2022 European Amateur Team Championship

The 2022 European Amateur Team Championship took place 5–9 July at Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich, Kent, England. It was the 39th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.[1]

2022 European Amateur Team Championship
Tournament information
Dates5–9 July 2022
LocationSandwich, Kent, England
51.274°N 1.367°E / 51.274; 1.367
Course(s)Royal St George's Golf Club
Organized byEuropean Golf Association
FormatQualification round: 36 holes stroke play
Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par70
Length7,204 yards (6,587 m)
Field19 teams
114 players
Champion
 Spain
Alejandro Aguilera, José Luis Ballester,
Javier Barcos, Luis Masaveu,
David Puig, Quim Vidal
Qualification round: 693 (−7)
Final match: 4.5–2.5
Location Map
Royal St George's GC is located in Europe
Royal St George's GC
Royal St George's GC
Location in Europe
Royal St George's GC is located in British Isles
Royal St George's GC
Royal St George's GC
Location in the British Isles
Royal St George's GC is located in England
Royal St George's GC
Royal St George's GC
Location in England
Royal St George's GC is located in Kent
Royal St George's GC
Royal St George's GC
Location in Sandwich, Kent

Team Spain won the championship. Defending champion from the 2021 European Amateur Team Championship, team Denmark, finished third.[2]

Venue
Main article: Royal St George's Golf Club

Royal St George's Golf Club was founded in 1887 and has previously hosted the 1965 European Amateur Team Championship and The Open Championship 15 times, last time in 2021.

Course layout
HoleYardsPar  HoleYardsPar
14424104124
24264112423
32393123794
44964134574
54164145455
61763154934
75735161613
84574174244
94104184564
Out3,63535In3,56935
Source:[3]Total7,20470
Royal St George's Golf Club clubhouse

Format

Nations qualified were the teams placed 1st to 13th from the 2019 championship and the teams placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd from the 2019 and the 2021 European Amateur Team Championship Division 2.[4]

Each nation team consisted of six players. On the first two days each player played 18 holes of stroke play each day. The lowest five scores from each team's six players counted to the team total each day.

The eight best teams formed flight A, in knock-out match-play over the following three days. The teams were seeded based on their positions after the stroke play. The first placed team to played 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 played one foursome game and four single games in each of their remaining matches. Extra holes were played in games that were all square after 18 holes. However, if the result of the team match was already decided, undecided games were declared halved.[5]

The teams placed 9–16 in the stroke-play stage formed flight B, to also play knock-out match-play, but with one foursome game and four single games in each match, to decide their final positions. The teams placed 17–19 formed flight C, to meet each other with one foursome game and four single games in each match, to decide their final positions.

A second division, giving nation teams the opportunity to qualify for the 2023 championship, took place at Pravets Golf Club in Bulgaria 6–9 July 2022.[6]

Teams

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

Players in the participating teams

Country Players
 Austria Christoph Bleier, Lukas Boandl, Namu Sarmini, Florian Schweighofer, Maximilian Steinlechner, Florian Thuller
 Belgium Matthis Besard, Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Charles Roeland, James Skeet, Louis Theys, Jarno Tollenaire
 Czech Republic David Benak Petr Hruby, Filip Jakubcik, Dominik Pavoucek, Filip Raza, Vaclav Tichy
 Denmark Frederik Kjettrup, Hamish Brown, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Frederik Birkelund, Jens Kristian Thysted, Søren Broholt Lind
 England Sam Bairstow, Jack Bigham, Barclay Brown, Arron Edwards-Hill, John Gough, Olly Huggins
 Estonia Carl Hellat, Kevin Christoph Jegers, Ken-Marten Soo, Joonas Juan Turba, Markus Varjun, Mattias Varjun
 Finland Elias Haavisto, Antti-Jussi Lintunen, Markus Luoma, Jesse Saareks, Oskari Schuvalow, Santeri Lehesmaa
 France Bastien Amat, Paul Beauvy, Martin Couvra, Julien Sale, Tom Vaillant, Pierre Viallaneix
 Germany Anton Albers, Jonas Baumgartner, Wolfgang Glawe, Philipp Katich, Yannick Malik, Laurenz Schiergen
 Iceland Hlynur Bergsson, Sigurdur Bjarki Blumenstein, Aron Emil Gunnarsson, Hakon Orn Magnusson, Daniel Isak Steinarsson, Kristofer Orri Thordarson
 Ireland Hugh Foley, Matthew McClean, Robert Moran, Liam Nolan, Mark Power, Caolan Rafferty
 Italy Pietro Bovari, Massimiliano Campigli, Filippo Celli, Matteo Cristoni, Lucas Nicolas Fallotico, Giovanni Manzoni
 Netherlands Jack Ingham, Jerry Ji, Benjamin Reuter, Nevill Ruiter, Lars van der Vight, Kiet van der Weele
 Portugal Vasco Alves, Hugo Camelo Ferreira, Daniel Costa Rodrigues, Pedro Cruz Silva, Ricardo Garcia, Diogo Rocha
 Scotland Rory Franssen, Calum Scott, Connor Graham, Lewis Irvine, Callum Bruce, Angus Carrick
 Spain Alejandro Aguilera, José Luis Ballester, Javier Barcos, Luis Masaveu, David Puig, Quim Vidal
 Sweden Hugo Townsend, David Nyfjäll, Tobias Jonsson, Adam Wallin, David Lundgren, Henrik Lilja
  Switzerland Leonardo Bono, Nicola Gerhardsen, Mauro Gilardi, Cedric Gugler, Ronan Kleu, Maximilien Sturdza
 Wales James Ashfield, Archie Davies, Luke Harries, Alex James, Paddy Mullins, Matt Roberts

Winners

Tied leaders of the opening 36-hole competition was team Spain and team France, each with a 7-under-par score of 693, two strokes ahead of team England. Spain was declared the winner, with the better total of the two non-counting scores.

There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader was Julien Sale, France, with a 6-under-par score of 134, two strokes ahead of nearest competitors.

Spain continued through the match-play to win the gold medal, earning their fifth title and first since 2017, beating three-times-champion Sweden in the final 41⁄2–21⁄2.

Defending champion Denmark earned the bronze on third place, after beating host nation England 5–2 in the bronze match.[2]

Results

Qualification round

Flight A

Flight B

Bracket

Flight C

Team matches

Team standings

CountryPlaceWTLGame pointsPoints
 Scotland171105.5–4.51.5
 Czech Republic181005–51
 Portugal190114.5–5.50.5

Final standings

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

See also

References
  1. "Calendar, European Amateur Team Championship". European Golf Association. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  2. "Spain crowned European Amateur Team Champions". European Golf Association. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  3. "European Amateur Team Championship, Documents, Detailed Information Brochure, Royal St George's Golf Club, European Amateur Team Championship Scorecard". European Golf Association. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  4. "European Amateur Team Championship, Terms of competition". European Golf Association. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  5. "Lag-EM så funkar det" [The European Amateur Team Championship, how it works] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  6. "Calendar, European Amateur Team Championship Division 2". European Golf Association. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
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