European Girls' Team Championship Explained

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

Ref.
2024Göteborg Golf Club Sweden Italy[4]
2023 Hossegor Golf Club France [5]
2022 Iceland Germany[6]
2021 Montado Golf Resort Portugal [7]
2020 Green Resort Hrubá Borša Slovakia
2019 Parador de El Saler Spain
2018 Sweden Sweden
2017 St Laurence Golf Finland [8]
2016 Oslo GC Norway
2015 Golf Resort Kaskada Czech Republic
2014 Golf Resort Skalica Slovakia
2013 Sweden
2012 GC St. Leon-Rot Germany [9]
2011 Is Molas Italy
2010 Aalborg GC Denmark
2009 Kokkola GC Finland [10]
2008 Murcar GC Scotland
2007 Oslo GC Norway
2006 Esbjerg GC Denmark
2005 Lucerne GC Switzerland
2004 Le Golf NationalFrance Sweden
2003 Esbjerg GC Denmark [11]
2002 Torino GC Italy
2001 Oporto GC Portugal [12] [13]
2000 Stockholm GC Sweden Finland[14]
1999 Katinkulta GC Finland [15]
1997 Frankfurter GC Germany [16]
1995 GC Grand-Ducal Luxembourg [17]
1993 Malaga GC Spain [18]
1991 Hulta GC Sweden France[19]

Medalling nations' summary

Source:[20]

Winning teams

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Emma Brown returns from retirement for European Women's Team Championship . The Telegraph . 24 February 2020.
  2. Web site: Big win for Babnik in Junior Solheim Cup qualifying . Ladies European Tour . 24 February 2020.
  3. Web site: 12 December 2022 . Gallacher announced as captain and qualification process for 2023 Junior Ryder Cup confirmed . 20 January 2023 . rydercup.com . Ryder Cup Europe.
  4. Web site: 13 July 2024 . News, England ends 19-year wait for EUROPEAN GIRLS' TEAM title . 15 July 2024 . European Golf Association.
  5. Web site: 15 July 2023 . 2023 European Girls' Team Championship results . 15 July 2023 . .
  6. Web site: 22 December 2022 . Blågula segrar i världen, EM och VM, EM Lag pojkar (upp till och med 18 år) . Blue and yellow victories around the world, European and World Championships, European Girls' Team Championship . 24 January 2023 . . Swedish.
  7. Web site: 10 July 2021 . Tre medaljer vid Lag-EM 2021, Brons till flicklandslaget . Three medals at the European team championships 2021, Bronze to the Girls National Team . 11 February 2023 . Swedish Golf Federation . Swedish.
  8. September 2017 . En gyllene generation . A golden generation . . sv . 1, 14, 16, 36-43 . 8/2017 . 2023-02-11.
  9. Web site: 14 July 2012 . Dubbla EM-guld till Sverige . Double European Gold to Sweden . 21 January 2023 . Swedish Golf Federation . Swedish.
  10. Web site: Mannschafts-Europameisterschaften, Mädschen . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20211104213154/https://www.golf.de/publish/imagedata/dgv/Internet_Sieger_und_Platzierte_1.1.pdf . 4 November 2021 . 24 March 2021 . golf.de, German Golf Federation.
  11. Book: Jansson, Anders . Golf - Den stora sporten, EM Girls . 2004 . Swedish Golf Federation . 91-86818007 . 202–203 . sv . Golf - The great sport, European Girls' Team Championship . 7 February 2023.
  12. Hellsten . Carl Magnus . September 2001 . Erövring Europa . Conquering Europe . Svensk Golf . sv . 172-173 . 9/2001 . 2023-01-23.
  13. September 2001 . Tävling, Amatörer, internationellt, EM, flickor . Competition, Amateurs, International, European Girls' Team Championship . Svensk Golf . sv . 169 . 9/2001 . 2023-01-23.
  14. September 2000 . EM Girls, Sveriges tjejer är bäst i Europa . European Girls' Team Championship, Swedish girls are best in Europe . . sv . 148-149 . 9/2000 . 2023-02-11.
  15. September 1999 . Amatörer, internationellt, Lag-EM, flickor . Amateurs, International, European Girls' Team Championship . . sv . 116 . 9/1999 . 2023-01-18.
  16. September 1997 . Amatörer, internationellt, Lag-EM, flickor . Amateurs, International, European Girls' Team Championship . . sv . 131 . 9/1997 . 2023-01-18.
  17. September 1995 . Internationellt, amatörer, Lag-EM, Damjuniorer . Amateurs, International, European Girls' Team Championship . . sv . 81 . 9/1995 . 2023-01-18.
  18. August 1993 . Amarörer internationellt, Lag-EM Girls . Amateurs, International, European Girls' Team Championship . . sv . 60 . 8/1993 . 2023-02-09.
  19. Sylvia . Luther . August 1991 . Historien upprepar sig, Internationellt Amatörer, Lag-EM girls . History repeated, International Amateurs, European Girls' Team Championship . . sv . 54, 65 . 8/1991 . 2023-02-09.
  20. Web site: European Girls' Team Championship – European Golf Association . 18 December 2017.

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