2009 European Amateur Team Championship


The 2009 European Amateur Team Championship took place 30 June4 July at Conwy Golf Club in Conwy County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom. It was the 27th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

Venue

Conwy Golf Club was formed in 1890. Its links course in Conwy County Borough, on the north coast of Wales, was designed by Jack Morris, club professional at Royal Liverpool Golf Club and nephew of Old Tom Morris, the first nine holes in 1875 and additional nine holes in 1895.
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 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.
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. Each team consisted of six players.
Players in the leading teams
CountryPlayers
Hans Peter Bacher, Moritz Mayrhauser, Lukas Nemecz, Bernhard Reiter, Nikolaus Schroter, Johannes Steiner
Xavier Feyaerts, Kevin Hesbois, Hugues Joannes, Christopher Mivis, Jean Relecom, Dimitri van Doren
Jiri Korda, Stanislav Matus, David Prochazka, Jan Ryba, Viktor Skalle, Jakum Stanislav
Sebastian Cappelen, Joachim B. Hansen, Andreas Hartø, Morten Ørum Madsen, Jacob Roth, Kristian Nielsen
Tommy Fleetwood, Charlie Ford, Luke Goddard, Matt Haines, Sam Hutsby, Dale Whitnell
Toni Hakula, Janne Kaske, Tapio Pulkkanen, Kalle Samooja, Henri Satama, Miro Veijalainen
Guillaume Cambis, Victor Dubuisson, Alexandre Kaleka, Alexander Levy, Johan Lopez Lazaro, Romain Wattel
Sean Einhaus, Max Glauert, Stephan Gross, Allen John, Maximilian Kieffer, Alexander Knappe
Panayiotis Boudouris, Evangelos Ginnis, Adam Kritikos, Christos Nikopoulos, Steve Parthenis, Kostantinos Ringas
Axel Bóasson, Kristjan Einarsson, Hlynur Hjartarson, Sigurthór Jónsson, Ólafur Loftsson, Sigmundur Masson
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Winners

Team Norway won the opening 36-hole competition, with a 30-under-par score of 690, three strokes ahead of team Italy. Neither host nation Wales or defending champions Ireland mad it to the quarter-finals, finishing 10th and 11th respectively.
There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but tied individual leaders were 16-year-old Matteo Manassero, Italy and Pontus Widegren, Sweden, each with a 10-under-par score of 134, one stroke ahead of Andrea Pavan, Italy.
Team Scotland won the gold medal, earning their sixth title, beating team England in the final 5–2.
Team Italy, earned the bronze on third place, after beating Norway 5–2 in the bronze match.

Results

Qualification round
Team standings
PlaceCountryScoreTo par
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2347-346=693−27
3348-349=697−23
4344-356=700−20
5351-356=707−13
T6 *355-361=716−4
T6358-358=716−4
8364-354=718−2
9364-355=719−1
10354-366=720E
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