2026 European Amateur Team Championship

The hosting club, Estonian Golf & Country Club, was founded in 2006. Its Sea Course, located 25 kilometers east of the city center of Tallinn, had previously hosted the European Amateur Championship in 2016 when Viktor Hovland set a new course record with a 9-under-par-round of 63.^[3]

Each team consisted of six players. On the first two days each player played 18 holes of stroke play each day. The lowest five scores from each team's six players counted to the team total each day.

The eight best teams formed flight A, in knock-out match-play over the following 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 each team match, selecting four of them in two morning foursome games and five players in to the afternoon single games. In the thursday quarterfinals, only one foursome game and four single games were played in each match.

The teams outside the top eight in the stroke-play stage formed flight B, also played knock-out match-play, with one foursome game and four single games in each match, to decide their final positions.

Extra holes were played in games that were all square after 18 holes. However, if the result of the team match was already decided, undecided games were declared halved.^[5]

16 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players.^[6]

Qualified teams

• The top 13 teams from the 2025 European Amateur Team Championship^[7][8]

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Place	Nation
1	Italy
2	Denmark
3	England
4	Ireland
5	Sweden
6	Finland
7	France
8	Germany
9	Switzerland
10	Netherlands
11	Poland
12	Spain
13	Iceland

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• Host nation

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Nation
Estonia

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• The two top teams from the 2025 European Amateur Team Championship Division 2

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Place	Nation
1	Belgium
2	Wales

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Players in the teams

Nation team	Players
Belgium[9]	Liam Bentein, Anthony De Schutter, Arthur Estas, Léopold Isserentant, James Skeet, Jarno Tollenaire
Denmark[10]	Magnus Becker Frederiksen, Oscar Valdemar Holm Bredkjær, Mikkel Tingsted Blum, Daniel Toft Hansen, Andreas Trym Dam Fogth, Mads Viemose Larsen
England[11]	Eliot Baker, Seb Cave, Sam Easterbrook, Lewy Hayward, Tom Osborne, Harley Smith
Estonia	Carl Hellat, Kevin Christopher Jegers, Ralf Johan Kivi, Richard Teder, Mattias Varjun, Markus Varjun
Finland[12]	Topi Lindström, Niilo Mäki-Petäjä, Lauri Rosendahl, Sakke Siltala, Ville Virkkala, Veikka Viskari
France[13]	Paul Beauvy, Arthur Carlier, Oscar Couilleau, Lev Grinberg, Hugo Le Goff, Ugo Malcor
Germany	Wolfgang Glawe, Tom Haberer, Finn Kölle, Emil Riegger, Tjelle Rieger, Carl Siemens
Iceland[14]	Skúli Gunnar Ágústsson, Sigurður Bjarki Blumenstein, Veigar Heiðarsson, Tómas Eiríksson Hjaltested, Aron Emil Gunnarsson, Gunnlaugur Árni Sveinsson
Ireland[15]	John Doyle, Stuart Grehan, Thomas Higgins, Matthew McClean, Caolan Rafferty, Gavin Tiernan
Italy	Giovanni Binaghi, Riccardo Fantinelli, Michele Ferrero, Biagio Andrea Gagliardi, Francesco Petrangeli, Filippo Ponzano
Netherlands	Bjorn Driessen, Denny Kloeth, Guus Lafeber, Melvin Muller, Nevill Ruiter, Scott Woltering
Poland	Konrad Bargenda, Marcin Bogusz, Tristan Kolasinski, Konstanty Luczak, Jan Rybczynski, Kamil Sikora
Spain	Alejandro De Castro, Sergio Jimenez Romero, Bruno Marques, Jorge Martin Sampedro, Jaime Montojo, Alvaro Pastor
Sweden[16]	Alfons Bondesson, Wilmer Ederö, Filip Fahlberg Johnsson, Simon Hovdal, Jakob Melin, Wilhelm Ryding
Switzerland	Alexander Brand, Mischa Candinas, Patrick Foley, Tom Mao, Ben Steinmann, Miles Wennestam
Wales	Jonathan Bale, Tomi Bowen, Caolan Burford, Sean David, Alex James, Ioan Rowe

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Team Ireland won the championship, beating host nation Estonia in the final after kicking out defending champion team Italy in the semi finals. The final was decided on the green of the second extra hole in the last game between Thomas Higgins, Ireland and Kevin Jegers, Estonia, were Higgins won, despite hitting his tee shot in the water.^[17][18]

Spain, Denmark and Poland finished on positions 14–16 and were moved to Division II for 2027.

At the 2026 Division II tournament, team Czech Republic won ahead of Slovakia. Both nations qualified for the 2027 European Amateur Team Championship tournament, together with 2027 host nation Slovenia.^[19]

Qualification round

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Place Country Score To par Team standings after final qualification round 1  Finland 351-342=693 −27 2  Netherlands 352-348=700 −20 3  France 354-350=704 −16 4 Ireland 382-344=706 −14 5  England 357-349=706 6  Switzerland 353-354=707 −13 7  Estonia 358-351=709 −11 8  Italy 364-349=713 −7 9  Germany 360-355=715 −5 10  Sweden 363-352=715 11  Denmark 369-352=721 +1 12  Belgium 364-360=724 +4 13  Spain 362-364=726 +6 14  Wales 371-356=727 +7 15  Iceland 364-367=731 +11 16  Poland 381-381=762 +42 Note: In the event of a tie the order is determined by the best of the non-counting scores in each of the tied teams.

Place Player Country Score To par Individual leaders 1 Nevill Ruiter  Netherlands 68-67=135 −9 T2 Lauri Rosendahl  Finland 69-67=136 −8 Wilhelm Ryding  Sweden 71-65=136 Sakke Siltala  Finland 67-69=136 Andreas Trym Dam Fogth  Denmark 70-66=136 T6 Giovanni Binaghi  Italy 68-69=137 −7 Stuart Grehan Ireland 71-66=137 8 Thomas Higgins Ireland 70-68=138 −6 T9 Lev Grinberg  France 70-69=139 −5 Sergio Jimenez Romero  Spain 70-69=139 Veikka Viskari  Finland 70-69=139 Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.

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Flight A

Bracket   Quarter finals Semi finals Final                                Italy 3        Finland 2   Ireland 4        Italy 3   Ireland 3.5        England 1.5   Ireland 4        Estonia 3    France 3.5        Switzerland 1.5    Estonia 5        France 2 Bronze match    Estonia 3        Netherlands 2    Italy 4.5      France 2.5     Elimination matches Match for 5th place                        Finland 4        England 1    Finland 3.5        Switzerland 1.5    Switzerland 3      Netherlands 2   Match for 7th place            England 3.5      Netherlands 1.5

Final games Ireland  Estonia 4 3 M. McClean / C. Rafferty 4 & 3 K. Jegers / Markus Varjun S. Grehan / J. Doyle Mattias Varjun/ R.J. Kivi 1 hole Stuart Grehan 5 & 4 Richard Teder Gavin Tiernan Carl Hellat 2 & 1 Caolan Rafferty Mattias Varjun 20th hole Matthew McClean 2 & 1 Markus Varjun Thomas Higins 20th hole Kevin Jegers

Flight B

Bracket

Round 1 Round 2 Match for 9th place                                Germany 3.5        Poland 1.5    Germany 3        Belgium 2    Belgium 4        Spain 1    Germany 3.5        Wales 1.5    Wales 3        Denmark 2    Wales 4.5        Iceland 0.5 Match for 11th place    Iceland        Sweden 2    Iceland 3.5      Belgium 1.5

Elimination matches Match for 13th place                        Spain 3.5        Poland 1.5    Sweden 4        Spain 1    Sweden 3.5      Denmark 1.5   Match for 15th place            Denmark 3.5      Poland 1.5

Final standings

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Place	Country
	Ireland
	Estonia
	Italy
4	France
5	Finland
6	Switzerland
7	England
8	Netherlands
9	Germany
10	Wales
11	Iceland
12	Belgium
13	Sweden
14	Spain
15	Denmark
16	Poland

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Source:^[20]

• Eisenhower Trophy – biennial world amateur team golf championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation.
• European Amateur Championship – European amateur individual golf championship for men organised by the European Golf Association.
• European Ladies' Team Championship – European amateur team golf championship for women organised by the European Golf Association.