# 1983 European Amateur Team Championship

The 1983 European Amateur Team Championship took place 22–26 June at Golf de Chantilly, in Chantilly, France. It was the 13th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

## Venue

The hosting club was founded in 1909. The Vineuil Course, situated in Chantilly, in the forest of the Hauts-de-France region of Northern France, 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of the center of Paris, close to the Château de Chantilly and Chantilly Racecourse, was originally designed by John Henry Taylor and later redesigned by Tom Simpson and Donald Steel. It had previously hosted eight editions of the Open de France.
For the 1983 European Amateur Team Championship, the course was set up with par 71 over 7,256 yards.

## Format

Each team consisted of five or 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 teams
| Country | Players |
| Austria | Christian Czerny, Johann Lamberg, Klaus Nierlich, O. Paul, Fritz Porstendorfer, E. Posamentyr |
| Belgium | Patrick Bonnelance, Olivier Buysse, Alain Eaton, Michel Eaton, Thierry Goosens, Roger Rabaey |
| Denmark | Henry Knudsen, Leif Nyholm, Jacob Rasmussen, Søren Rolner, Anders Sørensen, Steen Tinning |
| England | Peter Hedges, Stephen Keppler, Peter McEvoy, Andrew Oldcorn, Jonathan Plaxton, Martin Thompson |
| Finland | Patrick Hallama, Kari Kuivasaari, Markku Louhio, Juha Selin, Timo Sipponen, Jouni Vilmunen |
| France | Sven Boinet, Alexis Godillot, Marc Pendariès, Eric Pery, Philippe Ploujoux, Jean-Louis Schneider |
| Greece | George Aronis, V. Aronis, S. Oikonomou, George Vafiadis, Stefan Vafiadis, Chris Valasakis |
| Iceland | Hannes Eyvindsson, G. Kristinsson, Ragnar Olafsson, Sigurdur Petursson, Sigurdur Sigurdsson, Björgvin Thorsteinsson |
| Ireland | John Carr, Tom Cleary, Garth McGimpsey, Mick Morris, Arthur Pierse, Philip Walton |
| Italy | Mauro Bianco, Alberto Binaghi, Emanuele Bolognesi, Andrea Canessa, Silvio Grappasonni, Sergio Prati |
| Luxembourg | Al. Graas, An. Graas, Y. Görgen, J.F. Schock, Ch. Schock, G. Schumann |
| Netherlands | Ger Bazuin, Joost Hage, Bart Nolte, R. Tans, M. Peetoom, S. Van Vliet |
| Norway | Eric Bjerkholt, Tom Fredriksen, Gard Midtvåge, Ragnvald Risan, Tore Sviland, Lars-Erik Underthun |
| Scotland | Frank Coutts, Colin Dalgleish, George MacGregor, Lindsay Mann, Stephen McAllister, Allan Thomson |
| Spain | Ignacio Gervás, Julián García-Mayoral, José María Olazábal, Alejo Ollé, Borja Queipo de Llano, Román Taya |
| Sweden | Thomas Andersson, Antero Baburin, Magnus Hennberg, Per Jönsson, Anders Sandgren, Björn Svedin |
| Switzerland | Charles Bagnoud, Michael Buchter, Markus Frank, Alain Rey, Johhny Storjohann, Erwin Vonlanthen |
| Wales | R.D. Broad, G. Davies, John Roger Jones, David McLean, Philip Parkin, D.K. Wood |
| West Germany | Thomas Dekorsy, Hans-Günter Reiter, Frank Schlig, Ulrich Schulte, Christoph Städler, Ralf Thielemann |

## Winners

Team Scotland won the opening 36-hole competition, with a score of 8 over par 718.
Individual leader was Peter McEvoy, England, with a score of 8-under-par 134, five strokes ahead of Tore Christian Sviland, Norway. In his second round, McEvoy scored 8 birdies and 10 pars for an 8-under-par 63 score on the Chantilly course.
Team Ireland won the gold medal, earning their third title, beating Spain in the final 5–2. Team Italy earned the bronze on third place, after beating Scotland 4–3 in the bronze match.

## Results

Qualification round
| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | Scotland | 718 | +8 |
| 2 | England | 721 | +11 |
| 3 | Italy | 725 | +15 |
| 4 | Ireland | 730 | +20 |
| 5 | France | 733 | +23 |
| 6 | Denmark | 737 | +27 |
| 7 | Spain | 739 | +29 |
| T8 | Norway * | 747 | +37 |
| T8 | West Germany | 747 | +37 |
| 10 | Sweden | 748 | +38 |
| 11 | Wales | 750 | +40 |
| 12 | Switzerland | 754 | +44 |
| 13 | Belgium | 758 | +48 |
| 14 | Finland | 773 | +63 |
| 15 | Greece | 775 | +65 |
| 16 | Netherlands | 781 | +71 |
| 17 | Austria | 785 | +75 |
| 18 | Iceland | 808 | +88 |
| 19 | Luxembourg | 849 | +139 |
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | Peter McEvoy | England | 71-63=134 | −8 |
| 2 | Tore Sviland | Norway | 69-70=139 | −3 |
| T3 | Alberto Binaghi | Italy | 70-71=141 | −1 |
| T3 | Lindsay Mann | Scotland | 71-70=141 | −1 |
| T5 | Frank Coutts | Scotland | 71-71=142 | E |
| T6 | Thierry Goosens | Belgium | 72-71=143 | +1 |
| T6 | Philip Parkin | Wales | 73-70=143 | +1 |
| T6 | Steen Tinning | Denmark | 74-69=143 | +1 |
Flight A
| Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Final | Final |
| Spain | 4 | | |
| England | 3 | | |
| England | 3 | Spain | 4.5 |
| | | Italy | 2.5 |
| Italy | 4 | Italy | 2.5 |
| Denmark | 3 | | | | |
| Denmark | 3 | | | Ireland | 5 |
| | | | | Spain | 2 |
| Ireland | 6 | | | Spain | 2 |
| France | 1 | | | | |
| France | 1 | Ireland | 4 | | |
| | | Scotland | 3 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| Scotland | 4 | Scotland | 3 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| Norway | 3 | | | | |
| Norway | 3 | | | Italy | 4 |
| | | | | Scotland | 3 |
| Elimination matches | Elimination matches | Match for 5th place | Match for 5th place |
| England | 6 |
| Denmark | 1 | | |
| Denmark | 1 | England | 4.5 |
| | | France | 2.5 |
| France | 7 | France | 2.5 |
| Norway | 0 | | |
| Norway | 0 | Match for 7th place | Match for 7th place |
| | | Denmark | 5 |
| | | Norway | 2 |
| Ireland | Spain |
| 5 | 2 |
| P. Walton / G. McGimpsey 4 & 3 | A. Ollé / J. Garcia-Mayoral |
| A. Pierse / J. Carr 22nd hole | J.M. Olazábal / I. Gervás |
| Philip Walton 4 & 3 | Alejo Ollé |
| Arthur Pierse AS * | Borjan Quiepo de Llano AS * |
| Garth McGimpsey 2 & 1 | Román Taya 2 & 1 |
| Mick Morris AS * | Ignacio Gervás AS * |
| Tom Cleary | José María Olazábal 8 & 7 |
Flight B
Bracket
| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Match for 9th place | Match for 9th place |
| Sweden | 6 | | |
| Greece | 1 | | |
| Greece | 1 | Sweden | 6 |
| | | Wales | 1 |
| Wales | 5 | Wales | 1 |
| Finland | 2 | | | | |
| Finland | 2 | | | Sweden | 5 |
| | | | | Switzerland | 2 |
| Switzerland | 4 | | | Switzerland | 2 |
| Belgium | 3 | | | | |
| Belgium | 3 | Switzerland | 4 | | |
| | | West Germany | 3 | Match for 11th place | Match for 11th place |
| | | | | West Germany | 4.5 |
| | | | | Wales | 2.5 |
| Round 1 | Round 1 | Match for 13th place | Match for 13th place |
| | | Finland | 4.5 |
| | | Belgium | 2.5 |
Flight C
| Round 1 | Round 1 | Match for 16th place | Match for 16th place |
| Austria | 5 |
| Iceland | 2 | | |
| Iceland | 2 | Austria | 5 |
| | | Netherlands | 2 |
| Netherlands | 4.5 | Netherlands | 2 |
| Luxembourg | 2.5 | | |
| Luxembourg | 2.5 | Match for 18th place | Match for 18th place |
| | | Iceland | 5 |
| | | Luxembourg | 2 |
Final standings
| Place | Country |
| | Ireland |
| | Spain |
| | Italy |
| 4 | Scotland |
| 5 | England |
| 6 | France |
| 7 | Denmark |
| 8 | Norway |
| 9 | Sweden |
| 10 | Switzerland |
| 11 | West Germany |
| 12 | Wales |
| 13 | Finland |
| 14 | Belgium |
| 15 | Greece |
| 16 | Austria |
| 17 | Netherlands |
| 18 | Iceland |
| 19 | Luxembourg |
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