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2019 European Amateur Team Championship

The 2019 European Amateur Team Championship took place 9–13 July at Ljunghusen Golf Club in Höllviken, Sweden.[1] It was the 36th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.[2]

2019 European Amateur Team Championship
Tournament information
Dates9–13 July 2019
LocationHöllviken, Sweden
55°24′N 12°55′E / 55.400°N 12.917°E / 55.400; 12.917
Course(s)Ljunghusen Golf Club
Organized byEuropean Golf Association
FormatQualification round: 36 holes stroke play
Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par72
Length6,947 yards (6,352 m)
Field16 teams
96 players
Champion
 Sweden
Ludvig Åberg, Albin Bergström,
Vincent Norrman, David Nyfjäll,
Pontus Nyholm, Christoffer Pålsson
Qualification round: 714 (−6)
Final match: 41⁄2–21⁄2
Location map
Location in Europe
Location in Sweden
Location in Scania province
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Venue

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Main article: Ljunghusen Golf Club

The hosting club was founded in 1932 and by 1965 it was the first golf club in Scandinavia to feature 27 holes, one of three clubs with links courses at the south west tip of Sweden, in Vellinge Municipality, Scania County. The championship was played at holes 1–18.[1]

The championship course was set up with par 72.

Format

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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.

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

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16 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players. Belgium, Slovenia, and Wales had qualified for the championship by finishing first, second, and third in the 2018 Division 2. The other teams qualified by finishing top 13 in the 2018 championship.

Players in the leading teams

Country Players
  Austria Gerold Folk, Paul Kamml, Lukas Lipold, Oliver Rath, Niklas Regner, Maximilian Steinlechner
  Belgium Matthis Besard, Alan De Bondt, Yente Van Doren, Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Giovanni Tadiotto, Jean de Wouters d'Oplinter
  Czech Republic Jakub Bares, Petr Janik, Krystof Strycek, Simon Zach, Matyas Zapletal, Jiri Zuska
  Denmark John Axelsen, Hamish Brown, Alexander George Frances, Andreas Hillersborg Sorensen, August Thor Høst, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
  England Alex Fitzpatrick, Harry Hall, Ben Jones, Matty Lamb, Thomas Plumb, Tom Sloman
  Finland Alex Hietala, Matias Honkala, Jonatan Jolkkonen, Santeri Lehesmaa, Veeti Mähönen, Casper Simberg
  France Clément Charmasson, Alexandre Fuchs, Ko Jeong-weon, Adrien Pendaries, David Ravetto, Victor Veyret
  Germany Jannik de Bruyn, Marc Hammer, Alexander Herrmann, Maximilian Herrmann, Michael Hirmer, Matti Schmid
  Iceland Rúnar Arnórsson, Aron Snær Júlíusson, Birgir Björn Magnusson, Bjarki Pétursson, Dagbjartur Sigurbrandsson, Gísli Sveinbergsson
  Ireland Tiarnan McLarnon, Ronan Mullarney, Mark Power, Conor Purcell, Caolan Rafferty, James Sugrue
  Netherlands Dario Antonisse, Bob Geurts, Jerry Ji, Koen Kouwenaar, Nordin Van Tilburg, Kiet Van der Weele
  Scotland Stuart Easton, Ryan Lumsden, Euan McIntosh, Sandy Scott, Jamie Stewart, Euan Walker
  Slovenia Kristjan Vojteh Burkelca, Jan Hribernik, Luka Naglic, Vid Joze Potocar, Gal Patrik Stirn, Zan Luka Stirn
  Spain Eugenio Chacarra, Alejandro del Rey, Adrián Mata, Ignacio Montero, Victor Pastor, Eduard Rousaud
  Sweden Ludvig Åberg, Albin Bergström, Vincent Norrman, David Nyfjäll, Pontus Nyholm, Christoffer Pålsson
  Wales Ben Chamberlain, Archie Davies, Jacob Davies, Jake Hapgood, Matt Robert, Gaelen Trew

Winners

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Leader of the opening 36-hole competition was team Ireland, with a 19-under-par score of 701, three strokes ahead of team England.

There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader was Euan Walker, Scotland, with a 12-under-par score of 132, two strokes ahead of nearest competitor.

Host nation Sweden won the gold medal, earning their third title and first since 1961, beating eleven-times-champion team England in the final 41⁄2–21⁄2.

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

Finland, Czech Republic, and Slovenia placed 14th, 15th and 16th and was intended to be moved to Division 2 for 2020, to be replaced by Switzerland, Italy and Portugal, who finished first, second, and third respectively in the 2019 Division 2.[3] The 2020 championship came to be reduced, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with several teams not participating, why the qualification status was changed.

Results

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Qualification round

Flight A

Flight B

Bracket

Final standings

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

Sources:[4][5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "EM 2019 är nu igång!" [European Championship 2019 has started] (in Swedish). Ljunghusen Golf Club. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Historiskt medaljregn över Sverige i lag-EM" [Historical rain of medals for Sweden at the European Amateur Team Championships] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. 14 July 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Switzerland & Wales win Division 2 titles". European Golf Association. 14 July 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Sweden, France, and Denmark claim 2019 European Team Championship Titles". European Golf Association. 13 July 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  5. ^ "European Amateur Team Championship Results, 2019 - Ljunghusen GC, Sweden". European Golf Association. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
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