2003 European Amateur Team Championship
# 2003 European Amateur Team Championship

The 2005 European Amateur Team Championship took place 1–5 July at Royal The Hague Golf & Country Club in Wassenaar, Netherlands. It was the 23rd men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

## Venue

The course at Royal The Hague Golf & Country Club, situated in an undulating dune landscape in Wassenaar, 10 kilometres north of the city center of The Hague, was designed in 1938, by Harry Colt and C.H. Alison.

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. 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, three teams lesser than at the previous event two years earlier. Each team consisted of six players.

Players in the leading teams

| Country | Players |
| - | - |
| Denmark | Mark Haastrup, Anders Schmidt Hansen, Jeppe Huldahl, Michael Jürgensen, Dennis Kristiansen, Martin Larsson |
| England | Richard Finch. Ross Fisher, Jon Lupton, Richard Walker, Oliver Wilson, Gary Wolstenholme |
| Finland | Keijo Jaakola, Roope Kakko, Ville Karhu, Heikki Mantyla, Ari Savolainen, Erik Stenman |
| France | Nicolas Allain, Eric Chadouet, Bertrand Coathalem, Julien Duclos-Grenet, Jean-Baptiste Gonnet, Adrien Mörk |
| Germany | Martin Kaymer, Markus Maichel, Benjamin Miarka, Patrick Niederdrenk, Christian Schunck, Richard Treis |
| Iceland | Heidar Bragason, Örn Ævar Hjartarson, Haraldur Heimisson, Magnus Larusson, Sigurdall Sveinsson, Sigmundur Masson |
| Ireland | Noel Fox, Justin Kehoe, Gareth Maybin, Brian McElhinney, Michael McGeady, Colm Moriarty |
| Italy | Alessio Bruschi, Edoardo Molinari, Francesco Molinari, Gregory Molteni, Michele Rossi, Andrea Signor |
| Netherlands | Wil Besseling, Jan Willem van Hoof, Rick Huiskamp, Edward de Jong, Robin Swane, Inder van Weerelt |
| Norway | Lars Brovold, Johann Gudjonsson, Eirik-Tage Johansen, Torstein Nevestad, Ole-Kristian Olsen, Nicolay Syvertsen |
| Scotland | Jack Doherty, Graham Gordon, David Inglis, Andrew McArthur, Craig Watson, Stuart Wilson |
| Spain | Alejandro Cañizares, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Sebastián García Grout, Alfredo García-Heredia, Pablo Martín, Álvaro Quirós |
| Sweden | Kalle Edberg, Steven Jeppesen, Niklas Lemke, Pär Nilsson, Alexander Norén, Wilhelm Schauman |
| Wales | Nigel Edwards, Stuart Manley, David Price, Alex Smith, Craig Smith, Gareth Wright |

Other participating teams

* Country
* Austria
* Belgium
* Czech Republic
* Portugal
* Slovenia
* Switzerland

## Winners

Four-time-winners team Ireland won the opening 36-hole competition, with a 4-under-par score of 716, 11 strokes ahead of team Norway on 2nd place and host nation Netherlands another two strokes behind. Defending champions team Scotland did not make it to the quarter finals, finishing tenth. 1999 champions Italy missed the quarter finals on a tiebreaker, with the same qualifying score as England and Sweden on tied 7th place.

There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leaders were Justin Kehoe, Ireland, and Torstein Nevestad, Norway, each with a 5-under-par score of 139, one stroke ahead of Alex Smith, Wales.

Team Spain won the gold medal, earning their second title in four years, beating team England in the final 5–2.

Team Sweden earned the bronze on third place, after beating France 4–3 in the bronze match.

## Results

Qualification round

| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ireland | 349-367=716 | −4 |
| 2 | Norway | 350-377=727 | +7 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 358-371=729 | +9 |
| 4 | Wales | 363-369=732 | +12 |
| 5 | Spain | 360-373=733 | +13 |
| 6 | France | 364-370=734 | +14 |
| T7 | England * | 773-364=737 | +17 |
| T7 | Sweden * | 366-371=737 | +17 |
| T7 | Italy | 361-376=737 | +17 |
| 10 | Scotland | 372-371=743 | +23 |
| 11 | Germany | 374-373=747 | +27 |
| 12 | Portugal | 372-376=748 | +28 |
| 13 | Finland | 373-378=751 | +31 |
| T14 | Denmark * | 373-380=753 | +33 |
| T14 | Iceland | 369-384=753 | +33 |
| T16 | Slovenia * | 371-387=758 | +38 |
| T16 | Austria | 371-387=758 | +38 |
| 18 | Belgium | 376-388=764 | +44 |
| 19 | Switzerland | 385-381=766 | +46 |
| 20 | Czech Republic | 396-388=784 | +64 |
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| T1 | Justin Kehoe | Ireland | 66-73=139 | −5 |
| T1 | Torstein Nevestad | Norway | 67-72=139 | −5 |
| 3 | Alex Smith | Wales | 69-71=140 | −4 |
| T4 | Nuno Campino | Portugal | 72-69=141 | −3 |
| T4 | Jan Willem van Hoof | Netherlands | 67-74=141 | −3 |
| T6 | Pablo Martin Benavides | Spain | 66-76=142 | −2 |
| T6 | Brian McElhinney | Ireland | 69-73=142 | −2 |
| T6 | Oliver Wilson | England | 73-69=142 | −2 |
| T9 | Noel Fox | Ireland | 69-74=143 | −1 |
| T9 | Niklas Lemke | Sweden | 72-71=143 | −1 |
| T9 | Christian Schunk | Germany | 70-73=143 | −1 |

Flight A

| Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| England | 4.5 | | |
| Norway | 2.5 | | |
| Norway | 2.5 | England | 4 |
| | | France | 3 |
| France | 4 | France | 3 |
| Netherlands | 3 | | | | |
| Netherlands | 3 | | | Spain | 5 |
| | | | | England | 2 |
| Spain | 5 | | | England | 2 |
| Wales | 2 | | | | |
| Wales | 2 | Spain | 4 | | |
| | | Sweden | 3 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| Sweden | 5 | Sweden | 3 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| Ireland | 2 | | | | |
| Ireland | 2 | | | Sweden | 5 |
| | | | | France | 2 |
| Elimination matches | Elimination matches | Match for 5th place | Match for 5th place |
| Netherlands | 4.5 |
| Norway | 2.5 | | |
| Norway | 2.5 | Netherlands | 4 |
| | | Ireland | 3 |
| Ireland | 5 | Ireland | 3 |
| Wales | 2 | | |
| Wales | 2 | Match for 7th place | Match for 7th place |
| | | Wales | 4 |
| | | Norway | 3 |
| Spain | England |
| 5 | 2 |
| P. Martin / A. Canizares | G. Wolstenholme / O. Wilson 2 & 1 |
| G. Fernandez Castano / A. Garcia Heredia 21st hole | R. Finch / J. Lupton |
| Sebastian Garcia Grout 4 & 3 | Gary Wolstenholme |
| Pablo Martin | Oliver Wilson 3 & 2 |
| Alejandro Canizarez 3 & 2 | Richard Walker |
| Alfredo Garcia Heredia 5 & 4 | Richard Finch |
| Gonzalo Fernandez Castano 3 & 2 | Ross Fisher |

Flight B

Bracket

| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Match for 9th place | Match for 9th place |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scotland | 3.5 | | |
| Iceland | 1.5 | | |
| Iceland | 1.5 | Scotland | 3.5 |
| | | Germany | 1.5 |
| Germany | 3 | Germany | 1.5 |
| Denmark | 2 | | | | |
| Denmark | 2 | | | Scotland | 5 |
| | | | | Finland | 0 |
| Finland | 3.5 | | | Finland | 0 |
| Portugal | 1.5 | | | | |
| Portugal | 1.5 | Finland | 3 | | |
| | | Italy | 2 | Match for 11th place | Match for 11th place |
| Italy | 3.5 | Italy | 2 | Match for 11th place | Match for 11th place |
| Slovenia | 1.5 | | | | |
| Slovenia | 1.5 | | | Italy | 3 |
| | | | | Germany | 2 |
| Elimination matches | Elimination matches | Match for 13th place | Match for 13th place |
| Iceland | 3 |
| Denmark | 2 | | |
| Denmark | 2 | Iceland | 3 |
| | | Portugal | 2 |
| Portugal | 3 | Portugal | 2 |
| Slovenia | 2 | | |
| Slovenia | 2 | Match for 15th place | Match for 15th place |
| | | Denmark | 3 |
| | | Slovenia | 2 |

Flight C

| Austria | Czech Republic |
| - | - |
| 4 | 1 |
| Belgium | Switzerland |
| 4 | 1 |
| Belgium | Czech Republic |
| 4 | 1 |
| Switzerland | Austria |
| 3 | 2 |
| Switzerland | Czech Republic |
| 4 | 1 |
| Belgium | Austria |
| 3 | 2 |

Final standings

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

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