2019 European Ladies' Team Championship
Golf competition
Golf tournament
GC Is Molas
Location in Europe
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Location in Italy
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Location in Sardinia
Show map of SardiniaThe 2019 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 9–13 July at Golf Club Is Molas, in Pula, Italy. It was the 36th women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.
Venue
The hosting course, located in Pula municipality in the Metropolitan City of Cagliari in the Italian region of Sardinia, located about 25 kilometres (16 miles) southwest of Cagliari, was inaugurated in 1975 and laid out by the Cotton, Pennink & Partners architectural studio to a design by Piero Mancinelli. Four Italian Open tournaments on the European Tour were previously held on the course.[1]
The championship course was set up with par 72.
Format
All participating teams played two qualification rounds of stroke-play with six players, counted the five best scores for each team.
The eight best teams formed flight A, in knock-out match-play over the next three days. The teams were seeded based on their positions after the stroke-play. The first placed team was drawn to play the quarter-final against the eight placed team, the second against the seventh, the third against the sixth and the fourth against the fifth. In each match between two nation teams, two 18-hole foursome games and five 18-hole single games were played. Teams were allowed to switch players during the team matches, selecting other players in to the afternoon single games after the morning foursome games. Teams knocked out after the quarter-finals played one foursome game and four single games in each of their remaining matches. Games all square after 18 holes 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 match-play, with one foursome game and four single games, to decide their final positions.
The four teams placed 17–20 in the qualification stroke-play formed flight C, to meet each other, with one foursome game and four single games, to decide their final positions.
Teams
20 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players.
Players in the leading teams
| Country | Players |
|---|---|
 Denmark | Cecilie B. S. Nielsen, Cecilie Finne Ipsen, Marie Lund Hansen, Puk Lyng Thomsen, Sofie Kibsgaard Nielsen, Karin Svanholm Fredgaard |
 England | Lianna Bailey, Annabell Fuller, Alice Hewson, Lily May Humphreys, Hannah Screen, Emily Toy |
 Germany | Leonie Harm, Sophie Hausmann, Aline Krauter, Polly Mack, Sarina Schmidt, Sophia Zeeb |
 Ireland | Shannon Burke, Paula Grant, Julie McCarthy, Jessica Ross, Lauren Walsh, Annabel Wilson |
 Italy | Letzia Bagnoli, Alessandra Fanali, Clara Manzalini, Angelica Moresco, Alessia Nobilio, Anna Zanussi |
 Scotland | Eilidh Briggs, Penny Brown, Hannah Darling, Chloe Goadby, Hazel MacGarvie, Shannon McWilliam |
 Spain | Marta Garcia Llorca, Maria Herraez Galvez , Elena Hualde, Ana Peláez, Marta Perez Sanmartin, Teresa Toscano Borrero |
 Sweden | Linn Grant, Frida Kinhult, Sara Kjellker, Ingrid Lindblad, Maja Stark, Beatrice Wallin |
Other participating teams
| Country |
|---|
 Austria |
 Belgium |
 Czech Republic |
 Finland |
 France |
 Iceland |
 Netherlands |
 Russia |
 Slovakia |
 Slovenia |
 Switzerland |
 Turkey |
Winners
Team Italy lead the opening 36-hole qualifying competition, with a 19 under par score of 701, four strokes ahead of defending champions Sweden.
Individual leader in the 36-hole stroke-play competition was 15 years old Pia Babnik, Slovenia, with a score of 9 under par 135, one stroke ahead of last years individual winner, Frida Kinhult, Sweden.
Team Sweden won the championship, beating Spain 5–2 in the final and earned their ninth title. This came to be the second of three titles in a row for Sweden.
Team Italy earned third place, beating Germany 5–2 in the bronze match.
Results
Qualification round
| Team standings
* Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the better total non-counting scores. | Individual leaders
Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score. |
Flight A
| Bracket
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Flight B
Bracket
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Flight C
Team matches
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Team standings
| Country | Place | W | T | L | Game points | Points |
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| Belgium | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13–2 | 3 |
| Netherlands | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10–5 | 2 |
| Iceland | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4–11 | 1 |
| Turkey | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3–12 | 0 |
Final standings
| Place | Country |
|---|---|
 | Sweden |
 | Spain |
 | Italy |
| 4 | Germany |
| 5 | England |
| 6 | Scotland |
| 7 | Ireland |
| 8 | Denmark |
| 9 | Czech Republic |
| 10 | France |
| 11 | Finland |
| 12 | Russia |
| 13 | Switzerland |
| 14 | Slovakia |
| 15 | Austria |
| 16 | Slovenia |
| 17 | Belgium |
| 18 | Netherlands |
| 19 | Iceland |
| 20 | Turkey |
See also
- Espirito Santo Trophy – biennial world amateur team golf championship for women organized by the International Golf Federation.
- European Amateur Team Championship – European amateur team golf championship for men organised by the European Golf Association.
- European Ladies Amateur Championship – European amateur individual golf championship for women organised by the European Golf Association.
References
- ^ "Championship Course". Is Molas Resort. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ "European Ladies' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ "European Ladies' Team Championship". European Golf Association. 13 July 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ Keogh, Brian (9 July 2019). "Ireland lead after round one at European Team Championships". Irish Golf Desk. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ Keogh, Brian (12 July 2019). "Irish Boys shock England as men and women fall in Europe". Irish Golf Desk. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ "Blågula segrar i världen, EM och VM, EM Lag damer, Sveriges guldlag" [Swedish victories around the world, European and World Championships, Winning Swedish teams]. golf.se (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
External links
- European Golf Association: Results
