The 2017 European Amateur Team Championship took place 11–15 July at Diamond Country Club, in

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. It was the 34th men's golf

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Venue

The hosting Diamond Championship Course at Diamond Country Club, surrounding a centrally located 10-hectare artificial lake, located in

in the district of

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in the

n state of

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, 35 kilometres west of the city center of capital

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, was designed by Jeremy Pern and opened in 2002. It had previously been home for several Austrian Open tournaments on the

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. The championship course was set up with par 72 over 7,457 yards.

Format

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 was 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. Teams knocked out after the quarter finals played one foursome game and four single games in each of their remaining matches. 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, to play similar knock-out play, with one foursome game and four single games in each match, to decide their final positions.

Teams

16 nation teams contested the event.

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and the

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qualified after finishing first, second and third at the 2016 Division 2. Each team consisted of six players. Players in the leading teams Other participating teams

Winners

Leader of the opening 36-hole competition was team

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, with an 8-under-par score of 712, seven strokes ahead of team

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. Team

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, on third place, was another stroke behind. There was no official award for the lowest individual score, but individual leader was

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, Norway, with a 5-under-par score of 139, two strokes ahead of six players tied on second place. Team

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won the gold medal, earning their fourth title, beating team

in the final 4–3.

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earned the bronze on third place, after beating

4–3 in the bronze match.

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and

placed 14th, 15th and 16th and was moved to Division 2 for

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Results

Qualification round ''Team standings'' ''Individual leaders'' ''Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.'' Flight A ''Bracket'' ''Final games'' Flight B ''Bracket'' Final standings Sources:

References

External links

European Golf Association: Full results
{{European Amateur Team Championship European Amateur Team Championship Golf tournaments in Austria