2007 European Amateur Team Championship
# 2007 European Amateur Team Championship

The 2007 European Amateur Team Championship took place 3–7 July at Western Gailes Golf Club in Irvine, Scotland, United Kingdom. It was the 25th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

## Venue

The club was founded in 1897. Its 18 hole links course on the Ayrshire coast in Irvine, North Ayrshire, 50 kilometres south west of the city center of Glasgow, was ready in 1899 and remained largely unmodified from its original layout. It is situated closely north of Royal Troon Golf Club and Prestwick Golf Club.

## 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 two years earlier. Turkey took part for the first time. Each team consisted of six players.

Players in the leading teams

| Country | Players |
| - | - |
| Denmark | Peter Baunsoe, Morten Ørum Madsen, Jacob Roth, Kristian Grud, Philip Drost, Rasmus Hjelm Nielsen |
| England | Gary Boyd, David Horsey, Jamie Moul, John Parry, Paul Waring, Gary Wolstenholme |
| France | Romain Bechu, Adrien Bernadet, Victor Dubuisson, Alexandre Kaleka, Kenny Le Sager, Jean Wolffe |
| Germany | Florian Fritsch, Stephan Gross, Jonas Koelbing, Frederik Schulte, Benjamin Sigl, Philipp Westermann |
| Ireland | Jonathan Caldwell, Shane Lowry, Richard Kilpatrick, Rory McIlroy, Gareth Shaw, Simon Ward |
| Netherlands | Tristan Bierenbroodspot, Darius Van Driel, Richard Kind, Tim Sluiter, Jurrian Van der Vaart, Floris de Vries |
| Norway | Knut Børsheim, Fredrik Kollevold, Anders Kristiansen, Markus Leandersson, Andre Thorsen, Marius Thorp |
| Portugal | Joao Carlota, Pedro Figueiredo, Bernardo Frere, Ricardo Gouveia, Nuno Henriques, Tiago Rodrigues |
| Scotland | James Byrne, Jonathan King, Kevin McAlpine, Keir McNicoll, Richie Ramsay, Lloyd Saltman |
| Spain | Jorge Campillo, Nacho Elvira, Pedro Erice, Jesus Lagarrea, Juan Sarasti, Inigo Urquizo |
| Sweden | Jonas Blixt, Jesper Kennegård, Tobias Rosendahl, Joel Sjöholm, Robin Wingårdh, Björn Åkesson |
| Wales | Rhys Davies, Nigel Edwards, Rhys Enoch, Craig Evans, Llewellyn Matthews, Ryan Thomas |

Other participating teams

* Country
* Austria
* Belgium
* Czech Republic
* Finland
* Iceland
* Italy
* Switzerland
* Turkey

## Winners

Defending champions and nine-time-winners team England won the opening 36-hole competition, with a 7-under-par score of 703. Tied five strokes behind were host nation Scotland and team France. Scotland earned 2nd place on the tiebreaking better non-counting scores.

There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leaders were Kevin McAlpine, Scotland, Rory McIlroy, Ireland and Paul Waring, England, each with a 6-under-par score of 136, two strokes ahead of Jesper Kennegård, Sweden, and Morten Ørum Madsen, Denmark.

Team Ireland won the gold medal, earning their fifth title and first since 1987, beating team France in the final 41⁄2–21⁄2. The winning Irish team, combined from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, included two future professional major winners, 18-year-old Rory McIlroy and 20-year-old Shane Lowry.

Team Scotland, earned the bronze on third place, after beating neighbor nation England 4–3 in the bronze match.

## Results

Qualification round

| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | England | 355-348=703 | −7 |
| T2 | Scotland * | 359-349=708 | −2 |
| T2 | France | 353-355=708 | −2 |
| 4 | Ireland | 358-354=712 | +2 |
| 5 | Sweden | 367-350=717 | +7 |
| 6 | Wales | 368-353=721 | +11 |
| 7 | Spain | 365-358=723 | +13 |
| 8 | Denmark | 358-366=724 | +14 |
| 9 | Norway | 360-368=728 | +18 |
| 10 | Netherlands | 370-359=729 | +19 |
| 11 | Germany | 365-367=732 | +22 |
| 12 | Portugal | 370-375=745 | +35 |
| 13 | Austria | 376-372=748 | +38 |
| 14 | Belgium | 379-371=350 | +40 |
| 15 | Finland | 385-366=351 | +41 |
| 16 | Switzerland | 386-368=754 | +44 |
| 17 | Italy | 383-373=756 | +46 |
| 18 | Turkey | 380-381=761 | +51 |
| 19 | Iceland | 376-390=766 | +56 |
| 20 | Czech Republic | 382-389=771 | +61 |
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| T1 | Kevin McAlpine | Scotland | 68-68=136 | −6 |
| T1 | Rory McIlroy | Ireland | 67-69=136 | −6 |
| T1 | Paul Waring | England | 68-68=136 | −6 |
| T4 | Jesper Kennegård | Sweden | 70-68=138 | −4 |
| T4 | Morten Ørum Madsen | Denmark | 67-71=138 | −4 |
| T6 | Jonathan Caldwell | Ireland | 74-65=139 | −3 |
| T6 | Richie Ramsay | Scotland | 70-69=139 | −3 |
| T6 | Gary Wholstenholme | England | 70-69=139 | −3 |
| T9 | Adrien Bernadet | France | 70-70=140 | −2 |
| T9 | Gencer Ozcan | Turkey | 70-70=140 | −2 |
| T9 | Inigo Urquizo | Spain | 70-70=140 | −2 |
| T9 | Jurrian Van der Vaart | Netherlands | 71-69=140 | −2 |

Flight A

| Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scotland | 4 | | |
| Spain | 3 | | |
| Spain | 3 | France | 4.5 |
| | | Scotland | 2.5 |
| France | 5 | Scotland | 2.5 |
| Wales | 2 | | | | |
| Wales | 2 | | | Ireland | 4.5 |
| | | | | France | 2.5 |
| Ireland | 6 | | | France | 2.5 |
| Sweden | 1 | | | | |
| Sweden | 1 | Ireland | 4 | | |
| | | England | 3 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| England | 5.5 | England | 3 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| Denmark | 1.5 | | | | |
| Denmark | 1.5 | | | Scotland | 4 |
| | | | | England | 3 |
| Elimination matches | Elimination matches | Match for 5th place | Match for 5th place |
| Spain | 3 |
| Wales | 2 | | |
| Wales | 2 | Spain | 4.5 |
| | | Denmark | 0.5 |
| Denmark | 3 | Denmark | 0.5 |
| Sweden | 2 | | |
| Sweden | 2 | Match for 7th place | Match for 7th place |
| | | Sweden | 3 |
| | | Wales | 2 |
| Ireland | France |
| 4.5 | 2.5 |
| R. McIlroy / J. Caldwell | A. Kaleka / A. Bernadet 5 & 4 |
| S. Lowry / R. Kilpatrick 2 holes | J. Wolffe / K. Le Sager |
| Rory McIlroy | Romain Bechu 3 & 2 |
| Shane Lowry 5 & 4 | Victor Dubuisson |
| Richard Kilpatrick 3 & 2 | Adrien Bernadet |
| Jonathan Caldwell 3 & 2 | Alexandre Kaleka |
| Simon Ward AS * | Jean Wolffe AS * |

Flight B

Bracket

| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Match for 9th place | Match for 9th place |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Netherlands | 4 | | |
| Finland | 1 | | |
| Finland | 1 | Netherlands | 5 |
| | | Germany | 0 |
| Germany | 4.5 | Germany | 0 |
| Belgium | 0.5 | | | | |
| Belgium | 0.5 | | | Norway | 3 |
| | | | | Netherlands | 2 |
| Portugal | 3 | | | Netherlands | 2 |
| Austria | 2 | | | | |
| Austria | 2 | Norway | 3 | | |
| | | Portugal | 2 | Match for 11th place | Match for 11th place |
| Norway | 3.5 | Portugal | 2 | Match for 11th place | Match for 11th place |
| Switzerland | 1.5 | | | | |
| Switzerland | 1.5 | | | Germany | 3 |
| | | | | Portugal | 2 |
| Elimination matches | Elimination matches | Match for 13th place | Match for 13th place |
| Belgium | 4 |
| Finland | 1 | | |
| Finland | 1 | Belgium | 3 |
| | | Austria | 2 |
| Austria | 3 | Austria | 2 |
| Switzerland | 2 | | |
| Switzerland | 2 | Match for 15th place | Match for 15th place |
| | | Finland | 3.5 |
| | | Switzerland | 1.5 |

Flight C

| Iceland | Turkey |
| - | - |
| 3 | 2 |
| Czech Republic | Italy |
| 3 | 2 |
| Czech Republic | Turkey |
| 3 | 2 |
| Italy | Iceland |
| 3 | 2 |
| Iceland | Czech Republic |
| 3 | 2 |
| Italy | Turkey |
| 3 | 2 |

Final standings

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

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