2008 European Amateur Team Championship

2008 European Amateur Team Championship

Tournament information
Dates	1–5 July 2008
Location	Fiano, Piedmont, Italy 45°10′N 7°34′E / 45.167°N 7.567°E / 45.167; 7.567
Course(s)	Royal Park Golf & Country Club (Allianz Course)
Organized by	European Golf Association
Format	Qualification round: 36 holes stroke play Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,566 yards (6,004 m)
Field	20 teams 120 players
Champion
Ireland Jonathan Caldwell, Paul Cutler, Niall Kearney, Shane Lowry, Paul O'Hanlon, Gareth Shaw
Qualification round: 719 (−1) Final match: 41⁄2–21⁄2
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The 2008 European Amateur Team Championship took place 1–5 July at Royal Park Golf & Country Club in Fiano, Italy. It was the 26th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.^[1]

It was the first time the championship was played in consecutive years, since its inauguration in 1959.^[1]

Venue

The club was founded in 1971 by the Agnelli family. Its first course, the Allianz Course, a parkland and forest course, in Fiano, in the Metropolitan City of Turin, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) northwest of Turin, in the region Piedmont, Italy, was designed the same year by Robert Trent Jones Sr.^[2]

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.^[1]

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. Poland took part for the first time. Each team consisted of six players.^[1][3][4]

Players in the leading teams

Country	Players
Austria	Hans Peter Bacher, Tano Kromer, Bernhard Reiter, Florian Sander, Philipp Sharma, Johannes Steiner
Denmark	Peter Baunsoe, Morten Ørum Madsen, Kristian Nielsen, Rasmus Hjelm Nielsen, Jacob Roth
England	Charlie Ford, Matt Haines, Sam Hutsby, Steve Uzzell, Dale Whitnell, Chris Wood
Finland	Janne Kaske, Immu Korvenmaa, Tuomas Pollari, Mikael Salminen, Kalle Samooja, Henri Satama
France	David Antoneli, Édouard Dubois, Victor Dubuisson, Benjamin Hebert, Alexandre Kaleka, Jean Wolff
Germany	Sean Einhaus, Florian Fritsch, Stephan Gross, Allen John, Maximilian Kieffer, Alexander Knappe
Ireland	Jonathan Caldwell, Paul Cutler, Niall Kearney, Shane Lowry, Paul O'Hanlon, Gareth Shaw
Italy	Nino Bertasio, Federico Colombo, Matteo Manassero, Andrea Pavan, Cristiano Terragni, Claudio Vigano
Netherlands	Tristan Bierenbroodspot, Richard Kind, Reinier Saxton, Tim Sluiter, Jurrian Van Der Vaart, Floris de Vries
Norway	Morten Erik Bergan, Knut Børsheim, Tor Erik Knudsen, Espen Kofstad, Markus Leandersson, Joakim Mikkelsen
Scotland	Wallace Booth, Gavin Dear, Callum Macaulay, Paul O'Hara, Keir M'Nicoll, Michael Stewart
Spain	Jorge Campillo, Moises Cobo, Borja Etchart, Pedro Oriol, Carlos Pigem, Juan Sarasti,
Sweden	Jesper Kennegård, Henrik Norlander, Tobias Rosendahl, Fredrik Quicker, Pontus Widegren, Björn Åkesson
Wales	Nigel Edwards, Ben Enoch, Rhys Enoch, Craig Evans, Zac Gould, Ben Westgate

Other participating teams

Country
Belgium
Estonia
Iceland
Poland
Portugal
Switzerland

Winners

Five-time-winners team Scotland won the opening 36-hole competition, with a 22-under-par score of 698. Tied five strokes behind were team Sweden and team Germany. Sweden earned 2nd place on the tie breaking better non-counting scores. Host nation Italy, with 15-year-old future European Tour winner Matteo Manassero in the team, finished 5th.^[1]

There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader were Wallace Booth, Scotland, with a 10-under-par score of 134, two strokes ahead of Jorge Campillo, Spain, and Callum Macaulay, Scotland.

Defending champions team Ireland, led by team captain Michael Burns, won the gold medal, earning their sixth title, beating team England in the final 41⁄2–21⁄2. The winning Irish team, combined from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, included future professional major winner 21-year-old Shane Lowry.^[5][6]

Team Germany, earned the bronze on third place, after beating France 4–3 in the bronze match.^[5][6]

Results

Qualification round

Team standings Place Country Score To par 1  Scotland 349-349=698 −22 T2  Sweden * 349-354=703 −17  Germany 351-352=703 4  England 358-347=705 −15 5  Italy 353-355=708 −12 6  Spain 352-357=709 −11 7  Ireland 353-366=719 −1 8  France 349-373=722 +2 T9  Netherlands * 358-367=725 +5  Finland 357-368=725 11  Wales 357-369=726 +6 12  Norway 364-366=730 +10 13  Denmark 363-369=732 +12 14  Austria 368-371=739 +19 T15  Portugal * 373-373=746 +26  Belgium 373-373=746 17  Switzerland 375-374=749 +29 18  Iceland 387-370=757 +37 19  Estonia 410-408=818 +98 20  Poland 404-418=822 +102 * 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 Wallace Booth  Scotland 69-65=134 −10 T2 Jorge Campillo  Spain 68-67=135 −9 Callum Macaulay  Scotland 65-70=135 T4 Tobias Rosendal  Sweden 68-69=137 −7 Chris Wood  England 72-65=137 T6 Espen Kofstad  Norway 69-69=138 −6 Alexander Knappe  Germany 67-71=138 Gareth Shaw  Ireland 68-70=138 Floris de Vries  Netherlands 64-74=138 T10 Borja Etchart  Spain 68-71=139 −5 Sam Hutsby  England 70-69=139 Henrik Norlander  Sweden 70-69=139 Andrea Pavan  Italy 68-71=139 Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.

Flight A

Bracket   Quarter finals Semi finals Final                                Ireland 5.5        Sweden 1.5    Ireland 5        Germany 2    Germany 5        Spain 2    Ireland 4.5        England 2.5    England 5.5        Italy 1.5    England 5        France 2 Bronze match    France 4.5        Scotland 2.5    Germany 4      France 3     Elimination matches Match for 5th place                        Spain 3        Sweden 2    Scotland 3        Spain 2    Scotland 3.5      Italy 1.5   Match for 7th place            Sweden 3      Italy 2

Final games  Ireland  England 4.5 2.5 G. Shaw / S. Lowry C. Wood / S. Hutsby 1 hole P. Cutler / J. Caldwell 3 & 1 S. Uzzell / D. Whitnell Gareth Shaw 2 & 1 Charlie Ford Paul Cutler 1 hole Chris Wood Niall Kearney 3 & 2 Matt Haines Jonathan Caldwell AS * Sam Hutsby AS * Shane Lowry Dale Whitnell 5 & 3 * Note: Game declared halved, since team match already decided.

Flight B

Bracket

Round 1 Round 2 Match for 9th place                                Netherlands 4        Belgium 1    Netherlands 3        Denmark 2    Norway 3        Denmark 2    Netherlands 3        Austria 2    Austria 3        Wales 2    Austria 3        Portugal 2 Match for 11th place    Portugal 4        Finland 1    Denmark 4      Portugal 1

Elimination matches Match for 13th place                        Belgium 5        Norway 0    Norway 3.5        Wales 1.5    Wales 3      Finland 2   Match for 15th place            Belgium 3      Finland 2

Flight C

First round  Switzerland  Poland 5 0  Iceland  Estonia 5 0

Second round  Switzerland  Estonia 4 1  Iceland  Poland 5 0

Third round  Iceland  Switzerland 3 2  Poland  Estonia 3 2

Final standings

Place	Country
	Ireland
	England
	Germany
4	France
5	Scotland
6	Spain
7	Sweden
8	Italy
9	Netherlands
10	Austria
11	Denmark
12	Portugal
13	Norway
14	Wales
15	Belgium
16	Finland
17	Iceland
18	Switzerland
19	Poland
20	Estonia

Sources:^[5][6][1][4]

See also

• European Golf Association – Organizer of European amateur golf championships
• Eisenhower Trophy – biennial world amateur team golf championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation.
• European Ladies' Team Championship – European amateur team golf championship for women organised by the European Golf Association.

References

External links

• European Golf Association: Full results

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