European Girls' Team Championship

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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]

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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 courseLocationGoldSilverBronze
2025 Slaley Hall EnglandFlag of Spain.svg Spain Flag of Italy.svg Italy Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland [4]
2024Göteborg Golf ClubSwedenFlag of England.svg England Flag of Germany.svg Germany Flag of Italy.svg Italy [5]
2023Hossegor Golf ClubFranceFlag of Spain.svg Spain Flag of Italy.svg Italy Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands [6]
2022 Oddur Golf Club IcelandFlag of France.svg France Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Flag of Germany.svg Germany [7]
2021Montado Golf ResortPortugalFlag of Spain.svg Spain Flag of France.svg France Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden [7] [8]
2020Green Resort Hrubá BoršaSlovakiaFlag of Germany.svg Germany Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands [7]
2019Parador de El SalerSpainFlag of Denmark.svg Denmark Flag of Spain.svg Spain Flag of Italy.svg Italy [7]
2018 Forsgården Golf Club SwedenFlag of Italy.svg Italy Flag of Spain.svg Spain Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden [7]
2017St Laurence GolfFinlandFlag of Sweden.svg Sweden Flag of Italy.svg Italy Flag of England.svg England [7] [9]
2016Oslo GCNorwayFlag of Italy.svg Italy Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Flag of Spain.svg Spain [7]
2015Golf Resort KaskadaCzech RepublicFlag of Spain.svg Spain Flag of Italy.svg Italy Flag of Austria.svg Austria [7]
2014Golf Resort SkalicaSlovakiaFlag of France.svg France Flag of Italy.svg Italy Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden [7]
2013 Linköping Golf Club SwedenFlag of Sweden.svg Sweden Flag of France.svg France Flag of Spain.svg Spain [7]
2012GC St. Leon-RotGermanyFlag of Sweden.svg Sweden Flag of Spain.svg Spain Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark [7] [10]
2011Is MolasItalyFlag of France.svg France Flag of England.svg England Flag of Spain.svg Spain [7]
2010Aalborg GCDenmarkFlag of France.svg France Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Flag of Spain.svg Spain [7]
2009Kokkola GCFinlandFlag of Ireland.svg Ireland Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Flag of Spain.svg Spain [7] [11]
2008Murcar GCScotlandFlag of Sweden.svg Sweden Flag of England.svg England Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands [7] [11]
2007Oslo GCNorwayFlag of Sweden.svg Sweden Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark [7] [11]
2006Esbjerg GCDenmarkFlag of Germany.svg Germany Flag of Spain.svg Spain Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark [7] [11]
2005Lucerne GCSwitzerlandFlag of England.svg England Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales [7] [11]
2004 Le Golf National FranceFlag of Sweden.svg Sweden Flag of France.svg France Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden [7] [11]
2003Esbjerg GCDenmarkFlag of Spain.svg Spain Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Flag of Norway.svg Norway [7] [11] [12]
2002Torino GCItalyFlag of Spain.svg Spain Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Flag of Austria.svg Austria [7] [11] [12]
2001Oporto GCPortugalFlag of Spain.svg Spain Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Flag of France.svg France [7] [11] [12] [13] [14]
2000Stockholm GCSwedenFlag of Sweden.svg Sweden Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Flag of Finland.svg Finland [7] [11] [12] [15]
1999Katinkulta GCFinlandFlag of Germany.svg Germany Flag of Italy.svg Italy Flag of England.svg England [7] [11] [12] [16]
1997Frankfurter GCGermanyFlag of Spain.svg Spain Flag of Germany.svg Germany Flag of Italy.svg Italy [7] [11] [12] [17]
1995GC Grand-DucalLuxembourgFlag of Sweden.svg Sweden Flag of Italy.svg Italy Flag of Spain.svg Spain [7] [11] [12] [18]
1993Malaga GCSpainFlag of Spain.svg Spain Flag of France.svg France Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark [7] [11] [12] [19]
1991Hulta GCSwedenFlag of Spain.svg Spain Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Flag of France.svg France [7] [11] [12] [20]

Medalling nations' summary

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)104620
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)89421
3Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)44210
4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)3216
5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)27312
6Flag of England.svg  England  (ENG)2226
7Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL)1113
8Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DNK)1045
9Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)0134
10Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland  (CHE)0101
11Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)0022
12Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)0011
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)0011
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales  (WAL)0011
Totals (14 entries)31313193

Source: [21]

Winning teams

See also

References

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