2020 European Amateur Team Championship

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.[2]

The championship course was set up with par 72.

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.

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 leading teams

Country	Players
Austria	Christoph Bleier, Paul Kamml, Maximilian Lechner, Niklas Regner
Denmark	Hamish Brown, Sebastian Friedrichsen, August Thor Høst, Fredrik Kjettrup
France	Tom Gueant, Adrien Pendaries, David Ravetto, Julien Sale
Germany	Nick Bachem, Jannik de Bruyn, Marc Hammer, Matti Schmid
Italy	Riccardo Bregoli, Filippo Celli, Gregorio De Leo, Andrea Romano
Netherlands	Bob Geurts, Jerry Ji, Nordin van Tilburg, Kiet van der Weele
Sweden	Gustav Andersson, Albin Bergström, Vincent Norrman, David Nyfjäll
Switzerland	Robert Foley, Nicola Gerhardsen, Mauro Gilardi, Ronan Kleu

Other participating teams

Country
Belgium
Czech Republic
Estonia
Iceland
Slovenia
Slovakia

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.[3]

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.

Qualification round

Team standings Place Country Score To par 1  Germany 202 −14 2  Netherlands 210 −6 3  Sweden 214 −2 T4  France * 215 −1   Switzerland 215 T6  Denmark * 216 E  Italy 216 T8  Austria * 217 +1  Iceland 217 10  Estonia 221 +5 11  Belgium 223 +7 12  Czech Republic 224 +8 13  Slovakia 225 +9 14  Slovenia 226 +10 * 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 Place Player Country Score To par 1 Matti Schmid  Germany 62 −10 2 Kiet van der Weele  Netherlands 68 −4 T3 Marc Hammer  Germany 69 −3 Julien Sale  France 69 T5 Ronan Kleu   Switzerland 70 −2 Andrea Romano  Italy 70 T7 Gustav Andersson  Sweden 71 −1 Nick Bachem  Germany 71 Lukas Gabura  Slovakia 71 Mauro Gilardi   Switzerland 71 Jerry Ji  Netherlands 71 Aron Snar Juliusson  Iceland 71 Fredrik Kjettrup  Denmark 71 Maximillan Lechner  Austria 71 Vincent Norrman  Sweden 71 Nordin van Tilburg  Netherlands 71 Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.

Flight A

Bracket   Quarter finals Semi finals Final                                Germany 2.5        Austria 0.5    Germany 2.5         Switzerland 0.5     Switzerland 3        France 0    Germany 2        Sweden 1    Sweden 2        Denmark 0.5    Sweden 2        Italy 1 Bronze match    Italy 2        Netherlands 1     Switzerland 2      Italy 1     Elimination matches Match for 5th place                        Austria 2.5        France 0.5    Netherlands 2        Austria 1    Netherlands 2      Denmark 1   Match for 7th place            France 2      Denmark 1

Final games  Germany  Sweden 2 1 N. Bachem / M. Hammer 19th hole D. Nyfjäll / A. Bergström Matti Schmid 6 & 5 Gustav Andersson Jannik de Bruyn Vincent Norrman 2 & 1

Flight B

Bracket

	Round 1				Round 2				Match for 9th place
					Iceland	2
					Czech Republic	1
	Czech Republic	2
	Slovakia	1
									Iceland	2
									Belgium	1
	Belgium	3
	Slovenia	0
					Belgium	2
					Estonia	1			Match for 11th place
									Estonia	2
									Czech Republic	1

	Round 1				Match for 13th place
					Slovakia	2.5
					Slovenia	0.5

Final standings

Place	Country
	Germany
	Sweden
	Switzerland
4	Italy
5	Netherlands
6	Austria
7	France
8	Denmark
9	Iceland
10	Belgium
11	Estonia
12	Czech Republic
13	Slovakia
14	Slovenia

Sources:[4][5][6]

• 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.

• European Golf Association: Full results