The 2010 European Amateur Team Championship took place 6–10 July at Österåker Golf Club in Åkersberga, Sweden.

The club was founded in 1988 and its Västerled course, opened the same year, was co-designed by Sven Tumba and Jan Sederholm and located 20 kilometres northeast of Stockholm, Sweden.

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

The eight teams placed 9–16 in the qualification stroke-play formed flight B, to play similar knock-out play, with one foursome game and four single games in each match, to decide their final positions.

Host nation Sweden, tied 14th after the first round, was close to miss the quarter-finals, but finally, by a single stroke, took the last place among the top eight, ahead of three teams.

Defending champions Scotland were among the teams which finished one stroke from qualifying for the quarter-finals.