2007 European Ladies' Team Championship

The 2007 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 10–14 July at Golf Club Castelconturbia in Agrate Conturbia, Italy. It was the 25th women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.

Venue

The hosting Golf Club Castelconturbia was refounded in 1984. The three nine-hole courses, situated in Agrate Conturbia, in the Italian region of Piedmont, 60 kilometres north-west of Milan, on land were golf was played 90 years earlier, was designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. and opened in 1987.^[1]

The club had previously twice hosted the Italian Open on the European Tour, 1991 and 1998.

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.

Teams

16 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players.

Players in teams

Country	Players
Austria	Stefanie Endstrasser, Cristina Gugler, Martina Hochwimmer, Nina Mühl, Sabina Pölderl, Christine Wolf
Belgium	Valentine Gevers, Emilie Geury, Laura Gonzalez Escallon, Laurence Herman, Tamara Luccioli, Bénédicte Thoumpsin
England	Rachel Bell, Naomi Edwards, Jodi Ewart, Florentyna Parker, Mel Reid, Kerry Smith
Finland	Satu Harju, Kaisa Korhonen, Suvi Mantyniemi, Elina Nummenpää, Rosa Svahn
France	Caroline Afonso, Audrey De Charne, Valentine Derrey, Elena Giraud, Morgane Bazin de Jessey, Alexandra Vilatte
Germany	Denise Becker, Stephanie Döring, Sandra Gal, Thea Hoffmeister, Stephanie Kirchmayr
Ireland	Karen Delaney, Tara Delaney, Danielle McVeigh, Maura Morrin, Marian Riordan, Deirde Smith
Italy	Alessandra Averna, Maranna Causin, Alessandra de Poli de Luigi, Camilla Patussi, Anna Roscio, Vittoria Valvassori
Netherlands	Christel Boeljon, Mariet van der Graaf, Kyra van Leeuwen, Joan van de Kraats, Dewi Claire Schreefel, Chrisje de Vries
Norway	Tonje Daffinrud, Marita Engzelius, Lene Krog, Caroline Martens, Lene H. Mørch, Amalie Valle
Scotland	Rachel Livingstone, Heather McRae, Emily Ogilvy, Roseanne Niven, Michele Thomson, Jenna Wilson
Slovenia	Pia-Zala Jenko, Teja Kikelj, Anja Kirn, Ursa Orehek, Tjasa Prelog, Tajda Sarkanj
Spain	Azahara Muñoz, Carlota Ciganda, Emma Cabrera-Bello, Araseli Felgueroso, Carmen Perez-Narbon, Belén Mozo
Sweden	Karin Kinnerud, Anna Nordqvist, Caroline Westrup, Pernilla Lindberg, Camilla Lennarth, Sara Wikström
Switzerland	Serafina Gutierrez, Melanie Mätzler, Stephanie Noser, Caroline Rominger, Natalia Tanno, Nina von Siebenthal
Wales	Tara Davies, Jo Nicholson, Lydia Hall, Becky Harris, Sahra Hassan, Breanne Loucks

Winners

Defending champions Spain lead the opening 36-hole qualifying competition, with a score of 14 under par 706, 16 strokes ahead of team Sweden on second place.

Tied individual leaders in the 36-hole stroke-play competition was Emma Cabrera-Bello, Spain, and Anna Nordqvist, Sweden, each with a score of 8 under par 136

Team Spain won the championship, beating Sweden 5–2 in the final and earned their fourth title and third in a row. Team England earned third place, beating Germany 4–3 in the bronze match.

Results

Qualification round

Flight A

Flight B

Bracket

Final standings

Place	Country
	Spain
	Sweden
	England
4	Germany
5	Italy
6	Finland
7	Wales
8	Belgium
9	France
10	Ireland
11	Scotland
12	Austria
13	Netherlands
14	Slovenia
15	Switzerland
16	Norway

Sources:^[2][3][4]

See also

• Espirito Santo Trophy – biennial world amateur team golf championship for women organized by the International Golf Federation.
• European Amateur Team Championship – European amateur team golf championship for men organised by the European Golf Association.

References

External links

• European Golf Association: Results