1999 European Amateur Team Championship

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.

1999 European Amateur Team Championship
Tournament information
Dates29 June – 3 July 1999
LocationComo, Italy
45°45′N 9°1′E
Course(s)Golf Club Monticello
Organized byEuropean Golf Association
FormatQualification round: 36 holes stroke play
Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par72
Length7,010 yards (6,410 m)
Field22 teams
132 players
Champion
 Italy
Joachim Hassan, Roberto Paolillo,
Stefano Reale, Michele Rigone,
Massimiliano Secci, Andrea Zanini
Qualification round: 718 (−2)
Final match: 4–3
Location Map
Golf Club Monticello is located in Europe
Golf Club Monticello
Golf Club Monticello
Location in Europe
Golf Club Monticello is located in Italy
Golf Club Monticello
Golf Club Monticello
Location in Italy
Golf Club Monticello is located in Lombardy
Golf Club Monticello
Golf Club Monticello
Location in Lombardy region

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 leading teams

Country Players
 Austria Clemens Conrad Prader, Reinhard Krendl, Thomas Ortner, Ulrich Paulsen, Gerard Wagner, Martin Wiegele
 Denmark Thomas Havemann, Peter Jespersen, Allan Madsen, Søren Muller, Lars Storm, Morten Vildhøj
 England Luke Donald, Simon Dyson, Colin Edwards, Philip Rowe, Graeme Storm, Gary Wolstenholme
 France Sebastian Branger, Olivier David, Grégory Havret, Nicolas Marin, Christophe Ravetto, Charles-Henry Quelin
 Germany Kariem Baraka, J.M. Pelz, Benjamin Schlichting, Tino Schuster, Marcel Siem, Michael Thannhäuser
 Ireland Gary Cullen, Eamon Brady, Michael Hoey, Garth McGimpsey, Ciaran McMonagle
 Italy Joachim Hassan, Roberto Paolillo, Stefano Reale, Michele Rigone, Massimiliano Secci, Andrea Zanini
 Netherlands Maarten van den Berg, Tim Nijenhuis, Robin Swane, Hiddo Uhlenbeck, Guido van der Valk, Inder van Weerelt
 Scotland Graham Fox, Lorne Kelly, Simon MacKenzie, David Patrick, Graham Rankin, Craig Watson
 Spain Roger Albiñana, Jacobo Cestino, Carlos de Corral, Alejandro Larrazábal, Raúl Quirós, Oscar Sanchez
 Sweden Niclas Bruzelius, Anders Hultman, Linus Pettersson, Jonas Runnqvist, Rickard Sundgren, Jonas Wahlstedt
 Wales Ian Campbell, Jamie Donaldson, Nigel Edwards, Lee Harpin, Neil Matthews, Craig Williams

Other participating teams

Country
 Belgium
 Croatia
 Czech Republic
 Estonia
 Finland
 Greece
 Iceland
 Norway
 Portugal
  Switzerland

Winners

Team France won the opening 36-hole competition, with a 19-ounder-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

Flight A

Flight B

Bracket

Flight C

Bracket

 
Round 1Round 2Match for 17th place
 
          
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Belgium5
 
 
 
 Estonia0
 
 Estonia3.5
 
 
 
 Greece1.5
 
 Belgium3
 
 
 
 Iceland2
 
 Czech Republic4
 
 
 
 Croatia1
 
 Iceland3.5
 
 
 Czech Republic1.5 Match for 19th place
 
 
 
 
 
 Czech Republic5
 
 
 Estonia0
 
 
Round 1Match for 21st place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Croatia5
 
 
 Greece0
 
 
 
 

Final standings

Place Country
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  France
4  England
5  Spain
6  Ireland
7  Denmark
8  Wales
9  Scotland
10  Netherlands
11  Austria
12  Portugal
13  Sweden
14   Switzerland
15  Norway
16  Finland
17  Belgium
18  Iceland
19  Czech Republic
20  Estonia
21  Croatia
22  Greece

Sources:[1][2][3][4]

See also

References
  1. Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 188–190. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  2. "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" (PDF). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  3. "European Amateur Team Championship Results, 1999 - Golf Club Monticello, Italy". European Golf Association. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  4. "Seniors improve but stand still". The Herald. 1 July 1999. p. 17. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
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