2018 European Amateur Team Championship

2018 European Amateur Team Championship
Tournament information
Dates	10–14 July 2018
Location	Bad Saarow, Germany; 52°14′20″N 14°01′44″E / 52.239°N 14.029°E
Course(s)	(Faldo Course Berlin)
Organized by	European Golf Association
Format	Qualification round: 36 holes stroke play; Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,108 yards (6,500 m)
Field	16 teams; 96 players
Champion
	Finland; , ,; , ,; , Sami Välimäki
	Qualification round: 718 (−2); Final match: 5–2
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The 2018 European Amateur Team Championship took place 10–14 July at the Bad Saarow Golf Club, on its Faldo Course Berlin, It was the 35th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

Venue[]

The hosting course, designed by Sir Nick Faldo, located in Bad Saarow, Germany, 50 kilometres south-east of the city center of Berlin, opened in 1996.^[1] It had previously hosted the 2000 Eisenhower Trophy and Espirito Santo Trophy.

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.^[2]

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. Finland, Portugal, the Netherlands and Serbia qualified by finishing first, second, third and fourth at the 2017 Division 2. Serbia, taking part for the first time, qualified since last years silver medalist Norway did not took part. Each team consisted of six players.

Players in the leading teams

Country	Players
Austria	Luca Denk, Gerold Folk, , Oliver Rath, Niklas Regner, Maximilian Steinlechner
Denmark	John Axelsen, Gustav Frimodt, Andreas Hillersborg Sorensen, Nicolai Højgaard, Rasmus Højgaard,
England	Todd Clements, David Hague, Matthew Jordan, , Nick Poppleton, Mitch Waite
Finland	, , , , , Sami Välimäki
France	Edgar Catherine, , , Adrien Pendaries, Hubert Tisserand, Victor Veyret
Germany	Jannik de Bruyn, Hurly Long, , Falko Hanisch, Michael Hirmer, Timo Vahlenkamp
Ireland	Robin Dawson, Alex Gleeson, Rowan Lester, , , Jonathan Yates
Italy	Alberto Castagnara, Giulio Castagnara, Francesco Donaggio, Giovanni Manzoni, ,
Netherlands	Dario Antonisse, Koen Kouwenaar, Stan Kraai, Peter Melching, Nordin Van Tilburg, Vince Van Veen
Scotland	Stuart Easton, , Euan McIntosh, Sandy Scott, , Euan Walker
Spain	, , , Jorge Maicas, Adrián Mata,
Sweden	, David Nyfjäll, Pontus Nyholm, Jesper Svensson, , Ludvig Åberg

Other participating teams

Country
Czech Republic
Iceland
Portugal
Serbia

Winners[]

Tied leaders of the opening 36-hole competition were team Sweden and team England, each with a 27-under-par score of 693, eleven strokes ahead of team Denmark. Sweden earned first place on the tie breaking better non-counting scores. Host country Germany, on fourth place, was another stroke behind.

There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader was , England, with a 12-under-par score of 132, two strokes ahead of three players.

Team Finland won the gold medal, earning their first title, beating eleven-times-champion team England in the final 5–2. Team Finland finished 16th and last at the 2016 championship and was moved to the second division for 2017. They came back to the championship for 2018, finishing 8th at the initial qualifying competition and made the quarter finals by a single stroke.

Denmark earned the bronze on third place, after beating host country Germany 5–2 in the bronze match.

Italy, Portugal and Serbia placed 14th, 15th and 16th and was moved to Division 2 for 2019, to be replaced by Belgium, Slovenia, and Wales, who finished first, second, and third respectively in the 2018 Division 2.^[3]^[4]

Results[]

Qualification round

Team standings

Place	Country	Score	To par
T1	Sweden *	351-342=693	−27
T1	England	349-344=693	−27
3	Denmark	353-351=704	−16
4	Germany	360-345=705	−15
5	Spain	358-349=707	−13
6	Scotland	357-352=709	−11
7	France	353-358=711	−9
8	Finland	354-364=718	−2
9	Ireland	359-360=719	−1
10	Austria	367-355=722	+2
T11	Netherlands	356-367=723	+3
T11	Italy	367-356=723	+3
13	Iceland	360-370=730	+10
T14	Portugal *	370-361=731	+11
T14	Czech Republic	369-363=731	+11
16	Serbia	401-390=791	+71

* 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		England	62-70=132	−12
T2		Spain	69-65=134	−10
	Hurly Long	Germany	71-63=134
	Ludvig Åberg	Sweden	67-67=134
T5	Matthew Jordan	England	69-66=135	−9
		Ireland	68-67=135
		Italy	65-70=135
8	Nicolai Højgaard	Denmark	66-68=136	−8
T9		Germany	71-68=139	−5
		Finland	68-71=139
		France	67-72=139
		Austria	72-67=139

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

Flight A

Bracket

Quarter finals		Semi finals		Final



Finland	4

Sweden	3
		Finland	4

		Germany	3
Germany	4

Spain	3
				Finland	5

				England	2
Denmark	4.5

Scotland	2.5
		England	4

		Denmark	3	Bronze match
England	6

France	1
				Denmark	5

				Germany	2

Elimination matches		Match for 5th place



Spain	3

Sweden	2
		France	3.5

		Spain	1.5
France	3.5

Scotland	1.5
		Match for 7th place



		Sweden	3

		Scotland	2

Final games

Finland	England
5	2
Honkala/Myllymäki 2 & 1	Jordan / Petrozzi
Välimäki/ Mähönen 5 & 4	Hague / Poppleton
Santeri Lehesmaa AS *	Matthew Jordan AS *
Matias Honkala 2 & 1	Mitch Waite
Sami Välimäki	G.-M. Petrozzi 2 & 1
Veeti Mähönen 2 & 1	Todd Clements
Aleksi Myllymäki AS *	David Hague AS *

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

Flight B

First round elimination matches

Ireland	Serbia
5	0

Iceland	Italy
3	2

Netherlands	Portugal
4.5	0.5

Czech Republic	Austria
4.5	0.5

Second round elimination matches

Ireland	Iceland
3.5	1.5

Netherlands	Czech Republic
4	1

Italy	Serbia
3	2

Austria	Portugal
4	1

Match for 15th place

Portugal	Serbia
4	1

Match for 13th place

Austria	Italy
3	2

Match for 11th place

Iceland	Czech Republic
4	1

Match for 9th place

Netherlands	Ireland
3	2

Final standings

Place	Country
	Finland
	England
	Denmark
4	Germany
5	France
6	Spain
7	Sweden
8	Scotland
9	Netherlands
10	Ireland
11	Iceland
12	Czech Republic
13	Austria
14	Italy
15	Portugal
16	Serbia

Sources:^[3]^[5]

References[]

^ "Faldo Course Berlin" (in German). Golf Club Bad Saarow. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
^ "Golflandslag siktar på guld i lag-EM" [National golf teams aim for gold at the European Amateur Team Championships] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Finland win The European Amateur Team Championship". European Golf Association. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
^ "Belgium win The European Amateur Team Championship, Division 2". European Golf Association. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
^ "European Amateur Team Championship Results, 2018 - Faldo Course Berlin im A-ROSA Scharmützelsee, Germany". European Golf Association. Retrieved 17 June 2021.

External links[]

European Golf Association: Full results

[1] "Faldo Course Berlin" (in German). Golf Club Bad Saarow. Retrieved 17 June 2021.

[2] "Golflandslag siktar på guld i lag-EM" [National golf teams aim for gold at the European Amateur Team Championships] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2021.

[:0-3] "Finland win The European Amateur Team Championship". European Golf Association. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2021.

[4] "Belgium win The European Amateur Team Championship, Division 2". European Golf Association. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2021.

[5] "European Amateur Team Championship Results, 2018 - Faldo Course Berlin im A-ROSA Scharmützelsee, Germany". European Golf Association. Retrieved 17 June 2021.

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