The 2011 European Amateur Team Championship took place 5–9 July at Oceânico Golf in Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal on its Victoria Course. It was the 29th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.
Venue
The course was designed by Arnold Palmer and opened in 2004. In 2016, Dom Pedro Golf acquired the Victoria Course and four other Vilamoura courses from Oceânico Golf.
Format Each team consisted of 6 players, playing two rounds of stroke-play 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 were allowed to play 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.
The four teams placed 17–20 formed flight C, to play each other in a round-robin system, with one foursome game and four single games in each match, to decide their final positions.
Teams 20 nation teams contested the event, the same number of teams as at the previous event one year earlier. Russia took part for the first time. Each team consisted of six players.
Players in the teams CountryPlayersHamza Amin, Philipp Fendt, Tono Kromer, Lukas Nemecz, Manuel Trappel, Christoph WeningerXavier Feyaerts, Thomas Pieters, Cedric Van Wassenhove, Julien Richelle, Kevin Hesbois, Nick Ver Elst Lucas Bjerregaard, Victor Henum, Mads Søgaard, Nicolai Kristensen, Thomas Sørensen, Sebastian CappelenStiggy Hodgson, Jack Senior, Andy Sullivan, Darren Wright, Dave Coupland, Steven BrownTapio Pulkkanen, Tuomas Salminen, Toni Hakula, Niclas Hellberg, Miro Veijalainen, Roope KangasCyril Bouniol, Julien Brun, Édouard España, Sébastien Gros, Alexander Lévy, Gary StalBenedict Staben, Moritz Lampert, Sebastien Kannler, Stephan Jäger, Marcel Schneider, Philipp WestermannAxel Bóasson, Arnar Hakonarson, Gudjonn Hilmarsson, Guðmundur Kristjánsson, Alfred Brynjar Kristinsson, Ólafur LoftssonPaul Cutler, Kevin Phelan, Alan Dunbar, Eoin Arthurs, Pat Murray, Paul DunneFilippo Berganaschi, Francesco Laporta, Mattia Miloro, Leonardo Motto, Niccolò Quintarelli, Filippo ZuchettiDylan Boshart, Bernard Geelkerken, Daan Huizing, Robin Kind, Frank Van Hoof, Willem VorkMikkel Bjerch-Andresen, Vilhelm Bogstrand, Andres Engell, Joakim Mikkelsen, Thomas Guste Pedersen, Ole RamsnesRicardo Gouveia, Pedro Figueiredo, Gonçalo Pinto, José Maria Jóia Miguel Gaspar, Tiago RodriguesVasily Belov, Vladimir Osipov Pavel Goryainov, Mikhail Morozov, Nikita Ponomarev, Evgeny VolkovJames Byrne, Ross Kellett, David Law, Kris Nicol, Greg Paterson, Michael StewartMaros Karnis, Stefan Palenik, Martin Tavoda, Peter Valasek, Samo Valuch, Juraj ZvarikScott Fernandez, Adrian Otaegui, Nacho Elvira, Antonio Hortal, Juan Francisco Sarasti, Oliver MenaPontus Widegren, Sebastian Söderberg, Pontus Gad, Nils Florén, Robert S. Karlsson, Niclas CarlssonMarc Dobias, Benjamim Rusch, Arthur Gabella, Edouard Amacher, Victor Doka, Marco ItenRhys Enoch, Oliver Farr, James Frazer, Rhys Pugh, Ben Westgate, Joe Vickery
Winners Leader of the opening 36-hole competition was team Spain, with a 24-under-par score of 696. Defending champions England did not make it to the quarter finals, finishing ninth in the qualifying round.
There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader was Scott Fernandez, Spain, with a 9-under-par score of 135, two strokes ahead of Adrián Otaegui, Spain and Thomas Pieters, Belgium.
Team France won the gold medal, earning their first title, beating team Switzerland in the final 4–2.
Team Sweden, earned the bronze on third place, after beating Germany 4–3 in the bronze match.
Results Qualification round
Team standings PlaceCountryScoreTo par1338-358=696 −242343-357=700 −203340-362=702 −18T4 *353-355=708 −12 *359-349=708 *348-360=708359-349=7088352-361=713 −79353-363=716 −410356-362=718 −2T11 *346-373=719 −1359-360=71913359-361=720 E14360-362=722 +215362-365=727 +7T16 *363-367=730 +10367-363=73018366-371=737 +1719367-372=739 +1920379-402=781 +61 * 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 par1Scott Fernandez66-69=135−9T2Adrián Otaegui70-67=137−7Thomas Pieters70-67=137T4Paul Cutler66-72=138−6Guðmundur Kristjánsson71-67=138Ólafur Loftsson66-72=138T7Lucas Bjerregaard67-72=139−5James Byrne70-69=139Marc Dobias71-68=139Alexander Lévy66-73=139Kevin Phelan68-71=139Tapio Pulkkanen71-68=139Benedict Staben69-70=138Martin Tavoda71-68=139 Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.
Flight A
Bracket
Final games 4.52.5A. Lévy / G. Stal 2 upM. Dobias / A. GabellaC. Bouniol / É. España 20th holeB. Rusch / E. AmacherAlexander Lévy 5 & 4Arthur GabellaSébastian Gros AS *Marc Dobias AS *Julien BrunBenjamin Rusch 1 upGary Stal Marco Iten 4 & 3Édouard España 3 & 2Edouard Amacher * Note: Game declared halved, since team match already decided.
Flight B
Bracket
Flight C
First round 3.51.5 50
Second round 41
50
Third round 41
4.50.5
Final standings PlaceCountry4567891011121314151617181920 Source:
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