The 1999 European Amateur Team Championship took place 29 June – 3 July at Golf Club Monticello in Cassina Rizzardi, 5 kilometres south-west of the city center of Como, Lombardy region, Italy. It was the 21st men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

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.

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 were 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. Games all square at the 18th hole were declared halved, if the team match was already decided. The elimination matches and the bronze match were decided with one foursome game and four single games.

The eight teams placed 9–16 in the qualification stroke-play formed flight B and the six teams placed 17–22 formed flight C, to play similar knock-out play, with one foursome game and four single games in each match, to decide their final positions.

Teams 22 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players.

Players in the teams CountryPlayersClemens Conrad Prader, Reinhard Krendl, Thomas Ortner, Ulrich Paulsen, Gerard Wagner, Martin WiegeleStefan Boschmans, Frederik Dejaeghere, Florian Dohmen, Jerome Theunis, Francois Nicolas, Frederic de VooghtZlatan Juras, Dragutin Kasapovic, Nicola Kovacevic, Miro Raic, Branko Stoter, Ivo VokadinMiroslav Holub,Radek Horyna, Jakub Kucera, Lukas Nosek, Martin Peterka, Tomas PolisenskyThomas Havemann, Peter Jespersen, Allan Madsen, Søren Muller, Lars Storm, Morten VildhøjLuke Donald, Simon Dyson, Colin Edwards, Philip Rowe, Graeme Storm, Gary WolstenholmeValdek Apivala, Jaan Martinson, Marko Palm, Raimond Palm, Mait Schmidt, Enrico VilloTobias Dahlberg, Mikko Ilonen, Mikko Korhonen, Panu Kylliäinen, Mikael Mustonen, Henri SalonenSebastian Branger, Olivier David, Grégory Havret, Nicolas Marin, Christophe Ravetto, Charles-Henry QuelinKariem Baraka, J.M. Pelz, Benjamin Schlichting, Tino Schuster, Marcel Siem, Michael Thannhäuser George Aronis, Vassilis Aronis, Koslas Karagiannis, Steve Parthenis, Stathis Toumazanis, Dimitris VlachosÓlafur Már Sigurðsson, Helgi Thorsson, Örn Ævar Hjartarson, Haraldur Heimisson, Sigurpall G. Sveinsson, Björgvin ThorstenssonGary Cullen, Eamon Brady, Michael Hoey, Garth McGimpsey, Ciaran McMonagleJoachim Hassan, Roberto Paolillo, Stefano Reale, Michele Rigone, Massimiliano Secci, Andrea ZaniniMaarten van den Berg, Tim Nijenhuis, Robin Swane, Hiddo Uhlenbeck, Guido van der Valk, Inder van WeereltLars Petter Brovold, Knut Ekjord, Peter Kensche, Jan Arne Larsen, Ørjan Larsen, Knut SchiagerNuno Campino, José Maria Cazal-Ribeiro, Stephane Castro Ferreira, Hugo Santos, Ricardo Soares, Filipe TavaresGraham Fox, Lorne Kelly, Simon MacKenzie, David Patrick, Graham Rankin, Craig WatsonRoger Albiñana, Jacobo Cestino, Carlos de Corral, Alejandro Larrazábal, Raúl Quirós, Oscar SanchezNiclas Bruzelius, Anders Hultman, Linus Pettersson, Jonas Runnqvist, Rickard Sundgren, Jonas WahlstedtFranco Casellini, Alexandre Chopard, Julien Clement, Thomas Gottstein, Gregory Serex, Ronnie ZimmermannIan Campbell, Jamie Donaldson, Nigel Edwards, Lee Harpin, Neil Matthews, Craig Williams

Winners Team France won the opening 36-hole competition, with a 19-under-par score of 701, 10 strokes ahead of eight-time-winners England on 2nd place. Neither four-times-champions Scotland or two-times-champions Sweden did make it to the quarter-finals, finishing tied ninth.

There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader was Sebastian Branger, France, with an 8-under-par score of 136, one stroke ahead of Lorne Kelly, Scotland.

Host nation Italy won the gold medal, earning their first title, beating team Germany in the final 4–3.

Team France earned the bronze on third place, after beating England 3–2 in the bronze match.

Results Qualification round

Team standings PlaceCountryScoreTo par1344-357=701−192359-252=711−93356-357=713−74358-359=717−35362-356=718−2T6 *362-357=719−1361-358=7198362-360=722 +29 *368-355=723 +3367-356=72311365-365=730 +1012 *370-361=731 +11369-367=73614370-366=736 +16369-367=73616374-368=742 +2217368-376=744 +2418402-376=778 +5819392-390=782 +6220408-402=810 +9021426-416=842 +12222448-435=883 +163 * 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 PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par1Sebastian Branger65-71=136 −82Lorne Kelly69-68=137 −7T3Luke Donald68-70=138−6Grégory Havret68-70=138T5Garth McGimpsey72-67=139 −5Stefano Reale75-79=154Tino Schuster74-80=154Gary Wolstenholme78-76=1549Thomas Havemann71-69=140−4T10Olivier David70-71=141−3Lee Harpin73-68=141Joachim Hassan69-72=141Allan Madsen69-72=141Nicolas Marin70-71=141Roberto Paolillo70-71=141Raul Quiros69-72=141Rickard Sundgren70-71=141 Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.

Flight A

Bracket

Final games 43R. Paolillo / S. Reale 1 holeM. Siem / J.M. PelzJ. Hassan / M. Secci 21st holeM. Thannhäuser / T. SchusterMichele RigoneMarcel Siem 2 & 1Massimilano SecciTino Schuster 5 & 4Joachim Hassan 2 & 1Benjamin SchlichtingStefano Reale 5 & 4Kariem BarakaRoberto Paolillo 2 & 1Michael Thannhäuser

Flight B

Bracket

Flight C

Bracket

Final standings PlaceCountry45678910111213141516171819202122

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See also

Eisenhower Trophy – biennial world amateur team golf championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation. European Ladies' Team Championship – European amateur team golf championship for women organised by the European Golf Association.

References

External links European Golf Association: Full results