2018 European Golf Team Championships – Men's team

The 2018 European Golf Team Championships men's team event was an event forming part of the 2018 European Golf Team Championships tournament being played in August 2018 at Gleneagles, Scotland. 16 two-player teams took part in the competition.[1]

Men's Team Event
at the 2018 European Golf Team Championships
VenueGleneagles, Scotland
Dates11 August 2018
Competitors32 from 11 (16 teams) nations
Medalists
gold medal    Spain
silver medal    Iceland
bronze medal    Italy
← inaugural
2022 →
2018 European Golf Team Championships
Tournament information
Dates8–12 August 2018
LocationAuchterarder, Scotland
56°17′09″N 3°44′51″W / 56.28583°N 3.74750°W / 56.28583; -3.74750
Course(s)PGA Centenary Course, Gleneagles
Tour(s)European Tour
FormatMatch play
Statistics
Par72
Field32 players from 11 nations
(16 two-player teams)
Prize fund€500,000
Location map
Gleneagles is located in Scotland
Gleneagles
Gleneagles
Location in Scotland
← Inaugural
2022 →

The event was part of the 2018 European Championships, the inaugural edition of the European Championships, a multi-sport event which is to take place in Berlin, Germany, and Glasgow, Scotland from 2 to 12 August 2018. Spain 1 took the title from the Iceland team. The Italy 2 team won bronze.

Format

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The European Golf Team Championships are taking place at Gleneagles in Scotland from 8−12 August 2018, featuring a 50/50 gender split in the field with male and female professionals competing for equal prize money in a men's team match play championship, a women's team match play championship, and a mixed team 18-hole foursomes stroke play championship.

The men's team championships featured a round-robin group fourball format, on 8–10 August, with the winners of each of the four groups progressing to the semi-finals where foursomes will determine the winners, on 12 August. In the group stage, two points were awarded for a win, one point for a halved match, and no points for a loss. Ties between two teams in the standings were determined by their head-to-head result and if teams were still tied for first place then a sudden-death playoff would occur.[2]

Qualification

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Qualification for the Championships was via the European Golf Team Championships points tables based on men's Official World Golf Ranking points earned from tournaments finishing between 10 July 2017 and 9 July 2018 with a maximum of three teams representing any one nation in each event.

Competitors

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Seed Country Players (rank)
1   Great Britain 1 Callum Shinkwin (230) & Lee Slattery (233)
2   Italy 1 Lorenzo Gagli (275) & Guido Migliozzi (593)
3   Spain 1 Pedro Oriol (355) & Scott Fernández (476)
4   Great Britain 2 Rhys Enoch (396) & Charlie Ford (509)
5   Great Britain 3 Connor Syme (322) & Liam Johnston (381)
6   Portugal José-Filipe Lima (341) & Ricardo Santos (738)
7   Norway Jarand Ekeland Arnøy (668) & Kristian Krogh Johannessen (493)
8   Spain 2 Santiago Tarrío (391) & David Borda (649)
9   Sweden 1 Per Längfors (468) & Johan Edfors (759)
10   Iceland Birgir Hafþórsson (586) & Axel Bóasson (663)
11   Poland Adrian Meronk (588) & Mateusz Gradecki (947)
12   Italy 2 Francesco Laporta (566) & Alessandro Tadini (858)
13   Ireland Michael Hoey (536) & Neil O'Briain (983)
14   Denmark Martin Ovesen (828) & Niklas Nørgaard (1040)
15   Belgium Christopher Mivis (537) & Lars Buijs (1782)
16   Sweden 2 Daniel Jennevret (843) & Oscar Florén (1749)

Results

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Pool play

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Teams were divided into 4 groups of 4 teams and played round-robin matches Wednesday to Friday using the fourball format.

  • Round 1 – 8 August
  • Round 2 – 9 August
  • Round 3 – 10 August
Group A
Round Winner Score Loser
1 Great Britain 1 vs Spain 2 - Halved
Sweden 2 1 up Sweden 1
2 Great Britain 1 6 & 5 Sweden 1
Spain 2 1 up Sweden 2
3 Sweden 2 3 & 2 Great Britain 1
Spain 2 3 & 2 Sweden 1
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
8   Spain 2 2 0 1 5 1
16   Sweden 2 2 1 0 4 2
1   Great Britain 1 1 1 1 3 3
9   Sweden 1 0 3 0 0 4
Group B
Round Winner Score Loser
1 Great Britain 3 4 & 3 Great Britain 2
Italy 2 2 & 1 Ireland
2 Italy 2 2 & 1 Great Britain 2
Great Britain 3 2 & 1 Ireland
3 Ireland 4 & 3 Great Britain 2
Italy 2 1 up Great Britain 3
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
12   Italy 2 3 0 0 6 1
5   Great Britain 3 2 1 0 4 2
13   Ireland 1 2 0 2 3
4   Great Britain 2 0 3 0 0 4
Group C
Round Winner Score Loser
1 Spain 1 2 & 1 Portugal
Poland 1 up Denmark
2 Spain 1 2 & 1 Poland
Portugal 2 & 1 Denmark
3 Denmark 4 & 3 Spain 1
Portugal 5 & 3 Poland
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
3   Spain 1 2 1 0 4 1
6   Portugal 2 1 0 4 2
11   Poland 1 2 0 2 3
14   Denmark 1 2 0 2 4
Group D
Round Winner Score Loser
1 Norway 4 & 3 Italy 1
Iceland 6 & 5 Belgium
2 Iceland 2 & 1 Italy 1
Norway 1 up Belgium
3 Italy 1 4 & 3 Belgium
Iceland 2 up Norway
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
10   Iceland 3 0 0 6 1
7   Norway 2 0 0 4 2
2   Italy 1 1 2 0 2 3
15   Belgium 0 3 0 0 4

Medal bracket

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Sunday, 12 August

Semifinals Gold medal match
      
8   Spain 2
10   Iceland 2 & 1
10   Iceland
3   Spain 1 2 up
12   Italy 2
3   Spain 1 2 up Bronze medal match
8   Spain 2
12   Italy 2 5 & 3

References

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  1. ^ "Teams unveiled for historic European Golf Team Championships". PGA European Tour. 16 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Golf – Daily Schedule". European Championships. Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.