The 2020 European Amateur Team Championship took place 10–12 September at Hilversumsche Golf Club in the Netherlands. It was the 37th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.
Venue The club was founded in 1895, as the fourth golf club in the Netherlands. Its course for the championship consisted of nine holes opened in 1918, designed by Henry Burrows, and nine holes opened in 1928, designed by Harry Colt. Latest major course changes were designed by Kyle Philips in 2009.
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 teams CountryPlayersChristoph Bleier, Paul Kamml, Maximilian Lechner, Niklas RegnerJames Meyer de Beco, Jean de Wouters d'Oplinter, Arnaud Galand, Charles RoelandPetr Hruby, Petr Janik, Vaclav Tichy, Matyas ZapletalHamish Brown, Sebastian Friedrichsen, August Thor Høst, Frederik KjettrupCarl Hellat, Kevin Jegers, Ken-Marten Soo, Mattias VarjunTom Gueant, Adrien Pendaries, David Ravetto, Julien SaleNick Bachem, Jannik de Bruyn, Marc Hammer, Matti SchmidKristofer Karl Karlsson, Aron Snaer Juliusson, Hakon Orn Magnusson, Dagbjartur SigurbrandssonRiccardo Bregoli, Filippo Celli, Gregorio De Leo, Andrea RomanoBob Geurts, Jerry Ji, Nordin van Tilburg, Kiet van der WeeleLukas Ruzek, Matej Babic, Pavol Mach, Lukas Gabura Jaka Babnik, Jakob Balkovec, Luka Strasek, Jan HribernikGustav Andersson, Albin Bergström, Vincent Norrman, David NyfjällRobert Foley, Nicola Gerhardsen, Mauro Gilardi, Ronan Kleu
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.
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 PlaceCountryScoreTo par1202−142210−63214−2T4 *215−1215T6 *216E216T8 *217+121710221+511223+712224+813225+914226+10 * Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by thebest total of the two non-counting scores of the two rounds.
Individual leaders PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par1Matti Schmid62−102Kiet van der Weele68−4T3Marc Hammer69−3Julien Sale69T5Ronan Kleu70−2Andrea Romano70T7Gustav Andersson71−1Nick Bachem71Lukas Gabura71Mauro Gilardi71Jerry Ji71Aron Snar Juliusson71Frederik Kjettrup71Maximilian Lechner71Vincent Norrman71Nordin van Tilburg71 Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.
Flight A
Bracket
Final games 21N. Bachem / M. Hammer 19th holeD. Nyfjäll / A. BergströmMatti Schmid 6 & 5Gustav AnderssonJannik de BruynVincent Norrman 2 & 1
Flight B
Bracket
Final standings PlaceCountry4567891011121314 Sources:
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