III World Cup · Pitch and putt - The Netherlands 2008 -
Teams	14
Host	Arnhem
Date	October 16 to 18
Podium
Champions Second place Third place Fourth place	Ireland Netherlands Catalonia Great Britain

The 2008 Pitch and putt World Cup was held on the Papendal course, close to Arnhem (Netherlands) and was the third edition for this championship promoted by the Federation of International Pitch and Putt Associations (FIPPA), with 14 national teams. Ireland won the World Cup after defeating The Netherlands in the final.

Ireland   Paul O'Brien   Raymond Murphy   Derek Courtney   Breda Brophy (cp)

The Netherlands   Patrick Luning   Jan Tijhuis   Rolf Kwant   R.Huberts /M.Lutterop

Catalonia   Salvador Garangou   Daniel Giménez   Fernando Cano   Xavier Ponsdomènech

Great Britain   Steve Deeble   John Deeble   Anthony O'Brien   Rone Cope (cp)

Andorra   Toni Armengol   Guillem Escabrós   Josep Escabrós   Francesc Gaset (cp)

Australia   James Rogerson   Stewart Genge   Marie Hutchison   Charlie Hutchison (cp)

France   Jean-Claude Richard   Bernard Dinnat   Christian Auziere   Pierre Rongier (cp)

Chile   Fernando Valenzuela   Daniel Valenzuela   Guillermo Aranciba   Juan Moran (cp)

Norway   Anders Olsen   Toni Ede   Jan Andersen   Jo G Brand (cp)

Italy   Enrico Ciuffarella   Angelo Fusco   Vanni Rastrelli   Fabrizio Frassoldati

Switzerland   Claudio Spescha   Marco Bernardini   Oliver Schumacher   Oliver Schumacher

San Marino   Marco Galassi   Loris Riccardi   Roberto Bianchi   Giulio Caramaschi (cp)

Germany   Heiko Tigges   Ralf Kerkeling   Silvio Dietz   Silvio Dietz (cp)

Belgium   Antoine Ferdin   Jonathan Debacker   Jean-François Cornez   Matthieu Donadieu (cp)

Places 9-14

GROUP A	Pts	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	DP
San Marino	3	2	1	1	0	7,5	2,5	+5
Norway	3	2	1	1	0	6,5	3,5	+3
Belgium	0	2	0	0	2	1	9	-8

October 16 and 17
	Norway	4-1	Belgium	Papendal Course

October 17
	San Marino	5-0	Belgium	Papendal Course

October 17
	Norway	2,5-2,5	San Marino	Papendal Course

GROUP B	Pts	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	DP
Switzerland	3	2	1	1	0	5,5	4,5	+1
Italy	2	2	1	0	1	5,5	4,5	+1
Germany	1	2	0	1	1	4	6	-2

October 16 and 17
	Italy	3,5-1,5	Germany	Papendal Course

October 17
	Switzerland	2,5-2,5	Germany	Papendal Course

October 17
	Italy	2-3	Switzerland	Papendal Course

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					Final
	1	Ireland	5
	8	Chile	0
						1	Ireland	3,5
						4	Great Britain	1,5
	5	Andorra	0,5
	4	Great Britain	4,5
											1	Ireland	4
											2	The Netherlands	1
	3	Catalonia	3
	6	Australia	2
						3	Catalonia	0,5
						2	The Netherlands	4,5
	7	France	1
	2	The Netherlands	4

Quarter finals

October 16 and 17
	Ireland	5-0	Chile	Papendal Course

October 16 and 17
	Great Britain	4,5-0,5	Andorra	Papendal Course

October 16 and 17
	Catalonia	3-2	Australia	Papendal Course

October 16 and 17
	The Netherlands	4-1	France	Papendal Course

Places 5-8

October 17
	Chile	3-2	Andorra	Papendal Course

October 16 and 17
	Australia	1,5-3,5	France	Papendal Course

Semifinals

October 17
	Ireland	3,5-1,5	Great Britain	Papendal Course

October 16 and 17
	The Netherlands	4,5-0,5	Catalonia	Papendal Course

Places 13-14

October 18
	Belgium	2-3	Germany	Papendal Course

Places 11-12

October 18
	Norway	3,5-1,5	Italy	Papendal Course

Places 9-10

October 18
	San Marino	4-1	Switzerland	Papendal Course

Places 7-8

October 18
	Australia	2-3	Andorra	Papendal Course

Places 5-6

October 18
	France	2-3	Chile	Papendal Course

Places 3-4

October 18
	Catalonia	3,5-1,5	Great Britain	Papendal Course

FINAL

October 18
	Ireland	4-1	The Netherlands	Papendal Course

Champions Ireland

Final standings
1	Ireland
2	The Netherlands
3	Catalonia
4	Great Britain
5	Chile
6	France
7	Andorra
8	Australia
9	San Marino
10	Switzerland
11	Norway
12	Italy
13	Germany
14	Belgium

• Pitch and Putt World Cup

• Qualifying round
• Groups for 9 to 14 places
• Quarter finals
• Semifinals and places 5-8
• Finals

• World Cup 2008
• Federation of International Pitch and Putt Associations