The 1999 European Amateur Team Championship took place 29 June – 3 July at Golf Club Monticello in Cassina Rizzardi, 5 kilometres south-west of the city center of Como, Lombardy region, Italy. It was the 21st men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 29 June – 3 July 1999 |
| Location | Como, Italy 45°45′N 9°1′E / 45.750°N 9.017°E |
| Course(s) | Golf Club Monticello |
| Organized by | European Golf Association |
| Format | Qualification round: 36 holes stroke play Knock-out match-play |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,010 yards (6,410 m) |
| Field | 22 teams 132 players |
| Champion | |
 ItalyJoachim Hassan, Roberto Paolillo, Stefano Reale, Michele Rigone, Massimiliano Secci, Andrea Zanini | |
| Qualification round: 718 (−2) Final match: 4–3 | |
| Location map | |
Format edit
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.
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 were 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. Games all square at the 18th hole were declared halved, if the team match was already decided. The elimination matches and the bronze match were decided with one foursome game and four single games.
The eight teams placed 9–16 in the qualification stroke-play formed flight B and the six teams placed 17–22 formed flight C, to play similar knock-out play, with one foursome game and four single games in each match, to decide their final positions.
Teams edit
22 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players.
Players in the leading teams
| Country | Players |
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 Austria
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Clemens Conrad Prader, Reinhard Krendl, Thomas Ortner, Ulrich Paulsen, Gerard Wagner, Martin Wiegele |
 Denmark
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Thomas Havemann, Peter Jespersen, Allan Madsen, Søren Muller, Lars Storm, Morten Vildhøj |
 England
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Luke Donald, Simon Dyson, Colin Edwards, Philip Rowe, Graeme Storm, Gary Wolstenholme |
 France
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Sebastian Branger, Olivier David, Grégory Havret, Nicolas Marin, Christophe Ravetto, Charles-Henry Quelin |
 Germany
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Kariem Baraka, J.M. Pelz, Benjamin Schlichting, Tino Schuster, Marcel Siem, Michael Thannhäuser |
 Ireland
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Gary Cullen, Eamon Brady, Michael Hoey, Garth McGimpsey, Ciaran McMonagle |
| Italy
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Joachim Hassan, Roberto Paolillo, Stefano Reale, Michele Rigone, Massimiliano Secci, Andrea Zanini |
 Netherlands
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Maarten van den Berg, Tim Nijenhuis, Robin Swane, Hiddo Uhlenbeck, Guido van der Valk, Inder van Weerelt |
 Scotland
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Graham Fox, Lorne Kelly, Simon MacKenzie, David Patrick, Graham Rankin, Craig Watson |
 Spain
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Roger Albiñana, Jacobo Cestino, Carlos de Corral, Alejandro Larrazábal, Raúl Quirós, Oscar Sanchez |
 Sweden
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Niclas Bruzelius, Anders Hultman, Linus Pettersson, Jonas Runnqvist, Rickard Sundgren, Jonas Wahlstedt |
 Wales
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Ian Campbell, Jamie Donaldson, Nigel Edwards, Lee Harpin, Neil Matthews, Craig Williams |
Other participating teams
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 Belgium
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 Croatia
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 Czech Republic
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 Estonia
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 Finland
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 Greece
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 Iceland
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 Norway
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 Portugal
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 Switzerland
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Winners edit
Team France won the opening 36-hole competition, with a 19-ounder-par score of 701, 10 strokes ahead of eight-time-winners England on 2nd place. Neither four-times-champions Scotland or two-times-champions Sweden did make it to the quarter-finals, finishing tied ninth.
There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader was Sebastian Branger, France, with an 8-under-par score of 136, one stroke ahead of Lorne Kelly, Scotland.
Host nation Italy won the gold medal, earning their first title, beating team Germany in the final 4–3.
Team France earned the bronze on third place, after beating England 3–2 in the bronze match.
Results edit
Qualification round
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Team standings
* Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the best total of the two non-counting scores of the two rounds. |
Individual leaders
Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score. |
Flight A
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Bracket
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Final games
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Flight B
Bracket
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Flight C
Bracket
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Match for 17th place | ||||||||
| Belgium | 5 | |||||||||
| Estonia | 0 | |||||||||
| Estonia | 3.5 | |||||||||
 Greece | 1.5 | |||||||||
| Belgium | 3 | |||||||||
| Iceland | 2 | |||||||||
| Czech Republic | 4 | |||||||||
| Croatia | 1 | |||||||||
| Iceland | 3.5 | |||||||||
| Czech Republic | 1.5 | Match for 19th place | ||||||||
| Czech Republic | 5 | |||||||||
| Estonia | 0 | |||||||||
| Round 1 | Match for 21st place | |||||
| Croatia | 5 | |||||
| Greece | 0 | |||||
Final standings
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Italy
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Germany
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France
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| 4 | England
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| 5 | Spain
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| 6 | Ireland
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| 7 | Denmark
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| 8 | Wales
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| 9 | Scotland
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| 10 | Netherlands
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| 11 | Austria
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| 12 | Portugal
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| 13 | Sweden
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| 14 | Switzerland
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| 15 | Norway
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| 16 | Finland
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| 17 | Belgium
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| 18 | Iceland
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| 19 | Czech Republic
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| 20 | Estonia
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| 21 | Croatia
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| 22 | Greece
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See also edit
- Eisenhower Trophy – biennial world amateur team golf championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation.
- European Ladies' Team Championship – European amateur team golf championship for women organised by the European Golf Association.
References edit
- ^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 188–190. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" (PDF). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ "European Amateur Team Championship Results, 1999 - Golf Club Monticello, Italy". European Golf Association. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ "Seniors improve but stand still". The Herald. 1 July 1999. p. 17. Retrieved 15 April 2021.