The 2001 European Ladies' Team Championship took place in 10–14 July at

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in the province of

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, . It was the 22nd women's golf amateur

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Venue

The hosting public course, in the municipality Meis, 60 kilometres north-east of the city of Pontevedra, Galicia,

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, opened its 18 holes in 2000. It is situated on the Monte Castrove, a hilly high plateau, in a light stone pine forest, with widespread fairways framed by stone pines and with six lakes around the course. Due to heavy fog on the course, play was cancelled the scheduled last two days of the tournament.

Format

All participating teams played two qualification rounds of

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with six players, counted the five best scores for each team. The eight best teams formed flight A, intended to play 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. 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 two teams placed 17–18 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. Due to the weather conditions, heavy fog over the golf course, on the days of the intended semi finals and final, the final order of the teams were decided based on the quarter-finals and the qualification stroke-play competition.

Teams

18 nation teams contested the event.

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took part for the first time. Each team consisted of six players. Players in the leading teams Other participating teams

Winners

Team

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lead the opening 36-hole qualifying competition, with a score of 30 over par 750, one stroke ahead of host nation team Spain. Individual leader in the 36-hole stroke-play competition was

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with a score of 2 over par 146, one stroke ahead of

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. Due to unplayable conditions the last two days of the tournament, the four semi finalist teams were ranked based on their qualifying round standings, why team Sweden was declared champions, earning their fourth title and also their fourth title in the last eleven championships. Spain earned the silver and Scotland the bronze. The other teams were ranked in a similar way.

Results

Qualification round ''Team standings'' *'' Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the better total non-counting scores.'' ''Individual leaders'' '' Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.'' Flight A ''Bracket'' ''* Note: Semi finals, final and bronze match cancelled due to unplayable weather conditions.'' Final standings Sources:

References

External links

European Golf Association: Results
{{European Ladies' Team Championship European Ladies' Team Championship Golf tournaments in Spain