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

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. == Teams ==

18 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of five or six players. Players in the teams == Winners ==

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. == Results ==

Qualification round Team standings • Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the better non-counting score. Individual leaders Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score. Flight A Bracket Final games • Note: Game declared halved, since team match already decided. Flight B Bracket Flight C Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Final standings Sources: == See also ==