For the 1983 European Amateur Team Championship, the course was set up with par 71 over 7,108 yards.
Format
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.
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 seven teams placed 9–15 in the qualification stroke-play formed flight B and the four teams placed 16–19 formed flight C, to play similar knock-out play to decide their final positions.
Teams
19 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of five or six players.
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.
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.
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