2014 European Ladies' Team Championship

2014 European Ladies' Team Championship

Tournament information
Dates	8–12 July 2014
Location	Ljubljana, Slovenia 46°09′05″N 14°26′40″E
Course(s)	Diners CUBO Golf Course
Organized by	European Golf Association
Format	36 holes stroke play Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par	71
Length	5,941 yards (5,432 m)
Field	20 teams 120 players
Champion
France Shannon Aubert, Alexandra Bonetti, Céline Boutier, Emma Broze, Anaelle Carnet, Justine Dreher
Qualification round: 718 (+8) Final match 41⁄2–21⁄2
Location map
Diners CUBO Golf Course Location in Europe Diners CUBO Golf Course Location in Slovenia

The 2014 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 8–12 July at Diners CUBO Golf Course in Ljubljana, Slovenia. It was the 31st women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.

Venue

The course, located in Smlednik, in flat terrain without trees on the course, 12 kilometres north-east of the city center of Ljubljana, Slovenia, was designed by architect Peter Škofic and opened with 18 holes in 2009.

The course had previously hosted the 2012 individual European Ladies Amateur Championship.

The championship course was set up with par 71.

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. Turkey took part for the first time.

Players in the leading teams and home team

Country	Players
England	Gabriella Cowley, Hayley Davis, Bronte Law, Meghan MacLaren, Elizabeth Mallet, Charlotte Thomas
Finland	Matilda Castren, Karina Kukkonen, Sanna Nuutinen, Emily Penttila, Oona Vartiainen, Marika Voss
France	Shannon Aubert, Alexandra Bonetti, Céline Boutier, Emma Broze, Anaelle Carnet, Justine Dreher
Germany	Olivia Cowan, Franziska Friedrich, Laura Fünfstück, Thea Hoffmeister, Sophia Popov, Antonia Scherer
Italy	Alessandra Braida, Bianca Maria Fabrizio, Ludovica Farina, Roberta Liti, Laura Lonardi, Arianna Scaletti
Slovenia	Nastja Banovec, Ana Belac, Ema Grilc, Lara Ječnik, Katja Pogačar, Taša Torbica
Spain	Natalia Escuriola, Camilla Hedberg, Nuria Iturrioz, Noemí Jiménez, Marta Sanz, Luna Sobrón
Sweden	Frida Gustafsson Spång, Jenny Haglund, Emma Henriksson, Linnea Johansson, Madelene Sagström, Linnea Ström
Switzerland	Gioia Carpinelli, Cylia Damerau, Kim Métraux, Morgane Métraux, Nina von Siebenthal, Albane Valenzuela

Other participating teams

Country
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Iceland
Ireland
Netherlands
Russia
Scotland
Slovakia
Turkey
Wales

Winners

Eight times champions England lead the opening 36-hole qualifying competition, with a score of 7 under par 703, six strokes ahead of team Sweden.

Individual leader in the 36-hole stroke-play competition was Hayley Davis, England, with a score of 8 under par 134, three strokes ahead of nearest competitors.

Team France won the championship, beating Finland 41⁄2–21⁄2 in the final and earned their seventh title.

Switzerland earned third place, beating England 4–3 in the bronze match.

Results

Qualification round

Team standings

Place	Country	Score	To par
1	England	352-351=703	−7
2	Sweden	354-355=709	−1
3	Finland	358-359=717	+7
4	France	356-362=718	+8
5	Spain	356-364=720	+10
6	Germany	358-368=726	+16
T7	Switzerland *	355-372=727	+17
	Italy *	354-373=727
	Denmark	364-363=727
10	Ireland	362-367=729	+19
11	Iceland	366-366=732	+22
12	Belgium	363-373=736	+26
13	Austria	373-364=737	+27
14	Wales	367-373=740	+30
15	Netherlands	375-366=741	+31
16	Scotland	369-375=744	+34
17	Slovenia	373-377=750	+40
18	Slovakia	384-382=766	+56
19	Russia	381-389=770	+60
20	Turkey	403-400=803	+93

* 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	Hayley Davis	England	69-65=134	−8
T2	Cecilie Bofill	Denmark	67-70=137	−5
	Natalia Escuriola	Spain	67-70=137
4	Emma Henriksson	Sweden	71-67=138	−4
5	Bronte Law	England	68-71=139	−3
T6	Anaelle Carnet	France	68-72=140	−2
	Gabriella Cowley	England	69-71=140
	Maria Dunne	Ireland	72-68=140
	Noemí Jiménez	Spain	71-69=140
	Louise Ridderström	Sweden	68-72=140
	Antonia Scherer	Germany	71-69=140
	Oona Vartiainen	Finland	69-71=140

Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.

Flight A

Bracket

	Quarter finals				Semi finals				Final
	England	4
	Italy	3
					France	4
					England	3
	France	5
	Spain	2
									France	4.5
									Finland	2.5
	Finland	5
	Germany	2
					Finland	5.5
					Switzerland	1.5			Bronze match
	Switzerland	4
	Sweden	3
									Switzerland	4.5
									England	2.5

	Elimination matches				Match for 5th place
	Italy	3.5
	Spain	1.5
					Italy	3
					Sweden	2
	Sweden	3
	Germany	2
					Match for 7th place
					Spain	3
					Germany	2

Final games

France	Finland
4.5	2.5
E. Broze / A. Carnet	S. Nuutinen / O. Vartiainen 2 & 1
S. Aubert / C. Boutier 6 & 5	M. Castren / M. Voss
Celine Boutier 3 & 2	Oona Vartiainen
Alexandra Bonetti	Sanna Nuutinen 3 & 1
Shannon Aubert AS *	Karina Kukkonen AS *
Emma Broze 1 hole	Matilda Castren
Justine Dreher 2 holes	Emily Penttila

* Note: Game declared halved, since team match already decided.

Flight B

Bracket

	Round 1				Round 2				Match for 9th place
	Denmark	3
	Scotland	2
					Belgium	3
					Denmark	2
	Belgium	3.5
	Austria	1.5
									Belgium	3.5
									Wales	1.5
	Wales	3
	Iceland	2
					Wales	3
					Ireland	2			Match for 11th place
	Ireland	3
	Netherlands	2
									Denmark	3.5
									Ireland	1.5

	Elimination matches				Match for 13th place
	Scotland	4.5
	Austria	0.5
					Scotland	5
					Netherlands	0
	Netherlands	3
	Iceland	2
					Match for 15th place
					Austria	3.5
					Iceland	1.5

Flight C

Team matches

1	Slovenia	Turkey	0
4		1

1	Slovakia	Russia	0
3		2

1	Slovenia	Russia	0
3.5		1.5

1	Slovakia	Turkey	0
4		1

1	Slovenia	Slovakia	0
3		2

1	Russia	Turkey	0
3.5		1.5

Team standings

Country	Place	W	T	L	Game points	Points
Slovenia	17	3	0	0	10.5–4.5	3
Slovakia	18	2	0	1	9–6	2
Russia	19	1	0	2	7–8	1
Turkey	20	0	0	3	3.5–11.5	0

Final standings

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

Sources:

See also

• 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.

External links

• European Golf Association: Results