The 2016 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 5âÂÂ9 July at Oddur Golf Club in Garðabær, Iceland. It was the 33rd women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.
Oddur Golf Club was established in 1990 with a nine-hole course designed by Hannes Thorsteinsson, located in the municipality of Garðabær, 6 kilometres south of the city center of ReykjavÃÂk, Iceland. It was extended to the Urriðavöllur 18-hole-course in 1997, a heathland course flanked by lava from the dormant volcano Búrfell.
The championship course was set up with par 72.
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 9âÂÂ16 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 17âÂÂ20 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.
20 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players. Poland took part for the first time.
Players in the teams
Five times champions Spain lead the opening 36-hole qualifying competition, with a score of 10 over par 730, one stroke ahead of team Norway.
Individual leader in the 36-hole stroke-play competition was Maria Parra Luque, Spain, with a score of 4 under par 140, one stroke ahead of Antonia Eberhard, Germany.
Team England won the championship, beating Spain 4âÂÂ3 in the final and earned their ninth title and first since 1993. Six of the seven matches in the final went to the 18th hole. The championship was decided when, Solheim Cup-player to be, Bronte Law, England, sank the winning putt on the 18th green in her singles match against Ainhoa Olarra Mujika, Spain.
Team Germany earned third place, beating Switzerland 4âÂÂ2 in the bronze match.
Qualification round
Team standings
<small>* Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the better total non-counting scores.</small>
Individual leaders
<small> Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.</small>
Flight A
Bracket
Final games
Flight B
Bracket
Flight C
Team matches
Team standings
Final standings
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