The European Amateur Championship is an annual amateur golf tournament played at various locations throughout Europe. It is organized by the European Golf Association and was one of the "Elite" tournaments recognized by the World Amateur Golf Ranking. It was first held in 1986.
The winner receives an invitation to the next Open Championship, provided they maintain their amateur status prior to the Open. Before 2016, the European Amateur was played after the Open and the invitation was for the next year's Open. Since 2017, the European Amateur has been played before the Open and the invitation applies to the current year. Both 2016 and 2017 winners received entry to the 2017 Open.
The top 144 amateur men golfers compete in a format consisting of four rounds of stroke play, with a cut after the third round, out of which the lowest 60 scores, including ties, qualify for the final round.
| Year | Venue | Location | Player | Country | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | The Scandinavian Golf Club | Denmark | 279 | −9 | Playoff | Max Kennedy Preston Summerhays | |||
| 2023 | Pärnu Bay Golf Links | Estonia | 267 | −21 | 2 strokes | James Ashfield Mads Laage | |||
| 2022 | Parador Campo de Golf El Saler | Spain | 280 | −8 | 1 stroke | Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen | |||
| 2021 | Golf du Médoc | France | 264 | −20 | 2 strokes |  Ludvig Åberg | |||
| 2020 | Golf & Country Club Zürich | Switzerland | Matti Schmid (2) | 273 | −11 | 3 strokes |  Nick Bachem | ||
| 2019 | Diamond Country Club | Austria | 273 | −15 | 3 strokes | Euan Walker | |||
| 2018 | Royal Hague G&CC | Netherlands | 281 | −7 | 1 stroke |  Robin Dawson Viktor Hovland Jerry JiMitch Waite | |||
| 2017 | Walton Heath Golf Club | England | 273 | −15 | Playoff |  Luca Cianchetti Lorenzo Scalise | |||
| 2016 | Estonian G&CC | Estonia | 272 | −16 | Playoff | Viktor Hovland | |||
| 2015 | Penati Golf Resort | Slovakia | 269 | −19 | 1 stroke | Gary Hurley | |||
| 2014 | The Duke's St Andrews | Scotland | Ashley Chesters (2) | 282 | −2 | 3 strokes | Gary Hurley Max Röhrig | ||
| 2013 | Real Club de Golf El Prat | Spain | 284 | −4 | 1 stroke |  David Morago | |||
| 2012 | Carton House | Ireland | 277 | −11 | 1 stroke | James Frazer | |||
| 2011 | Halmstad Golf Club | Sweden | 278 | −10 | Playoff | Steven Brown | |||
| 2010 | Vanajanlinna G&CC | Finland | 273 | −15 | 1 stroke | Tommy Fleetwood Andrea Pavan | |||
| 2009 | Golf de Chantilly | France | 277 | 1 stroke | Ross Kellett | ||||
| 2008 | Esbjerg Golf Club | Denmark | 280 | 1 stroke | Richard Kind | ||||
| 2007 | Sporting Club Berlin | Germany | 277 | Playoff | Joel Sjöholm | ||||
| 2006 | Biella Golf Club | Italy | 274 | 3 strokes | Steve Lewton | ||||
| 2005 | Antwerp G&CC Rinkven | Belgium | 280 | 1 stroke | Rafa Cabrera-Bello Matthew Cryer | ||||
| 2004 | Skövde Golf Club | Sweden | 273 | 1 stroke | Gary Lockerbie | ||||
| 2003 | Nairn Golf Club | Scotland | 283 | 1 stroke | Pablo Martín Matthew Richardson Michael Thannhäuser | ||||
| 2002 | Troia Golf Club | Portugal | 284 | 5 strokes | James Heath | ||||
| 2001 | Odense Eventyr Golf | Denmark | 270 | −18 | 5 strokes | Stuart Wilson | |||
| 2000 | Styrian GC Murhof | Austria | 263 | −25 | 5 strokes |  Panu KylliäinenGraeme McDowell | |||
| 1999 | Celtic Manor | Wales | 207 | −9 | 2 strokes | Barry Hume | |||
| 1998 | Golf du Médoc | France | 274 | −10 | 2 strokes | Craig Williams Gary Wolstenholme | |||
| 1997 | Domaine Impérial | Switzerland | 278 | −10 | 3 strokes | Luke Donald Robert Duck Sergio García | |||
| 1996 | Karlstad Golf Club | Sweden | 276 | −8 | 1 stroke | Barclay Howard Maarten Lafeber | |||
| 1995 | El Prat Golf Club | Spain | 276 | −12 | 1 stroke | Mattias Eliasson | |||
| 1994 | Aura Golf Club | Finland | 278 | −6 | 2 strokes | Lee S. James Gordon Sherry | |||
| 1993 | Dalmahoy Hotel G&CC | Scotland | 276 | Playoff | Lee Westwood | ||||
| 1992 | Le Querce Golf Club | Italy | 284 | −4 | 4 strokes | Fredrik Andersson Bradley Dredge | |||
| 1991 | Hillside Golf Club | England | 281 | 4 strokes | Álvaro Prat | ||||
| 1990 | Aalborg Golf Club | Denmark | 279 | 5 strokes |  Paul Moloney | ||||
| 1989 | No tournament | ||||||||
| 1988 | Falkenstein Golf Club | Germany | 284 | E | 1 stroke | Cristian Härdin Borja Queipo de Llano | |||
| 1987 | No tournament | ||||||||
| 1986 | Eindhoven Golf Club | Netherlands | 282 | 3 strokes | David Gilford |
In 2017, Plant won with a birdie at the second hole of a sudden-death playoff after he and Cianchetti had earlier tied a three-hole playoff at level par, Scalise being eliminated at one-over-par. In 2016, Cianchetti won with a par at the fourth hole of a sudden-death playoff after he and Hovland had earlier tied a three-hole playoff. In 2010, Trappel won the three-hole playoff. In 1993, Backhausen won the three-hole playoff by two strokes.