2011 European Amateur Team Championship

2011 European Amateur Team Championship

Tournament information
Dates	5–9 July 2011
Location	Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal 37°4′40″N 8°6′55″W / 37.07778°N 8.11528°W / 37.07778; -8.11528
Course(s)	Oceânico Golf (Victoria Course)
Organized by	European Golf Association
Format	Qualification round: 36 holes stroke play Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,174 yards (6,560 m)
Field	20 teams 120 players
Champion
France , Julien Brun, , Sébastien Gros, Alexander Lévy, Gary Stal
Qualification round: 702 (−18) Final match: 41⁄2–21⁄2
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The 2011 European Amateur Team Championship took place 5–9 July at Oceânico Golf in Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal on its Victoria Course.^[1][2][3] It was the 29th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

Venue[]

The course was designed by Arnold Palmer and opened in 2004. In 2016, Dom Pedro Golf acquired the Victoria Course and four other Vilamoura courses from Oceânico Golf.^[4]

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 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 were allowed to play 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. Russia took part for the first time. Each team consisted of six players.

Players in the leading teams

Country	Players
Belgium	Xavier Feyaerts, Thomas Pieters, Cedric Van Wassenhove, Julien Richelle, Kevin Hesbois, Nick Ver Elst
Denmark	Lucas Bjerregaard, , , , , Sebastian Cappelen
England	Stiggy Hodgson, Jack Senior, Andy Sullivan, Darren Wright, Dave Coupland, Steven Brown
Finland	Tapio Pulkkanen, Tuomas Salminen, Toni Hakula , Niclas Hellberg, Miro Veijalainen, Roope Kangas
France	, Julien Brun, , Sébastien Gros, Alexander Lévy, Gary Stal
Germany	, Moritz Lampert, Sebastien Kannler, Stephan Jäger, Marcel Schneider, Philipp Westermann
Iceland	Axel Bóasson, Arnar Hakonarson, Gudjonn Hilmarsson, , Alfred Brynjar Kristinsson,
Ireland	, Kevin Phelan, Alan Dunbar, Eoin Arthurs, Pat Murray, Paul Dunne
Italy	, Francesco Laporta, , , ,
Scotland	, , David Law, Kris Nicol, Greg Paterson,
Spain	, Adrian Otaegui, Nacho Elvira, Antonio Hortal, ,
Sweden	Pontus Widegren, Sebastian Söderberg, , , Robert S. Karlsson, Niclas Carlsson
Switzerland	Marc Dobias, Benjamim Rusch, Arthur Gabella, Edouard Amacher, Victor Doka, Marco Iten
Wales	Rhys Enoch, Oliver Farr, , , ,

Other participating teams

Country
Austria
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Russia
Slovakia

Winners[]

Leader of the opening 36-hole competition was team Spain, with a 24-under-par score of 696. Defending champions England did not make it to the quarter finals, finishing ninth in the qualifying round.

There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader was , Spain, with a 9-under-par score of 135, two strokes ahead of Adrián Otaegui, Spain and Thomas Pieters, Belgium.

Team France won the gold medal, earning their first title, beating team Switzerland in the final 41⁄2–21⁄2.

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

Results[]

Qualification round

Team standings

Place	Country	Score	To par
	Spain	338-358=696	−24
	Germany	343-357=700	−20
	France	340-362=702	−18
T4	Finland *	353-355=708	−12
	Switzerland *	359-349=708
	Ireland *	348-360=708
	Scotland	359-349=708
8	Sweden	352-361=713	−7
9	England	353-363=716	−4
10	Iceland	356-362=718	−2
T11	Austria *	346-373=719	−1
	Netherlands	359-360=719
13	Denmark	359-361=720	E
14	Italy	360-362=722	+2
15	Norway	362-365=727	+7
T16	Wales *	363-367=730	+10
	Portugal	367-363=730
18	Belgium	366-371=737	+17
19	Slovakia	367-372=739	+19
20	Russia	379-402=781	+61

* 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		Spain	66-69=135	−9
T2	Adrián Otaegui	Spain	70-67=137	−7
	Thomas Pieters	Belgium	70-67=137
T4		Ireland	66-72=138	−6
		Iceland	71-67=138
		Iceland	66-72=138
T7	Lucas Bjerregaard	Denmark	67-72=139	−5
		Scotland	70-69=139
	Marc Dobias	Switzerland	71-68=139
	Alexander Levy	France	66-73=139
	Kevin Phelan	Ireland	68-71=139
	Tapio Pulkkanen	Finland	71-68=139
		Germany	69-70=138
	Martin Tavoda	Slovakia	71-68=139

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

Flight A

Quarter finals

Germany	Scotland
4	3

France	Ireland
4.5	2.5

Switzerland	Finland
4.5	2.5

Sweden	Spain
5.5	1.5

Elimination matches

Scotland	Ireland
3.5	1.5

Spain	Finland
5	0

Match for 7th place

Finland	Ireland
3	2

Match for 5th place

Spain	Scotland
3.5	1.5

Semi finals

France	Germany
4.5	2.5

Switzerland	Sweden
4.5	2.5

Bronze match

Sweden	Germany
4	3

Final

France	Switzerland
4.5	2.5
Levy / Stal 2 up	Dobias / Gabella
Bouniol / Espana 20th hole	Rusch / Amacher
Alexander Levy 5 & 4	Arthur Gabella
Sébastian Gros AS *	Marc Dobias AS *
Julien Brun	Benjamin Rusch 1 up
Gary Stal	Marco Iten 4 & 3
Éduard Espana 3 & 2	Edouard Amacher

* Note: Game declared halved, since team match already decided.

Flight B

First round elimination matches

Norway	Iceland
4	1

Austria	Italy
4	1

Denmark	Netherlands
3.5	1.5

Wales	England
4	1

Second round elimination matches

Austria	Norway
3	2

Wales	Denmark
3.5	1.5

Italy	Iceland
4	1

Netherlands	England
3	2

Match for 15th place

England	Iceland
4	1

Match for 13th place

Italy	Netherlands
3.5	1.5

Match for 11th place

Denmark	Norway
4	1

Match for 9th place

Wales	Austria
3.5	1.5

Flight C

First round

Belgium	Slovakia
3.5	1.5

Portugal	Russia
5	0

Second round

Belgium	Russia
4	1

Portugal	Slovakia
5	0

Third round

Slovakia	Russia
4	1

Portugal	Belgium
4.5	0.5

Final standings

Place	Country
1	France
2	Switzerland
3	Sweden
4	Germany
5	Spain
6	Scotland
7	Finland
8	Ireland
9	Wales
10	Austria
11	Denmark
12	Norway
13	Italy
14	Netherlands
15	England
16	Iceland
17	Portugal
18	Belgium
19	Slovakia
20	Russia

Source:^[5][6][7]

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