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European Men’s Amateur Team Championship – 2026 Preview & Results

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11th July 2026

IRELAND won the 43rd European Men’s Amateur Team Championship after beating ESTONIA in the Final.

Ireland Team (Photo: EGA)

It was Ireland’s seventh win in the Team Championship and their first since 2008. 

The Irish team consisted of John DOYLE, Stuart GREHAN, Thomas HIGGINS, Matt MCCLEAN, Caolan RAFFERTY and Gavin TIERNAN. The team was captained by Damien Coyne and coached by Michael Collins.

ENGLAND finished 7th and WALES 10th at Estonia Golf & Country Club in Estonia.

Match Play – Final

Flight A

IRELAND (4) beat ESTONIA (7) to win the Championship with ITALY (8) beating FRANCE (3) to take the bronze medal.

FINLAND (1) finished 4th after beating SWITZERLAND (6) with ENGLAND (5) 7th after they saw off NETHERLANDS (2) in their final match.

Flight A Match Play Final Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

The ever dependable Matt MCCLEAN & Caolan RAFFERTY (foursomes) and Stuart GREHAN, Matt MCCLEAN again & critically Thomas HIGGINS on the 20th hole in the final game (singles) picked up the four points that saw IRELAND (4) to victory against ESTONIA (7).

Ireland v. Estonia Flight A Match Play Final Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

ENGLAND (5) earned a 7th place finish thanks to wins for Seb CAVE & Sam EASTERBROOK (foursomes), Tom OSBORNE & LEWY HAYWARD and a half for Eliot BAKER (singles) in their match against NETHERLANDS (2).

England v. Netherlands Flight A Match Play 7th & 8th Place Match Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

2026 Match Play Results – Flight A

Flight B 

There were wins for GERMANY (9), ICELAND (15), SWEDEN (10) and DENMARK (11) on the final day of the Flight B competition.

Flight B Match Play Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Despite some resistance from Caolan BURFORD and Tomi BOWEN WALES (14) lost their match against GERMANY (9) and had to settle for a creditable 10th place finish on their return to Division 1.

Germany v. Wales Flight B Match Play 9th & 10th Place Match Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

2026 Match Play Results – Flight B

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10th July 2026

Match Play – Semi-Finals

Flight A

IRELAND (4) got the better of ITALY (8) and will now play ESTONIA (7) in tomorrow’s Final after the home team overcame FRANCE (3) in their own semi-final.

Flight A Match Play Semi-Finals Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

IRELAND (4) edged out ITALY (8) by 4.0-3.0 with wins for Gavin TIERNAN & Thomas HIGGINS (foursomes) and Stuart GREHAN, Gavin TIERNAN and crucially Matt MCCLEAN on the 19th hole of his game (singles).

Italy v. Ireland Flight A Match Play Semi-Final Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

ENGLAND (5) were easily beaten 4.0-1.0 by FINLAND (1) in their Day 4 game.

Finland v. England Flight A Match Play Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

2026 Match Play Results – Flight A

Flight B 

There were wins for GERMANY (9), WALES (14), SPAIN (13) and  SWEDEN (10) in Flight B 

Flight B Match Play Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

WALES (14) saw off  ICELAND (15) 4.5-0.5 in a one-sided game highlighted by Alex JAMES‘ 7&6 singles win.

Wales v. Iceland Flight B Match Play Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

2026 Match Play Results – Flight B

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9th July 2026

Match Play – Quarter Finals

Flight A

FINLAND (1), NETHERLANDS (2), FRANCE (3), IRELAND (4), ENGLAND (5), SWITZERLAND (6), ESTONIA (7) and ITALY (8) commenced a seeded Flight A Match Play competition on Day 3 to determine the 2026 European Men’s Amateur Team champions. 

ITALY (8) and ESTONIA (7) shocked the leading qualifiers FINLAND (1) and NETHERLANDS (2) respectively with narrow 3.0-2.0 wins in Round 1.

FRANCE (3) and IRELAND (4) also progressed to the semi-finals with 3.5-1.5 wins against SWITZERLAND (6) and ENGLAND (5). 

Flight A Match Play Quarter Finals Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Here is the scoreboard from IRELAND‘s win against ENGLAND.

Ireland v. England Flight A Match Play Quarter Finals Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

2026 Match Play Results – Flight A

Flight B 

GERMANY (9), SWEDEN (10), DENMARK (11), BELGIUM (12), SPAIN (13), WALES (14), ICELAND (15) and POLAND (16) are contesting a seeded Flight B Match Play competition for the weaker qualifiers.

Flight B Match Play Quarter Finals Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

WALES (14) enjoyed a good 3.0-2.0 win against DENMARK (11) in their opening Flight B match. Importantly the victory ensures Wales will remain in Division 1 for the 2027 Championship which is due to be played in Woodhall Spa, England.

Denmark v. Wales Flight B Match Play Quarter Finals Results (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

2026 Match Play Results – Flight B

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8th July 2026

Stroke Play Qualifying – Round 2

FINLAND (-27) earned medalist honours with an impressive 7-shot victory in the Stroke Play Qualifying at the European Men’s Amateur Team Championship.

NETHERLANDS (-20), FRANCE (-18), IRELAND (-14), ENGLAND (-14), SWITZERLAND (-13), ESTONIA (-11) and ITALY (-7) were the other Flight A Match Play qualifiers.

WALES (+7) finished 14th and will now see out the Championship in the Flight B Match Play competition.

Round 2 Stroke Play Qualifying Team Leaderboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Nevill RUITER (NED) won the 36-hole Individual competition on -9 after rounds of 68 and 67 at Estonia G.&C.C.

Wilhelm RYDING (SWE), Andreas FOGTH (DEN), Sakke SILTALA (FIN) and Laura ROSENDAHL (FIN) all finished tied 2nd on -8. 

Amateur champion Stuart GREHAN (IRL) was the leading GB&I player tieing for 6th place on -7.

Thomas HIGGINS (IRL) -6 8th and Eliot BAKER (ENG), Jonathan BALE (WAL), Tomi BOWEN (WAL) & Sam EASTERBROOK (ENG) -3 tied 21st also contributed well.

The 96 players managed an average Round 2 score of 71.69 (-0.04).

Round 2 Stroke Play Qualifying Individual Leaderboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

2026 Stroke Play Qualifying Results – Teams and Individuals

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7th July 2026

Stroke Play Qualifying – Round 1

In something of a surprise FINLAND (-9) lead NETHERLANDS (-8) and SWITZERLAND (-7) after Round 1 of the European Men’s Amateur Team Championship.

Looking at the three home nations that are competing ENGLAND (-3) are 5th, IRELAND (+2) 8th and WALES (+11) 15th at the end of Day 1.

Round 1 Stroke Play Qualifying Team Leaderboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

Sakke SILTALA (FIN) -5 leads Giovanni BINAGHI (ITA), Nevill RUITER (NED), Simon HOVDAL (SWE) and Miles WENNESTAM (SUI) all -4 in the individual standings.

Sam EASTERBROOK (ENG) -3 tied 6th and Thomas HIGGINS (IRL) & Tomi BOWEN (WAL) both -2 tied 12th are the best of the GB&I players.

The 96 players managed an average Round 1 score of 72.96 (+0.96).

Round 1 Stroke Play Qualifying Individual Leaderboard (Graphic: EGA / Golfbox)

The top eight qualifying teams will play in a first flight (A) seeded match play competition, which will determine the medalists, and the next eight a second flight (B).

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7th July 2026

Introduction

The 43rd European Men’s Amateur Team Championship will be played between Tuesday 7th and Saturday 11th July 2026 at Estonia Golf & Country Club in Estonia.

Estonia Golf & Country Club (Photo: Estonia G&CC)

England, Ireland and Wales will be competing in the main men’s event this week. For the second year running Scotland are amongst the nine teams playing in the Division 2 competition being played in Greece.

Italy are the defending champions having beaten Denmark in last year’s final at Killarney Golf & Fishing Resort in Ireland.

Scotland were the last home nation to win the Team Championship when they successfully defended the title at Golf de Chantilly in France in 2016. England last won in 2013, Ireland in 2008 and Wales in 1993. 

The European Ladies’, Boys’ and Girls’ Team Championships are also being played elsewhere in Europe this week.

2026 Teams

16 national teams of 6 players will contest the 2025 European Men’s Amateur Team Championship.

The teams competing are Belgium, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Wales.

The home nation teams are made up of the following players (1st July 2026 WAGR’s in brackets): –

ENGLAND – Captain: Benjamin Gorvett / Advice Giver: Rob Watts
Eliot BAKER (#21), Seb CAVE (#128), Sam EASTERBROOK (#80), Lewy HAYWARD (#412), Tom OSBORNE (#133), Harley SMITH (#119). Total Team WAGR = 893.

England (Photo: EGA)

IRELAND – Captain: Damiens Coyne / Advice Giver: Michael Collins
John DOYLE (#212), Stuart GREHAN (#19), Thomas HIGGINS (#267), Matt MCCLEAN (#376), Caolan RAFFERTY (#217), Gavin TIERNAN (#216). Total Team WAGR = 1,307.

Ireland (Photo: EGA)

WALES – Captain: Llewellyn Matthews / Advice Giver: Neil Matthews
Jonathan BALE (#357), Tomi BOWEN (#353), Caolan BURFORD (#1,106), Sean DAVID (#1,702), Alex JAMES (#1, 968), Ioan ROWE (#1,211). Total Team WAGR = 6,697.

Wales (Photo: EGA)

Format / Schedule

The Championship is run by the European Golf Association, this year in partnership with the Estonian Golf Association.

Two rounds of stroke play qualifying are completed on the first two days, with the lowest five scores from each team counting. All ties will be broken by reference to each team’s non-counting scores.

These results then determine a seeded match play draw. The top eight qualifying teams will play in a first flight (A), which will determine the medalists, and the next eight a second flight (B).

Fight A start off with 1st v. 8th, 2nd v. 7th, 3rd v. 6th and 4th v. 5th. Winning teams advance in their brackets while losing teams play against other defeated nations to determine the final positions.

The teams in Flight A play 2 foursomes and 5 singles whilst losing teams and those in Flight B play 1 foursomes and 4 singles.

A win earns one point, a draw half a point and a loss no points in all of the individual games that make up a match.

The teams that finish 14th to 16th in the match play stage will be relegated to the Division 2 Championship for 2027.

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The European Amateur Team Championship Trophy (Photo: EGA)

Estonian Golf & Country Club, Estonia

Estonia is situated in northeastern Europe beside the Baltic Sea.

Estonian Golf & Country Club, located 15 miles from Tallinn, the capital city, was opened in 2005.

The club’s par 72 Sea Course plays over 7,100 yards and features oak-lined fairways and natural water hazards with the holes extending to the coastline and alongside the Jägala River.

It previously hosted the European Amateur Championship in 2016. 

Weather Forecast

This week’s weather forecast looks relatively poor with generally wet conditions and some wind expected.

Tue 7th July – Showers. Wind 13 mph W. Temp. Min. 12°C / Max. 17°C.
Wed 8th July – Light Rain. Wind 13 mph NE. Temp. Min. 14°C / Max. 16°C.
Thur 9th July – Thundery Showers. Wind 14 mph NE. Temp. Min. 12°C / Max. 18°C.
Fri 10th July – Drizzle. Wind 10 mph NE. Temp. Min. 13°C / Max. 21°C.
Sat 11th July – Drizzle. Wind 8 mph NE. Temp. Min. 16°C / Max. 21°C.

EGA Website Links – 2026 Scores / Information

2026 Stroke Play Qualifying Leaderboards – Teams and Individuals

2026 Match Play Scoreboards – Flight A and Flight B

European Golf Association Championship Website

2025 European Men’s Amateur Team Championship

ITALY won the 2025 European Men’s Amateur Team Championship at Killarney Golf & Fishing Resort in Ireland.

Italy Celebrate Victory (Photo: EGA / INPHO / Laszlo Geczo)

The final results were: –

ESTONIA, CZECH REPUBLIC and PORTUGAL finished 14th-16th and were therefore relegated to Division 2 for the 2026 Championship. However, Estonia subsequently received a stay of execution due to their hosting responsibilities.

In the 2025 Division 2 competition BELGIUM 1st and WALES 2nd earned promotion back to the main event. AUSTRIA 3rd missed out due to Estonia’s position. SCOTLAND‘s 4th place saw them miss out.

Match Play Flight A

ITALY (4th seed) beat DENMARK (3) 6.0-1.0 in the Final not losing any of the seven games that were contested.

A strong finished helped ENGLAND (1) claim a 4.0-3.0 victory over IRELAND (2) to take home bronze.

2025 Match Play Scoreboards – Flight A and Flight B

Stroke Play Qualifying

ENGLAND (-44) earned the No. 1 Match Play Flight A seeding with an outstanding performance in the 36 hole Stroke Play Qualifying competition.

Making up the qualifiers for Flight A were IRELAND (-25) who finished 2nd, DENMARK (-25) 3rd, ITALY (-24) 4th, FRANCE (-17) 5th, GERMANY (-14), 6th SWEDEN (-12) 7th and FINLAND (-10) 8th.

Tyler WEAVER (ENG) -12 produced the best individual performance just edging out his teammate Charlie FORSTER by 1-shot.

Eliot BAKER (ENG) -9 5th, Stuart GREHAN (-8) 8th, Luke POULTER (ENG) -6 13th, Caolan RAFFERTY (IRL) -5 17th and Thomas HIGGINS (IRL) -5 20th all performed well for their countries in the Stroke Play Qualifying.

2025 Stroke Play Qualifying Results – Teams and Individuals

History / Previous Results

The European Men’s Amateur Team Championship was first played in 1959.

It was played every second year until 2007. Since then it has been played annually save for 2012 when no Championship was held.

To date England have won 11 times, Scotland 8, Ireland and Spain 6, Sweden 3, Italy 2 and Denmark, Finland, France and Germany and Wales once each.

Click here to view the full list of – European Men’s Amateur Team Championship Past Winners 

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European Amateur Championship – 2016 Preview & Results

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6th August 2016

Luca CIANCHETTI (ITA) beat Viktor HOVLAND (NOR) on the seventh play-off hole to win the 2016 European Amateur Championship.

Luca Cianchetti (Photo: Italian Golf Federation)

Both players were tied on -16 at the end of the 72 hole stroke play event which was taking place at the Estonia Golf & Country Club. Cianchetti had bogeyed the last hole to fall in to the play-off but will have been pleased with his final round 67 (-5). Hovland, who started the day with a 2-shot lead after his course record 63 in round 3, shot a creditable 69 (-3) but ultimately had to settle for second place.

Simon ZACH from the Czech Republic finished third after rounds of 69, 69, 70 and 66 (-14).

Scotland’s Robert MACINTYRE (SCO) -13 and Connor SYME (SCO) -12 continued their great form with fourth and fifth place finishes. When one considers that both, along with most of the other Scottish players, had withdrawn on the eve of the competition as their golf clubs had been lost by KLM en route this is even more remarkable. The Scottish clubs only arrived on site during the morning of the first round and thanks to the flexibility of the European Golf Association the players were allowed to re-enter and play together at the back of the field. Hardly the best preparation.

The following Great British & Irish also finished in the Top 30: –
T9   Gian-Marco PETROZZI (ENG) -9
T13  Andrew WILSON (ENG)-8
T13  Craig ROSS (SCO) -8
T17  Ben AMOR (ENG) -7
T17  Daniel BROWN (ENG) -7
T17  Grant FORREST (SCO) -7
T26  Paul MCBRIDE (IRE) -5
T26  Stuart GREHAN (IRE) -5
T26  Sandy SCOTT (SCO) -5

Click here to review the final results from Estonia – 2016 European Amateur Championship Live Scores

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1st August 2016

The European Amateur Championship starts on Wednesday 3rd August at the Estonia Golf & Country Club. Estonia, a member of the European Union since 2004, borders Russia and Latvia and is in the North East of the Continent.

This prestigious international Championship is run by the European Golf Association (EGA).

History
This year’s championship will be the 29th in the history of a competition which was first contested in 1986.

It has been hosted in 17 different countries to date, with Estonia becoming the 18th this week. It has been played in Great Britain & Ireland (GB&I) on 6 occasions; the courses to host the event being Hillside (1991), Dalmahoy (1993), Celtic Manor (1999), Nairn (2003), Carton House (2012) and The Duke’s St. Andrews (2014) last year. Next year it returns to England with Walton Heath GC in Surrey hosting the event in June.

The reigning champion is Stafano MAZZOLI. The Italian shot rounds of 65, 67, 69 and 68 (-19) at the Penati Golf Resort in Slovakia to hold off GB&I’s Gary HURLEY (-18), Gavin MOYNIHAN (-17), Scott GREGORY (-16) and Jonathan THOMSON (-16).

Stefano Mazzoli

Stefano Mazzoli (Photo: European Golf Association)

Former winners who have gone on to enjoy very successful professional careers include Stephen GALLACHER (1994), Sergio GARCIA (1995), Gregory HAVRET (1999), Carl PETTERSSON (2000), Rory MCILROY (2006) and Victor DUBUISSON (2009).

In addition to Gallacher and McIlroy other GB&I past winners include Jim PAYNE (1991), Paddy GRIBBEN (1998), Stephen BROWNE (2001), Brian MCELHINNEY (2003), Matthew RICHARDSON (2004), Rhys PUGH (2012) and Ashley CHESTERS (2013 and 2014). Chesters is the only player to have won the Championship twice.

Competition Format
The European Amateur is a 72-hole stroke play event. 18-holes are played daily over four days.

A 54-hole cut will be in force with the 60 lowest scores and ties qualifying for the final day’s 18.

The Field
144 players will contest the Championship this week.

All of the players must have handicaps of 0.0 or better with an entry ballot applied based on the World Amateur Golf Rankings.

Exemptions were also available to the defending champion, a single nomination from each EGA member nation, competitors in the most recent Bonallack Trophy, St. Andrew’s Trophy and Jacques Léglise Trophy events as well as four players from the host nation.

This year there are 37 players from GB&I competing; there were 44 last year. Here they are in alphabetical order: –
Ben AMOR (ENG)
Jamie BOWER (ENG)
Daniel BROWN (ENG)
Adam CHAPMAN (ENG)
Jack DAVIDSON (WAL)
Owen EDWARDS (WAL)
William ENEFER (ENG)
Ewen FERGUSON (SCO)
Grant FORREST (SCO)
Alex GLEESON (IRE)
Stuart GREHAN (IRE)
Evan GRIFFITH (WAL)
Tim HARRY (WAL)
Josh HILLEARD (ENG)
Craig HOWIE (SCO)
Liam JOHNSTON (SCO)
Matthew JORDAN (ENG)
Paul KINNEAR (ENG)
Kevin LE BLANC (IRE)
Ryan LUMSDEN (SCO)
Robert MACINTYRE (SCO)
Paul MCBRIDE (IRE)
Bradley MOORE (ENG)
Conor O’ROURKE (IRE)
Marco PENGE (ENG)
Gian-Marco PETROZZI (ENG)
Alfie PLANT (ENG)
Steve ROBINS (ENG)
Craig ROSS (SCO)
Jamie SAVAGE (SCO)
Sandy SCOTT (SCO)
Connor SYME (SCO)
Jonathan THOMSON (ENG)
James WALKER (ENG)
William WHITEOAK (ENG)
Andrew WILSON (ENG)
Jack YULE (ENG)

Competition Information
The Round 1 start sheet is here – 2016 European Amateur Championship Draw

The live score link can be accessed here – 2016 European Amateur Championship Leaderboard

Estonia Golf & Country Club
Located 20km from Estonia’s capital city, Tallinn, the championship will be played on the championship Sea Course at the Estonia Golf & Country Club.

The Sea Course plays to 7,100 yards and is a parkland course that sits near the Baltic Sea and the Jägala River.

Weather Forecast
Unfortunately rain looks to be the order for the week. As at 9.00 am on Monday 1st August the forecast is: –
Weds 3rd August – Showers. Wind 9 mph (NE). Max. 19°C / Min 12°C.
Thurs 4th August – Rain. Wind 12 mph (N). Max. 19°C / Min 14°C.
Fri 5th August – Rain. Wind 10 mph (NE). Max. 21°C / Min 14°C.
Sat 6th August – Showers. Wind 9 mph (NE). Max. 21°C / Min 14°C.

Prizes
Gold, silver and bronze medals are awarded to the Top 3 finishers.

The winner also receives an invitation to compete in next year’s Open Championship – in 2017 this will be held at Royal Birkdale in Lancashire, England.

The Championship Trophy is held by the winning player’s national golf authority.

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