2018 European Golf Team Championships – Men's team

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Men's Team Event
at the 2018 European Golf Team Championships
Venue Gleneagles, Scotland
Dates11 August 2018
Competitors32 from 11 (16 teams) nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
 inaugural
2022  
2018 European Golf Team Championships
2018 European Golf Team Championships Logo.svg
Tournament information
Dates8–12 August 2018
Location Auchterarder, Scotland
56°17′09″N3°44′51″W / 56.28583°N 3.74750°W / 56.28583; -3.74750
Course(s) PGA Centenary Course, Gleneagles
Tour(s) European Tour
Format Match play
Statistics
Par72
Field32 players from 11 nations
(16 two-player teams)
Prize fund€500,000
Location map
Scotland relief location map.jpg
Icona golf.svg
Gleneagles
Location in Scotland
 Inaugural
2022  

The 2018 European Golf Team Championships men's team event was an event forming part of the 2018 European Golf Team Championships tournament being played in August 2018 at Gleneagles, Scotland. 16 two-player teams took part in the competition. [1]

Contents

The event was part of the 2018 European Championships, the inaugural edition of the European Championships, a multi-sport event which is to take place in Berlin, Germany, and Glasgow, Scotland from 2 to 12 August 2018. Spain 1 took the title from the Iceland team. The Italy 2 team won bronze.

Format

The European Golf Team Championships are taking place at Gleneagles in Scotland from 8−12 August 2018, featuring a 50/50 gender split in the field with male and female professionals competing for equal prize money in a men's team match play championship, a women's team match play championship, and a mixed team 18-hole foursomes stroke play championship.

The men's team championships featured a round-robin group fourball format, on 8–10 August, with the winners of each of the four groups progressing to the semi-finals where foursomes will determine the winners, on 12 August. In the group stage, two points were awarded for a win, one point for a halved match, and no points for a loss. Ties between two teams in the standings were determined by their head-to-head result and if teams were still tied for first place then a sudden-death playoff would occur. [2]

Qualification

Qualification for the Championships was via the European Golf Team Championships points tables based on men's Official World Golf Ranking points earned from tournaments finishing between 10 July 2017 and 9 July 2018 with a maximum of three teams representing any one nation in each event.

Competitors

SeedCountryPlayers (rank)
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1 Callum Shinkwin (230) & Lee Slattery (233)
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1 Lorenzo Gagli (275) & Guido Migliozzi (593)
3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1 Pedro Oriol (355) & Scott Fernández (476)
4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2 Rhys Enoch (396) & Charlie Ford (509)
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3 Connor Syme (322) & Liam Johnston (381)
6Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal José-Filipe Lima (341) & Ricardo Santos (738)
7Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Jarand Ekeland Arnøy (668) & Kristian Krogh Johannessen (493)
8Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2 Santiago Tarrío (391) & David Borda (649)
9Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1 Per Längfors (468) & Johan Edfors (759)
10Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Birgir Hafþórsson (586) & Axel Bóasson (663)
11Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Adrian Meronk (588) & Mateusz Gradecki (947)
12Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2 Francesco Laporta (566) & Alessandro Tadini (858)
13Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Michael Hoey (536) & Neil O'Briain (983)
14Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Martin Ovesen (828) & Niklas Nørgaard (1040)
15Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Christopher Mivis (537) & Lars Buijs (1782)
16Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2 Daniel Jennevret (843) & Oscar Florén (1749)

Results

Pool play

Teams were divided into 4 groups of 4 teams and played round-robin matches Wednesday to Friday using the fourball format.

Group A
RoundWinnerScoreLoser
1Great Britain 1 vs Spain 2 - Halved
Sweden 21 upSweden 1
2Great Britain 16 & 5Sweden 1
Spain 21 upSweden 2
3Sweden 23 & 2Great Britain 1
Spain 23 & 2Sweden 1
SeedPlayerWLHPointsFinish
8Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 220151
16Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 221042
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 111133
9Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 103004
Group B
RoundWinnerScoreLoser
1Great Britain 34 & 3Great Britain 2
Italy 22 & 1Ireland
2Italy 22 & 1Great Britain 2
Great Britain 32 & 1Ireland
3Ireland4 & 3Great Britain 2
Italy 21 upGreat Britain 3
SeedPlayerWLHPointsFinish
12Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 230061
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 321042
13Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 12023
4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 203004
Group C
RoundWinnerScoreLoser
1Spain 12 & 1Portugal
Poland1 upDenmark
2Spain 12 & 1Poland
Portugal2 & 1Denmark
3Denmark4 & 3Spain 1
Portugal5 & 3Poland
SeedPlayerWLHPointsFinish
3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 121041
6Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 21042
11Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 12023
14Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 12024
Group D
RoundWinnerScoreLoser
1Norway4 & 3Italy 1
Iceland6 & 5Belgium
2Iceland2 & 1Italy 1
Norway1 upBelgium
3Italy 1 4 & 3Belgium
Iceland2 upNorway
SeedPlayerWLHPointsFinish
10Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 30061
7Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 20042
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 112023
15Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 03004

Medal bracket

Sunday, 12 August

Semifinals Gold medal match
      
8 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2
10 Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 2 & 1
10 Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
3 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 12 up
12 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2
3 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 12 up Bronze medal match
8 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2
12 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2 5 & 3

References

  1. "Teams unveiled for historic European Golf Team Championships". PGA European Tour. 16 July 2018.
  2. "Golf – Daily Schedule". European Championships. Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.