1983 European Amateur Team Championship

The 1983 European Amateur Team Championship took place 22 – 26 June at Golf de Chantilly, in Chantilly in the Hauts-de-France region of Northern France, 38 kilometres (24 miles) north of the centre of Paris. It was the 13th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.

1983 European Amateur Team Championship

Tournament information
Dates	22 – 26 June 1983
Location	Paris, France 49°12′20″N 2°29′00″E
Course(s)	Golf de Chantilly
Organized by	European Golf Association
Format	Qualification round: 36 holes stroke play Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par	71
Length	7,108 yards (6,500 m)
Field	19 teams 114 players
Champion
Ireland John Carr, Tom Cleary, Garth McGimpsey, Mick Morris, Arthur Pierse, Philip Walton
Qualification round: 730 (+20) Final match: 5–2
Location Map
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Each team consisted of five or 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.

Team Scotland won the opening 36-hole competition, with a score of 8 over par 718.

Individual leader was Peter McEvoy, England, with a score of 8-under-par 134, five strokes ahead of Tore Christian Sviland, Norway. In his second round, McEvoy scored 8 birdies and 10 pars for an 8-under-par 63 score on the Chantilly course, set up with par 71 over 7,108 yards .

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 were 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. Games all square at the 18th hole were declared halved, if the team match was already decided.

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

Team Ireland won the gold medal, earning their third title, beating Spain in the final 5–2. Team Italy earned the bronze on third place, after beating Scotland 4–3 in the bronze match.