2014 European Amateur Team Championship

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2014 European Amateur Team Championship
Tournament information
Dates8–12 July 2014
LocationHämeenlinna, Finland
60°59′40″N 24°28′00″E / 60.99444°N 24.46667°E / 60.99444; 24.46667
Course(s)
Organized byEuropean Golf Association
FormatQualification round: 36 holes stroke play
Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par72
Length7,244 yards (6,624 m)
Field16 teams
96 players
Champion
 Spain
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, Jon Rahm
Qualification round: 703 (−17)
Final match: 5–2
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The 2014 European Amateur Team Championship took place 8–12 July at [1] in Hämeenlinna, Finland. It was the 31st men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

Venue[]

The course, situated 5 kilometres east of Hämeenlinna, located in the historical province of Tavastia and the modern province of Kanta-Häme in the south of Finland, 98 kilometres north of Helsinki, was designed by Tim Lobb in cooperation with European Tour Design and opened in 2005.[2][3]

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.[4] 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.

Country Players
 Austria Markus Habeler, Markus Maukner, Lukas Lipold, Sebastian Wittmann, Patrick Oswald, Robin Goger
 Belgium Thomas Detry, Samuel Echikson, Dédric Van Wassenhove, Kevin Hesbois, Maxence De Craecker, Gil Debusscher
 Denmark , John Axelsen, Victor Henum, Martin Leth Simonsen, Nicolai Tinning, Nicolai Kristensen
 England Ashley Chesters, Ryan Evans, Paul Howard, , Jordan Smith,
 Finland Linus Väisänen, Lauri Ruuska, Albert Eckhardt, Erik Myllimäki, Miki Kuronen, Kristian Kulokorpi
 France Paul Barjon, Léonard Bem, Julien Brun, Ugo Coussaud, , Clément Sordet
 Germany Maximillian Bögel, Hurly Long, Maximilian Mehles, , Maximilian Röhrig, Maximilian Rottluff
 Iceland Gisli Sveinbergsson, , Haraldur Franklin, Andri Björnsson, Bjarki Petursson, Ragnar Gardarsson
 Ireland Paul Dunne, , Jack Hurley, Dermot McElroy, Gavin Moynihan,
 Italy Jacopo Vecchi Fossa, Enrico Di Nitto, Riccardo Michelini, Federico Zuchetti, Paolo Ferraris, Filippo Campigli
 Netherlands Darius Van Driel, , , , ,
 Portugal João Carlota, Tomás Silva, Vitor Lopes, João Magalhaes, Gonçalo Costa, João Girao
 Scotland Grant Forrest, Jack McDonald, Bradley Neil, Graeme Robertson, James Ross, Jamie Savage
 Spain , , , , , Jon Rahm
 Sweden , , , , ,
  Switzerland Edouard Amacher, Mathias Eggenberger, , Marco Iten, , Philippe Schweizer

Winners[]

Leader of the opening 36-hole competition was team England with a 20-under-par score of 700, three strokes ahead of team Spain. Sweden, on third place, was another ten strokes behind.

There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader was Ryan Evans, England,with an 11-under-par score of 133, one stroke ahead of Hurly Long, Germany.

Team Spain won the gold medal, earning their third title, beating team Ireland in the final 4½–2½.

Team England, earned the bronze on third place, after beating neighbor nation Scotland 4½–2½ in the bronze match.

A second division, named European Amateur Championship Division 2, took place 9 – 12 July 2014 in the Czech Republic. The three best placed teams, Wales, Poland and the Czech Republic qualified for the 2015 European Amateur Team Championship.[5]

Iceland, Portugal and Austria placed 14th, 15th and 16th in the 2014 championship and were moved to Division 2 for 2015.

Results[]

Qualification round

Flight A

Flight B

Final standings

Place Country
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Spain
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Ireland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  England
4  Scotland
5  Germany
6  Sweden
7   Switzerland
8  France
9  Italy
10  Belgium
11  Denmark
12  Netherlands
13  Finland
14  Iceland
15  Portugal
16  Austria

Source:[1][6]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "2014 European Amateur Team Championship". European Golf Association. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  2. ^ "European Tour Course Linna Golf hosts European Amateur Championship". European Tour. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Linna Golf Resort". nordicgolfers.com. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  4. ^ "EM-laget herrar uttaget" [Men's European Amateur Team nominated]. Swedish Golf Federation. 15 June 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  5. ^ "2014 European Amateur Championship Division 2". European Golf Association. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  6. ^ "European Amateur Team Championship Results, 2014 - Linna Golf, Finland". European Golf Association. Retrieved 26 May 2021.

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