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

## Venue

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

### Course layout

| Hole | Yards | Par | | Hole | Yards | Par |
| 1 | 442 | 4 | | 10 | 412 | 4 |
| 2 | 426 | 4 | | 11 | 242 | 3 |
| 3 | 239 | 3 | | 12 | 379 | 4 |
| 4 | 496 | 4 | | 13 | 457 | 4 |
| 5 | 416 | 4 | | 14 | 545 | 5 |
| 6 | 176 | 3 | | 15 | 493 | 4 |
| 7 | 573 | 5 | | 16 | 161 | 3 |
| 8 | 457 | 4 | | 17 | 424 | 4 |
| 9 | 410 | 4 | | 18 | 456 | 4 |
| Out | 3,635 | 35 | | In | 3,569 | 35 |
| Source: | Source: | Total | Total | Total | 7,204 | 70 |

## 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.
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.
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.

## 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.

## Results

Qualification round
| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | Denmark | 344 | −6 |
| 2 | Finland | 348 | −2 |
| 3 | Spain | 349 | −1 |
| 4 | England | 350 | E |
| 5 | Germany | 350 | E |
| 6 | France | 351 | +1 |
| 7 | Italy | 351 | +1 |
| 8 | Sweden | 352 | +2 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 357 | +7 |
| 10 | Austria | 358 | +8 |
| 11 | Estonia | 360 | +10 |
| 12 | Wales | 361 | +11 |
| 13 | Switzerland | 362 | +12 |
| 14 | Belgium | 363 | +13 |
| 15 | Scotland | 363 | +13 |
| 16 | Iceland | 363 | +13 |
| 17 | Portugal | 365 | +15 |
| 18 | Ireland | 366 | +16 |
| 19 | Czech Republic | 371 | +21 |
| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | Spain * | 349-344=693 | −7 |
| 2 | France | 351-342=693 | −7 |
| 3 | England | 350-345=695 | −5 |
| 4 | Germany | 350-346=696 | −4 |
| 5 | Denmark | 344-353=697 | −3 |
| 6 | Italy | 351-348=699 | −1 |
| 7 | Sweden | 352-348=700 | E |
| 8 | Ireland | 366-338=704 | +4 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 357-349=706 | +6 |
| 10 | Finland | 348-360=708 | +8 |
| 11 | Austria | 358-355=713 | +13 |
| 12 | Wales | 361-354=715 | +15 |
| 13 | Estonia | 360-357=717 | +17 |
| 14 | Switzerland | 362-356=718 | +18 |
| 15 | Belgium | 363-358=721 | +21 |
| 16 | Iceland | 363-361=724 | +24 |
| 17 | Scotland | 363-363=726 | +26 |
| 18 | Czech Republic | 371-359=730 | +30 |
| 19 | Portugal | 365-366=731 | +31 |
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | Julien Sale | France | 67-67=134 | −6 |
| T2 | Hamish Brown | Denmark | 71-65=136 | −4 |
| T2 | Filippo Celli | Italy | 68-68=136 | −4 |
| T2 | Martin Couvra | France | 71-65=136 | −4 |
| T2 | Arron Edwards-Hill | England | 67-69=136 | −4 |
| T6 | John Gough | England | 71-66=137 | −3 |
| T6 | Kevin Christopher Jegers | Estonia | 67-70=138 | −3 |
| T8 | Anton Albers | West Germany | 70-68=138 | −2 |
| T8 | Søren Broholt Lind | Denmark | 67-71=138 | −2 |
| T8 | Lucas Nicolas Fallotico | Italy | 72-66=138 | −2 |
| T8 | Caolan Rafferty | Ireland | 73-65=138 | −2 |
| T8 | Laurenz Schiergen | West Germany | 67-71=138 | −2 |
| T8 | Tom Vaillant | France | 69-69=138 | −2 |
| T8 | Adam Wallin | Sweden | 69-69=138 | −2 |
Flight A
| Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Final | Final |
| Spain | 4 | | |
| Ireland | 3 | | |
| Ireland | 3 | Spain | 5 |
| | | Denmark | 2 |
| Denmark | 4 | Denmark | 2 |
| Germany | 3 | | | | |
| Germany | 3 | | | Spain | 4.5 |
| | | | | Sweden | 2.5 |
| England | 5.5 | | | Sweden | 2.5 |
| Italy | 1.5 | | | | |
| Italy | 1.5 | Sweden | 4 | | |
| | | England | 3 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| Sweden | 4 | England | 3 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| France | 3 | | | | |
| France | 3 | | | Denmark | 5 |
| | | | | England | 2 |
| Elimination matches | Elimination matches | Match for 5th place | Match for 5th place |
| Ireland | 3 |
| Germany | 2 | | |
| Germany | 2 | Ireland | 3 |
| | | Italy | 2 |
| Italy | 3 | Italy | 2 |
| France | 2 | | |
| France | 2 | Match for 7th place | Match for 7th place |
| | | France | 4 |
| | | Germany | 1 |
| Spain | Sweden |
| 4.5 | 2,5 |
| D.Puig / J.L. Ballester | D. Nyfjäll / H. Townsend 1 hole |
| L. Masaveu / Q. Vidal 4 & 3 | H. Lilja / D. Lundgren |
| Javier Barcos 4 & 2 | Tobias Jonsson |
| Luis Masaveu 3 & 2 | David Nyfjäll |
| Alejandro Aguilera | David Lundgren 6 & 5 |
| José Luis Ballester 3 & 2 | Adam Wallin |
| David Puig AS * | Henrik Lilja AS * |
Flight B
Bracket
| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Match for 9th place | Match for 9th place |
| Netherlands | 3 | | |
| Iceland | 2 | | |
| Iceland | 2 | Netherlands | 3.5 |
| | | Estonia | 1.5 |
| Estonia | 3 | Estonia | 1.5 |
| Wales | 2 | | | | |
| Wales | 2 | | | Netherlands | 3.5 |
| | | | | Finland | 1.5 |
| Czech Republic | 4 | | | Finland | 1.5 |
| Austria | 1 | | | | |
| Austria | 1 | Finland | 3.5 | | |
| | | Switzerland | 1.5 | Match for 11th place | Match for 11th place |
| Finland | 3 | Switzerland | 1.5 | Match for 11th place | Match for 11th place |
| Belgium | 2 | | | | |
| Belgium | 2 | | | Estonia | 3 |
| | | | | Switzerland | 2 |
| Elimination matches | Elimination matches | Match for 13th place | Match for 13th place |
| Wales | 3 |
| Iceland | 2 | | |
| Iceland | 2 | Wales | 4 |
| | | Belgium | 1 |
| Belgium | 3 | Belgium | 1 |
| Austria | 2 | | |
| Austria | 2 | Match for 15th place | Match for 15th place |
| | | Iceland | 2 |
| | | Austria | 3 |
Flight C
Team matches
| 1 | Czech Republic | Portugal | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 0.5 | Scotland | Portugal | 0.5 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 1 | Scotland | Czech Republic | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Team standings
| Country | Place | W | T | L | Game points | Points |
| Scotland | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.5–4.5 | 1.5 |
| Czech Republic | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5–5 | 1 |
| Portugal | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.5–5.5 | 0.5 |
Final standings
| Place | Country |
| | Spain |
| | Sweden |
| | 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 |