The 2017 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 11âÂÂ15 July at Montado Golf Resort in Palmela, Portugal. It was the 34th women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.
The hosting course, located in the Lisboa Region and Setúbal District, about 25 kilometres south of Lisbon, Portugal, opened in 1992, surrounded by vineyards and with an island green on the 18th hole, was designed by Jorge Santana da Silva.
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 three teams placed 17âÂÂ19 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.
19 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players.
Players in the teams
Seven times champions Sweden lead the opening 36-hole qualifying competition, with a score of 20 under par 700, four strokes ahead of team Italy.
Individual leader in the 36-hole stroke-play competition was Linnea Johansson, Sweden, with a score of 9 under par 135, two strokes ahead of four players on tied second place.
Defending champions England won the championship, beating Italy 4âÂÂ3 in the final and earned their tenth title. Italy's silver was their first medal ever in the history of the championship.
Team Sweden earned third place, beating Spain 4âÂÂ2 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
<small>* Note: Game declared halved, since team match already decided.</small>
Flight B
Bracket
Flight C
Team matches
Team standings
Final standings
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