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

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

Winning nations' summary

CountryWinnerRunner-up
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 94
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 88
Flag of France.svg  France 44
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 26
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 21
Flag of England.svg  England 12
Four Provinces Flag.svg  Ireland 11
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 10
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 01
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 01
Total2626

Source: [19]

Winning teams

See also

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