# 2010 European Amateur Team Championship

The 2010 European Amateur Team Championship took place 6–10 July at Österåker Golf Club in Åkersberga, Sweden. It was the 28th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

## Venue

The club was founded in 1988 and its Västerled course, opened the same year, was co-designed by Sven Tumba and Jan Sederholm and located 20 kilometres northeast of Stockholm, Sweden.
The championship course was set up with par 72.

## Format

Each team consisted of 6 players, playing two rounds of stroke-play 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. Teams knocked out after the quarter-finals were allowed to play one foursome game and four single games in each of their remaining matches. Games all square at the 18th hole were declared halved, if the team match was already decided.
The eight teams placed 9–16 in the qualification stroke-play formed flight B, to play similar knock-out play, with one foursome game and four single games in each match, to decide their final positions.
The four teams placed 17–20 formed flight C, to play each other in a round-robin system, with one foursome game and four single games in each match, to decide their final positions.

## Teams

20 nation teams contested the event, the same number of teams as at the previous event one year earlier. Slovakia took part for the first time. Each team consisted of six players.
Players in the teams
| Country | Players |
| Austria | Moritz Mayrhauser, Philipp Fendt, Bernard Neumayer, Florian Sander, Manuel Trappel, Christoph Weninger |
| Belgium | Maxence de Craecker, Xavier Feyaerts, Christopher Mivis, Stefan Quy, Julien Richelle, Pierre-Alexis Rolland |
| Denmark | Lucas Bjerregaard, Joachim B. Hansen, Andreas Hartø, Rasmus Lykke-Kjeldsen, Daniel Løkke, Morten Ørum Madsen |
| England | Laurie Canter, Tommy Fleetwood, Billy Hemstock, Tom Lewis, Chris Paisley, Eddie Pepperell |
| Finland | Toni Hakula, Tapio Pulkkanen, Mikael Salminen, Kalle Samooja, Henri Satama, Miro Veijalainen |
| France | Clément Berardo, Victor Dubuisson, Jérôme Lando-Casanova, Alexander Lévy, Johan Lopez Lazaro, Romain Wattel |
| Germany | Sean Einhaus, Maximilian Kieffer, Alexander Knappe, Benedict Staben, Alexis Szappanos, Philipp Westermann |
| Iceland | Axel Bóasson, Kristjan Einarsson, Hlynur Hjartarson, Alfred Brynjar Kristinsson, Ólafur Loftsson, Sigmundur Masson |
| Ireland | Clan Curley, Paul Cutler, Alan Dunbar, Paul Dunne, Dara Lernihan, Pat Murray |
| Italy | Nino Bertasio, Andrea Bolognesi, Mattia Miloro, Leonardo Motto, Andrea Pavan, Niccolò Quintarelli |
| Netherlands | Floris de Haas, Robin Kind, Wouter de Vries, Darius van Driel, Daan Huizing, Jeroen Krietemeijer |
| Norway | Elias Bertheussen, Knut Børsheim, Are Friestad, Espen Kofstad, Joakim Mikkelsen, Ole Ramsnes |
| Poland | Tomasz Gajewski, Adrian Meronk, Sebastian Musiolik, Daniel Snoey, Wojciech Swiniarski, Piotr Ragankiewicz |
| Portugal | Pedro Figueiredo, Miguel Gaspar, Nuno Henriques, José Maria Jóia, Tiago Rodrigues, Manuel Violas |
| Scotland | James Byrne, Ross Kellett, Philip Mclean, Kris Nicol, Greg Paterson, Michael Stewart |
| Slovakia | Oliver Benda, Maros Karnis, Stefan Palenik, Martin Tavoda, Peter Valasek, Juraj Zvarik |
| Spain | Emilio Cuartero, Nacho Elvira, Antonio Hortal, Carlos Pigem, Gerhard Piris, Juan Francisco Sarasti |
| Sweden | Nils Florén, Jesper Kennegård, David Lingmerth, Henrik Norlander, Pontus Widegren, Robin Wingårdh |
| Switzerland | Marc Dobias, Benjamim Rusch, Arthur Gabella, Edouard Amacher, Victor Doka, Marco Iten, Ken Benz, Roberto Francioni, Marc Dobias, Oliver Gilmartin, Steven Rojas, Benjamin Rusch |
| Wales | Rhys Enoch, Oliver Farr, James Frazer, Alastair Jones, Rhys Pugh, Ben Westgate |

## Winners

Tied leaders of the opening 36-hole competition were team Denmark and team Italy, each with a 1-over-par score of 721. Denmark earned first place on the tie breaking better non-counting scores. Host nation Sweden, tied 14th after the first round, was close to miss the quarter-finals, but finally, by a single stroke, took the last place among the top eight, ahead of three teams. Sweden eventually came close to winning the championship. Defending champions Scotland were among the teams which finished one stroke from qualifying for the quarter-finals.
There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader was Nino Bertasio, Italy, with a 10-under-par score of 134, four strokes ahead of Morten Ørum Madsen, Denmark.
Team England won the gold medal, earning their tenth title, beating team Sweden in the final 41⁄2–21⁄2.
Team Italy, earned the bronze on third place, after beating Spain 5–2 in the bronze match.

## Results

Qualification round
| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| T1 | Denmark * | 355-366=721 | +1 |
| T1 | Italy | 368-353=721 | +1 |
| 3 | England | 354-369=723 | +3 |
| 4 | Spain | 372-355=727 | +7 |
| 5 | Wales | 362-367=729 | +9 |
| 6 | Finland | 359-372=731 | +11 |
| 7 | Germany | 367-368=735 | +15 |
| 8 | Sweden | 374-366=740 | +20 |
| T9 | France * | 369-372=741 | +21 |
| T9 | Scotland * | 359-382=741 | +21 |
| T9 | Portugal | 373-368=741 | +21 |
| 12 | Norway | 368-376=741 | +24 |
| 13 | Netherlands | 369-379=748 | +28 |
| 14 | Belgium | 370-381=751 | +31 |
| T15 | Ireland * | 374-383=757 | +37 |
| T15 | Switzerland | 381-376=757 | +37 |
| 17 | Austria | 379-386=765 | +45 |
| 18 | Iceland | 383-387=770 | +50 |
| 19 | Slovakia | 395-404=799 | +79 |
| 20 | Poland | 391-421 =812 | +92 |
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | Nino Bertasio | Italy | 68-66=134 | −10 |
| 2 | Morten Ørum Madsen | Denmark | 69-69=138 | −6 |
| T3 | James Byrne | Scotland | 70-69=139 | −5 |
| T3 | Mikael Salminen | Finland | 71-68=139 | −5 |
| T5 | Laurie Canter | England | 70-72=142 | −2 |
| T5 | James Frazer | Wales | 70-72=142 | −2 |
| T5 | Espen Kofstad | Norway | 71-71=142 | −2 |
| T5 | Andrea Pavan | Italy | 73-69=142 | −2 |
| T5 | Carlos Pigem | Spain | 71-71=142 | −2 |
| T9 | Oliver Farr | Wales | 73-70=143 | −1 |
| T9 | Rasmus Lykke-Kjeldsen | Denmark | 69-74=143 | −1 |
| T9 | Chris Paisley | England | 68-75=143 | −1 |
| T9 | Kalle Samooja | Finland | 67-76=143 | −1 |
| T9 | Alexis Szappanos | Germany | 73-70=143 | −1 |
Flight A
| Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Final | Final |
| Italy | 4 | | |
| Germany | 3 | | |
| Germany | 3 | England | 5 |
| | | Italy | 2 |
| England | 5 | Italy | 2 |
| Finland | 2 | | | | |
| Finland | 2 | | | England | 4.5 |
| | | | | Sweden | 2.5 |
| Spain | 6 | | | Sweden | 2.5 |
| Wales | 1 | | | | |
| Wales | 1 | Sweden | 5.5 | | |
| | | Spain | 1.5 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| Sweden | 4.5 | Spain | 1.5 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| Denmark | 2.5 | | | | |
| Denmark | 2.5 | | | Italy | 5 |
| | | | | Spain | 2 |
| Elimination matches | Elimination matches | Match for 5th place | Match for 5th place |
| Finland | 3.5 |
| Germany | 1.5 | | |
| Germany | 1.5 | Denmark | 3 |
| | | Finland | 2 |
| Denmark | 3.5 | Finland | 2 |
| Wales | 1.5 | | |
| Wales | 1.5 | Match for 7th place | Match for 7th place |
| | | Germany | 4 |
| | | Wales | 1 |
| England | Sweden |
| 4.5 | 2.5 |
| E. Pepperell / B. Hemstock | P. Widegren / H. Norlander 3 & 2 |
| T. Fleetwood / T. Lewis | D. Lingmerth / N. Florén 2 & 1 |
| Tommy Fleetwood 2 & 1 | Jespeer Kennegård |
| Tom Lewis 1 hole | Nils Florén |
| Laurie Canter 6 & 4 | Pontus Widegren |
| Eddie Pepperell 4 & 3 | David Lingmerth |
| Chris Paisley AS * | Henrik Norlander AS * |
Flight B
Bracket
| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Match for 9th place | Match for 9th place |
| Scotland | 3.5 | | |
| Ireland | 1.5 | | |
| Ireland | 1.5 | Scotland | 3 |
| | | Portugal | 2 |
| Portugal | 3.5 | Portugal | 2 |
| Belgium | 1.5 | | | | |
| Belgium | 1.5 | | | France | 4 |
| | | | | Scotland | 1 |
| Netherlands | 3.5 | | | Scotland | 1 |
| Norway | 1.5 | | | | |
| Norway | 1.5 | France | 4 | | |
| | | Netherlands | 1 | Match for 11th place | Match for 11th place |
| France | 4 | Netherlands | 1 | Match for 11th place | Match for 11th place |
| Switzerland | 1 | | | | |
| Switzerland | 1 | | | Netherlands | 4 |
| | | | | Portugal | 1 |
| Elimination matches | Elimination matches | Match for 13th place | Match for 13th place |
| Ireland | 3.5 |
| Belgium | 1.5 | | |
| Belgium | 1.5 | Norway | 3.5 |
| | | Ireland | 1.5 |
| Norway | 4 | Ireland | 1.5 |
| Switzerland | 1 | | |
| Switzerland | 1 | Match for 15th place | Match for 15th place |
| | | Belgium | 4 |
| | | Switzerland | 1 |
Flight C
| Iceland | Slovakia |
| 5 | 0 |
| Austria | Poland |
| 5 | 0 |
| Iceland | Poland |
| 5 | 0 |
| Slovakia | Austria |
| 3 | 2 |
| Poland | Slovakia |
| 4 | 1 |
| Austria | Iceland |
| 3 | 2 |
Final standings
| Place | Country |
| | England |
| | Sweden |
| | Italy |
| 4 | Spain |
| 5 | Denmark |
| 6 | Finland |
| 7 | Germany |
| 8 | Wales |
| 9 | France |
| 10 | Scotland |
| 11 | Netherlands |
| 12 | Portugal |
| 13 | Norway |
| 14 | Ireland |
| 15 | Belgium |
| 16 | Switzerland |
| 17 | Iceland |
| 18 | Austria |
| 19 | Poland |
| 20 | Slovakia |
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