The 2005 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 5âÂÂ9 July at Karlstad Golf Club in Karlstad, Sweden. It was the 24th women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.
The hosting Karlstad Golf Club was founded in 1957. The first nine holes of the course, situated 8 kilometres north of the city center of Karlstad, the largest city in the province Värmland in Sweden, was designed by Nils Skiöld and opened in 1959. The second nine holes opened in 1968. Another nine holes, designed by Sune Linde, was completed in 1989 and made it possible to combine two of the three different nine hole courses for an 18 hole round, with par 72 on all available combinations.
The club had previously hosted the individual European Amateur Championship for men in 1996 and the Swedish PGA Championship, for men as well as for women, in 1998.
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 seven teams placed 9âÂÂ15 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.
15 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players.
Players in the participating teams
Team England lead the opening 36-hole qualifying competition, with a score of 7 over par 727, one stroke ahead of defending champions Spain on second place.
Individual leader in the 36-hole stroke-play competition was Sophie Walker, England, with a score of 8 under par 136, one stroke ahead of her English teammate Felicity Johnson.
Team Spain won the championship, beating England 5âÂÂ2 in the final and earned their third title. The win came to be the second of three in a row for Spain. Team France earned third place, beating host nation Sweden 4âÂÂ3 in the bronze match.
Qualification round
Team standings
Individual leaders
<small> Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.</small>
Flight A
Bracket
Final games
Flight B
Bracket
Final standings
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