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
 Spain 1
Pedro Oriol
Scott Fernández		   Spain
 Iceland
Birgir Hafþórsson
Axel Bóasson		   Iceland
 Italy 2
Francesco Laporta
Alessandro Tadini		   Italy
Events at the
2018 European Golf Team Championships
Team Events
menwomenmixed
2018 European Golf Team Championships
Tournament information
Dates8–12 August 2018
LocationAuchterarder, Scotland
56°17′09″N 3°44′51″W
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
Location in Scotland

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 2 took the title from the Iceland team. The Italy 2 team won bronze.

Format

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

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

Results

Pool play

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
RoundWinnerScoreLoser
1Great Britain 1 vs Spain 2 - Halved
Sweden 21 upSweden 1
2Great Britain 16 & 5Sweden 1
Spain 21 upSweden 2
3Sweden 23 & 2Great Britain 1
Spain 23 & 2Sweden 1
SeedPlayerWLHPointsFinish
8 Spain 220151
16 Sweden 221042
1 Great Britain 111133
9 Sweden 103004
Group B
RoundWinnerScoreLoser
1Great Britain 34 & 3Great Britain 2
Italy 22 & 1Ireland
2Italy 22 & 1Great Britain 2
Great Britain 32 & 1Ireland
3Ireland4 & 3Great Britain 2
Italy 21 upGreat Britain 3
SeedPlayerWLHPointsFinish
12 Italy 230061
5 Great Britain 321042
13 Ireland12023
4 Great Britain 203004
Group C
RoundWinnerScoreLoser
1Spain 12 & 1Portugal
Poland1 upDenmark
2Spain 12 & 1Poland
Portugal2 & 1Denmark
3Denmark4 & 3Spain 1
Portugal5 & 3Poland
SeedPlayerWLHPointsFinish
3 Spain 121041
6 Portugal21042
11 Poland12023
14 Denmark12024
Group D
RoundWinnerScoreLoser
1Norway4 & 3Italy 1
Iceland6 & 5Belgium
2Iceland2 & 1Italy 1
Norway1 upBelgium
3Italy 1 4 & 3Belgium
Iceland2 upNorway
SeedPlayerWLHPointsFinish
10 Iceland30061
7 Norway20042
2 Italy 112023
15 Belgium03004

Medal bracket

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
  1. "Teams unveiled for historic European Golf Team Championships". PGA European Tour. 16 July 2018.
  2. "Golf – Daily Schedule". European Championships. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
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