European Boys' Team Championship

The European Boys' Team Championship (Jean-Louis Dupont Trophy) is a European amateur team golf championship for men up to 18 organized by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1980 and it has been played annually since.[1][2][3]

Since the European Youths' Team Championship, for men under 22, was discontinued in 2006, due to the trend of players reaching elite level at an earlier age, the European Boys' Team Championship has been regarded as the most important junior team event in Europe outside the British Isles. Many European players on the world's leading professional golf tours have played in the event during their early careers. This include (as of end of 2022) almost every European winner of professional major championships since 2010; Graeme McDowell, Justin Rose, Martin Kaymer, Sergio Garcia, Rory McIlroy, Henrik Stenson, Danny Willett, Francesco Molinari, Jon Rahm,[4] Shane Lowry and Matt Fitzpatrick.[5]

The championship is a counting event for the Junior Ryder Cup qualification.[6]

  1. ^ "European Boys' Team Championship (Jean-Louis Dupont Trophy)" (PDF). European Golf Association. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften, Jungen" (PDF). golf.de, German Golf Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Blågula segrar i världen, EM och VM, EM Lag pojkar (upp till och med 18 år)" [Blue and yellow victories around the world, European and World Championships, European Boys' Team Championship] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  4. ^ Hellsten, Carl Magnus (5 November 2019). "När Jon Rahm hade 15 klubbor i bagen på Lidingö GK" [When Jon Rahm had 15 clubs in the bag at Lidingö GC] (in Swedish). Svensk Golf. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  5. ^ "European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association". 19 October 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Gallacher announced as captain and qualification process for 2023 Junior Ryder Cup confirmed". rydercup.com. Ryder Cup Europe. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2023.