# 2001 European Amateur Team Championship

The 2001 European Amateur Team Championship took place 3–7 July at Ljunghusen Golf Club in Höllviken, Sweden. It was the 22nd men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

## Venue

The club was founded in 1932 and by 1965 it was the first golf club in Scandinavia to feature 27 holes, one of three clubs with links courses at the south west tip of Sweden, in Vellinge Municipality, Scania County. The championship was played at holes 1–18, set up with par 71 (after the tournament changed to 72).

## 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 seven teams placed 17–23 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

A record number of 23 nation teams contested the event. A team representing Slovenia took part in the championship for the first time. Each team consisted of six players.
Players in the teams
| Country | Players |
| Austria | Oliver Herti, Clemens Conrad Prader, Thomas Kogler, Michael Moser, Martin Wiegele, Matthias Wittmann |
| Belgium | Stefan Boschmans, Gerald Gresse, Francois Nicolas, Pierre Thomas, Aubin van Waetermeulen, Thomas van Wettere |
| Croatia | Dragutin Kasapovic, Nicola Kovacevic, Vanja Nikolic, Miroslav Raic, Branko Stoter, Ivo Vokadin |
| Czech Republic | Lukas Basler, Miroslav Holub, Petr Nic, Martin Peterka, Roman Svoboda, Petr Skopovy |
| Denmark | Christian Bindslev, Anders Bruun, Anders Schmidt Hansen, Allan Madsen, Fredrik Jacob Neltoft, Alexander Renard |
| England | Graeme Clark, Luke Donald, Nick Dougherty, Jamie Elson, Richard McEvoy, Gary Wolstenholme |
| Estonia | Andreas Hiis, Jaan Martinson, Marko Palm, Raimond Palm, Mait Schmidt, Philip Verzun |
| Finland | Toni Karjalainen, Panu Kylliäinen, Janne Mommo, Ari Savolainen, Thomas Sundström, Tuomas Tuovinen |
| France | Olivier Chabaud, François Delamontagne, Bruno Lecuona, Philippe Lima, Charles-Henry Quelin, Charles Russo |
| Germany | Manuel Kempe, Andre Kruse, Benjamin Miarka, Christian Reimbold, Helge Schmedt, Markus Zoller |
| Greece | Christis Diakov, Christos Nikopoulos, Cassimis Orestis, Steve Parthenis, Evangelos Ginnis |
| Ireland | Stephen Browne, Noel Fox, Michael Hoey, Graeme McDowell, Michael McDermott, Tim Rice |
| Iceland | Björgium Sigurbergsson, Ólafur Már Sigurðsson, Helgi Pórisson, Örn Ævar Hjartarson, Haraldur Heimisson, Ottó Sigurdsson |
| Italy | Simone Brizzocari, Stefano Mali, Edoardo Molinari, Francesco Molinari, Michele Rigone, Massimiliano Secci |
| Netherlands | Maarten van den Berg, Rutger Buschow, Alai Ruiz-Fonhof, Hiddo Uhlenbeck, Guido van der Valk, Inder van Weerelt |
| Norway | Lars Petter Brovold, Jan Arne Larsen, Eirik-Tage Johansen, Torstein Nevestad, Arn Sverre Salvesvoll, Knut Schlager |
| Portugal | Nuno Campino, Tiago Cruz, Romeo Goncalves, Hugo Santos, Ricardo Soares, Jorge Rodrigues |
| Scotland | Craig Heap, Barry Hume, Simon Mackenzie, Steven O'Hara, Marc Warren, Craig Watson |
| Slovenia | Miran Babnik, Matjaz Gojcic, Matjaz Gojcic, Ales Gregoric, Uros Gregoric, Miha Studen |
| Spain | Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Carlos de Corral, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Alfredo Garcia, Alejandro Larrazábal, Inaki Alustiza |
| Sweden | Niclas Bruzelius, Lars Johansson, Pär Nilsson, Linus Pettersson, Wilhelm Schauman, Rickard Sundgren, |
| Switzerland | Julien Clement, Raphael de Sousa, Bilbp Perrot, Martin Rominger, Nicolas Sulzer, Ronnie Zimmermann |
| Wales | Ian Campbell, Nigel Edwards, Matthew Griffiths, Lee Harpin, Kyron Sullivan, Craig Williams |

## Winners

Eight-time-winners team England won the opening 36-hole competition, with a 25-under-par score of 685, 14 strokes ahead of team Ireland on 2nd place and host nation Sweden another eight strokes behind. Neither former champions Spain or two-times-silver medalists France did make it to the quarter-finals, finishing ninth and tied tenth respectively.
There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader was Rickard Sundgren, Sweden, with an 11-under-par score of 131, two strokes ahead of Nick Dougherty, England. Sundgren was a substitute player, replacing Anders Hultman in the Swedish team just before the start of the tournament.
Luke Donald, England shot a new course record, with an 8-under-par-score of 63 in his first 18-hole round, including 8 birdies and 10 par.
Team Scotland won the gold medal, earning their fifth title, beating team Ireland in the final 5–2.
Team England earned the bronze on third place, after beating Iceland 4–1 in the bronze match. Iceland reached the semi-finals for the first time in the history of the championship, after beating host nation Sweden in the quarter-finals.

## Results

Qualification round
| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | England | 339-346=685 | −25 |
| 2 | Ireland | 339-360=699 | −11 |
| 3 | Sweden | 347-360=707 | −3 |
| 4 | Finland | 353-362=715 | +5 |
| 5 | Scotland | 356-364=720 | +10 |
| T6 | Iceland * | 356-366=722 | +12 |
| T6 | Germany * | 360-362=722 | +12 |
| T6 | Wales | 353-369=722 | +12 |
| 9 | Spain | 359-367=726 | +16 |
| T10 | Switzerland * | 361-366=727 | +17 |
| T10 | France | 357-370=727 | +17 |
| 12 | Netherlands | 356-373=729 | +19 |
| 13 | Denmark | 360-370=730 | +20 |
| 14 | Italy | 362-369=731 | +21 |
| 15 | Austria | 356-377=733 | +23 |
| 16 | Portugal | 373-372=745 | +35 |
| 17 | Norway | 374-380=754 | +44 |
| 18 | Belgium | 380-381=761 | +51 |
| 19 | Czech Republic | 384-396=780 | +70 |
| 20 | Slovenia | 396-402=798 | +88 |
| 21 | Greece | 403-401=804 | +94 |
| 22 | Estonia | 409-429=838 | +128 |
| 23 | Croatia | 417-431=848 | +138 |
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | Rickard Sundgren | Sweden | 65-66=131 | −11 |
| 2 | Nick Dougherty | England | 69-65=134 | −8 |
| 3 | Luke Donald | England | 63-72=135 | −7 |
| 4 | Stephen Browne | Ireland | 69-68=136 | −6 |
| 5 | Philippe Lima | France | 67-70=137 | −5 |
| T6 | Jamie Elson | England | 69-69=138 | −4 |
| T6 | Björgium Sigurbergsson | Iceland | 70-68=138 | −4 |
| T8 | Michael Hoey | Ireland | 69-70=139 | −3 |
| T8 | Richard McEvoy | England | 69-70=139 | −3 |
| T8 | Francesco Molinari | Italy | 69-70=139 | −3 |
| T8 | Gary Wolstenholme | England | 69-70=139 | −3 |
Flight A
| Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Final | Final |
| Ireland | 5 | | |
| Germany | 2 | | |
| Germany | 2 | Ireland | 5 |
| | | Iceland | 2 |
| Iceland | 4 | Iceland | 2 |
| Sweden | 3 | | | | |
| Sweden | 3 | | | Scotland | 5 |
| | | | | Ireland | 2 |
| Scotland | 4.5 | | | Ireland | 2 |
| Finland | 2.5 | | | | |
| Finland | 2.5 | Scotland | 4 | | |
| | | England | 3 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| England | 6 | England | 3 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| Wales | 1 | | | | |
| Wales | 1 | | | England | 4 |
| | | | | Iceland | 1 |
| Elimination matches | Elimination matches | Match for 5th place | Match for 5th place |
| Germany | 3 |
| Sweden | 2 | | |
| Sweden | 2 | Wales | 3 |
| | | Germany | 2 |
| Wales | 3.5 | Germany | 2 |
| Finland | 1.5 | | |
| Finland | 1.5 | Match for 7th place | Match for 7th place |
| | | Finland | 4 |
| | | Sweden | 1 |
| Scotland | Ireland |
| 5 | 2 |
| B. Hume / S. O’Hara 20th hole | M. Hoey / G. McDowell |
| M. Warren / C. Heap 2 holes | S. Brownie / N. Fox |
| Barry Hume 4 & 3 | Michael Hoey |
| Steven O’Hara 8 & 7 | Noel Fox |
| Marc Warren | Graeme McDowell 1 hole |
| Simon Mackenzie AS * | Tim Rice AS * |
| Craig Watson AS * | Stephen Browne AS * |
Flight B
Bracket
| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Match for 9th place | Match for 9th place |
| Switzerland | 4 | | |
| Austria | 1 | | |
| Austria | 1 | Switzerland | 3 |
| | | France | 2 |
| France | 3.5 | France | 2 |
| Italy | 1.5 | | | | |
| Italy | 1.5 | | | Spain | 5 |
| | | | | Switzerland | 0 |
| Netherlands | 3 | | | Switzerland | 0 |
| Denmark | 2 | | | | |
| Denmark | 2 | Spain | 4.5 | | |
| | | Netherlands | 0.5 | Match for 11th place | Match for 11th place |
| Spain | 4 | Netherlands | 0.5 | Match for 11th place | Match for 11th place |
| Portugal | 1 | | | | |
| Portugal | 1 | | | France | 3 |
| | | | | Netherlands | 2 |
| Elimination matches | Elimination matches | Match for 13th place | Match for 13th place |
| Austria | 4 |
| Italy | 1 | | |
| Italy | 1 | Denmark | 3.5 |
| | | Austria | 1.5 |
| Denmark | 4.5 | Austria | 1.5 |
| Portugal | 0.5 | | |
| Portugal | 0.5 | Match for 15th place | Match for 15th place |
| | | Italy | 3 |
| | | Portugal | 2 |
Flight C
Bracket
| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Match for 17th place | Match for 17th place |
| | | Belgium | 4 |
| | | Czech Republic | 1 |
| Czech Republic | 4.5 | Czech Republic | 1 |
| Croatia | 0.5 | | | | |
| Croatia | 0.5 | | | Norway | 3 |
| | | | | Belgium | 2 |
| Slovenia | 3.5 | | | Belgium | 2 |
| Estonia | 1.5 | | | | |
| Estonia | 1.5 | Norway | 4 | | |
| | | Slovenia | 1 | Match for 19th place | Match for 19th place |
| | | | | Czech Republic | 4.5 |
| | | | | Slovenia | 0.5 |
| Elimination match | Elimination match | Match for 21st place | Match for 21st place |
| Croatia | 3.5 |
| Greece | 1.5 | | |
| Greece | 1.5 | Croatia | 3 |
| | | Estonia | 2 |
Final standings
| Place | Country |
| | Scotland |
| | Ireland |
| | England |
| 4 | Iceland |
| 5 | Wales |
| 6 | Germany |
| 7 | Finland |
| 8 | Sweden |
| 9 | Spain |
| 10 | Switzerland |
| 11 | France |
| 12 | Netherlands |
| 13 | Denmark |
| 14 | Austria |
| 15 | Italy |
| 16 | Portugal |
| 17 | Norway |
| 18 | Belgium |
| 19 | Czech Republic |
| 20 | Slovenia |
| 21 | Croatia |
| 22 | Estonia |
| 23 | Greece |
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