2018 European Golf Team Championships – Women's team

The 2018 European Golf Team Championships men's team event was an event forming part of the 2018 European Golf Team Championships tournament being played in August 2018 at Gleneagles, Scotland. 16 two-player teams took part in the competition.[1]

Women's Team Event
at the 2018 European Golf Team Championships
VenueGleneagles, Scotland
Dates11 August 2018
Competitors32 from 11 (16 teams) nations
Medalists
gold medal    Sweden
silver medal    France
bronze medal    Great Britain
← inaugural
2022 →
2018 European Golf Team Championships
Tournament information
Dates8–12 August 2018
LocationAuchterarder, Scotland
56°17′09″N 3°44′51″W / 56.28583°N 3.74750°W / 56.28583; -3.74750
Course(s)PGA Centenary Course, Gleneagles
Tour(s)Ladies European Tour
FormatMatch play
Statistics
Par72
Field32 players from 10 nations
(16 two-player teams)
Prize fund€500,000
Location map
Gleneagles is located in Scotland
Gleneagles
Gleneagles
Location in Scotland
← Inaugural
2022 →

The event was part of the 2018 European Championships, the inaugural edition of the European Championships, a multi-sport event which is to take place in Berlin, Germany, and Glasgow, Scotland from 2 to 12 August 2018. Sweden 3 took the title from the France 2 team on a second play-off hole - in effect the 20th hole, having finished all square after 18. The Great Britain 3 team won bronze.

Format

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The European Golf Team Championships are taking place at Gleneagles in Scotland from 8−12 August 2018, featuring a 50/50 gender split in the field with male and female professionals competing for equal prize money in a men's team match play championship, a women's team match play championship, and a mixed team 18-hole foursomes stroke play championship.

The women's team championships featured a round-robin group fourball format, on 8–10 August, with the winners of each of the four groups progressing to the semi-finals where foursomes will determine the winners, on 12 August. In the group stage, two points were awarded for a win, one point for a halved match, and no points for a loss. Ties between two teams in the standings were determined by their head-to-head result and if teams were still tied for first place then a sudden-death playoff would occur.[2]

Qualification

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Qualification for the Championships was via the European Golf Team Championships points tables based on Women's World Golf Rankings points earned from tournaments finishing between 10 July 2017 and 9 July 2018 with a maximum of three teams representing any one nation in each event.

Competitors

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Seed Country Players (rank)
1   Great Britain 1 Georgia Hall (10) & Laura Davies (201)
2   Great Britain 2 Catriona Matthew (211) & Holly Clyburn (250)
3   Iceland Ólafía Þórunn Kristinsdóttir (269) & Valdís Þóra Jónsdóttir (357)
4   France 1 Céline Herbin (242) & Astrid Vayson de Pradei (334)
5   Germany 1 Olivia Cowan (247) & Karolin Lampert (252)
6   Great Britain 3 Meghan MacLaren (273) & Michele Thomson (310)
7   Sweden 1 Emma Nilsson (322) & Lina Boqvist (419)
8   Spain Noemí Jiménez Martín (350) & Silvia Banon (422)
9   Germany 2 Isi Gabsa (349) & Leticia Ras-Anderica (410)
10   Norway Marianne Skarpnord (345) & Marita Engzelius (389)
11   Finland Ursula Wikström (308) & Noora Komulainen (447)
12   France 2 Justine Dreher (479) & Manon Mollé (396)
13   Sweden 2 Johanna Gustavsson (441) & Julia Engström (455)
14   Austria Christine Wolf (398) & Sarah Schober (494)
15   Sweden 3 Cajsa Persson (469) & Linda Wessberg (437)
16   Belgium Chloe Leurquin (554) & Manon De Roey (663)

Results

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Pool play

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Teams were divided into 4 groups of 4 teams and played round-robin matches Wednesday to Friday using the fourball format.

  • Round 1 – 8 August
  • Round 2 – 9 August
  • Round 3 – 10 August
Group A
Round Winner Score Loser
1 Great Britain 1 5 & 4 Spain
Germany 2 5 & 3 Belgium
2 Great Britain 1 4 & 3 Germany 2
Spain vs Belgium - Halved
3 Great Britain 1 4 & 2 Belgium
Germany 2 2 up Spain
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
1   Great Britain 1 3 0 0 6 1
9   Germany 2 2 1 0 4 2
8   Spain 0 2 1 1 T3
16   Belgium 0 2 1 1 T3
Group B
Round Winner Score Loser
1 France 1 4 & 3 Germany 1
France 2 2 & 1 Sweden 2
2 France 1 vs France 2 - Halved
Sweden 2 3 & 2 Germany 1
3 Sweden 2 4 & 3 France 1
France 2 1 up Germany 1
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
12   France 2 2 0 1 5 1
13   Sweden 2 2 1 0 4 2
4   France 1 1 1 1 3 3
5   Germany 1 0 3 0 0 4
Group C
Round Winner Score Loser
1 Great Britain 3 5 & 4 Iceland
Finland 3 & 2 Austria
2 Iceland vs Finland - Halved
Great Britain 3 5 & 3 Austria
3 Iceland vs Austria - Halved
Great Britain 3 vs Finland - Halved
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
6   Great Britain 3 2 0 1 5 1
11   Finland 1 0 2 4 2
3   Iceland 0 1 2 2 3
14   Austria 0 2 1 1 4
Group D
Round Winner Score Loser
1 Great Britain 2 3 & 2 Sweden 1
Sweden 3 5 & 4 Norway
2 Great Britain 2 1 up Norway
Sweden 1 5 & 4 Sweden 3
3 Sweden 3 2 up Great Britain 2
Norway 2 & 1 Sweden 1
Seed Player W L H Points Finish
15   Sweden 3 2 1 0 4 1
2   Great Britain 2 2 1 0 4 2
10   Norway 1 2 0 2 3
7   Sweden 1 1 2 0 2 4

Medal bracket

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Sunday, 12 August

Semifinals Gold medal match
      
1   Great Britain 1
15   Sweden 3 1 up
15   Sweden 3 20th hole
12   France 2
12   France 2 5 & 4
6   Great Britain 3 Bronze medal match
1   Great Britain 1
6   Great Britain 3 3 & 1

References

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  1. ^ "Teams unveiled for historic European Golf Team Championships". PGA European Tour. 16 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Golf – Daily Schedule". European Championships. Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.