarmini, Florian Schweighofer, Maximilian Steinlechner, Florian ThullerMatthis Besard, Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Charles Roeland, James Skeet, Louis Theys, Jarno TollenaireDavid Benak Petr Hruby, Filip Jakubčík, Dominik Pavoucek, Filip Raza, Vaclav TichyFrederik Kjettrup, Hamish Brown, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Frederik Birkelund, Jens Kristian Thysted, Søren Broholt LindSam Bairstow, Jack Bigham, Barclay Brown, Arron Edwards-Hill, John Gough, Olly HugginsCarl Hellat, Kevin Christoph Jegers, Ken-Marten Soo, Joonas Juan Turba, Markus Varjun, Mattias VarjunElias Haavisto, Antti-Jussi Lintunen, Markus Luoma, Jesse Saareks, Oskari Schuvalow, Santeri LehesmaaBastien Amat, Paul Beauvy, Martin Couvra, Julien Sale, Tom Vaillant, Pierre ViallaneixAnton Albers, Jonas Baumgartner, Wolfgang Glawe, Philipp Katich, Yannick Malik, Laurenz SchiergenHlynur Bergsson, Sigurdur Bjarki Blumenstein, Aron Emil Gunnarsson, Hakon Orn Magnusson, Daniel Isak Steinarsson, Kristofer Orri ThordarsonHugh Foley, Matthew McClean, Robert Moran, Liam Nolan, Mark Power, Caolan RaffertyPietro Bovari, Massimiliano Campigli, Filippo Celli, Matteo Cristoni, Lucas Nicolas Fallotico, Giovanni ManzoniJack Ingham, Jerry Ji, Benjamin Reuter, Nevill Ruiter, Lars van der Vight, Kiet van der WeeleVasco Alves, Hugo Camelo Ferreira, Daniel Costa Rodrigues, Pedro Cruz Silva, Ricardo Garcia, Diogo RochaRory Franssen, Calum Scott, Connor Graham, Lewis Irvine, Callum Bruce, Angus CarrickAlejandro Aguilera, José Luis Ballester, Javier Barcos, Luis Masaveu, David Puig, Quim VidalHugo Townsend, David Nyfjäll, Tobias Jonsson, Adam Wallin, David Lundgren, Henrik LiljaLeonardo Bono, Nicola Gerhardsen, Mauro Gilardi, Cedric Gugler, Ronan Kleu, Maximilien SturdzaJames Ashfield, Archie Davies, Luke Harries, Alex James, Paddy Mullins, Matt Roberts
Winners Tied leaders of the opening 36-hole competition was team Spain and team France, each with a 7-under-par score of 693, two strokes ahead of team England. Spain was declared the winner, with the better total of the two non-counting scores.
There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader was Julien Sale, France, with a 6-under-par score of 134, two strokes ahead of nearest competitors.
Spain continued through the match-play to win the gold medal, earning their fifth title and first since 2017, beating three-times-champion Sweden in the final 4–2.
Defending champion Denmark earned the bronze on third place, after beating host nation England 5–2 in the bronze match.
Results Qualification round
Team standings after first round PlaceCountryScoreTo par1344−62348−23349−14350E5350E6351 +17351 +18352 +29357 +710358 +811360 +1012361 +1113362 +1214363 +1315363 +1316363 +1317365 +1518366 +1619371 +21
Team standings after final qualification round PlaceCountryScoreTo par1 *349-344=693−72351-342=693−73350-345=695−54350-346=696−45344-353=697−36351-348=699 −17352-348=700 E8366-338=704 +49357-349=706 +610348-360=708 +811358-355=713 +1312361-354=715 +1513360-357=717 +1714362-356=718 +1815363-358=721 +2116363-361=724 +2417363-363=726 +2618371-359=730 +3019365-366=731 +31 * 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 par1Julien Sale67-67=134−6T2Hamish Brown71-65=136−4Filippo Celli68-68=136Martin Couvra71-65=136Arron Edwards-Hill67-69=136T6John Gough71-66=137 −3Kevin Christopher Jegers67-70=138T8Anton Albers70-68=138 −2Søren Broholt Lind67-71=138Lucas Nicolas Fallotico72-66=138Caolan Rafferty73-65=138Laurenz Schiergen67-71=138Tom Vaillant69-69=138Adam Wallin69-69=138 Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual scores.
Flight A
Bracket
Final games 4.5 2,5D.Puig / J.L. BallesterD. Nyfjäll / H. Townsend 1 holeL. Masaveu / Q. Vidal 4 & 3H. Lilja / D. LundgrenJavier Barcos 4 & 2Tobias JonssonLuis Masaveu 3 & 2David NyfjällAlejandro AguileraDavid Lundgren 6 & 5José Luis Ballester 3 & 2Adam WallinDavid Puig AS *Henrik Lilja AS * * Note: Game declared halved, since team match already decided.
Flight B
Bracket
Flight C
Team matches
1 03 2
0.5 0.52.5 2.5
1 03 2
Team standings Country Place W T L Game points Points 17 1 1 0 5.5–4.5 1.5 18 1 0 0 5–5 1 19 0 1 1 4.5–5.5 0.5 Final standings PlaceCountry45678910111213141516171819
See also Eisenhower Trophy – biennial world amateur team golf championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation. European Amateur Championship – European amateur individual golf championship for men organised by the European Golf Association. 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