| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 10–12 September 2020 |
| Location | Hilversum,Netherlands 52°12′N5°12′E / 52.200°N 5.200°E /52.200; 5.200 |
| Course | Hilversumsche Golf Club |
| Organized by | European Golf Association |
| Format | Qualification round: 18 holesstroke play Knock-out match-play |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,890 yards (6,300 m) |
| Field | 14 teams 56 players |
| Champion | |
 GermanyNick Bachem,Jannik de Bruyn,Marc Hammer,Matti Schmid | |
| Qualification round: 202 (−14) Final match: 2–1 | |
| Location map | |
  Hilversumsche GC Location in the Netherlands Show map of Netherlands | |
The2020 European Amateur Team Championship took place 10–12 September atHilversumsche Golf Club in theNetherlands. It was the 37th men's golfEuropean Amateur Team Championship.[1]
The club was founded in 1895, as the fourth golf club in the Netherlands. Its course for the championship consisted of nine holes opened in 1918, designed by Henry Burrows, and nine holes opened in 1928, designed byHarry Colt. Latest major course changes were designed by Kyle Philips in 2009.[2]
The championship course was set up with par 72.
Due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, the championship was played in a reduced format, with 14 teams participating, each of them with four players. All competitors played one 18-hole-round of stroke-play on the first day. The team scores were based on the leading three scores of each team.
After the first day the leading eight teams formed flight A and competed in knock-out match-play over the next three days. The teams were being seeded based on their positions after the stroke play. Contests consisted of one foursome game in the morning and two singles in the afternoon. If a game was level after 18 holes, extra holes were played to get a result, although if the overall match result was already determined, later games that were level after 18 holes were halved.
The remaining teams, not qualified for Flight A, competed in a similar bracket in Flight B, to determine their final standings.
14 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of four players.Switzerland andItaly had qualified for the championship by finishing first and second in the 2019 Division 2. The other teams qualified through the2019 championship.
Among teams qualified for the championship,England,Scotland,Ireland,Wales,Spain andPortugal did not participate.
Players in the teams
| Country | Players |
|---|---|
 Austria | Christoph Bleier, Paul Kamml, Maximilian Lechner, Niklas Regner |
 Belgium | James Meyer de Beco, Jean de Wouters d'Oplinter, Arnaud Galand, Charles Roeland |
 Czech Republic | Petr Hruby, Petr Janik, Vaclav Tichy, Matyas Zapletal |
 Denmark | Hamish Brown,Sebastian Friedrichsen,August Thor Høst,Frederik Kjettrup |
 Estonia | Carl Hellat, Kevin Jegers, Ken-Marten Soo, Mattias Varjun |
 France | Tom Gueant,Adrien Pendaries,David Ravetto,Julien Sale |
| Germany | Nick Bachem,Jannik de Bruyn,Marc Hammer,Matti Schmid |
 Iceland | Kristofer Karl Karlsson, Aron Snaer Juliusson, Hakon Orn Magnusson, Dagbjartur Sigurbrandsson |
 Italy | Riccardo Bregoli,Filippo Celli,Gregorio De Leo, Andrea Romano |
 Netherlands | Bob Geurts, Jerry Ji, Nordin van Tilburg,Kiet van der Weele |
 Slovakia | Lukas Ruzek, Matej Babic, Pavol Mach, Lukas Gabura |
 Slovenia | Jaka Babnik, Jakob Balkovec, Luka Strasek, Jan Hribernik |
 Sweden | Gustav Andersson,Albin Bergström,Vincent Norrman,David Nyfjäll |
 Switzerland | Robert Foley, Nicola Gerhardsen, Mauro Gilardi, Ronan Kleu |
Leader of the opening 18-hole competition was teamGermany, with a 14-under-par score of 202, eight strokes ahead of host nationNetherlands. Defending champion teamSweden was another four strokes behind.[3]
There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader wasMatti Schmid, Germany, with a 10-under-par score of 62, six strokes ahead of nearest competitor.
Germany won the gold medal, earning their first title, beating defending champions teamSweden in the final 2–1.
TeamSwitzerland earned the bronze on third place, after beatingItaly 2–1 in the bronze match.
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
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Match for 9th place | ||||||||
| Iceland | 2 | |||||||||
| Czech Republic | 1 | |||||||||
| Czech Republic | 2 | |||||||||
| Slovakia | 1 | |||||||||
| Iceland | 2 | |||||||||
| Belgium | 1 | |||||||||
| Belgium | 3 | |||||||||
| Slovenia | 0 | |||||||||
| Belgium | 2 | |||||||||
| Estonia | 1 | Match for 11th place | ||||||||
| Estonia | 2 | |||||||||
| Czech Republic | 1 | |||||||||
| Round 1 | Match for 13th place | |||||
| Slovakia | 2.5 | |||||
| Slovenia | 0.5 | |||||
Final standings
| Place | Country |
|---|---|
 | Germany |
 | Sweden |
 | Switzerland |
| 4 | Italy |
| 5 | Netherlands |
| 6 | Austria |
| 7 | France |
| 8 | Denmark |
| 9 | Iceland |
| 10 | Belgium |
| 11 | Estonia |
| 12 | Czech Republic |
| 13 | Slovakia |
| 14 | Slovenia |
