1969 European Amateur Team Championship

The hosting club Hamburger Golf Club was founded in 1906, one of the ten oldest clubs in Germany, and initially based in Flottbek. The championship course in Falkenstein, 20 kilometres west of central Hamburg, was designed by English golf architects Harry Colt, Charles Hugh Alison and John Stanton Fleming Morrison and completed in October 1930.^[1]

The club hosted the professional tournament German Open six times 1951–1965 and again in 1981 on the European Tour.

All participating teams played one qualification round of stroke-play with up to six players, counted the five best scores 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. Each of the four best placed teams were drawn to play the quarter-final against one of the teams in the flight placed in the next four positions. In each match between two nation teams, two 18-hole foursome games and five 18-hole single games were played. Teams were allowed to switch players during the team matches, selecting other players in to the afternoon single matches after the morning foursome matches.

The six teams placed 9–14 in the qualification stroke-play formed Flight B to play similar knock-out play and the four teams placed 15–18 formed Flight C to meet each other, to decide their final positions.

18 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of five or six players.

Players in the teams

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Country	Players
Austria	R. Hauser, H. Hild, Fritz Jonak, J. Kyrle, Alexander Maculan, Klaus Nierlich
Belgium	John Bigwood, Eddy Carbonnelle, C. Kreglinger, Jacky Moerman, Freddy Rodesch, Philippe Toussaint
Czechoslovakia	L. Bartunek, Jan Dvorak, Jaroslav Dvorak, Jiri Dvorak, Jan Kunsta, Jiri Kunsta
Denmark	John Jacobsen, Nils Elsøe Jensen, Klaus Friche, Klaus Hove, Henry Knudsen, Ole Wiberg-Jørgensen
England	Peter Benka, Michael Bonallack, Bruce Critchley, Rodney Foster, Geoff Marks, Peter Tupling
Finland	Asko Arkkola, Jalo Grönlund, O. Hanski, Juhani Hämäläinen, Harry Safonoff, Kari Salonen
France	Didier Charmat, Jean-Charles Desbordes, Hervé Frayssineau, Alexis Godillot, Roger Lagarde, Gaëtan Mourgue D'Algue
Ireland	Joe Carr, Tom Craddock, Tom Egan, Peter Flaherty, John O'Leary, Vincent Nevin
Italy	Franco Bevione, P. Cora, Baldovino Dassù, Alberto Schiaffino, Lorenzo Silva, Carlo Tadini
Netherlands	R.E. van Erven Dorens, M.A.J. Eykman, D. van Kalken, Jaap van Neck, Piet-Hein Streutgers, Victor Swane
Norway	Petter Dønnestad, Olaf Eie, Thomas Eriksen, Johan Horn, Westye Höegh, Per Heidenreich
Portugal	Rodrico M. Bivar, Antonio Carmona Santos, E.P. Coelho, T. Lagos, José Lara de Sousa e Melo, D.E. Santo Silva
Scotland	Andrew Brooks, Gordon Cosh, Charlie Green, Bill Murray, Sandy Pirie, Hugh Stuart
Spain	José Gancedo, Alvaro Muro, Álvaro Rezola, Francisco Sanchiz, Juan Sentmenat, Román Tayá,
Sweden	Ulf Bexelius, Hans Hedjerson, Claës Jöhncke, Johan Jöhncke, Magnus Lindberg, Jan Rosell
Switzerland	Peter Gütermann, Anton Matti, Uli Lamm, R. Moos, Jürg Pesko, Michel Rey
Wales	Jimmy Buckley, John Povall, Hew Squirell, David Stevens, Iestyn Tucker, Martin Walters
West Germany	Walter Brühne, Peter Jochums, Hans Lampert, Veit Pagel, Jürgen Weghmann, Nils Wirichs

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England won the gold medal, earning their second title, beating host country West Germany 4.5–2.5 in the final. Defending champions team Ireland earned the bronze on third place, after beating Italy 5.5–1.5 in the bronze match.

Individual leader in the opening 18-hole stroke-play qualifying competition was Gordon Cosh, Scotland, with a course record score of 3-under-par 68, one stroke ahead of Tom Craddock, Ireland. There was no official award for the lowest individual score.

Qualification round

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Team standings Place Country Score To par 1  Scotland 367 +11 2  England 368 +13 3  Denmark 370 +15 T4  Wales * 371 +16 Ireland 371 6  Sweden 379 +24 T7  West Germany * 384 +29  Italy 384 T9  Spain * 386 +31  Belgium 386 11  Austria 388 +33 12  France 389 +34 13  Norway 390 +35 14  Finland 394 +39 15  Switzerland 397 +42 16  Netherlands 401 +46 17  Portugal 410 +55 18  Czechoslovakia 415 +60 * Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the better non-counting score.

Individual leaders Place Player Country Score To par 1 Gordon Cosh  Scotland 68 −3 2 Tom Craddock Ireland 70 −1 T3 John Jacobsen  Denmark 71 E Vincent Nevin Ireland 71 T5 Michael Bonallack  England 72 +1 Per Heidenrech  Norway 72 Iestyn Tucker  Wales 72 Martin Walters  Wales 72 T9 Franco Bevione  Italy 73 +2 Baldovino Dassù  Italy 73 Claës Jöhncke  Sweden 73 Johan Jöhncke  Sweden 73 Geoff Marks  England 73 Jacky Moerman  Belgium 73 Klaus Nielich  Austria 73 Hugh Stuart  Scotland 73 Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.

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Flight A

Bracket   Quarter finals Semi finals Final                                England 4        Sweden 3    England 4.5        Italy 2.5    Italy 5        Wales 2    England 4.5        West Germany 2.5    West Germany 4.5        Denmark 2.5    West Germany 4.5       Ireland 2.5 Bronze match   Ireland 4        Scotland 3   Ireland 5.5      Italy 1.5     Elimination matches Match for 5th place                        Sweden 5        Wales 2    Scotland 5.5        Sweden 1.5    Scotland 6      Denmark 1   Match for 7th place            Wales 4      Denmark 3

Final games  England  West Germany 4.5 2.5 M. Bonallack / R. Foster W. Brühne / H. Lampert 2 & 1 P. Benka / G. Marks 4 & 3 P. Jochums / J. Weghmann Michael Bonallack 6 & 5 H. Lampert Geoff Marks Peter Jochums 1 hole Peter Benka 3 & 1 Walter Brühne Bruce Critchley 5 & 3 Veit Pagel Rodney Foster AS * Jürgen Weghmann AS * * Note: Game declared halved, since team match already decided.

Flight B

Bracket

	Round 1				Round 2				Match for 9th place
					France	4
					Belgium	3
	France	6
	Finland	1
									France	4.5
									Norway	2.5
	Norway	4
	Austria	3
					Norway	4.5
					Spain	2.5			Match for 11th place
									Belgium	5
									Spain	2

	Round 1				Match for 13th place
					Finland	4.5
					Austria	2.5

Flight C

Round 1  Netherlands  Czechoslovakia 5 2  Switzerland  Portugal 5 2

Round 2  Switzerland  Czechoslovakia 4 3  Netherlands  Portugal 5 2

Round 3  Portugal  Czechoslovakia 4 3  Switzerland  Netherlands 5 2

Final standings

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Place	Country
	England
	West Germany
	Ireland
4	Italy
5	Scotland
6	Sweden
7	Wales
8	Denmark
9	France
10	Norway
11	Belgium
12	Spain
13	Finland
14	Austria
15	Switzerland
16	Netherlands
17	Portugal
18	Czechoslovakia

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Sources:^{[1][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]}

• 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.