2009 European Amateur Team Championship
# 2009 European Amateur Team Championship

The 2009 European Amateur Team Championship took place 30 June – 4 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

| Country | Players |
| - | - |
| Denmark | Sebastian Cappelen, Joachim B. Hansen, Andreas Hartø, Morten Ørum Madsen, Jacob Roth, Kristian Nielsen |
| England | Tommy Fleetwood, Charlie Ford, Luke Goddard, Matt Haines, Sam Hutsby, Dale Whitnell |
| Finland | Toni Hakula, Janne Kaske, Tapio Pulkkanen, Kalle Samooja, Henri Satama, Miro Veijalainen |
| France | Guillaume Cambis, Victor Dubuisson, Alexandre Kaleka, Alexander Levy, Johan Lopez Lazaro, Romain Wattel |
| Germany | Sean Einhaus, Max Glauert, Stephan Gross, Allen John, Maximilian Kieffer, Alexander Knappe |
| Iceland | Axel Bóasson, Kristjan Einarsson, Hlynur Hjartarson, Sigurthór Jónsson, Ólafur Loftsson, Sigmundur Masson |
| Ireland | Clan Curley, Paul Cutler, Alan Dunbar, Niall Kearney, Dara Lernihan, Simon Ward |
| Italy | Nino Bertasio, Joon Kim, Matteo Manassero, Leonardo Motto, Andrea Pavan, Niccolò Quintarelli |
| Netherlands | Tristan Bierenbroodspot, Sven Maurits, Reinier Saxton, Tim Sluiter, Jurrian Van Der Vaart, Willem Vork |
| Norway | Elias Bertheussen, Knut Børsheim, Are Friestad, Espen Kofstad, Anders Kristiansen, Joakim Mikkelsen |
| Scotland | Wallace Booth, Glenn Campbell, Gavin Dear, Ross Kellett, Paul O'Hara, Michael Stewart |
| Spain | Moises Cobo, Nacho Elvira, Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez, Pedro Oriol, Carlos Pigem, Juan Francisco Sarasti |
| Sweden | Pontus Gad, Jesper Kennegård, David Lingmerth, Henrik Norlander, Pontus Widegren, Robin Wingårdh |
| Wales | Nigel Edwards, Rhys Enoch, Oliver Farr, Adam Runcie, Ben Westgate, Joe Vickery |

Other participating teams

* Country
* Austria
* Belgium
* Czech Republic
* Greece
* Portugal
* Turkey

## 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

| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Norway | 347-343=690 | −30 |
| 2 | Italy | 347-346=693 | −27 |
| 3 | Sweden | 348-349=697 | −23 |
| 4 | England | 344-356=700 | −20 |
| 5 | France | 351-356=707 | −13 |
| T6 | Scotland * | 355-361=716 | −4 |
| T6 | Germany | 358-358=716 | −4 |
| 8 | Finland | 364-354=718 | −2 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 364-355=719 | −1 |
| 10 | Wales | 354-366=720 | E |
| 11 | Ireland | 372-356=728 | +8 |
| 12 | Denmark | 358-371=729 | +9 |
| 13 | Belgium | 372-364=736 | +16 |
| T14 | Portugal * | 373-365=738 | +18 |
| T14 | Iceland | 370-368=738 | +18 |
| 16 | Spain | 376-366=742 | +22 |
| 17 | Austria | 377-369=746 | +26 |
| 18 | Czech Republic | 391-393=784 | +64 |
| 19 | Greece | 397-389=786 | +66 |
| 20 | Turkey | 410-401=811 | +91 |
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| T1 | Matteo Manassero | Italy | 66-68=134 | −10 |
| T1 | Pontus Widegren | Sweden | 67-67=134 | −10 |
| 3 | Andrea Pavan | Italy | 67-68=135 | −9 |
| 4 | Matt Haines | England | 67-69=136 | −8 |
| T5 | Espen Kofstad | Norway | 72-65=137 | −7 |
| T5 | David Lingmerth | Sweden | 68-69=137 | −7 |
| T5 | Joakim Mikkelsen | Norway | 68-69=137 | −7 |
| T5 | Romain Wattel | France | 69-68=137 | −7 |
| T9 | Wallace Booth | Scotland | 72-66=138 | −6 |
| T9 | Allen John | Germany | 67-71=138 | −6 |

Flight A

| Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Italy | 5.5 | | |
| Germany | 1.5 | | |
| Germany | 1.5 | Scotland | 4.5 |
| | | Italy | 2.5 |
| Scotland | 4 | Italy | 2.5 |
| Sweden | 3 | | | | |
| Sweden | 3 | | | Scotland | 5 |
| | | | | England | 2 |
| England | 5.5 | | | England | 2 |
| France | 1.5 | | | | |
| France | 1.5 | England | 4 | | |
| | | Norway | 3 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| Norway | 5 | Norway | 3 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| Finland | 2 | | | | |
| Finland | 2 | | | Italy | 5 |
| | | | | Norway | 2 |
| Elimination matches | Elimination matches | Match for 5th place | Match for 5th place |
| Sweden | 3 |
| Germany | 2 | | |
| Germany | 2 | France | 3 |
| | | Sweden | 2 |
| France | 3 | Sweden | 2 |
| Finland | 2 | | |
| Finland | 2 | Match for 7th place | Match for 7th place |
| | | Finland | 3 |
| | | Germany | 2 |
| Scotland | England |
| 5 | 2 |
| G. Dear / G. Campbell 1 hole | D. Whitnell / C. Ford |
| W. Booth / M. Stewart 2 & 1 | M. Haines / T. Fleetwood |
| Gavin Dear | Matt Haines 19th hole |
| Wallace Booth | Sam Hutsby 5 & 4 |
| Michael Stewart 5 & 4 | Dale Whitnell |
| Ross Kellett 1 hole | Tommy Fleetwood |
| Paul O'Hara 2 & 1 | Luke Goddard |

Flight B

Bracket

| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Match for 9th place | Match for 9th place |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Spain | 3 | | |
| Netherlands | 2 | | |
| Netherlands | 2 | Denmark | 3 |
| | | Spain | 2 |
| Denmark | 3 | Spain | 2 |
| Belgium | 2 | | | | |
| Belgium | 2 | | | Ireland | 3 |
| | | | | Denmark | 2 |
| Ireland | 3 | | | Denmark | 2 |
| Portugal | 2 | | | | |
| Portugal | 2 | Ireland | 4 | | |
| | | Iceland | 1 | Match for 11th place | Match for 11th place |
| Iceland | 3 | Iceland | 1 | Match for 11th place | Match for 11th place |
| Wales | 2 | | | | |
| Wales | 2 | | | Spain | 3 |
| | | | | Iceland | 2 |
| Elimination matches | Elimination matches | Match for 13th place | Match for 13th place |
| Netherlands | 3 |
| Belgium | 2 | | |
| Belgium | 2 | Netherlands | 4 |
| | | Portugal | 1 |
| Portugal | 3.5 | Portugal | 1 |
| Wales | 1.5 | | |
| Wales | 1.5 | Match for 15th place | Match for 15th place |
| | | Belgium | 3 |
| | | Wales | 2 |

Flight C

| Czech Republic | Greece |
| - | - |
| 4 | 1 |
| Austria | Turkey |
| 4 | 1 |
| Czech Republic | Turkey |
| 5 | 0 |
| Austria | Greece |
| 3 | 2 |
| Austria | Czech Republic |
| 3 | 2 |
| Greece | Turkey |
| 3 | 2 |

Final standings

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

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