The four best teams formed flight A, were the winner was determined by a round-robin system.

A second division, named European Men's Challenge Trophy, was introduced, giving the participating teams the opportunity to qualify for next year's championship, by finishing top three, replacing the three last finishing teams in the first division.

[3] The year after, the Challenge Trophy was renamed The European Amateur Team Championship Division 2.

The format consists of two rounds of stroke play, out of which the five lowest scores from each team's six players will count each day.

Only teams in contention for a medal will play a match format of two foursomes and five singles, while the other teams will play a one foursome and four singles match format.