French International Boys Championship

French International Boys Championship

Tournament information
Location	France
Established	1926
Course(s)	Golf de Saint-Germain
Organised by	Fédération française de golf
Format	Stroke play followed by match play
Month played	April
Current champion
Oscar Couilleau

The French International Boys Championship, known as the Internationaux de France U18 - Trophee Carlhian, is an annual amateur golf tournament for men under 18 held in France.^[1]

The tournament was first played at Golf de Chantilly in 1926, and moved to Golf de Saint-Cloud in 1927. The competition has been played at many golf courses throughout France and has frequented several golf courses on more than one occasion.^[2] The trophy is named after French golfer Michel Carlhian (1911–1977).

From 1926 to 1950, the event was played in stroke play format. In 1951, it took its current form of a two-round stroke play qualification followed by a final match play bracket.^[3]

The championship did not take place 1940–1946, 1982, 1984 and in 2020.^[2] It is one of nine qualification events for the European team in the Junior Ryder Cup.^[4]

Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Venue	Ref
Internationaux de France U18 - Trophee Carlhian
2025	Charlie Rusbridge	41 holes	Matous Zach	Prieure	[5]
2024	Oscar Couilleau	3&2	Leevi Hellberg	Stade Français Courson	[6]
2023	Louis Anceaux	39 holes	Connor Graham	Saint-Germain	[7]
2022	Carl Siemens	2&1	Sean Keeling	Les Aisses	[8]
2021	Michael Mjaaseth	19 holes	Maxence Giboudot	Barbaroux	[9]
2020	No tournament
2019	Philipp Katich	9&8	Matteo Cristoni	Les Aisses	[10]
2018	Andrea Romano	5&3	Pietro Bovari	Saint-Germain
2017	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	4&3	Andrea Romano	Granville
2016	Guillaume Fanonnel	4&3	Thibault Santigny	Omaha Beach
2015	Alexandre Petit	3&2	Jonathan Gøth-Rasmussen	Barbaroux
2014	Guido Migliozzi	2 up	Augustin Holé	Médoc
2013	Dominic Foos	4&2	Harry Ellis	Le Touquet
2012	Velte Maroy	6&5	Petter Mikalsen	RCF La Boulie
2011	Kristoffer Ventura	3&2	Pierre Tillement	Belle Dune
2010	Moritz Lampert	6&5	Thomas Detry	Belle Dune
2009	Romain Wattel	1 up	Matteo Manassero	Toulouse-Seilh
2008	Sebastian Schwind	2&1	Erwan Vieilledent	Toulouse-Seilh
2007	Floris de Vries	37 holes	Frederik Kollevold	Toulouse-Seilh
2006	Sean Einhaus	1 up	Pontus Widegren	Toulouse-Seilh
2005	Alexandre Kaleka	5&4	Xavier Feyaerts	Toulouse-Seilh
2004	Wouter de Vries	3&2	Reinier Saxton	Toulouse-Seilh
2003	Dennis Küpper	4&3	Matteo Delpodio	Toulouse-Seilh
2002	Andrea Romano	4&3	Matteo Delpodio	Toulouse-Seilh
2001	Arnaud Delbos	6&5	Stefan Kirstein	Toulouse-Seilh
2000	Nicolas Colsaerts	9&7	Francesco Molinari	Toulouse-Seilh
1999	Stefano Reale	11&10	Thomas Roelofsen	Massane
1998	Michael Thannhäuser	1 up	Jean-Marc de Polo	Palmola
1997	Sergio García	9&8	Gary Birch	Palmola
1996	Lionel Alexandre	3&2	Fabrice Stoléar	Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
1995	Christophe Ravetto	5&4	Simon Hurd	Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
1994	Alexandre Balicki	1 up	Markus Westerberg	Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
1993	Tobias Biermann	2&1	Thomas Pulitini	Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
1992	Nicolas Beaufils	4&3	Antoine Soubran	National
1991	Pierre-Olivier Rousseaux	5&4	Nicolas Joakimides	RCF La Boulie
1990	Janeirik Dahlström	3&2	Lee Thompson	Wimereux
1989	Christian Cévaër	7&6	Ramuntcho Basurco	Bondues
1988	James Cook	6&5	Cyril Eichacher	Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
1987	Andrew Hare	2&1	Romain Victor	Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
1986	Yago Beamonte	2&1	Uli Zilg	Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
1985	Steven Bottomley	3&2	Luigi Figari	Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
1984	No tournament
1983	Steven Bottomley	2&1	David Fletcher	Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
1982	No tournament
1981	Andrew Stubbs	2&1	Erik Groth-Andersen	Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
1980	Andrew Oldcorn	6&5	Harry Goerke	Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
1979	Alastair Webster	6&5	François Illouz	Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
1978	Göran Knutsson	37 holes	Toby Shannon	Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
1977	Gordon Brand Jnr	2&1	Toby Shannon	Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
1976	Greg Turner	2&1	Tim Planchin	Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
1975	Gordon Brand Jnr	2&1	Tim Giles	Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
1974	Martin Poxon	6&5	Kai Flint	Saint-Cloud
1973	Philippe Ploujoux	4&3	Gilles Bourdy	Le Vaudreuil
1972	José Sousa e Melo	37 holes	Michel Tapia	Saint-Cloud
1971	Laurent Bailly	9&8	François Natali	Saint-Germain
1970	René Darrieumerlou	6&5	Patrice Léglise	Hossegor
1969	Georges Leven	38 holes	Victor Swane	Vichy
1968	Philippe Toussaint	8&6	Victor Swane	Le Vaudreuil
1967	Ari Simeonoglou	1 up	Ugo Camera	Aix-les-Bains
1966	Olivier Brizon	37 holes	Jean-Charles Desbordes	Saint-Cloud
1965	Jean-Pierre Charpenel	1 up	Veit Pagel	Aix-les-Bains
1964	Todd Van De Hey	6&5	Olivier Brizon	Évian
1963	André Coret	5&4	Raymond Wattinne	Saint-Cloud
1962	André Coret	2&1	Raymond Wattinne	Saint-Cloud
1961	Henri-Pierre Bonneau	3&1	Steffen Gruhn	Saint-Cloud
1960	N. H. Stephens	4&3	Peter Jochums	Évian
1959	Claës Jöhncke	4&2	Malcolm Gregson	Saint-Cloud
1958	R. Van Wyck	6&5	Lando Sabini	Saint-Cloud
1957	Freddy Rodesch	2 up	Gaëtan Mourgue D'Algue	Saint-Cloud
1956	Gaëtan Mourgue D'Algue	7&6	Michel Gontard	Saint-Cloud
1955	Alec Shepperson	6&5	Niels Thygesen	Saint-Cloud
1954	Al Geiberger	3&1	Niels Thygesen	Saint-Cloud
1953	Niels Thygesen	2&1	Alec Shepperson	Saint-Cloud
1952	Luis Rezola	6&5	Roger Lagarde	Saint-Cloud
1951	Gustav Adolf Bielke	2 up	Niels Thygesen	Saint-Cloud
1950	Jean Levy-Rueff			Saint-Cloud
1949	Jean-Paul Boullot			Saint-Cloud
1948	Yves Caillol			Saint-Cloud
1947	M. Carter			Marly
1940–46	No tournament
1939	Philippe Mallez			Saint-Cloud
1938	Jacques Larroze			Saint-Cloud
1937	Louis Murat			La Boulie
1936	Michel Boulart			Marly
1935	Philippe Boulart			Saint-Germain
1934	Pierre Maeght			Marly
1933	Jacques Petit-Leroy			Fourqueux
1932	Jean-Paul Boucheron			Marly
1931	Jean-Paul Boucheron			Marly
1930	Olivier Wormser			Saint-Cloud
1929	Henry L. Archibald			Saint-Cloud
1928	Henry L. Archibald			Saint-Cloud
1927	Georges Huet			Saint-Cloud
1926	Gratien de Gramont			Chantilly

Source:^[2]

• French International Amateur Championship

• Fédération française de golf