The 1973 European Amateur Team Championship took place 28 June â 1 July at Penina Golf & Resort in Portimão, Algarve, Portugal. It was the eighth men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.
The tournament was played at the resort's 18-hole Championship Course, originally called The Penina, founded by John Stilwell and designed by Sir Henry Cotton. The course was set up with par 35 over the first nine holes and par 38 on the second nine, finishing with two par 5 holes.
The weather was warm and sunny during the whole tournament.
All participating teams played one qualification round of stroke-play with 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. 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. In each match between two nation teams, two 18-hole foursome games and five 18-hole single games were played. Teams were allowed to use six players during the team matches, selecting four of them in the morning foursome matches and five players in to the afternoon single matches.
The six teams placed 9âÂÂ14 in the qualification stroke-play formed Flight B to play similar knock-out play and the four teams placed 15âÂÂ18 formed Flight C to meet each other, to decide their final positions.
18 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players.
Defending champions England won the gold medal, earning their fourth title, beating, just as at the previous event, Scotland in the final, this time with 4âÂÂ3. Team Sweden, earned the bronze on third place, after beating Spain 4âÂÂ3 in the bronze match.
Individual leaders in the opening 18-hole stroke-play qualifying competition was John Davies, England, Yves Hofstetter, Switzerland and Willie Milne, Scotland, tied first, each with a score of 2-under-par 71. There was no official award for the lowest individual scores.
Qualification round
Team standings
<small>* Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the better non-counting score.</small>
Individual leaders
<small> Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual scores.</small>
Flight A
Bracket
Final games
Flight B
Elimination matches
Match for 13th place
Match for 11th place
Match for 9th place
Flight C
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Final standings
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