Team Cup: Schedule, tee times, format and players involved in Ryder Cup-style match play event on the DP World Tour
What is the Team Cup? Who is playing in it? Results and all you need to know about the DP World Tour's Ryder Cup-style match play tournament, where a Great Britain and Ireland team take on Continental Europe
Sunday 12 January 2025 13:04, UK
Results and scores from the Team Cup, where Great Britain and Ireland claimed an impressive victory, plus teams, format and all you need to know about the event.
The 'Team Cup' saw DP World Tour golfers from Great Britain and Ireland take on players from Continental Europe in a unique contest, held at Abu Dhabi Golf Resort and live on Sky Sports Golf.
Who played in it? How did the format work? Will the same players be involved in the Ryder Cup? Here's everything you need to know about the tournament, along with all the results from it...
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Team Cup 2025: Continental Europe 8-17 Great Britain and Ireland
Sunday singles results
- Tommy Fleetwood def Matthieu Pavon 3&1
- Tyrrell Hatton def Thorbjorn Olesen 3&1
- Laurie Canter def Romain Langasque 5&4
- Justin Rose def Julien Guerrier 3&2
- Niklas Norgaard def Matthew Jordan 3&2
- Paul Waring def Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen 4&3
- Antoine Rozner def Matt Wallace 1up
- Matteo Manassero def Tom McKibbin 1up
- Francesco Molinari tied with Jordan Smith
- Rasmus Hojgaard tied with Aaron Rai
Saturday afternoon foursomes results
- Tyrrell Hatton and Matt Wallace def Rasmus Hojgaard and Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen 3&2
- Matt Jordan and Tom McKibbin def Thorbjorn Olesen and Niklas Norgaard 1up
- Paul Waring and Laurie Canter def Antoine Rozner and Matteo Manassero 6&4
- Mathieu Pavon and Romain Langasque def Aaron Rai and Justin Rose 4&2
- Jordan Smith and Tommy Fleetwood def Francesco Molinari and Julien Guerrier 3&2
Result after session: Continental Europe 4-11 Great Britain and Ireland
Saturday morning foursomes results
- Thorbjorn Olesen and Niklas Norgaard tied with Tyrrell Hatton and Matt Wallace
- Justin Rose and Tommy Fleetwood def Francesco Molinari and Julien Guerrier 2up
- Aaron Rai and Tom McKibbin def Rasmus Hojgaard and Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen 4&3
- Paul Waring and Matt Jordan def Matteo Manassero and Antoine Rozner 5&3
- Mathieu Pavon and Romain Langasque def Jordan Smith and Laurie Canter 3&2
Result after session: Continental Europe 3-7 Great Britain and Ireland
Friday's fourballs results
- Matthieu Pavon and Romain Langasque def Justin Rose and Matt Wallace 3&1
- Jordan Smith and Laurie Canter def Rasmus Hojgaard and Rasmus Neergaard-Peteresen 1up
- Tyrrell Hatton and Tom McKibbin def Antoine Rozner and Julien Guerrier 3&2
- Thorbjorn Olesen and Niklas Norgaard tied with Matt Jordan and Paul Waring
- Tommy Fleetwood and Aaron Rai def Francesco Molinari and Matteo Manassero 4&2
Result after session: Continental Europe 1.5-3.5 Great Britain and Ireland
What was the Team Cup?
The Team Cup is a team tournament on the DP World Tour, where 10 players from Great Britain and Ireland take on 10 from Continental Europe in a three-day match play event.
Justin Rose and Francesco Molinari served as playing captains of the two teams, with the event added to the DP World Tour schedule to give players more experience in Ryder Cup-style competitions.
Donald selected the two line-ups, in consultation with the two captains, ahead of him taking charge of Team Europe against the United States in the Ryder Cup this September at Bethpage Black.
How did players qualify?
The leading four available players from the 2024 Race to Dubai rankings secured their spots in each team, with five captain's picks on both sides announced by Donald after the season-ending DP World Tour Championship.
The final member of each side was then named after the Nedbank Golf Challenge, the third event of the 2025 Race to Dubai, with both teams containing a mix of former Ryder Cup players and some of the DP World Tour's rising stars.
Who played for Great Britain and Ireland?
Tyrrell Hatton was the only LIV Golf player involved as he looks to make a fourth consecutive Ryder Cup appearance later this year, with Tommy Fleetwood, Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship winner Paul Waring and Matt Wallace all qualifying automatically.
Northern Irishman Tom McKibbin - who earned dual membership on the PGA Tour - two-time DP World Tour winner Jordan Smith, Laurie Canter and Aaron Rai were part of Rose's line-up, with Matthew Jordan completing the GB and Ireland team.
What about for Continental Europe?
Thorbjorn Olesen, who represented Europe at the 2018 Ryder Cup, was one of the four automatic qualifiers for Molinari's side, with Rasmus Hojgaard, Niklas Norgaard and Italian Matteo Manassero also securing spots via their Race to Dubai ranking.
Matthieu Pavon - the first Frenchman to win on the PGA Tour in more than 100 years - Antoine Rozner, and Challenge Tour No 1 Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen feature, with Molinari a playing captain and Romain Langasque the final selection.
Julien Guerrier was a late replacement for Nicolai Hojgaard after the Ryder Cup player had to withdraw due to illness.
What is the format?
Like the Ryder Cup, the Team Cup is a three-day match play team event comprising fourballs, foursomes and singles, although the big difference is that every player plays in every session.
The two 10-man teams went head-to-head across one session of fourballs on Friday before two sessions of foursomes on Saturday, with five matches in each session and all worth a maximum of one point.
Foursomes sees two golfers from one team compete against a pair from the other, with team members alternating between shots and each team using one ball. Fourballs sees each player use his own ball, with the lowest score from each pair counting for the score for their side.
Every player then returns for the Sunday singles, with a total of 25 points on offer across the three days.
Who has impressed in this event before?
The Team Cup - formerly known as the Hero Cup - was first played in January 2023, with Molinari leading Continental Europe to a 14½ -10½ victory over a GB and Ireland team captained by Tommy Fleetwood.
The competition shares similarities with the Seve Trophy, named after Seve Ballesteros and held eight times between 2000 and 2013, which gave captaincy experience to future Ryder Cup skippers Colin Montgomerie, Jose Maria Olazabal, Sir Nick Faldo, Paul McGinley and Thomas Bjorn.
What does this mean for the Ryder Cup?
Six players who featured in the 2023 version of this event went on to represent Team Europe in the Ryder Cup later that year, with Fleetwood - the playing captain for Great Britain and Ireland - claiming the winning point in the 16.5-11.5 success over Team USA in Rome.
Shane Lowry and Hatton were both part of Fleetwood's team, along with Robert MacIntyre ahead of his maiden Ryder Cup appearance, while Nicolai Hojgaard and Sepp Straka were both in the Continental Europe line-up.
It is likely that multiple players involved in the Team Cup will be representing Team Europe this September in New York, where Donald's side are looking to claim a first away victory since the 'Miracle at Medinah' in 2012.
How can I watch the next Ryder Cup?
Sky Sports will continue to be the home of the Ryder Cup, with all three days of the 2025 exclusively live. Stream the PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA Tour and more with NOW.
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