2018 European Ladies' Team Championship

The club was founded in 1963 and its course, located 15 kilometers north of Graz in Styria, Austria, was constructed by Dr. Bernhard von Limburger.[1]

The championship course was set up with par 72.

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 three teams placed 17–19 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.

19 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players.

Players in the leading teams

Country	Players
Denmark	Cecilie Finne Ipsen, Malene Krølbøll Hansen, Marie Lund Hansen, Puk Lyng Thomsen, Sofie Kibsgaard Nielsen, Karin Svanholm Fredgaard
England	Lianna Bailey, India Clyburn, Annabell Fuller, Alice Hewson, Lily May Humphreys, Sophie Lamb
Finland	Anna Backman, Daniella Barrett, Karina Kukkonen, Kiira Riihijärvi, Petra Salko, Emilia Tukianen
France	Shannon Aubert, Emma Broze, Mathilde Claisse, Agathe Laisné, Pauline Roussine-Bouchard, Chloe Salort
Germany	Miriam Emmert, Leonie Harm, Esther Henseleit, Aline Krauter, Polly Mack, Sophia Zeeb
Ireland	Paula Grant, Mairead Martin, Julie McCarthy, Olivia Mehaffey, Lauren Walsh, Annabel Wilson
Italy	Letzia Bagnoli, Virginia Elena Carta, Alessandra Fanali, Roberta Liti, Clara Manzalini, Angelica Moresco
Sweden	Linn Grant, Frida Kinhult, Sara Kjellker, Amanda Linnér, Maja Stark, Beatrice Wallin

Other participating teams

Country
Austria
Belgium
Czech Republic
Iceland
Netherlands
Scotland
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Switzerland
Turkey

Eight times champions France lead the opening 36-hole qualifying competition, with a 29 under par score of 691, eleven strokes ahead of team Germany.

Individual leader in the 36-hole stroke-play competition was Frida Kinhult, Sweden, with a score of 14 under par 130, one stroke ahead of Olivia Mehaffey, Ireland.

Team Sweden won the championship, beating France 4–3 in the final and earned their eighth title. This came to be the first of three titles in a row for Sweden.

Team Denmark earned third place, beating Italy 41⁄2–21⁄2 in the bronze match.

Qualification round

Team standings Place Country Score To par 1  France 344-347=691 −29 2  Germany 353-349=702 −18 3  Sweden 348-355=703 −17 4  Denmark 354-353=707 −13 5  England 347-362=709 −11 6  Finland 360-350=710 −10 T7  Italy * 350-363=713 −7  Ireland 354-359=713 9  Spain 359-355=714 −6 10  Austria 359-359=718 −2 11  Scotland 359-362=721 +1 T12   Switzerland 362-365=727 +7  Czech Republic 363-364=727 14  Netherlands 366-364=730 +10 15  Belgium 361-373=734 +14 16  Slovakia 369-376=745 +25 17  Slovenia 369-376=745 18  Iceland 386-368=754 +34 19  Turkey 379-378=757 +37 * Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the better total non-counting scores.

Individual leaders Place Player Country Score To par 1 Frida Kinhult  Sweden 66-64=130 −14 2 Olivia Mehaffey  Ireland 65-66=131 −13 T3 Kiira Riihijärvi  Finland 66-68=134 −10 Sophia Zeeb  Germany 69-65=134 5 Emma Broze  France 71-64=135 −9 6 Ainhoa Olarra  Spain 69-68=137 −7 T7 India Clyburn  England 66-72=138 −6 Agathe Laisné  France 68-70=138 Pauline Roussin-Bouchard  France 68-70=138 T10 Virginia Elena Carta  Italy 69-70=139 −5 Alice Hewson  England 70-69=139 Hannah McCook  Scotland 66-73=139 Dewi Weber  Netherlands 70-69=139 Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.

Flight A

Bracket   Quarter finals Semi finals Final                                France 6        Ireland 1    France 4        Denmark 3    Denmark 4.5        England 2.5    Sweden 5        France 2    Italy 5        Germany 2    Sweden 5        Italy 2 Bronze match    Sweden 4        Finland 3    Denmark 4.5      Italy 2.5     Elimination matches Match for 5th place                        England 3.5        Ireland 1.5    Germany 3.5        England 1.5    Germany 3      Finland 2   Match for 7th place            Finland 4      Ireland 1

Final games  Sweden  France 5 2 F. Kinhult / B. Wallin 1 hole S. Aubert / P. Roussin Bouchard L. Grant / A. Linner E. Broze / A. Laisne 3 & 2 Sara Kjellker 3 & 1 Pauline Roussin Bouchard Maja Stark Chloe Salort 1 hole Beatrice Wallin 4 & 3 Mathilde Claisse Linn Grant 3 & 1 Emma Broze Frida Kinhult 2 & 1 Agathe Laisne

Flight B

Bracket

Round 1 Round 2 Match for 9th place                                Spain 4.5        Slovakia 0.5    Spain 3.5        Czech Republic 1.5    Czech Republic 3.5         Switzerland 1.5    Spain 3.5        Belgium 1.5    Belgium 3.5        Austria 1.5    Belgium 3        Netherlands 2 Match for 11th place    Netherlands 3        Scotland 2    Netherlands 3      Czech Republic 2

Elimination matches Match for 13th place                        Slovakia 3         Switzerland 2    Scotland 4.5        Slovakia 0.5    Scotland 4      Austria 1   Match for 15th place            Austria 4.5       Switzerland 0.5

Flight C

Team matches

0.5  Iceland  Turkey 0.5 2.5 2.5

1  Slovenia  Iceland 0 5 0

1  Slovenia  Turkey 0 3.5 1.5

Team standings

Country	Place	W	T	L	Game points	Points
Slovenia	17	2	0	0	8.5–1.5	2
Turkey	18	0	1	1	4–6	0.5
Iceland	19	0	1	0	2.5–7.5	0.5

Final standings

Place	Country
	Sweden
	France
	Denmark
4	Italy
5	Germany
6	England
7	Finland
8	Ireland
9	Spain
10	Belgium
11	Netherlands
12	Czech Republic
13	Scotland
14	Slovakia
15	Austria
16	Switzerland
17	Slovenia
18	Turkey
19	Iceland

Sources:[2][3][4][5][6]

• 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.

• European Golf Association: Results