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

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

Medalling nations' summary

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Spain (ESP)94619
2 Sweden (SWE)89421
3 France (FRA)44210
4 Germany (GER)3216
5 Italy (ITA)26311
6 England (ENG)2226
7 Ireland (IRL)1102
8 Denmark (DNK)1045
9 Netherlands (NED)0134
10 Switzerland (CHE)0101
11 Austria (AUT)0022
12 Finland (FIN)0011
 Norway (NOR)0011
 Wales (WAL)0011
Totals (14 entries)30303090

Source:[20]

Winning teams

See also

References

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