1991 European Amateur Team Championship
# 1991 European Amateur Team Championship

The 1991 European Amateur Team Championship took place 26–30 June at Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro in Madrid, Spain. It was the 17th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

## Venue

The hosting club was established in 1895 as a polo club. Its first 18-hole golf course, located in the northwest of Madrid, Spain, in the district of Moncloa, 5 kilometres from the city center, designed by Harry Colt, opened in 1914. Tom Simpson designed a new 9-hole course in the 1940s and John Harris designed another nine holes in 1968. The two 18-hole courses at Puerta de Hierro had previously hosted the Open de España and Madrid Open on the European Tour and the 1970 Eisenhower Trophy.

## Format

Each team consisted of six 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 seven teams placed 9–15 in the qualification stroke-play formed flight B and the four teams placed 16–19 formed flight C, to play similar knock-out play, to decide their final positions.

## Teams

19 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players.

Players in the leading teams

| Country | Players |
| - | - |
| Austria | Marcus Brier, Fritz Poppmeier, Alexander Peterskovki, Rudi Sailer, Hans-Christian Winkler, Mattias Wittman |
| Denmark | Jan Andersen, Thomas Bjørn, Jakob Greisen, Anders Hansen, Henrik Simonsen, Ben Tinning |
| England | Gary Evans, Ian Garbutt, Jim Payne, Andrew Sandywell, Ricky Willison, Liam White |
| France | Ramuntcho Basurco, Christian Cévaër, Frederic Cupillard, François Illouz, Christophe Pottier, Fabrice Tarnaud |
| Germany | Philip Drewes, Sacha Krauß, Hans-Günther Reiter, Jan-Erik Schapmann, Ekkehart Schieffer, Ulrich Schulte |
| Ireland | Niall Goulding, Pádraig Harrington, Pádraig Hogan, Garth McGimpsey, Paul McGinley, Liam McNamara |
| Italy | Emanuele Canonica, Massimo Florioli, Marco Gortana, Marcello Santi, Massimo Scarpa, Manuel Zerman |
| Netherlands | Niels Boysen, Stephane Lovey, Harold Moss, Rolf Muntz, Bart Nolte, Michael Vogel |
| Norway | Knut Ekjord, Christer Gavelstad, Øyvind Rojahn, Ole Christian Selbekk, Hans-Helge Strøm-Olsen |
| Scotland | Andrew Coltart, Derek Crawdord, Craig Everett, Garry Hay, Gavin Lawrie, Jim Milligan |
| Spain | Carlos Beautell, Diego Borrego, Luis Gabarda, Ignacio Garrido, Tomás Jesús Muñoz Borja Queipo de Llano |
| Sweden | Fredrik Andersson, Max Anglert, Klas Eriksson, Niclas Fasth, Pehr Magnebrant, Rikard Strångert |
| Switzerland | Andreas Bauer, Dimitri Bieri, Christophe Bovet, Markus Frank, Thomas Gottstein, Dominique Rey |
| Wales | Andrew Barnett, Garry Houston, Richard Johnson, Andrew Jones, James Lee, Calvin O'Carroll |

Other participating teams

* Country
* Belgium
* Czechoslovakia
* Finland
* Iceland
* Portugal

## Winners

Team England won the opening 36-hole stroke-play qualifying competition, with a 5-under-par score of 715, six strokes ahead of host nation Spain.

There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader was Liam White, England, with a 6-under-par score of 138, two strokes ahead of nearest competitors.

Team England won the gold medal, earning their eighth title, beating team Italy in the final 5–2.

The Netherlands, for the first time on the podium in the history of the championship, earned the bronze on third place, after beating Scotland 4–3 in the bronze match.

## Results

Qualification round

| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | England | 355-360=715 | −5 |
| 2 | Spain | 364-357=721 | +1 |
| 3 | Italy | 362-360=722 | +2 |
| 4 | Scotland | 375-351=726 | +6 |
| 5 | France | 366-361=727 | +7 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 370-359=729 | +9 |
| T7 | Netherlands * | 368-359=734 | +14 |
| T7 | Austria | 360-374=734 | +14 |
| 9 | Denmark | 372-363=735 | +15 |
| 10 | Ireland | 379-357=736 | +16 |
| 11 | Germany | 371-368=739 | +19 |
| T12 | Wales * | 379-366=745 | +25 |
| T12 | Sweden | 371-374=745 | +25 |
| 14 | Norway | 387-372=759 | +39 |
| 15 | Portugal | 390-372=762 | +42 |
| 16 | Belgium | 393-377=770 | +50 |
| 17 | Iceland | 387-386=773 | +53 |
| 18 | Finland | 392-390=782 | +62 |
| 19 | Czechoslovakia | 409-402=811 | +91 |
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | Liam White | England | 68-70=138 | −6 |
| T2 | Christian Cévaër | France | 69-71=140 | −4 |
| T2 | Luis Gabarda | Spain | 73-67=140 | −4 |
| T2 | François Illouz | France | 69-71=140 | −4 |
| T2 | Christophe Pottier | France | 73-67=140 | −4 |
| 6 | Jim Payne | England | 67-74=141 | −3 |
| T7 | Dimitri Bieri | Switzerland | 70-72=142 | −2 |
| T7 | Anders Hansen | Denmark | 72-70=142 | −2 |
| T9 | Thomas Gottstein | Switzerland | 70-73=143 | −1 |
| T9 | Rudi Sailer | Austria | 67-76=143 | −1 |
| T9 | Marcello Santi | Italy | 71-72=143 | −1 |
| T9 | Massimo Scarpa | Italy | 73-70=143 | −1 |
| T9 | Hans-Helge Strøm-Olsen | Norway | 74-69=143 | −1 |

Flight A

| Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Netherlands | 4.5 | | |
| Spain | 2.5 | | |
| Spain | 2.5 | Italy | 4 |
| | | Netherlands | 3 |
| Italy | 4.5 | Netherlands | 3 |
| Switzerland | 2.5 | | | | |
| Switzerland | 2.5 | | | England | 5 |
| | | | | Italy | 2 |
| Scotland | 5 | | | Italy | 2 |
| France | 2 | | | | |
| France | 2 | England | 5 | | |
| | | Scotland | 2 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| England | 5 | Scotland | 2 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| Austria | 1 | | | | |
| Austria | 1 | | | Netherlands | 5 |
| | | | | Scotland | 3 |
| Elimination matches | Elimination matches | Match for 5th place | Match for 5th place |
| Spain | 6 |
| Switzerland | 1 | | |
| Switzerland | 1 | Spain | 4 |
| | | France | 3 |
| France | 6.5 | France | 3 |
| Austria | 0.5 | | |
| Austria | 0.5 | Match for 7th place | Match for 7th place |
| | | Switzerland | 5 |
| | | Austria | 2 |
| England | Italy |
| 5 | 2 |
| G. Evans / L. White 1 hole | M. Gortana / M. Santi |
| I. Garbutt / A. Sandywell | M. Florioli / M. Zerman 3 & 2 |
| Ricky Willison 2 holes | Massimo Scarpa |
| Jim Payne AS * | Massimo Florioli AS * |
| Andrew Sandywell 6 & 4 | Marco Cortana |
| Liam White 5 & 4 | Manuel Zerman |
| Gary Evans AS * | Marcello Santi AS * |

Flight B

Bracket

| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Match for 9th place | Match for 9th place |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ireland | 6 | | |
| Portugal | 1 | | |
| Portugal | 1 | West Germany | 4 |
| | | Ireland | 3 |
| West Germany | 4 | Ireland | 3 |
| Norway | 3 | | | | |
| Norway | 3 | | | West Germany | 5.5 |
| | | | | Wales | 1.5 |
| Wales | 5 | | | Wales | 1.5 |
| Sweden | 2 | | | | |
| Sweden | 2 | Wales | 4.5 | | |
| | | Denmark | 2.5 | Match for 11th place | Match for 11th place |
| | | | | Ireland | 4 |
| | | | | Denmark | 3 |
| Elimination match | Elimination match | Match for 13th place | Match for 13th place |
| Norway | 5.5 |
| Portugal | 1.5 | | |
| Portugal | 1.5 | Sweden | 4 |
| | | Norway | 3 |

Flight C

| Round 1 | Round 1 | Match for 16th place | Match for 16th place |
| - | - | - | - |
| Iceland | 5 |
| Finland | 2 | | |
| Finland | 2 | Belgium | 5.5 |
| | | Iceland | 1.5 |
| Belgium | 6 | Iceland | 1.5 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | | |
| Czech Republic | 1 | Match for 18th place | Match for 18th place |
| | | Finland | 5 |
| | | Czech Republic | 2 |

Final standings

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

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