2022 European Amateur Team Championship

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The 2022 European Amateur Team Championship took place 5–9 July at Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich, Kent, England. It was the 39th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.^[1]

Team Spain won the championship. Defending champion from the 2021 European Amateur Team Championship, team Denmark, finished third.^[2]

Venue

Royal St George's Golf Club was founded in 1887 and has previously hosted the 1965 European Amateur Team Championship and The Open Championship 15 times, last time in 2021.

Course layout

Hole	Yards	Par	Hole	Yards	Par
1	442	4	10	412	4
2	426	4	11	242	3
3	239	3	12	379	4
4	496	4	13	457	4
5	416	4	14	545	5
6	176	3	15	493	4
7	573	5	16	161	3
8	457	4	17	424	4
9	410	4	18	456	4
Out	3,635	35	In	3,569	35
Source:^[3]		Total		7,204	70

Format

Nations qualified were the teams placed 1st to 13th from the 2019 championship and the teams placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd from the 2019 and the 2021 European Amateur Team Championship Division 2.^[4]

Each nation team consisted of six players. On the first two days each player played 18 holes of stroke play each day. The lowest five scores from each team's six players counted to the team total each day.

The eight best teams formed flight A, in knock-out match-play over the following three days. The teams were seeded based on their positions after the stroke play. The first placed team to played 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. Extra holes were played in games that were all square after 18 holes. However, if the result of the team match was already decided, undecided games were declared halved.^[5]

The teams placed 9–16 in the stroke-play stage formed flight B, to also play knock-out match-play, but with one foursome game and four single games in each match, to decide their final positions. The teams placed 17–19 formed flight C, to meet each other with one foursome game and four single games in each match, to decide their final positions.

A second division, giving nation teams the opportunity to qualify for the 2023 championship, took place at Pravets Golf Club in Bulgaria 6–9 July 2022.^[6]

Teams

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

Players in the participating teams

Country	Players
Austria	Christoph Bleier, Lukas Boandl, Namu Sarmini, Florian Schweighofer, Maximilian Steinlechner, Florian Thuller
Belgium	Matthis Besard, Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Charles Roeland, James Skeet, Louis Theys, Jarno Tollenaire
Czech Republic	David Benak Petr Hruby, Filip Jakubcik, Dominik Pavoucek, Filip Raza, Vaclav Tichy
Denmark	Frederik Kjettrup, Hamish Brown, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Frederik Birkelund, Jens Kristian Thysted, Søren Broholt Lind
England	Sam Bairstow, Jack Bigham, Barclay Brown, Arron Edwards-Hill, John Gough, Olly Huggins
Estonia	Carl Hellat, Kevin Christoph Jegers, Ken-Marten Soo, Joonas Juan Turba, Markus Varjun, Mattias Varjun
Finland	Elias Haavisto, Antti-Jussi Lintunen, Markus Luoma, Jesse Saareks, Oskari Schuvalow, Santeri Lehesmaa
France	Bastien Amat, Paul Beauvy, Martin Couvra, Julien Sale, Tom Vaillant, Pierre Viallaneix
Germany	Anton Albers, Jonas Baumgartner, Wolfgang Glawe, Philipp Katich, Yannick Malik, Laurenz Schiergen
Iceland	Hlynur Bergsson, Sigurdur Bjarki Blumenstein, Aron Emil Gunnarsson, Hakon Orn Magnusson, Daniel Isak Steinarsson, Kristofer Orri Thordarson
Ireland	Hugh Foley, Matthew McClean, Robert Moran, Liam Nolan, Mark Power, Caolan Rafferty
Italy	Pietro Bovari, Massimiliano Campigli, Filippo Celli, Matteo Cristoni, Lucas Nicolas Fallotico, Giovanni Manzoni
Netherlands	Jack Ingham, Jerry Ji, Benjamin Reuter, Nevill Ruiter, Lars van der Vight, Kiet van der Weele
Portugal	Vasco Alves, Hugo Camelo Ferreira, Daniel Costa Rodrigues, Pedro Cruz Silva, Ricardo Garcia, Diogo Rocha
Scotland	Rory Franssen, Calum Scott, Connor Graham, Lewis Irvine, Callum Bruce, Angus Carrick
Spain	Alejandro Aguilera, José Luis Ballester, Javier Barcos, Luis Masaveu, David Puig, Quim Vidal
Sweden	Hugo Townsend, David Nyfjäll, Tobias Jonsson, Adam Wallin, David Lundgren, Henrik Lilja
Switzerland	Leonardo Bono, Nicola Gerhardsen, Mauro Gilardi, Cedric Gugler, Ronan Kleu, Maximilien Sturdza
Wales	James Ashfield, Archie Davies, Luke Harries, Alex James, Paddy Mullins, Matt Roberts

Winners

Tied leaders of the opening 36-hole competition was team Spain and team France, each with a 7-under-par score of 693, two strokes ahead of team England. Spain was declared the winner, with the better total of the two non-counting scores.

There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader was Julien Sale, France, with a 6-under-par score of 134, two strokes ahead of nearest competitors.

Spain continued through the match-play to win the gold medal, earning their fifth title and first since 2017, beating three-times-champion Sweden in the final 41⁄2–21⁄2.

Defending champion Denmark earned the bronze on third place, after beating host nation England 5–2 in the bronze match.^[2]

Results

Qualification round

Team standings after first round

Place	Country	Score	To par
1	Denmark	344	−6
2	Finland	348	−2
3	Spain	349	−1
4	England	350	E
5	Germany	350	E
6	France	351	+1
7	Italy	351	+1
8	Sweden	352	+2
9	Netherlands	357	+7
10	Austria	358	+8
11	Estonia	360	+10
12	Wales	361	+11
13	Switzerland	362	+12
14	Belgium	363	+13
15	Scotland	363	+13
16	Iceland	363	+13
17	Portugal	365	+15
18	Ireland	366	+16
19	Czech Republic	371	+21

Team standings after final qualification round

Place	Country	Score	To par
1	Spain *	349-344=693	−7
2	France	351-342=693	−7
3	England	350-345=695	−5
4	Germany	350-346=696	−4
5	Denmark	344-353=697	−3
6	Italy	351-348=699	−1
7	Sweden	352-348=700	E
8	Ireland	366-338=704	+4
9	Netherlands	357-349=706	+6
10	Finland	348-360=708	+8
11	Austria	358-355=713	+13
12	Wales	361-354=715	+15
13	Estonia	360-357=717	+17
14	Switzerland	362-356=718	+18
15	Belgium	363-358=721	+21
16	Iceland	363-361=724	+24
17	Scotland	363-363=726	+26
18	Czech Republic	371-359=730	+30
19	Portugal	365-366=731	+31

* 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	Julien Sale	France	67-67=134	−6
T2	Hamish Brown	Denmark	71-65=136	−4
	Filippo Celli	Italy	68-68=136
	Martin Couvra	France	71-65=136
	Arron Edwards-Hill	England	67-69=136
T6	John Gough	England	71-66=137	−3
T6	Kevin Christopher Jegers	Estonia	67-70=138	−3
T8	Anton Albers	West Germany	70-68=138	−2
	Søren Broholt Lind	Denmark	67-71=138
	Lucas Nicolas Fallotico	Italy	72-66=138
	Caolan Rafferty	Ireland	73-65=138
	Laurenz Schiergen	West Germany	67-71=138
	Tom Vaillant	France	69-69=138
	Adam Wallin	Sweden	69-69=138

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

Flight A

Bracket

Quarter finals		Semi finals		Final



Spain	4

Ireland	3
		Spain	5

		Denmark	2
Denmark	4

Germany	3
				Spain	4.5

				Sweden	2.5
England	5.5

Italy	1.5
		Sweden	4

		England	3	Bronze match
Sweden	4

France	3
				Denmark	5

				England	2

Elimination matches		Match for 5th place



Ireland	3

Germany	2
		Ireland	3

		Italy	2
Italy	3

France	2
		Match for 7th place



		France	4

		Germany	1

Final games

Spain	Sweden
4.5	2,5
D.Puig / J.L. Ballester	D. Nyfjäll / H. Townsend 1 hole
L. Masaveu / Q. Vidal 4 & 3	H. Lilja / D. Lundgren
Javier Barcos 4 & 2	Tobias Jonsson
Luis Masaveu 3 & 2	David Nyfjäll
Alejandro Aguilera	David Lundgren 6 & 5
José Luis Ballester 3 & 2	Adam Wallin
David Puig AS *	Henrik Lilja AS *

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

Flight B

Bracket

Round 1		Round 2		Match for 9th place



Netherlands	3

Iceland	2
		Netherlands	3.5

		Estonia	1.5
Estonia	3

Wales	2
				Netherlands	3.5

				Finland	1.5
Czech Republic	4

Austria	1
		Finland	3.5

		Switzerland	1.5	Match for 11th place
Finland	3

Belgium	2
				Estonia	3

				Switzerland	2

Elimination matches		Match for 13th place



Wales	3

Iceland	2
		Wales	4

		Belgium	1
Belgium	3

Austria	2
		Match for 15th place



		Iceland	2

		Austria	3

Flight C

Team matches

1	Czech Republic	Portugal	0
3		2

0.5	Scotland	Portugal	0.5
2.5		2.5

1	Scotland	Czech Republic	0
3		2

Team standings

Country	Place	W	T	L	Game points	Points
Scotland	17	1	1	0	5.5–4.5	1.5
Czech Republic	18	1	0	0	5–5	1
Portugal	19	0	1	1	4.5–5.5	0.5

Final standings

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

References

^ "Calendar, European Amateur Team Championship". European Golf Association. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Spain crowned European Amateur Team Champions". European Golf Association. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
^ "European Amateur Team Championship, Documents, Detailed Information Brochure, Royal St George's Golf Club, European Amateur Team Championship Scorecard". European Golf Association. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
^ "European Amateur Team Championship, Terms of competition". European Golf Association. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
^ "Lag-EM så funkar det" [The European Amateur Team Championship, how it works] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
^ "Calendar, European Amateur Team Championship Division 2". European Golf Association. Retrieved 9 January 2022.