# 2019 European Amateur Team Championship

The 2019 European Amateur Team Championship took place 9–13 July at Ljunghusen Golf Club in Höllviken, Sweden. It was the 36th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

## Venue

The hosting 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.
The championship course was set up with par 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 was 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 played 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.

## Teams

16 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players. Belgium, Slovenia, and Wales had qualified for the championship by finishing first, second, and third in the 2018 Division 2. The other teams qualified by finishing top 13 in the 2018 championship.
Players in the leading teams
| Country | Players |
| Austria | Gerold Folk, Paul Kamml, Lukas Lipold, Oliver Rath, Niklas Regner, Maximilian Steinlechner |
| Belgium | Matthis Besard, Alan De Bondt, Yente Van Doren, Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Giovanni Tadiotto, Jean de Wouters d'Oplinter |
| Czech Republic | Jakub Bares, Petr Janik, Krystof Strycek, Simon Zach, Matyas Zapletal, Jiri Zuska |
| Denmark | John Axelsen, Hamish Brown, Alexander George Frances, Andreas Hillersborg Sorensen, August Thor Høst, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen |
| England | Alex Fitzpatrick, Harry Hall, Ben Jones, Matty Lamb, Thomas Plumb, Tom Sloman |
| Finland | Alex Hietala, Matias Honkala, Jonatan Jolkkonen, Santeri Lehesmaa, Veeti Mähönen, Casper Simberg |
| France | Clément Charmasson, Alexandre Fuchs, Ko Jeong-weon, Adrien Pendaries, David Ravetto, Victor Veyret |
| Germany | Jannik de Bruyn, Marc Hammer, Alexander Herrmann, Maximilian Herrmann, Michael Hirmer, Matti Schmid |
| Iceland | Rúnar Arnórsson, Aron Snær Júlíusson, Birgir Björn Magnusson, Bjarki Pétursson, Dagbjartur Sigurbrandsson, Gísli Sveinbergsson |
| Ireland | Tiarnan McLarnon, Ronan Mullarney, Mark Power, Conor Purcell, Caolan Rafferty, James Sugrue |
| Netherlands | Dario Antonisse, Bob Geurts, Jerry Ji, Koen Kouwenaar, Nordin Van Tilburg, Kiet Van der Weele |
| Scotland | Stuart Easton, Ryan Lumsden, Euan McIntosh, Sandy Scott, Jamie Stewart, Euan Walker |
| Slovenia | Kristjan Vojteh Burkelca, Jan Hribernik, Luka Naglic, Vid Joze Potocar, Gal Patrik Stirn, Zan Luka Stirn |
| Spain | Eugenio Chacarra, Alejandro del Rey, Adrián Mata, Ignacio Montero, Victor Pastor, Eduard Rousaud |
| Sweden | Ludvig Åberg, Albin Bergström, Vincent Norrman, David Nyfjäll, Pontus Nyholm, Christoffer Pålsson |
| Wales | Ben Chamberlain, Archie Davies, Jacob Davies, Jake Hapgood, Matt Robert, Gaelen Trew |

## Winners

Leader of the opening 36-hole competition was team Ireland, with a 19-under-par score of 701, three strokes ahead of team England.
There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader was Euan Walker, Scotland, with a 12-under-par score of 132, two strokes ahead of nearest competitor.
Host nation Sweden won the gold medal, earning their third title and first since 1961, beating eleven-times-champion team England in the final 41⁄2–21⁄2.
Team Scotland earned the bronze on third place, after beating Denmark 4–3 in the bronze match.
Finland, Czech Republic, and Slovenia placed 14th, 15th and 16th and was intended to be moved to Division 2 for 2020, to be replaced by Switzerland, Italy and Portugal, who finished first, second, and third respectively in the 2019 Division 2. The 2020 championship came to be reduced, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with several teams not participating, why the qualification status was changed.

## Results

Qualification round
| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | Ireland | 351-350=701 | −19 |
| 2 | England | 351-353=704 | −16 |
| 3 | Scotland | 353-357=710 | −10 |
| 4 | Sweden | 353-361=714 | −6 |
| 5 | Germany | 369-351=720 | E |
| 6 | Spain | 359-363=722 | +2 |
| 7 | Wales | 370-362=732 | +12 |
| 8 | Denmark | 366-368=734 | +14 |
| 9 | France | 368-368=736 | +16 |
| 10 | Netherlands | 369-368=737 | +17 |
| T11 | Iceland * | 363-375=738 | +18 |
| T11 | Finland | 372-366=738 | +18 |
| 13 | Austria | 368-371=739 | +19 |
| 14 | Czech Republic | 377-366=743 | +23 |
| 15 | Belgium | 371-373=744 | +24 |
| 16 | Slovenia | 387-382=769 | +49 |
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | Euan Walker | Scotland | 67-65=132 | −12 |
| 2 | Conor Purcell | Ireland | 67-68=135 | −10 |
| 3 | Tom Sloman | England | 67-69=136 | −8 |
| T4 | Alex Fitzpatrick | England | 69-70=139 | −5 |
| T4 | Caolan Rafferty | Ireland | 69-70=139 | −5 |
| 6 | Eugenio Chacarra | Spain | 69-71=140 | −4 |
| T7 | Albin Bergström | Sweden | 71-70=141 | −3 |
| T7 | Sandy Scott | Scotland | 72-69=141 | −3 |
| T7 | Ben Chamberlain | Wales | 70-71=141 | −3 |
| T7 | Ben Jones | England | 71-70=141 | −3 |
| T7 | Vincent Norrman | Sweden | 68-73=141 | −3 |
| T7 | David Nyfjäll | Sweden | 68-73=141 | −3 |
Flight A
| Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Final | Final |
| Denmark | 4 | | |
| Ireland | 3 | | |
| Ireland | 3 | Sweden | 6 |
| | | Denmark | 1 |
| Sweden | 5.5 | Denmark | 1 |
| Germany | 1.5 | | | | |
| Germany | 1.5 | | | Sweden | 4.5 |
| | | | | England | 2.5 |
| Scotland | 4.5 | | | England | 2.5 |
| Spain | 2.5 | | | | |
| Spain | 2.5 | England | 4 | | |
| | | Scotland | 3 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| England | 4 | Scotland | 3 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| Wales | 3 | | | | |
| Wales | 3 | | | Scotland | 4 |
| | | | | Denmark | 3 |
| Elimination matches | Elimination matches | Match for 5th place | Match for 5th place |
| Ireland | 3 |
| Germany | 2 | | |
| Germany | 2 | Ireland | 3 |
| | | Wales | 2 |
| Wales | 3.5 | Wales | 2 |
| Spain | 1.5 | | |
| Spain | 1.5 | Match for 7th place | Match for 7th place |
| | | Spain | 3 |
| | | Germany | 2 |
| Sweden | England |
| 4.5 | 2.5 |
| Åberg / Pålsson | Sloman / Plumb 2 & 1 |
| Nyfjäll / Norrman 4 & 3 | Fitzpatrick / Lamb |
| Pontus Nyholm 1 hole | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| Ludvig Åberg 3 & 1 | Tom Sloman |
| David Nyfjäll AS * | Thomas Plumb AS * |
| Vincent Norrman | Harry Hall 2 & 1 |
| Albin Bergström 3 & 2 | Ben Jones |
Flight B
Bracket
| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Match for 9th place | Match for 9th place |
| France | 4.5 | | |
| Slovenia | 0.5 | | |
| Slovenia | 0.5 | France | 3 |
| | | Austria | 2 |
| Austria | 3.5 | Austria | 2 |
| Finland | 1.5 | | | | |
| Finland | 1.5 | | | France | 3 |
| | | | | Belgium | 2 |
| Iceland | 4 | | | Belgium | 2 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | | | | |
| Czech Republic | 1 | Belgium | 4.5 | | |
| | | Iceland | 0.5 | Match for 11th place | Match for 11th place |
| Belgium | 3. | Iceland | 0.5 | Match for 11th place | Match for 11th place |
| Netherlands | 2 | | | | |
| Netherlands | 2 | | | Austria | 3 |
| | | | | Iceland | 2 |
| Elimination matches | Elimination matches | Match for 13th place | Match for 13th place |
| Finland | 4 |
| Slovenia | 1 | | |
| Slovenia | 1 | Netherlands | 3 |
| | | Finland | 2 |
| Netherlands | 4 | Finland | 2 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | | |
| Czech Republic | 1 | Match for 15th place | Match for 15th place |
| | | Czech Republic | 3 |
| | | Slovenia | 2 |
Final standings
| Place | Country |
| | Sweden |
| | England |
| | Scotland |
| 4 | Denmark |
| 5 | Ireland |
| 6 | Wales |
| 7 | Spain |
| 8 | Germany |
| 9 | France |
| 10 | Belgium |
| 11 | Austria |
| 12 | Iceland |
| 13 | Netherlands |
| 14 | Finland |
| 15 | Czech Republic |
| 16 | Slovenia |
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