| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 10–14 July 2018 |
| Location | Bad Saarow,Germany 52°14′20″N14°01′44″E / 52.239°N 14.029°E /52.239; 14.029 |
| Course | Golf Club Bad Saarow (Faldo Course Berlin) |
| Organized by | European Golf Association |
| Format | Qualification round: 36 holesstroke play Knock-out match-play |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,108 yards (6,500 m) |
| Field | 16 teams 96 players |
| Champion | |
 FinlandMatias Honkala,Jonatan Jolkkonen, Santeri Lehesmaa,Veeti Mähönen, Aleksi Myllymäki,Sami Välimäki | |
| Qualification round: 718 (−2) Final match: 5–2 | |
| Location map | |
The2018 European Amateur Team Championship took place 10–14 July at the Bad Saarow Golf Club, on its Faldo Course Berlin, It was the 35th men's golfEuropean Amateur Team Championship.
The hosting course, designed bySir Nick Faldo, located inBad Saarow,Germany, 50 kilometres south-east of the city center ofBerlin, opened in 1996.[1] It had previously hosted the2000 Eisenhower Trophy andEspirito Santo Trophy.
The championship course was set up with par 72.
Each team consisted of six players, playing two rounds of an opening stroke-play qualifying competition over two days, counting the five best scores each day for each team.[2]
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 was 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.
16 nation teams contested the event. Finland, Portugal, the Netherlands and Serbia qualified by finishing first, second, third and fourth at the 2017 Division 2. Serbia, taking part for the first time, qualified since last year's silver medalistNorway did not take part. Each team consisted of six players.
Players in the teams
| Country | Players |
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 Austria | Luca Denk, Gerold Folk,Lukas Lipold, Oliver Rath, Niklas Regner,Maximilian Steinlechner |
 Czech Republic | Jakub Bares, Petr Janik, Vojtech Kostelka, Ondrej Melichar, Simon Zach, Jiri Zuska |
 Denmark | John Axelsen, Gustav Frimodt, Andreas Hillersborg Sorensen,Nicolai Højgaard,Rasmus Højgaard,Morten Toft Hansen |
 England | Todd Clements, David Hague,Matthew Jordan,Gian-Marco Petrozzi, Nick Poppleton, Mitch Waite |
| Finland | Matias Honkala,Jonatan Jolkkonen,Santeri Lehesmaa,Veeti Mähönen,Aleksi Myllymäki,Sami Välimäki |
 France | Edgar Catherine,Jérémy Gandon,Frédéric Lacroix, Adrien Pendaries, Hubert Tisserand, Victor Veyret |
 Germany | Jannik de Bruyn,Hurly Long,Marc Hammer, Falko Hanisch, Michael Hirmer, Timo Vahlenkamp |
 Iceland | Rúnar Arnórsson, Aron Snær Júlíusson,Bjarki Pétursson, Henning Darri Thordarson, Bjorn Oskar Gudjonsson, Gísli Sveinbergsson |
 Ireland | Robin Dawson, Alex Gleeson, Rowan Lester,John Murphy,Caolan Rafferty, Jonathan Yates |
 Italy | Alberto Castagnara, Giulio Castagnara, Francesco Donaggio, Giovanni Manzoni,Stefano Mazzoli,Lorenzo Scalise |
 Netherlands | Dario Antonisse, Koen Kouwenaar, Stan Kraai, Peter Melching, Nordin Van Tilburg, Vince Van Veen |
 Portugal | Pedro Clare Neves, Perdo Cruz Silva, João Girao, Pedro Lencart Silva, Vitor Londot Lopes, Daniel Rodrigues |
 Scotland | Stuart Easton,Ryan Lumsden, Euan McIntosh, Sandy Scott,Jamie Stewart, Euan Walker |
 Serbia | Dane Cvetkovic, Mihailo, Dimitrijevic, Branimir Gudelj, Ranko Helc, Marko Jokic, Sergej Stojiljkovic |
 Spain | Alejandro del Rey,Manuel Elvira,Ángel Hidalgo, Jorge Maicas, Adrián Mata,Victor Pastor |
 Sweden | Oliver Gillberg,David Nyfjäll,Pontus Nyholm,Jesper Svensson,Tim Widing,Ludvig Åberg |
Tied leaders of the opening 36-hole competition were teamSweden and teamEngland, each with a 27-under-par score of 693, eleven strokes ahead of teamDenmark. Sweden earned first place on the tie breaking better non-counting scores. Host country Germany, on fourth place, was another stroke behind.
There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader wasGian-Marco Petrozzi, England, with a 12-under-par score of 132, two strokes ahead of three players.
TeamFinland won the gold medal, earning their first title, beating eleven-times-champion teamEngland in the final 5–2. Team Finland finished 16th and last at the2016 championship and was moved to the second division for2017. They came back to the championship for 2018, finishing 8th at the initial qualifying competition and made the quarter-finals by a single stroke.
Denmark earned the bronze on third place, after beating host country Germany 5–2 in the bronze match.
Italy,Portugal andSerbia placed 14th, 15th and 16th and was moved to Division 2 for 2019, to be replaced byBelgium,Slovenia, andWales, who finished first, second, and third respectively in the 2018 Division 2.[3][4]
Qualification round
Team standings
* Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the | Individual leaders
Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score. |
Flight A
Bracket
| Final games
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Flight B
Bracket
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Final standings
| Place | Country |
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 | Finland |
 | England |
 | Denmark |
| 4 | Germany |
| 5 | France |
| 6 | Spain |
| 7 | Sweden |
| 8 | Scotland |
| 9 | Netherlands |
| 10 | Ireland |
| 11 | Iceland |
| 12 | Czech Republic |
| 13 | Austria |
| 14 | Italy |
| 15 | Portugal |
| 16 | Serbia |
