The 1993 European Amateur Team Championship took place 30 June – 4 July at Golf Club Mariánské Lázně, later renamed Royal Golf Club Mariánské Lázně, 6 kilometres from the Mariánské Lázně town (called Marienbad in German) in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It was the 18th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 30 June – 4 July 1993 |
| Location | Mariánské Lázně, Czech Republic 49°58′45″N 12°44′11″E / 49.979187°N 12.736360°E |
| Course(s) | Golf Club Mariánské Lázně |
| Organized by | European Golf Association |
| Format | Qualification round: 36 holes stroke play Knock-out match-play |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,709 yards (6,135 m) |
| Field | 20 teams 120 players |
| Champion | |
 WalesRichard Dinsdale, Bradley Dredge, Craig Evans, Richard Johnson, Michael Macara, Calvin O'Carroll | |
| Qualification round: 731 (+11) Final match: 4–3 | |
| Location map | |
  Mariánské Lázně Location in Europe  Mariánské Lázně Location in the Czech Republic | |
Venue edit
The hosting Golf Club Mariánské Lázně was later renamed Royal Golf Club Mariánské Lázně. Its first 9-hole course, located 6 kilometres from the Mariánské Lázně town (called Marienbad in German) in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic, opened in 1905 and was extended to 18 holes in 1935.
The championship course was set up with par 72 over 6,709 yards.
Format edit
Each team consisted of six players, playing two rounds of 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 eight teams placed 9–16 in the qualification stroke-play formed flight B and the four teams placed 16–20 formed flight C, to play similar knock-out play, with one foursome game and four single games, to decide their final positions..
Teams edit
20 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players.
Players in the leading teams
Other participating teams
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 Belgium
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 Czech Republic
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 Finland
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 Greece
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 Iceland
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 Italy
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 Portugal
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 Switzerland
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Winners edit
Team England and team Sweden was tied leaders of the qualifying competition, each with a 1-under-par score of 719, but England declared the winner, with the better total of the two non-counting scores..
There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader was Henrik Nyström, Sweden, with an 8-under-par score of 136, two strokes ahead of nearest competitor. Nyström shot a new course record by two shots with a score of 65 in his first 18-hole-round.
Team Wales won the gold medal, earning their first title, beating, defending champions and eight time winners, team England in the final 4–3.
France, earned the bronze on third place, after beating Sweden 4–3 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
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First round elimination matches
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Second round elimination matches
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Match for 15th place
Match for 13th place
Match for 11th place
Match for 9th place
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Flight C
| Round 1 | Match for 17th place | |||||
 Greece | 4 | |||||
| Czech Republic | 1 | |||||
| Greece | 3 | |||||
| Iceland | 2 | |||||
| Iceland | 3 | |||||
| Switzerland | 2 | |||||
| Match for 19th place | ||||||
| Switzerland | 5 | |||||
| Czech Republic | 0 | |||||
Final standings
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Wales
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 England
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 France
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| 4 |  Sweden
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| 5 |  Ireland
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| 6 |  Scotland
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| 7 |  Denmark
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| 8 |  Austria
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| 9 |  Germany
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| 10 |  Norway
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| 11 |  Spain
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| 12 | Italy
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| 13 | Belgium
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| 14 | Finland
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| 15 |  Netherlands
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| 16 | Portugal
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| 17 | Greece
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| 18 | Iceland
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| 19 | Switzerland
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| 20 | Czech Republic
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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.
- ^ "EM herrar" [Men's European Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 8. August 1993. pp. 54, 60. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften" [Teams-Men's European Championship] (PDF) (in German). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "European Amateur Team Championship, 1993 - Maranske Lazne, Czech Republic". European Golf Association. Retrieved 9 April 2021.