The European Girls' Team Championship is a European
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championship for women up to 18 organised by the
European Golf Association
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. 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.
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
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have played in the event during their early careers. This include (as of August 2023) every European winner of
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tournaments from 2014 except one (
Suzann Pettersen
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Carlota Ciganda
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Charley Hull
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Céline Boutier
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Sophia Popov
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Mel Reid
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Leona Maguire
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Nanna Koerstz Madsen
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Maja Stark
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Linn Grant
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The championship is a counting event for Junior Solheim Cup qualification.
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
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Amalie Leth-Nissen
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, Cecilie Leth-Nissen, Anne Norman, Olivia Grønborg
*2018: Italy:
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Maja Stark
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Julia Engström
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Linn Grant
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Alessia Nobilio
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Ana Peláez
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, María Herraez Galvez, Marta Perez Sanmartin,
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, Paz Marfa Sans, Elena Hualde Zuniga
*2014: France: Mathilda Cappeliez, Elisabeth Codet, Eva Gilly, Agathe Laisné, Lauralie Migneaux, Marion Veysseyre
*2013: Sweden: Linn Andersson, Martina Edberg, Mia Landegren,
Linnea Ström
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, Emma Svensson, Jessica Vasilic
*2012: Sweden: Linn Andersson,
Isabella Deilert
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, Mia Landegren,
Linnea Ström
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Céline Boutier
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*2003: Spain:
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Azahara Muñoz
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, María Recasens, Adriana Zwanck
*2001: Spain: Immaculada de la Lama, Lucia Mar,
Elisa Serramià
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Azahara Muñoz
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*2000: Sweden: Eva Bjärvall, Josefin Gustavsson, Golda Johansson,
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*1999: Germany: Silke Braunschweig, Bettina Hauert, Jessica Issler, Denise Simon
*1997: Spain: María Beautell, Nuria Clau, María Gaccia-Estrada, Paula Marti
*1995: Sweden: Anna Becker, Marie Hedberg, Jessica Krantz, Eva-Lotta Strömlid
*1993: Spain: Alexandra Armas, Sara Beautell, Iciar Elguezabal,
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*1991: Spain:
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, Mabel Pascual del Pobil, María José Pons, Vanessa Vignali
European Golf Association
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European Ladies' Team Championship
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It was played in odd-numbered years from 1959 to 2007 and has been pl ...
– amateur team golf championship for women organized by the
European Golf Association
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The EGA's main activity consists of coordinating and co-organizing European amateur golf championships. It ...
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European Ladies Amateur Championship
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– individual golf championship organized by the
European Golf Association
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European Boys' Team Championship
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– amateur team golf championship for men up to 18 organized by the
European Golf Association
The European Golf Association (EGA) is a non-profit organisation based in Epalinges, Switzerland, which was founded in 1937 in Luxembourg.
The EGA's main activity consists of coordinating and co-organizing European amateur golf championships. It ...