2014 European Ladies' Team Championship

2014 European Ladies' Team Championship
Tournament information
Dates	8–12 July 2014
Location	Ljubljana, Slovenia; 46°09′05″N 14°26′40″E / 46.15139°N 14.44444°E
Course(s)	Diners CUBO Golf Course
Organized by	European Golf Association
Format	36 holes stroke play; Knock-out match-play
Statistics
Par	71
Length	5,941 yards (5,432 m)
Field	20 teams; 120 players
Champion
	France; Shannon Aubert, ,; Céline Boutier, ,; ,
	Qualification round: 718 (+8); Final match 41⁄2–21⁄2
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The 2014 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 8–12 July at Diners CUBO Golf Course in Ljubljana, Slovenia. It was the 31st women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.

Venue[]

The course, located in Smlednik, in flat terrain without trees on the course, 12 kilometres north-east of the city center of Ljubljana, Slovenia, was designed by architect Peter Škofic and opened with 18 holes in 2009.^[1]^[2]

The course had previously hosted the 2012 individual European Ladies Amateur Championship.

The championship course was set up with par 71.

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 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 four teams placed 17–20 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[]

20 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players. Turkey took part for the first time.

Players in the leading teams and home team

Country	Players
England	, , Bronte Law, Meghan MacLaren, , Charlotte Thomas
Finland	Matilda Castren, , Sanna Nuutinen, , ,
France	Shannon Aubert, , Céline Boutier, , ,
Germany	Olivia Cowan, , Laura Fünfstück, , Sophia Popov,
Italy	Alessandra Braida, Bianca Maria Fabrizio, Ludovica Farina, Roberta Liti, Laura Lonardi, Arianna Scaletti
Slovenia	Nastja Banovec, Ana Belac, Ema Grilc, Lara Ječnik, Katja Pogačar, Taša Torbica
Spain	Natalia Escuriola, Camilla Hedberg, Nuria Iturrioz, Noemí Jiménez, Marta Sanz, Luna Sobrón
Sweden	Frida Gustafsson Spång, Jenny Haglund, , Linnea Johansson, Madelene Sagström, Linnea Ström
Switzerland	, , Kim Métraux, Morgane Métraux, , Albane Valenzuela

Other participating teams

Country
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Iceland
Ireland
Netherlands
Russia
Scotland
Slovakia
Turkey
Wales

Winners[]

Eight times champions England lead the opening 36-hole qualifying competition, with a score of 7 under par 703, six strokes ahead of team Sweden.

Individual leader in the 36-hole stroke-play competition was Hayley Davis, England, with a score of 8 under par 134, three strokes ahead of nearest competitors.

Team France won the championship, beating Finland 41⁄2–21⁄2 in the final and earned their seventh title.

Switzerland earned third place, beating England 4–3 in the bronze match.

Results[]

Qualification round

Team standings

Place	Country	Score	To par
1	England	352-351=703	−7
2	Sweden	354-355=709	−1
3	Finland	358-359=717	+7
4	France	356-362=718	+8
5	Spain	356-364=720	+10
6	Germany	358-368=726	+16
T7	Switzerland *	355-372=727	+17
	Italy *	354-373=727
	Denmark	364-363=727
10	Ireland	362-367=729	+19
11	Iceland	366-366=732	+22
12	Belgium	363-373=736	+26
13	Austria	373-364=737	+27
14	Wales	367-373=740	+30
15	Netherlands	375-366=741	+31
16	Scotland	369-375=744	+34
17	Slovenia	373-377=750	+40
18	Slovakia	384-382=766	+56
19	Russia	381-389=770	+60
20	Turkey	403-400=803	+93

* Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the better total non-counting scores.

Individual leaders

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1		England	69-65=134	−8
T2		Denmark	67-70=137	−5
T2	Natalia Escuriola	Spain	67-70=137	−5
4		Sweden	71-67=138	−4
5	Bronte Law	England	68-71=139	−3
T6		France	68-72=140	−2
		England	69-71=140
		Ireland	72-68=140
	Noemí Jiménez	Spain	71-69=140
	Louise Ridderström	Sweden	68-72=140
		Germany	71-69=140
		Finland	69-71=140

Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.

Flight A

Bracket

Quarter finals		Semi finals		Final



England	4

Italy	3
		France	4

		England	3
France	5

Spain	2
				France	4.5

				Finland	2.5
Finland	5

Germany	2
		Finland	5.5

		Switzerland	1.5	Bronze match
Switzerland	4

Sweden	3
				Switzerland	4.5

				England	2.5

Elimination matches		Match for 5th place



Italy	3.5

Spain	1.5
		Italy	3

		Sweden	2
Sweden	3

Germany	2
		Match for 7th place



		Spain	3

		Germany	2

Final games

France	Finland
4.5	2.5
E. Broze / A. Carnet	S. Nuutinen / O. Vartiainen 2 & 1
S. Aubert / C. Boutier 6 & 5	M. Castren / M. Voss
Celine Boutier 3 & 2	Oona Vartiainen
Alexandra Bonetti	Sanna Nuutinen 3 & 1
Shannon Aubert AS *	Karina Kukkonen AS *
Emma Broze 1 hole	Matilda Castren
Justine Dreher 2 holes	Emily Penttila

* Note: Game declared halved, since team match already decided.

Flight B

Bracket

Round 1		Round 2		Match for 9th place



Denmark	3

Scotland	2
		Belgium	3

		Denmark	2
Belgium	3.5

Austria	1.5
				Belgium	3.5

				Wales	1.5
Wales	3

Iceland	2
		Wales	3

		Ireland	2	Match for 11th place
Ireland	3

Netherlands	2
				Denmark	3.5

				Ireland	1.5

Elimination matches		Match for 13th place



Scotland	4.5

Austria	0.5
		Scotland	5

		Netherlands	0
Netherlands	3

Iceland	2
		Match for 15th place



		Austria	3.5

		Iceland	1.5

Flight C

Team matches

1	Slovenia	Turkey	0
4		1

1	Slovakia	Russia	0
3		2

1	Slovenia	Russia	0
3.5		1.5

1	Slovakia	Turkey	0
4		1

1	Slovenia	Slovakia	0
3		2

1	Russia	Turkey	0
3.5		1.5

Team standings

Country	Place	W	L	Game points	Points
Slovenia	17	3	0	10.5–4.5	3
Slovakia	18	2	1	9–6	2
Russia	19	1	2	7–8	1
Turkey	20	0	3	3.5–11.5	0

Final standings

Place	Country
	France
	Finland
	Switzerland
4	England
5	Italy
6	Sweden
7	Spain
8	Germany
9	Belgium
10	Wales
11	Denmark
12	Ireland
13	Scotland
14	Netherlands
15	Austria
16	Iceland
17	Slovenia
18	Slovakia
19	Russia
20	Turkey

Sources:^[3]^[4]

References[]

^ "CUBO golf course, History of the playground". CUBO Group. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
^ "Diners cubo Golf Course Ljubljana". Ljubljana Tourism. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
^ "European Ladies' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
^ "2014 European Ladies' Team Championship". European Golf Association. Retrieved 8 December 2021.

External links[]

European Golf Association: Results

[1] "CUBO golf course, History of the playground". CUBO Group. Retrieved 8 December 2021.

[2] "Diners cubo Golf Course Ljubljana". Ljubljana Tourism. Retrieved 8 December 2021.

[3] "European Ladies' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.

[4] "2014 European Ladies' Team Championship". European Golf Association. Retrieved 8 December 2021.

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