| 2020 European Amateur Team Championship | |
| Dates: | 10–12 September 2020 |
| Location: | Hilversum, Netherlands |
| Coordinates: | 52.2°N 17°W |
| Course: | Hilversumsche Golf Club |
| Org: | European Golf Association |
| Format: | Qualification round: 18 holes stroke play Knock-out match-play |
| Par: | 72 |
| Yardage: | 6890yd |
| Field: | 14 teams 56 players |
| Champion: | Nick Bachem, Jannik de Bruyn, Marc Hammer, Matti Schmid |
| Score: | Qualification round: 202 (−14) Final match: 2–1 |
| Map: | Europe#Netherlands |
| Map Label: | Hilversumsche GC |
| Map Relief: | yes |
| Map Size: | 220 |
| Previous: | 2019 |
| Next: | 2021 |
The 2020 European Amateur Team Championship took place 10–12 September at Hilversumsche Golf Club in the Netherlands. It was the 37th men's golf European 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 by Harry Colt. Latest major course changes were designed by Kyle Philips in 2009.[2]
The championship course was set up with par 72.
Due to the COVID-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 and Italy had qualified for the championship by finishing first and second in the 2019 Division 2. The other teams qualified through the 2019 championship.
Among teams qualified for the championship, England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Spain and Portugal did not participate.
Players in the leading teams
| Country | Players | |
|---|---|---|
| Christoph Bleier, Paul Kamml, Maximilian Lechner, Niklas Regner | ||
| Hamish Brown, Sebastian Friedrichsen, August Thor Høst, Frederik Kjettrup | ||
| Tom Gueant, Adrien Pendaries, David Ravetto, Julien Sale | ||
| Nick Bachem, Jannik de Bruyn, Marc Hammer, Matti Schmid | ||
| Riccardo Bregoli, Filippo Celli, Gregorio De Leo, Andrea Romano | ||
| Bob Geurts, Jerry Ji, Nordin van Tilburg, Kiet van der Weele | ||
| Gustav Andersson, Albin Bergström, Vincent Norrman, David Nyfjäll | ||
| Robert Foley, Nicola Gerhardsen, Mauro Gilardi, Ronan Kleu |
Other participating teams
Leader of the opening 18-hole competition was team Germany, with a 14-under-par score of 202, eight strokes ahead of host nation Netherlands. Defending champion team Sweden was another four strokes behind.[3]
There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader was Matti 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 team Sweden in the final 2–1.
Team Switzerland earned the bronze on third place, after beating Italy 2–1 in the bronze match.
Qualification roundTeam standings
| Place | Country | Score | To par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 202 | −14 | ||
| 2 | 210 | −6 | ||
| 3 | 214 | −2 | ||
| T4 | * | 215 | −1 | |
| 215 | ||||
| T6 | * | 216 | E | |
| 216 | ||||
| T8 | * | 217 | +1 | |
| 217 | ||||
| 10 | 221 | +5 | ||
| 11 | 223 | +7 | ||
| 12 | 224 | +8 | ||
| 13 | 225 | +9 | ||
| 14 | 226 | +10 |
Individual leaders
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | Matti Schmid | 62 | −10 | |
| 2 | Kiet van der Weele | 68 | −4 | ||
| T3 | Marc Hammer | 69 | −3 | ||
| Julien Sale | 69 | ||||
| T5 | Ronan Kleu | 70 | −2 | ||
| Andrea Romano | 70 | ||||
| T7 | Gustav Andersson | 71 | −1 | ||
| Nick Bachem | 71 | ||||
| Lukas Gabura | 71 | ||||
| Mauro Gilardi | 71 | ||||
| Jerry Ji | 71 | ||||
| Aron Snar Juliusson | 71 | ||||
| Fredrik Kjettrup | 71 | ||||
| Maximillan Lechner | 71 | ||||
| Vincent Norrman | 71 | ||||
| Nordin van Tilburg | 71 |
| 2 | 1 | |
| N. Bachem / M. Hammer 19th hole | D. Nyfjäll / A. Bergström | |
| Matti Schmid 6 & 5 | Gustav Andersson | |
| Jannik de Bruyn | Vincent Norrman 2 & 1 |
BracketFinal standings
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