2020 European Ladies' Team Championship
# 2020 European Ladies' Team Championship

The 2020 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 9–12 July at Upsala Golf Club, in Uppsala, Sweden. It was the 37th women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.

## Venue

The hosting Upsala Golf Club was founded in 1937, the 22nd oldest golf club in Sweden. The course, located in Håmö, 9 kilometres west of the city center of Uppsala, the fourth-largest city in Sweden, was inaugurated in 1965, initially designed by Gregor Paulsson and renovated in 2007–2008 by Canadian golf course architect Robert Kains.

The championship course was set up with par 72 over 6,100 yards.

## Format

The 2020 Championship was played in a different season and in a modified format than usual.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the championship was played in a reduced format, with 12 teams participating, each of them with four players. All competitors played one 18-hole-round of stroke-play on the first day. The team scores were based on the leading three scores of each team.

After the first day, the leading eight teams formed flight A and competed in knock-out match-play over the next three days. The teams were being seeded based on their positions after the stroke play. Contests consisted of one foursome game in the morning and two singles in the afternoon. If a game was level after 18 holes, extra holes were played to get a result, although if the overall match result was already determined, later games that were level after 18 holes were halved.

The remaining four teams, not qualified for Flight A, formed Flight B, to meet each other to determine their final standings.

## Teams

12 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of four players.

Among teams not participating were England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales.

Players in the teams

| Country | Players |
| - | - |
| Belgium | Rebecca Becht, Charlotte De Corte, Clarisse Louis, Céline Manche |
| Czech Republic | Kristyna Frydlova, Sára Kousková, Tereza Melecká, Jana Melichová |
| Denmark | Cecilie Finne Ipsen, Sofie Kibsgaard Nielsen, Amalie Leth-Nissen, Smilla Tarning Sønderby |
| France | Gala Dumez, Agathe Laisné, Lucie Malchirand, Pauline Roussin-Bouchard |
| Germany | Alexandra Försterling, Aline Krauter, Paula Schulz-Hanssen, Helen Tamy Kreuzer |
| Iceland | Andrea Bergsdottir, Hulda Clara Gestsdottir, Heidrun Anna Hlynsdottir, Saga Traustadottir |
| Italy | Alessandra Fanali, Benedetta Moresco, Alessia Nobilio, Anna Zanussi |
| Netherlands | Anne-Sterre den Dunnen, Lauren Holmey, Romy Meekers, Danielle Modder |
| Slovakia | Anika Bolcikova, Katarina Drocarova, Antonia Zacharovska, Sara Zrnikova |
| Spain | Marta Garcia Llorca, Carolina López-Chacarra, Ana Peláez, Teresa Toscano Borrero |
| Sweden | Linn Grant, Ingrid Lindblad, Maja Stark, Beatrice Wallin |
| Switzerland | Tiffany Arafi, Lily Huerlimann, Ginnie Lee, Caroline Sturdza |

## Winners

Team Switzerland lead the opening 18-hole qualifying competition, with a 3 under par score of 216, four strokes ahead of France.

Individual leader in the 18-hole stroke-play competition was Pauline Roussin-Bouchard, France, with a score of 4 under par 68, one stroke ahead Ginnie Lee, Switzerland.

Host nation and defending champions Sweden won the championship, beating Germany 2–1 in the final and earned their tenth title and the third in a row.

Team Denmark earned third place, beating Switzerland 21⁄2–1⁄2 in the bronze match.

## Results

Qualification round

| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Switzerland | 213 | −3 |
| 2 | France | 215 | −1 |
| T3 | Denmark * | 216 | E |
| T3 | Italy | 216 | E |
| T5 | Sweden * | 218 | +2 |
| T5 | Spain | 218 | +2 |
| 7 | Germany | 220 | +4 |
| 8 | Iceland | 221 | +5 |
| 9 | Czech Republic | 224 | +8 |
| T10 | Netherlands * | 231 | +15 |
| T10 | Slovakia | 231 | +15 |
| 12 | Belgium | 234 | +18 |
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | Pauline Roussin-Bouchard | France | 68 | −4 |
| 2 | Ginnie Lee | Switzerland | 69 | −3 |
| 3 | Cecilie Finne Ipsen | Denmark | 70 | −2 |
| 3 | Aline Krauter | Germany | 70 | −2 |
| 3 | Ingrid Lindblad | Sweden | 70 | −2 |
| T6 | Hulda Clara Gestsdottir | Iceland | 71 | −1 |
| T6 | Benedetta Moresco | Italy | 71 | −1 |
| T6 | Caroline Sturdza | Switzerland | 71 | −1 |
| T9 | Sara Kouskova | Czech Republic | 72 | E |
| T9 | Agathe Laisné | France | 72 | E |
| T9 | Alessia Nobilio | Italy | 72 | E |
| T9 | Ana Peláez | Spain | 72 | E |

Flight A

| Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Switzerland | 3 | | |
| Iceland | 0 | | |
| Iceland | 0 | Sweden | 3 |
| | | Switzerland | 0 |
| Sweden | 2 | Switzerland | 0 |
| Italy | 1 | | | | |
| Italy | 1 | | | Sweden | 2 |
| | | | | Germany | 1 |
| Denmark | 2 | | | Germany | 1 |
| Spain | 1 | | | | |
| Spain | 1 | Germany | 2 | | |
| | | Denmark | 1 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| Germany | 2 | Denmark | 1 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| France | 1 | | | | |
| France | 1 | | | Denmark | 2.5 |
| | | | | Switzerland | 0.5 |
| Elimination matches | Elimination matches | Match for 5th place | Match for 5th place |
| Italy | 3 |
| Iceland | 0 | | |
| Iceland | 0 | Italy | 2 |
| | | France | 1 |
| France | 2 | France | 1 |
| Spain | 1 | | |
| Spain | 1 | Match for 7th place | Match for 7th place |
| | | Spain | 3 |
| | | Iceland | 0 |
| Sweden | Germany |
| 2 | 1 |
| M. Stark / B. Wallin 4 & 3 | A. Fosterling / H. Tamy Kreutzer |
| Linn Grant 3 & 2 | Paula Schultz-Hansen |
| Ingrid Lindblad | Aline Krauter 3 & 2 |

Flight B

Team matches

| 1 | Czech Republic | Belgium | 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 1 | Netherlands | Slovakia | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Netherlands | Belgium | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Czech Republic | Slovakia | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Belgium | Slovakia | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Czech Republic | Netherlands | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |

Team standings

| Country | Place | W | T | L | Game points | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Czech Republic | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.5–2.5 | 3 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7–2 | 2 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.5–6.5 | 1 |
| Slovakia | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2–7 | 0 |

Final standings

| Place | Country |
| - | - |
| | Sweden |
| | Germany |
| | Denmark |
| 4 | Switzerland |
| 5 | Italy |
| 6 | France |
| 7 | Spain |
| 8 | Iceland |
| 9 | Czech Republic |
| 10 | Netherlands |
| 11 | Belgium |
| 12 | Slovakia |

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