1999 European Amateur Team Championship

1999 European Amateur Team Championship
Tournament information
Dates	29 June – 3 July 1999
Location	Como, Italy; 45°45′N 9°1′E / 45.750°N 9.017°E
Course(s)
Organized by	European Golf Association
Format	Qualification round: 36 holes stroke play; Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,010 yards (6,410 m)
Field	22 teams; 132 players
Champion
	Italy; , ,; , ,; ,
	Qualification round: 718 (−2); Final match: 4–3
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The 1999 European Amateur Team Championship took place 29 June – 3 July at in Cassina Rizzardi, 5 kilometres south-west of the city center of Como, Lombardy region, Italy. It was the 21st men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

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.

Team France won the opening 36-hole competition, with a 19-ounder-par score of 701, 10 strokes ahead of eight-time-winners England on 2nd place. Neither four-times-champions Scotland or two-times-champions Sweden did make it to the quarter finals, finishing tied ninth.

There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader was Sebastian Branger, France, with an 8-under-par score of 136, one stroke ahead of Lorne Kelly, Scotland.

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. Games all square at the 18th hole were declared halved, if the team match was already decided. The elimination matches and the bronze match were decided with one foursome game and four single games.

The eight teams placed 9–16 in the qualification stroke-play formed flight B and the six teams placed 17–22 formed flight C, to play similar knock-out play, with one foursome game and four single games in each match, to decide their final positions.

Host nation Italy won the gold medal, earning their first title, beating team Germany in the final 4–3.

Team France earned the bronze on third place, after beating England 3–2 in the bronze match.

Teams[]

22 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players.

Players in the leading teams

Country	Players
Austria	Clemens Conrad Prader, Reinhard Krendl, Thomas Ortner, Ulrich Paulsen, Gerard Wagner, Martin Wiegele
Denmark	, Peter Jespersen, Allan Madsen, Søren Muller, Lars Storm, Morten Vildhøj
England	Luke Donald, Simon Dyson, Colin Edwards, Philip Rowe, Graeme Storm, Gary Wolstenholme
France	Sebastian Branger, , Grégory Havret, Nicolas Marin, , Charles-Henry Quelin
Germany	Kariem Baraka, J.M. Pelz, Benjamin Schlichting, Tino Schuster, Marcel Siem, Michael Thannhäuser
Ireland	, Eamon Brady, Michael Hoey, Garth McGimpsey, Ciaran McMonagle
Italy	, , , , ,
Netherlands	Maarten van den Berg, T. Nijenhuis, , R. Swane, Hiddo Uhlenbeck, Guido van der Valk, Inder van Weerelt
Scotland	Graham Fox, Lorne Kelly, Simon MacKenzie, David Patrick, , Craig Watson
Spain	, , , , ,
Sweden	, , , , ,
Wales	Ian Campbell, Jamie Donaldson, Nigel Edwards, Lee Harpin, Neil Matthews, Craig Williams

Other participating teams

Country
Belgium
Croatia
Czech Republic
Estonia
Finland
Greece
Iceland
Norway
Portugal
Switzerland

Results[]

Qualification round

Team standings

Place	Country	Score	To par
1	France	344-357=701	−19
2	England	359-252=711	−9
3	Germany	356-357=713	−7
4	Denmark	358-359=717	−3
5	Italy	362-356=718	−2
T6	Wales *	362-357=719	−1
T6	Ireland	361-358=719	−1
8	Spain	362-360=722	+2
9	Sweden *	368-355=723	+3
9	Scotland	367-356=723	+3
11	Portugal	365-365=730	+10
12	Finland *	370-361=731	+11
12	Netherlands	369-367=736	+11
14	Norway	370-366=736	+16
14	Switzerland	369-367=736	+16
16	Austria	374-368=742	+22
17	Belgium	368-376=744	+24
18	Iceland	402-376=778	+58
19	Czech Republic	392-390=782	+62
20	Greece	408-402=810	+90
21	Estonia	426-416=842	+122
22	Croatia	448-435=883	+163

* 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

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1		France	65-71=136	−8
2		Scotland	69-68=137	−7
T3	Luke Donald	England	68-70=138	−6
T3	Grégory Havret	France	68-70=138	−6
T5	Garth McGimpsey	Ireland	72-67=139	−5
		Italy	75-79=154
		Germany	74-80=154
	Gary Wolstenholme	England	78-76=154
9		Denmark	71-69=140	−4
T10	Olivier David	France	70-71=141	−3
	Lee Harpin	Wales	73-68=141
	Joachim Hassan	Italy	69-72=141
	Allan Madsen	Denmark	69-72=141
	Nicolas Marin	France	70-71=141
	Roberto Paolillo	Italy	70-71=141
	Raul Quiros	Spain	69-72=141
	Rickard Sundgren	Sweden	70-71=141

Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.

Flight A

Quarter finals

England	Ireland
4.5	2.5

Germany	Wales
5	2

Italy	Denmark
5	2

France	Spain
4	3

Elimination matches

Spain	Denmark
3	2

Ireland	Wales
4	1

Match for 7th place

Denmark	Wales
3	2

Match for 5th place

Spain	Ireland
3	2

Semi finals

Germany	England
4	3

Italy	France
5	2

Bronze match

France	England
5	2

Final

Italy	Germany
4	3
Paolillo/Reale 1 hole	Siem/Pelz
Hassan/Secci 21at hole	Thannhäuser/Schuster
Rigone	Siem 2 & 1
Secci	Schuster 5 & 4
Hassan 2 & 1	Schlichting
Reale 5 & 4	Baraka
Paolillo 2 & 1	Thannhäuser

Flight B

First round elimination matches

Scotland	Switzerland
4.5	0.5

Portugal	Norway
4	1

Netherlands	Finland
3	2

Austria	Sweden
3	2

Second round elimination matches

Scotland	Portugal
5	0

Netherlands	Austria
5	0

Sweden	Finland
4	1

Switzerland	Norway
3	2

Match for 15th place

Norway	Finland
3	2

Match for 13th place

Sweden	Switzerland
3	2

Match for 11th place

Austria	Portugal
4	1

Match for 9th place

Scotland	Netherlands
3	2

Flight C

First round elimination matches

Estonia	Greece
3.5	1.5

Czech Republic	Croatia
4	1

Second round elimination matches

Belgium	Estonia
5	0

Iceland	Czech Republic
3.5	1.5

Match for 21st place

Croatia	Greece
5	0

Match for 19th place

Czech Republic	Estonia
5	0

Match for 17th place

Belgium	Iceland
3	2

Final standings

Place	Country
	Italy
	Germany
	France
4	England
5	Spain
6	Ireland
7	Denmark
8	Wales
9	Scotland
10	Netherlands
11	Austria
12	Portugal
13	Sweden
14	Switzerland
15	Norway
16	Finland
17	Belgium
18	Iceland
19	Czech Republic
20	Estonia
21	Croatia
22	Greece

Sources:^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

References[]

^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 188–190. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
^ "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" (PDF). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
^ "European Amateur Team Championship Results, 1999 - Golf Club Monticello, Italy". European Golf Association. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
^ "Seniors improve but stand still". The Herald. 1 July 1999. p. 17. Retrieved 15 April 2021.

External links[]

European Golf Association: Full results

[1] Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 188–190. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 22 March 2021.

[2] "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" (PDF). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

[3] "European Amateur Team Championship Results, 1999 - Golf Club Monticello, Italy". European Golf Association. Retrieved 15 April 2021.

[4] "Seniors improve but stand still". The Herald. 1 July 1999. p. 17. Retrieved 15 April 2021.

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1999 European Amateur Team Championship

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