# 1985 European Amateur Team Championship

The 1985 European Amateur Team Championship took place from 26 to 30 June at Halmstad Golf Club, in Tylösand, Sweden. It was the 14th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

## Venue

The tournament was played at the club's North course. The club was founded in 1930. Its first 18-hole course, located in Tylösand, Halmstad Municipality, 9 kilometers west of Halmstad city center in Halland County, Sweden, was constructed by Rafael Sundblom and approved in 1938. A new course was inaugurated in 1967. Together with the last nine holes of the old course, this formed the new course, called the North Course.

## 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 seven teams placed 9–15 in the qualification stroke-play formed flight B and the four teams placed 16–19 formed flight C, to play similar knock-out play to decide their final positions.

## Teams

19 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of five or six players.
Players in the leading teams
| Country | Players |
| Austria | Andreas Brier, Christian Czerny, Martin Kerscher, Max Lamberg, Matthias Nemes, Klaus Nierlich |
| Belgium | Olivier Buysse, Alain Eaton, Thierry Goosens, Michel Moerman, Ivan Nyssen, Freddy Rodesch |
| Czechoslovakia | Jiri Dvorac, Jan Juhaniak, Jan Kunsta, Jiri Kunsta, Miroslav Nemec, Jiri Zavazal |
| Denmark | Ole Eskildsen, Rolf Nissen, Leif Nyholm, Jan Frej Petersen, Jacob Rasmussen, Anders Sørensen |
| England | Peter Baker, David Gilford, John Hawksworth, Graham Homewood, Craig Lawrence, Peter McEvoy |
| Finland | Johan Hirn, Tapio Jalo, Markku Louhio, Sauli Mäkiluoma, Juha Selin, Erkki Välimää |
| France | Alexis Godillot, François Illouz, Laurent Lasalle, Marc Pendariès, Philippe Ploujoux, Jean-François Remésy |
| Greece | George Arasonis, George Nikitaidis, Craigen Pappas, Sean Pappas, Stefan Vafiiadis, Chris Valasakis |
| Iceland | Hannes Eyvindsson, Ulfar Jonsson, Ragnar Olafsson, Sigurdur Petursson, Sigurdur Sigurdsson, Björgvin Thorsteinsson |
| Ireland | Neil Anderson, Jim Feeney, Mark Gannon, Garth McGimpsey, Liam McNamara, Arthur Pierse |
| Italy | Alberto Binaghi, Marco Durante, Guido Grappasoni, Giorgio Merlitti, Enrico Nistri, Sergio Prati |
| Netherlands | Ruud Bos, Carel Braun, Bart Nolte, Daan Slooter, Piet-Hein Streutgers, Siemon Vegter |
| Norway | Erik Dønnestad, Tom Fredriksen, Per Haugsrud, Gard Midtvåge, Tore Christian Sviland, Lars-Erik Underthun |
| Scotland | Cecil Bloice, Ian Brotherston, George Macgregor, Angus Moir, Colin Montgomerie, Sandy Stephen |
| Spain | Ignacio Gervás, Luis Gabarda, Dionisio Garcia, José María Olazábal, Borja Queipo de Llano, Eduardo de la Riva |
| Sweden | Magnus Hennberg, John Lindberg, Jesper Parnevik, Johan Ryström, Carl-Magnus Strömberg, Johan Tumba |
| Switzerland | Marcus Gottstein, Thomasa Gottstein, Carlo Rampone, Dominique Rey, Johhny Storjohann, Erwin Vonlanthen |
| Wales | John Jones, Stephen Jones, Michael Macara, Paul Mayo, Richard Morris, Neil Roderick |
| West Germany | Thomas Hübner, Rainer Mund, Hans-Günther Reiter, Christoph Städler, Andreas Stamm, Ralf Thielemann |

## Winners

Host country Sweden won the opening 36-hole competition, with a score of 14 over par 734.
Individual leaders were Jesper Parnevik, Sweden and Erkki Välimää, Finland, each of them with a score of 2-under-par 142, two strokes ahead of Peter McEvoy, England.
Team Scotland won the gold medal, earning their third title, beating Sweden in the final 4.5–2.5. Team Spain earned the bronze on third place, after beating England 4.5–2.5 in the bronze match.
José María Olazábal, Spain, made a hole-in-one on the 13th hole, during his 3 and 2 single match win over Colin Montgomerie in the semi-final between Spain and Scotland.

## Results

Qualification round
| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | Sweden | 368-366=734 | +14 |
| 2 | Denmark | 372-370=742 | +22 |
| 3 | Spain | 376-371=747 | +27 |
| T4 | Ireland * | 377-376=753 | +33 |
| T4 | England | 378-375=753 | +33 |
| 6 | France | 383-373=756 | +36 |
| 7 | Scotland | 375-385=760 | +40 |
| 8 | West Germany | 384-381=765 | +45 |
| 9 | Finland | 381-386=767 | +47 |
| 10 | Norway | 388-380=768 | +48 |
| 11 | Wales | 378-392=770 | +50 |
| 12 | Italy | 393-379=772 | +52 |
| 13 | Netherlands | 383-393=776 | +56 |
| 14 | Greece | 389-391=780 | +60 |
| 15 | Switzerland | 404-380=784 | +64 |
| 16 | Austria | 387-402=789 | +69 |
| 17 | Iceland | 398-396=794 | +74 |
| 18 | Belgium | 402-399=801 | +81 |
| 19 | Czechoslovakia | 418-406=824 | +104 |
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| T1 | Jesper Parnevik | Sweden | 72-70=142 | −2 |
| T1 | Erkki Välimää | Finland | 67-75=142 | −2 |
| 3 | Peter McEvoy | England | 71-73=144 | E |
| 4 | Colin Montgomerie | Scotland | 72-73=145 | +1 |
| T5 | Alexis Godillot | France | 73-73=146 | +2 |
| T5 | Paul Mayo | Wales | 72-74=146 | +2 |
| T5 | Jacob Rasmusson | Denmark | 71-75=146 | +2 |
| T8 | Johan Ryström | Sweden | 75-72=147 | +3 |
| T8 | Anders Sørensen | Denmark | 72-75=147 | +3 |
Flight A
| Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Final | Final |
| Scotland | 4.5 | | |
| Denmark | 2.5 | | |
| Denmark | 2.5 | Scotland | 5.5 |
| | | Spain | 1.5 |
| Spain | 4 | Spain | 1.5 |
| France | 3 | | | | |
| France | 3 | | | Scotland | 4.5 |
| | | | | Sweden | 2.5 |
| England | 7 | | | Sweden | 2.5 |
| Ireland | 0 | | | | |
| Ireland | 0 | Sweden | 5 | | |
| | | England | 2 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| Sweden | 5.5 | England | 2 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| West Germany | 1.5 | | | | |
| West Germany | 1.5 | | | Spain | 4.5 |
| | | | | England | 2.5 |
| Elimination matches | Elimination matches | Match for 5th place | Match for 5th place |
| Denmark | 4.5 |
| France | 2.5 | | |
| France | 2.5 | Denmark | 4 |
| | | Ireland | 3 |
| Ireland | 5 | Ireland | 3 |
| West Germany | 2 | | |
| West Germany | 2 | Match for 7th place | Match for 7th place |
| | | West Germany | 4 |
| | | France | 3 |
| Scotland | Sweden |
| 4.5 | 2.5 |
| C. Mongomerie / G. MagGregor | J. Lindberg / J. Parnevik 3 & 2 |
| C. Bloice / S. Stephen 1 hole | J. Ryström / M. Hennberg |
| Colin Montgomerie AS * | Johan Ryström AS * |
| George MacGregor 1 hole | Jesper Parnevik |
| Ian Brotherston | John Lindberg 3 & 2 |
| Cecil Bloice 4 & 3 | Johan Tumba |
| Sandy Stephen 4 & 3 | Carl-Magnus Strömberg |
Flight B
Bracket
| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Match for 9th place | Match for 9th place |
| Norway | 4 | | |
| Switzerland | 3 | | |
| Switzerland | 3 | Norway | 4.5 |
| | | Wales | 2.5 |
| Wales | 4 | Wales | 2.5 |
| Greece | 3 | | | | |
| Greece | 3 | | | Norway | 5 |
| | | | | Finland | 2 |
| Italy | 6 | | | Finland | 2 |
| Netherlands | 1 | | | | |
| Netherlands | 1 | Finland | 4 | | |
| | | Italy | 3 | Match for 11th place | Match for 11th place |
| | | | | Wales | 4.5 |
| | | | | Italy | 2.5 |
| Elimination match | Elimination match | Match for 13th place | Match for 13th place |
| Greece | 5 |
| Switzerland | 2 | | |
| Switzerland | 2 | Netherlands | 5.5 |
| | | Greece | 1.5 |
Flight C
Bracket
| Round 1 | Round 1 | Match for 16th place | Match for 16th place |
| Belgium | 5.5 |
| Iceland | 1.5 | | |
| Iceland | 1.5 | Austria | 5.5 |
| | | Belgium | 1.5 |
| Austria | 4 | Belgium | 1.5 |
| Czech Republic | 3 | | |
| Czech Republic | 3 | Match for 18th place | Match for 18th place |
| | | Czech Republic | 4 |
| | | Iceland | 3 |
Final standings
| Place | Country |
| | Scotland |
| | Sweden |
| | Spain |
| 4 | England |
| 5 | Denmark |
| 6 | Ireland |
| 7 | West Germany |
| 8 | France |
| 9 | Norway |
| 10 | Finland |
| 11 | Wales |
| 12 | Italy |
| 13 | Netherlands |
| 14 | Greece |
| 15 | Switzerland |
| 16 | Austria |
| 17 | Belgium |
| 18 | Czechoslovakia |
| 19 | Iceland |
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