2010 European Ladies' Team Championship


The 2010 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 6–10 July at La Manga Club in Cartagena, Spain. It was the 28th women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.

Venue

The hosting La Manga Club, located with three golf courses in the south-eastern region of Spain, Murcia, south of La Manga, and bordered by the Mar Menor and Calblanque Regional Park, was opened in 1972. The South Course was designed by golf architect Robert Dean Putman in 1971 and remodeled in 2005 by Arnold Palmer.
The championship course was set up with par 73.

Format

All participating teams played two qualification rounds of stroke-play with six players, counted the five best scores for each team.
The eight best teams formed flight A, in 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. Teams knocked out after the quarter-finals played one foursome game and four single games in each of their remaining matches. Games all square after 18 holes were declared halved, if the team match was already decided.
The six teams placed 9–14 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 three teams placed 15–17 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.

Teams

17 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players.
Players in the teams
CountryPlayers
Stefanie Endstrasser, Marina Kotnik, Nina Mühl, Christine Wolf, Claudia Wolf, Fanny Wolte
Fanny Cnops, Laura Gonzalez Escallon, Laurence Herman, Chloé Leurquin, Manon De Roey, Bénédicte Thoumpsin
Line Vedel Hansen, Charlotte Kring Lorentzen, Therese Kølbæk, Cathrine Orloff Madsen, Sara Monberg, Jinjira S. Rasmussen
Hanah Barwood, Hannah Burke, Holly Clyburn, Hayley Davis, Charlie Douglas, Rachel Jennings
Linda Henriksson, Elina Nummenpää, Sanna Nuutinen, Annika Nykänen, Noora Tamminen, Minna Vuorenpää
Lucie André, Valentine Derrey, Morgane Bazin de Jessey, Inés Lescudier, Marion Ricordeau, Audrey Riguelle
Pia Halbig, Thea Hoffmeister, Nina Holleder, Lara Katzy, Stephanie Kirchmaier, Valerie Sternebeck
Signy Arnorsdottir, Tinna Johannsdottir, Valdís Þóra Jónsdóttir, Ólafía Þórunn Kristinsdóttir, Ragna Olafsdottir, Nina Björk Geirsdottir
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Winners

Team Sweden lead the opening 36-hole qualifying competition, with a score of even par 730, one stroke ahead of host nation Spain.
Individual leaders in the 36-hole stroke-play competition was Camilla Lennarth, Sweden and Mireia Prat, Spain, each with a score of 6 under par 140, one stroke ahead of Carlota Ciganda, Spain and Caroline Hedwall, Sweden.
Team Sweden won the championship, beating Spain 4–3 in the final and earned their sixth title.
Team Scotland earned third place, beating defending champions Germany 4–2 in the bronze match.

Results

Qualification round
Team standings
PlaceCountryScoreTo par
1361-369=730E
2368-363=731+1
3364-377=741+11
4369-381=750+20
5381-375=756+26
6379-378=757+27
7381-378=759+29
T8 *377-383=760+30
T8383-377=760+30
10376-385=761+31
11379-385=764+34
12381-388=769+39
T13 *391=381=772+42
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Round4-with third
col-2SWEESPcol-endcol-begincol-2Round8
Round4
col-2Round4-with third
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