Fantinelli And Team Italy Off Advance To Match Play At European Amateur Team Championship
July 08, 2025 | Men's Golf
Scoring
Riccardo Fantinelli and Team Italy have advanced to Match Play of the 2025 European Amateur Team Championship, slotting in at the No. 4 position and easily among the eight teams to qualify through.
Fantinelli had a banner second round, posting seven birdies and no bogeys en route to a 65 (-7) to finish in a tie for 3rd overall among the 96 golfers in the field at 134 (-10). After scoring one birdie over his first six holes, Fantinelli birdied 7,8, and 9 to start a run of six birdies over his final 12 holes.
Team Italy was -24 as a group, tied with Denmark in the team score. England was atop the field at -44, while Ireland was second at -25.
Each team, consisting of six players, completes two individual stroke play rounds on Days 1 & 2 with five of each team's six scores counting towards their stroke play qualifying totals.
The top eight teams from the stroke play rounds of each championship qualify for the medal-contention 'Flight A' match play bracket. The next eight teams will compete in Flight B, and (where applicable) the remaining teams in Flight C.
Nations go head-to-head in match play on the last three days, with two foursomes matches in the morning and five singles matches in the afternoon.
In the match play brackets, teams are seeded based on their qualifying position, (1 vs 8, 2 vs 7 etc.). Winning teams advance in their brackets, while losing teams, and all those with no chance of winning medals, continue to play a shortened format of one foursomes match and four singles matches against other 'defeated' teams to determine final position.
To win the title, a team must qualify for Flight A (top-eight in the stroke play qualifying) and then win all three of its matches. Teams finishing second and third are awarded silver and bronze medals.
Riccardo Fantinelli and Team Italy have advanced to Match Play of the 2025 European Amateur Team Championship, slotting in at the No. 4 position and easily among the eight teams to qualify through.
Fantinelli had a banner second round, posting seven birdies and no bogeys en route to a 65 (-7) to finish in a tie for 3rd overall among the 96 golfers in the field at 134 (-10). After scoring one birdie over his first six holes, Fantinelli birdied 7,8, and 9 to start a run of six birdies over his final 12 holes.
Team Italy was -24 as a group, tied with Denmark in the team score. England was atop the field at -44, while Ireland was second at -25.
Each team, consisting of six players, completes two individual stroke play rounds on Days 1 & 2 with five of each team's six scores counting towards their stroke play qualifying totals.
The top eight teams from the stroke play rounds of each championship qualify for the medal-contention 'Flight A' match play bracket. The next eight teams will compete in Flight B, and (where applicable) the remaining teams in Flight C.
Nations go head-to-head in match play on the last three days, with two foursomes matches in the morning and five singles matches in the afternoon.
In the match play brackets, teams are seeded based on their qualifying position, (1 vs 8, 2 vs 7 etc.). Winning teams advance in their brackets, while losing teams, and all those with no chance of winning medals, continue to play a shortened format of one foursomes match and four singles matches against other 'defeated' teams to determine final position.
To win the title, a team must qualify for Flight A (top-eight in the stroke play qualifying) and then win all three of its matches. Teams finishing second and third are awarded silver and bronze medals.
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