2014 European Amateur Team Championship Explained

2014 European Amateur Team Championship
Dates:8–12 July 2014
Location:Hämeenlinna, Finland
Coordinates:60.9944°N 24.4667°W
Course:Linna Golf Oy
Org:European Golf Association
Format:Qualification round: 36 holes stroke play
Knock-out match-play
Par:72
Yardage:7244yd
Field:16 teams
96 players
Champion:
Pep Anglès, Daniel Berná,
Emilio Cuartero, Mario Galiano,
Scott Fernández, Jon Rahm
Score:Qualification round: 703 (−17)
Final match: 5–2
Map:Europe#Finland
Map Label:Linna Golf
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:220
Previous:2013
Next:2015

The 2014 European Amateur Team Championship took place 8–12 July at Linna Golf Oy[1] in Hämeenlinna, Finland. It was the 31st men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

Venue

The course, situated 5 kilometres east of Hämeenlinna, located in the historical province of Tavastia and the modern province of Kanta-Häme in the south of Finland, 98 kilometres north of Helsinki, was designed by Tim Lobb in cooperation with European Tour Design and opened in 2005.[2] [3]

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.[4] 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.

Teams

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

CountryPlayers+Players in the participating teams
Markus Habeler, Markus Maukner, Lukas Lipold, Sebastian Wittmann, Patrick Oswald, Robin Goger
Thomas Detry, Samuel Echikson, Dédric Van Wassenhove, Kevin Hesbois, Maxence De Craecker, Gil Debusscher
Niklas Nørgaard, John Axelsen, Victor Henum, Martin Leth Simonsen, Nicolai Tinning, Nicolai Kristensen
Ashley Chesters, Ryan Evans, Paul Howard, Toby Tree, Jordan Smith, Ben Stow
Linus Väisänen, Lauri Ruuska, Albert Eckhardt, Erik Myllimäki, Miki Kuronen, Kristian Kulokorpi
Paul Barjon, Léonard Bem, Julien Brun, Ugo Coussaud, Mathieu Fenasse, Clément Sordet
Maximillian Bögel, Hurly Long, Maximilian Mehles, Yannik Paul, Maximilian Röhrig, Maximilian Rottluff
Gisli Sveinbergsson, Guðmundur Kristjánsson, Haraldur Franklin, Andri Björnsson, Bjarki Pétursson, Ragnar Gardarsson
IrelandPaul Dunne, Jack Hume, Gary Hurley, Dermot McElroy, Gavin Moynihan, Cormac Sharvin
Jacopo Vecchi Fossa, Enrico Di Nitto, Riccardo Michelini, Federico Zuchetti, Paolo Ferraris, Filippo Campigli
Darius Van Driel, Robbie Van West, Jeroen Krietemeijer, Lars van Meijel, Michael Kraaij, Rowin Caron
João Carlota, Tomás Silva, Vitor Lopes, João Magalhaes, Gonçalo Costa, João Girao
Grant Forrest, Jack McDonald, Bradley Neil, Graeme Robertson, James Ross, Jamie Savage
Pep Anglès, Daniel Berná, Emilio Cuartero, Mario Galiano, Scott Fernández, Jon Rahm
Oskar Bergqvist, Tobias Edén, Niklas Lindström, Hannes Rönneblad, Victor Tärnström, Axel Östensson
Edouard Amacher, Mathias Eggenberger, Joel Girbach, Marco Iten, Benjamin Rusch, Philippe Schweizer

Winners

Leader of the opening 36-hole competition was team England with a 20-under-par score of 700, three strokes ahead of team Spain. Sweden, on third place, was another ten strokes behind.

There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader was Ryan Evans, England, with an 11-under-par score of 133, one stroke ahead of Hurly Long, Germany.

Team Spain won the gold medal, earning their third title, beating team Ireland in the final 4½–2½.

Team England, earned the bronze on third place, after beating neighbor nation Scotland 4½–2½ in the bronze match.

A second division, named European Amateur Championship Division 2, took place 9 – 12 July 2014 in the Czech Republic. The three best placed teams, Wales, Poland and the Czech Republic qualified for the 2015 European Amateur Team Championship.[5]

Iceland, Portugal and Austria placed 14th, 15th and 16th in the 2014 championship and were moved to Division 2 for 2015.

Results

Qualification roundTeam standings

PlaceCountryScoreTo par
align=center 1355-345=700align=center −20
align=center 2347-356=703align=center −17
align=center 3357-350=707−13
4 Ireland355-354=709−11
T5 *360-350=710−10
356-354=710
7354-357=711−9
8355-360=715−5
9355-362=717−3
10360-358=718−2
11360-359=719−1
12358-363=721+1
align=center 13356-367=723align=center +3
align=center 14366-369=735align=center +15
align=center 15375-361=736align=center +16
align=center 16383-363=746align=center +26

Individual leaders

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
align=center 1Ryan Evans68-65=133−11
2Hurly Long68-66=134−10
3Grant Forrest70-65=135−9
T4Thomas Detry67-69=136−8
Niklas Nørgaardalign=center 66-70=136
align=center 6Mathieu Fenassealign=center 66-71=137align=center −7
T7Samuel Echisonalign=center 67-71=138−6
Gavin Moynihan Irelandalign=center 71-67=138
T9Pep Anglès72-67=139−5
Tobias Edén70-69=139
Axel Östensson70-69=139
Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.Flight ABracketFinal games
Ireland
52
M. Galiano / P. Angles 1 upJ. Hume / G. Monyhan
J. Rahm / S. FernandezP. Dunne / G. Hurley 1 up
Pep Anglés 6 & 4Gavin Monyhan
Mario Galiano 4 & 3Comac Sharvin
Jon Rahm 5 & 4Dermot McElroy
Scott Fernandez AS *Paul Dunne AS *
Emilio Cuartero AS *Gary Hurley AS *

Flight B

BracketFinal standings

PlaceCountry
align=center
Ireland
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Source:[6]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2014 European Amateur Team Championship . European Golf Association . 26 May 2021.
  2. Web site: European Tour Course Linna Golf hosts European Amateur Championship . European Tour . 10 July 2014 . 26 May 2021.
  3. Web site: Linna Golf Resort . nordicgolfers.com . 26 May 2021.
  4. Web site: 15 June 2014. EM-laget herrar uttaget. Men's European Amateur Team nominated. 26 May 2021. Swedish Golf Federation.
  5. Web site: 2014 European Amateur Championship Division 2. 27 May 2021. European Golf Association.
  6. Web site: European Amateur Team Championship Results, 2014 - Linna Golf, Finland . European Golf Association . 26 May 2021.