European Girls' Team Championship

The European Girls' Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for women up to 18 organised by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1991. It was played in odd-numbered years from 1991 to 1999 and has been played annually since 1999.[1]

Since the European Lady Junior's Team Championship for women under 22, was discontinued in 2006, due to the trend of players reaching elite level at an earlier age, the European Girls' Team Championship has been regarded as the most important junior team event in Europe outside the British Isles.

Many female European players on the world's leading professional golf tours have played in the event during their early careers. This include (as of August 2023) every European winner of LPGA Tour tournaments from 2014 except one (Suzann Pettersen, Anna Nordqvist, Caroline Masson, Carlota Ciganda, Charley Hull, Pernilla Lindberg, Georgia Hall, Céline Boutier, Madelene Sagström, Sophia Popov, Mel Reid, Matilda Castren, Leona Maguire, Nanna Koerstz Madsen, Maja Stark, Jodi Ewart Shadoff and Linn Grant and also American Jessica Korda representing the Czech Republic).

The championship is a counting event for Junior Solheim Cup qualification.[2][3]

Format

The championship can be contested by women aged 18 years old or younger.

The format consists of 20 teams, each of 6 players, competing in two rounds of stroke play, out of which the five lowest scores from each team's six players will count each day. The total addition of the five lowest scores will constitute the team's score and determine which team is qualified for the last three rounds of match play.

Only teams in contention for a medal will play a match format of two foursomes and five singles, while the other teams will play a one foursome and four singles match format.

Up to and including 2010, each team consisted of four players. The 2020 event took place in a reduced format, with four players in each team, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Results
YearVenueLocationWinnersRunners-up Reference
2023Hossegor Golf ClubFrance Spain Italy [4]
2022Oddur Golf ClubIceland France Sweden [5]
2021Montado Golf ResortPortugal Spain France [5][6]
2020Green Resort Hrubá BoršaSlovakia Germany Sweden [5]
2019Parador de El SalerSpain Denmark Spain [5]
2018Forsgården GCSweden Italy Spain [5]
2017St Laurence GolfFinland Sweden Italy [5][7]
2016Oslo GCNorway Italy Sweden [5]
2015Golf Resort KaskadaCzech Republic Spain Italy [5]
2014Golf Resort SkalicaSlovakia France Italy [5]
2013Linköping GCSweden Sweden France [5]
2012GC St. Leon-RotGermany Sweden Spain [5][8]
2011Is MolasItaly France England [5]
2010Aalborg GCDenmark France Ireland [5]
2009Kokkola GCFinland Ireland Sweden [5][9]
2008Murcar GCScotland Sweden England [5][9]
2007Oslo GCNorway Sweden Netherlands [5][9]
2006Esbjerg GCDenmark Germany Spain [5][9]
2005Lucerne GCSwitzerland England Sweden [5][9]
2004Le Golf NationalFrance Sweden France [5][9]
2003Esbjerg GCDenmark Spain Sweden [5][9][10]
2002Torino GCItaly Spain Sweden [5][9][10]
2001Oporto GCPortugal Spain Sweden [5][9][10][11][12]
2000Stockholm GCSweden Sweden  Switzerland [5][9][10][13]
1999Katinkulta GCFinland Germany Italy [5][9][10][14]
1997Frankfurter GCGermany Spain Germany [5][9][10][15]
1995GC Grand-DucalLuxembourg Sweden Italy [5][9][10][16]
1993Malaga GCSpain Spain France [5][9][10][17]
1991Hulta GCSweden Spain Sweden [5][9][10][18]

Winning nations' summary
CountryWinnerRunner-up
 Spain94
 Sweden88
 France44
 Italy26
 Germany21
 England12
 Ireland11
 Denmark10
 Netherlands01
  Switzerland01
Total2626

Source:[19]

Winning teams

See also

References
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