2019 European Ladies' Team Championship
# 2019 European Ladies' Team Championship

The 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.

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

| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Italy | 343-358=701 | −19 |
| 2 | Sweden | 351-354=705 | −15 |
| 3 | Germany | 353-363=716 | −4 |
| 4 | Scotland | 348-369=717 | −3 |
| 5 | Spain | 353-368=721 | +1 |
| 6 | Denmark | 356-369=725 | +5 |
| 7 | England | 355-371=726 | +6 |
| 8 | Ireland | 360-369=729 | +9 |
| T9 | Slovenia * | 362-369=731 | +11 |
| T9 | France | 363-368=731 | +11 |
| T11 | Finland * | 363-369=732 | +12 |
| T11 | Switzerland | 361-371=732 | +12 |
| 13 | Czech Republic | 357-376=733 | +13 |
| 14 | Austria | 370-369=739 | +19 |
| 15 | Slovakia | 362-378=740 | +20 |
| 16 | Russia | 360-387=747 | +27 |
| 17 | Belgium | 365-384=749 | +29 |
| 18 | Netherlands | 370-387=757 | +37 |
| 19 | Iceland | 375-387=762 | +42 |
| 20 | Turkey | 409-405=814 | +94 |
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | Pia Babnik | Slovenia | 65-70=135 | −9 |
| 2 | Frida Kinhult | Sweden | 69-67=136 | −8 |
| 3 | Anna Zanusso | Italy | 66-71=137 | −7 |
| 4 | Annabel Wilson | Ireland | 70-68=138 | −6 |
| 5 | Ingrid Lindblad | Sweden | 69-70=139 | −5 |
| T6 | Alessandra Fanali | Italy | 68-72=140 | −4 |
| T6 | Vanessa Knecht | Switzerland | 68-72=140 | −4 |
| T6 | Alessia Nobilio | Italy | 70-70=140 | −4 |
| T9 | Hannah Darling | Scotland | 70-71=141 | −3 |
| T9 | Sara Kjellker | Sweden | 70-71=141 | −3 |
| T9 | Sara Kouskova | Czech Republic | 70-71=141 | −3 |
| T9 | Hazel MacGarvie | Scotland | 69-72=141 | −3 |
| T9 | Polly Mack | Germany | 70-71=141 | −3 |

Flight A

| Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Italy | 4 | | |
| Ireland | 3 | | |
| Ireland | 3 | Spain | 4 |
| | | Italy | 3 |
| Spain | 4 | Italy | 3 |
| Scotland | 3 | | | | |
| Scotland | 3 | | | Sweden | 5 |
| | | | | Spain | 2 |
| Germany | 4.5 | | | Spain | 2 |
| Denmark | 2.5 | | | | |
| Denmark | 2.5 | Sweden | 6 | | |
| | | Germany | 1 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| Sweden | 5.5 | Germany | 1 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| England | 1.5 | | | | |
| England | 1.5 | | | Italy | 5 |
| | | | | Germany | 2 |
| Elimination matches | Elimination matches | Match for 5th place | Match for 5th place |
| Scotland | 3.5 |
| Ireland | 1.5 | | |
| Ireland | 1.5 | England | 3 |
| | | Scotland | 2 |
| England | 3.5 | Scotland | 2 |
| Denmark | 1.5 | | |
| Denmark | 1.5 | Match for 7th place | Match for 7th place |
| | | Ireland | 3 |
| | | Denmark | 2 |
| Sweden | Spain |
| 5 | 2 |
| L. Grant / M. Stark 4 & 3 | T. Toscano / A. Pelaez |
| F. Kinhult / B. Wallin 2 holes | E. Hualde / M. Herraez Galvez |
| Sara Kjellker 4 & 3 | Maria Herraez Galvez |
| Ingrid Lindblad | Marta Garcia Llorca 2 & 1 |
| Beatrice Wallin AS * | Teresa Toscano AS * |
| Linn Grant AS * | Ana Pelaez AS * |
| Frida Kinhult 4 & 2 | Elena Hualde |

Flight B

Bracket

| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Match for 9th place | Match for 9th place |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Russia | 3 | | |
| Slovenia | 2 | | |
| Slovenia | 2 | Czech Republic | 4.5 |
| | | Russia | 0.5 |
| Czech Republic | 3 | Russia | 0.5 |
| Switzerland | 2 | | | | |
| Switzerland | 2 | | | Czech Republic | 3 |
| | | | | France | 2 |
| Finland | 5 | | | France | 2 |
| Austria | 0 | | | | |
| Austria | 0 | France | 3 | | |
| | | Finland | 2 | Match for 11th place | Match for 11th place |
| France | 3.5 | Finland | 2 | Match for 11th place | Match for 11th place |
| Slovakia | 1.5 | | | | |
| Slovakia | 1.5 | | | Finland | 3 |
| | | | | Russia | 2 |
| Elimination matches | Elimination matches | Match for 13th place | Match for 13th place |
| Switzerland | 3.5 |
| Slovenia | 1.5 | | |
| Slovenia | 1.5 | Switzerland | 4 |
| | | Slovakia | 1 |
| Slovakia | 3.5 | Slovakia | 1 |
| Austria | 1.5 | | |
| Austria | 1.5 | Match for 15th place | Match for 15th place |
| | | Austria | 3.5 |
| | | Slovenia | 1.5 |

Flight C

Team matches

| 1 | Belgium | Turkey | 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Netherlands | Iceland | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Belgium | Iceland | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Netherlands | Turkey | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Belgium | Netherlands | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | Iceland | Turkey | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |

Team standings

| Country | Place | W | T | L | Game points | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |

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