2020 European Amateur Team Championship

2020 European Amateur Team Championship
Tournament information
Dates	10–12 September 2020
Location	Hilversum, Netherlands; 52°12′N 5°12′E / 52.200°N 5.200°E
Course(s)
Organized by	European Golf Association
Format	Qualification round: 18 holes stroke play; Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,890 yards (6,300 m)
Field	14 teams; 56 players
Champion
	Germany; Nick Bachem, Jannik De Bruyn, , Matti Schmid
	Qualification round: 202 (−14); Final match: 2–1
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The 2020 European Amateur Team Championship took place 10–12 September at in the Netherlands. It was the 37th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.^[1]

Venue[]

The club was founded in 1895, as the fourth golf club in the Netherlands. Its present course consists of nine holes opened in 1918, designed by Henry Burrows, and nine holes opened in 1928, designed by Harry Colt. Latest major course changes was designed by Kyle Philips in 2009.^[2]

The championship course was set up with par 72.

Format[]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the championship was played in a reduced format, with 14 teams participating, each of them with four players. All competitors played one 18-hole-round of stroke-play on the first day. The team scores were based on the leading three scores of each team.

After the first day the leading eight teams formed flight A and competed in knock-out match-play over the next three days. The teams were being seeded based on their positions after the stroke play. Contests consisted of one foursome game in the morning and two singles in the afternoon. If a game was level after 18 holes, extra holes were played to get a result, although if the overall match result was already determined, later games that were level after 18 holes were halved.

The remaining teams, not qualified for Flight A, competed in a similar bracket in Flight B, to determine their final standings.

Teams[]

14 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of four players. Switzerland and Italy had qualified for the championship by finishing first and second in the 2019 Division 2. The other teams qualified through the 2019 championship.

Among teams qualified for the championship, England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Spain and Portugal did not participate.

Players in the leading teams

Country	Players
Austria	Christoph Bleier, Paul Kamml, Maximilian Lechner, Niklas Regner
Denmark	Hamish William Brown, Sebastian Friedrichsen, August Thor Høst, Fredrik Kjettrup
France	Tom Gueant, Adrien Pendaries, David Ravetto, Julien Sale
Germany	Nick Bachem, Jannik de Bruyn, , Matti Schmid
Italy	Riccardo Bregoli, Filippo Celli, Gregorio De Leo, Andrea Romano
Netherlands	Bob Geurts, Jerry Ji, Nordin van Tilburg, Kiet van der Weele
Sweden	Gustav Andersson, , Vincent Norrman, David Nyfjäll
Switzerland	Robert Foley, Nicola Gerhardsen, Mauro Gilardi, Ronan Kleu

Other participating teams

Country
Belgium
Czech Republic
Estonia
Iceland
Slovenia
Slovakia

Winners[]

Leader of the opening 18-hole competition was team Germany, with a 14-under-par score of 202, eight strokes ahead of host nation Netherlands. Defending champion team Sweden was another four strokes behind.^[3]

There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader was Matti Schmid, Germany, with a 10-under-par score of 62, six strokes ahead of nearest competitor.

Germany won the gold medal, earning their first title, beating defending champions team Sweden in the final 2–1.

Team Switzerland earned the bronze on third place, after beating Italy 2–1 in the bronze match.

Results[]

Qualification round

Team standings

Place	Country	Score	To par
1	Germany	202	−14
2	Netherlands	210	−6
3	Sweden	214	−2
T4	France *	215	−1
T4	Switzerland	215	−1
T6	Denmark *	216	E
T6	Italy	216	E
T8	Austria *	217	+1
T8	Iceland	217	+1
10	Estonia	221	+5
11	Belgium	223	+7
12	Czech Republic	224	+8
13	Slovakia	225	+9
14	Slovenia	226	+10

* 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	Matti Schmid	Germany	62	−10
2	Kiet van der Weele	Netherlands	68	−4
T3	Marc Hammer	Germany	69	−3
T3	Julien Sale	France	69	−3
T5	Ronan Kleu	Switzerland	70	−2
T5	Andrea Romano	Italy	70	−2
T7	Gustav Andersson	Sweden	71	−1
	Nick Bachem	Germany	71
	Lukas Gabura	Slovakia	71
	Mauro Gilardi	Switzerland	71
	Jerry Ji	Netherlands	71
	Aron Snar Juliusson	Iceland	71
	Fredrik Kjettrup	Denmark	71
	Maximillan Lechner	Austria	71
	Vincent Norrman	Sweden	71
	Nordin van Tilburg	Netherlands	71

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

Flight A

Bracket

Quarter finals		Semi finals		Final



Germany	2.5

Austria	0.5
		Germany	2.5

		Switzerland	0.5
Switzerland	3

France	0
				Germany	2

				Sweden	1
Sweden	2

Denmark	0.5
		Sweden	2

		Italy	1	Bronze match
Italy	2

Netherlands	1
				Switzerland	2

				Italy	1

Elimination matches		Match for 5th place



Austria	2.5

France	0.5
		Netherlands	2

		Austria	1
Netherlands	2

Denmark	1
		Match for 7th place



		France	2

		Denmark	1

Final games

Germany	Sweden
2	1
Bachem / Hammer 19th hole	Nyfjäll / Bergström
Matti Schmid 6 & 5	Gustav Andersson
Jannik de Bruyn	Vincent Norrman 2 & 1

Flight B

Bracket

Round 1		Round 2		Match for 9th place






		Iceland	2

		Czech Republic	1
Czech Republic	2

Slovakia	1
				Iceland	2

				Belgium	1
Belgium	3

Slovenia	0
		Belgium	2

		Estonia	1	Match for 11th place



				Estonia	2

				Czech Republic	1

Round 1	Match for 13th place






	Slovakia	2.5

	Slovenia	0.5

Final standings

Place	Country
	Germany
	Sweden
	Switzerland
4	Italy
5	Netherlands
6	Austria
7	France
8	Denmark
9	Iceland
10	Belgium
11	Estonia
12	Czech Republic
13	Slovakia
14	Slovenia

Sources:^[4]^[5]^[6]

References[]

^ "Herrlandslaget till Nederländerna för att försvara EM-guldet" [Men's national team heads to the Netherlands to defend the gold at the European Amateur Team Championship] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
^ "Geschiedenis van de Hilversumsche Golf Club" [History of the Hilversumsche Golf Club] (in Dutch). Hilversumsche Golf Club. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
^ "2020 HERR: Herrarna till kvartsfinal" [2020 Men's: The men to the quarter finals] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
^ "Germany To Face Sweden In The Final Of The 2020 European Amateur Team Championship". European Golf Association. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
^ "Germany Wins The European Amateur Team Championship For The First Time". European Golf Association. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
^ "European Amateur Team Championship Results, 2020 - Hilversumsche Golf Club, Netherlands". European Golf Association. Retrieved 29 June 2021.

External links[]

European Golf Association: Full results

[1] "Herrlandslaget till Nederländerna för att försvara EM-guldet" [Men's national team heads to the Netherlands to defend the gold at the European Amateur Team Championship] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2021.

[2] "Geschiedenis van de Hilversumsche Golf Club" [History of the Hilversumsche Golf Club] (in Dutch). Hilversumsche Golf Club. Retrieved 30 June 2021.

[3] "2020 HERR: Herrarna till kvartsfinal" [2020 Men's: The men to the quarter finals] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2021.

[4] "Germany To Face Sweden In The Final Of The 2020 European Amateur Team Championship". European Golf Association. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2021.

[5] "Germany Wins The European Amateur Team Championship For The First Time". European Golf Association. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2021.

[6] "European Amateur Team Championship Results, 2020 - Hilversumsche Golf Club, Netherlands". European Golf Association. Retrieved 29 June 2021.

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