2021 European Amateur Team Championship

2021 European Amateur Team Championship

Tournament information
Dates	6–10 July 2021
Location	Caldes de Malavella, Spain 41°51′25″N2°45′47″E / 41.857°N 2.763°E / 41.857; 2.763
Course(s)	PGA Catalunya
Organized by	European Golf Association
Format	Qualification round: 36 holes stroke play Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par	71
Field	13 teams 78 players
Champion
Denmark Christoffer Bring, Hamish Brown, Sebastian Friedrichsen, August Thor Høst, Frederik Kjettrup, Søren Broholt Lind
Qualification round: 707 (−3) Final match: 51⁄2–11⁄2
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The 2021 European Amateur Team Championship took place 6–10 July at PGA Catalunya in Spain. It was the 38th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship. ^[1] The event was originally intended to be played at Vasatorp Golf Club in Sweden but was moved because of travel restriction concerns. ^[1]

Format

Each 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. ^[2]

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 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. Extra holes were played in games that were all square after 18 holes. However, if the result of the team match was already decided, games were declared halved. ^[3]

The teams outside the top eight in the stroke-play stage formed flight B, also played knock-out match-play, but with one foursome game and four single games in each match, to decide their final positions.

The three last placed nation teams are normally moved to the Division 2 championship for next year. However, because of the reduced format of the championship due to COVID 19-restrictions, no nations were relegated. ^[4]

Teams

13 national teams contested the event. England, Scotland and Wales did not compete. ^[1]

Country	Players
Austria	Christoph Bleier, Luca Denk, Maximilian Lechner, Lukas Pany, Namu Sarmini, Maximilian Steinlechner
Belgium	Liam Bentein, Matthis Besard, Jean de Wouters d'Oplinter, Adrien Dumont de Chassart, James Meyer de Beco, Max Peerbooms
Denmark	Christoffer Bring, Hamish Brown, Sebastian Friedrichsen, August Thor Høst, Frederik Kjettrup, Søren Broholt Lind
France	Clément Charmasson, Tom Gueant, Paul Margolis, Nicolas Muller, Julien Sale, Tom Vaillant
Germany	Nick Bachem, Jannik De Bruyn, Wolfgang Glawe, Marc Hammer, Matti Schmid, Timo Vahlenkamp
Iceland	Hlynur Bergsson, Sverrir Haraldsson, Aron Snær Júlíusson, Kristófer Karl Karlsson, Hákon Örn Magnússon, Dagbjartur Sigurbrandsson
Ireland	Marc Boucher, Hugh Foley, Matthew McClean, Robert Moran, Mark Power, Caolan Rafferty
Italy	Pietro Bovari, Riccardo Bregoli, Davide Buchi, Filippo Celli, Gregorio De Leo, Giovanni Manzoni
Netherlands	Dario Antonisse, Bob Geurts, Jerry Ji, Benjamin Reuter, Kiet Van Der Weele, Nordin Van Tilburg
Portugal	Vasco Alves, Pedro Clare, Daniel Costa, Pedro Cruz Silva, Pedro Lencart, Joâo Pinto
Spain	Alvaro Hernández Cabezuela, Eugenio Chacarra, Luis Masaveu, Joel Moscatel, Álvaro Mueller-Baumgart, David Puig
Sweden	Ludvig Åberg, Gustav Andersson, David Nyfjäll, Pontus Nyholm, Hugo Townsend, Adam Wallin
Switzerland	Loïc Ettlin, Robert Foley, Nicola Gerhardsen, Mauro Gilardi, Cédric Gugler, Ronan Kleu

Winners

Host nation Spain led the opening 36-hole stroke-play competition with a 17-under-par score of 693, four strokes ahead of Sweden with defending champion team Germany in third place a further four strokes behind.

There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader was Eugenio Chacarra, Spain, with a 9-under-par score of 133, one stroke ahead of Pontus Nyholm, Sweden and Jean de Wouters d'Oplinter, Belgium.

Team Denmark won the gold medal, earning their first title, beating team France in the final 51⁄2–11⁄2.

Team Belgium earned the bronze on third place, after beating Spain 6–1 in the bronze match.

Results

Qualification round

Team standings Place Country Score To par 1   Spain 354-339=693 −17 2   Sweden 350-347=697 −13 3   Germany 350-351=701 −9 T4   France * 343-359=702 −8   Netherlands 349-353=702 6   Belgium 352-354=706 −4 7   Denmark 352-355=707 −3 8   Austria 360-351=711 +1 9   Portugal 357-355=712 +2 10   Switzerland 354-359=713 +3 11   Italy 360-355=715 +5 12   Iceland 359-363=722 +12 13   Ireland 367-361=728 +18 * Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the best total of the two non-counting scores of the two rounds.

Individual leaders Place Player Country Score To par 1 Eugenio Chacarra   Spain 67-66=133 −9 T2 Pontus Nyholm   Sweden 66-68=134 −8 Jean de Wouters d'Oplinter   Belgium 66-68=134 4 Christoph Bleier   Austria 67-68=135 −7 5 Maximilian Steinlechner   Austria 68-68=136 −6 T6 Ludvig Åberg   Sweden 68-69=137 −5 Paul Margolis   France 67-70=137 Joel Moscatel   Spain 70-67=137 David Nyfjäll   Sweden 67-70=137 David Puig   Spain 72-65=137 Nordin van Tilburg   Netherlands 68-69=137 Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.

Flight A

Bracket   Quarter finals Semi finals Final                                 Spain 5         Austria 2     France 4         Spain 3     France 4         Netherlands 3     Denmark 5.5         France 1.5     Belgium 4         Germany 3     Denmark 4         Belgium 3 Bronze match     Denmark 4         Sweden 3     Belgium 6       Spain 1     Elimination matches Match for 5th place                         Austria 3         Netherlands 2     Austria 4         Germany 1     Germany 3.5       Sweden 1.5   Match for 7th place             Netherlands 4       Sweden 1

Final games   Denmark   France 5.5 1.5 C. Bring / S. Broholt Lind 2 holes N. Muller / J. Sale A.T. Høst / S. Friedrichtsen 1 hole P. Margolis / C. Charmasson Frederik Kjetterup AS * Tom Vaillant AS * August Thor Høst 5 & 3 Julien Sale Christoffer Bring 4 & 3 Tom Guent Hamish Brown AS * Paul Margolis AS * Søren Broholt Lind AS * Clémont Charmasson AS * * Note: Game declared halved, since team match already decided.

Flight B

Bracket

Round 1 Round 2 Match for 9th place                                       Ireland 3.5         Portugal 1.5     Ireland 4         Iceland 1     Italy 3         Ireland 2     Italy 3         Switzerland 2     Italy     Direct to round 3

Elimination match Match for 11th place                         Switzerland 3         Iceland 2     Switzerland 4       Portugal 1

Final standings

Place	Country
	Denmark
	France
	Belgium
4	Spain
5	Austria
6	Germany
7	Netherlands
8	Sweden
9	Italy
10	Ireland
11	Switzerland
12	Portugal
13	Iceland

Source: ^{[2] [5]}

References

1. "Preview: European Amateur Team Championship". European Golf Association. 4 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
2. "Day 1 summary European Amateur Team Championships". European Golf Association. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
3. "Lag-EM så funkar det" [The European Amateur Team Championship, how it works] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
4. "Preview: 2022 European Amateur Team Championship". European Golf Association. 3 July 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
5. "2021 European Amateur Team Championship - Results". European Golf Association. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

External links

• European Golf Association: Full results