# 1985 European Ladies' Team Championship

The 1985 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 3–7 July at Stavanger Golf Club in Hafrsfjord, Norway. It was the 14th women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.

## Venue

The hosting club was founded in 1956. The course, constructed by English course architect Fred Smith and situated in Hafrsfjord, 5 kilometres from the city center of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway, was completed with 18 holes in 1963, making it the second oldest 18-hole-course in Norway.
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. Games all square after 18 holes were declared halved, if the team match was already decided.
The seven teams placed 9–15 in the qualification stroke-play formed Flight B, to play similar knock-out play to decide their final positions.

## Teams

15 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players.
Players in the leading teams
| Country | Players |
| England | Linda Bayman, Trish Johnson, Susan Moorcraft, Carole Swallow, Jill Thornhill, Claire Waite |
| Ireland | Claire Dowling Hourihane, Maureen Madill Garner, Mary McKenna, Yvonne McQullan, Sheena O'Brian Keeney |
| Italy | Binaghi, Emanuelo Braito-Binetti, Stefania Croce, Elena Girardi, Stefania Scarpa, Soldi |
| Scotland | Alison Gemmill, Lesley Hope, Shirley Lawson, Donna Thomson, Belle Robertson, Pam Wright |
| Switzerland | Regine Lautens, Evelyn Orley, Jackie Orley, Priscilla Staible, Pia Ullman |
| Sweden | Helen Alfredsson, Eva Dahllöf, Sofia Grönberg, Camilla Karlsson, Anna Oxenstierna, Jessica Posener |
| Wales | Karen Davies, Sue Jump, Mandy Rawlings, Sue Thomas, Vicki Thomas, Helen Wadsworth |
| West Germany | Martina Koch. Patricia Peter, Ursula Beer, S. Haubensak, Martina Kötter, Stephanie Lampert |
Other participating teams
* Country
* Belgium
* Denmark
* Finland
* France
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Spain

## Winners

Team England lead the opening 36-hole qualifying competition, with a score of 32 over par 742, ten strokes ahead of team France.
Tied individual leaders in the 36-hole stroke-play competition was Helen Alfredsson, Sweden, and Stefania Croce, Italy, each with a score of 2-over-par 144, two strokes ahead of four players at tied third.
England won the gold, earning their sixth title, beating team Italy in the final 4–3. Team Switzerland, for the first time on the podium, earned third place, beating Sweden 51⁄2–11⁄2 in the bronze match.

## Results

Qualification round
| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | England | 372-370=742 | +32 |
| 2 | France | 383-369 =752 | +42 |
| 3 | Italy | 383-378 =761 | +51 |
| 4 | Ireland | 390-374=764 | +54 |
| 5 | Sweden | 391-377=768 | +58 |
| 6 | Wales | 389-385=774 | +64 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 386-391=777 | +67 |
| 8 | Spain | 389-389=778 | +68 |
| 9 | Scotland | 390-389=779 | +69 |
| 10 | West Germany | 783 | +73 |
| 11 | Denmark | 789 | +79 |
| 12 | Norway | 808 | +98 |
| 13 | Netherlands | 812 | +102 |
| 14 | Belgium | 816 | +106 |
| 15 | Finland | 832 | +122 |
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| T1 | Helen Alfredsson | Sweden | 73-71=144 | +2 |
| T1 | Stefania Croce | Italy | 72-72=144 | +2 |
| T3 | Trish Johnson | England | 73-73=146 | +4 |
| T3 | Martina Koch | West Germany | 73-73=146 | +4 |
| T3 | Vicki Thomas | Wales | 75-71=146 | +4 |
| T3 | Jill Thornhill | England | 75-71=146 | +4 |
| 7 | Marie-Laure de Lorenzi | France | 73-74=147 | +5 |
| T8 | Susan Moorcraft | England | 75-73=148 | +6 |
| T8 | Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue | France | 78-70=148 | +6 |
| T10 | Linda Denison Pender Bayman | England | 72-77=149 | +7 |
| T10 | Helen Wadsworth | Wales | 76-73=149 | +7 |
Flight A
| Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Final | Final |
| Italy | 4.5 | | |
| Wales | 2.5 | | |
| Wales | 2.5 | Italy | 4.5 |
| | | Switzerland | 2.5 |
| Switzerland | 4.5 | Switzerland | 2.5 |
| France | 2.5 | | | | |
| France | 2.5 | | | England | 4 |
| | | | | Italy | 3 |
| Sweden | 6 | | | Italy | 3 |
| Ireland | 1 | | | | |
| Ireland | 1 | England | 4 | | |
| | | Sweden | 3 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| England | 4.5 | Sweden | 3 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| Spain | 2.5 | | | | |
| Spain | 2.5 | | | Switzerland | 5.5 |
| | | | | Sweden | 1.5 |
| Elimination matches | Elimination matches | Match for 5th place | Match for 5th place |
| Wales | 4 |
| France | 3 | | |
| France | 3 | Wales | 4 |
| | | Spain | 3 |
| Spain | 5 | Spain | 3 |
| Ireland | 2 | | |
| Ireland | 2 | Match for 7th place | Match for 7th place |
| | | France | 4 |
| | | Ireland | 3 |
| England | Italy |
| 4 | 3 |
| T. Johnson / L. Denison Pender Bayman | E. Braito-Binetti / E. Girardi 5 & 4 |
| J. Thornhill / C. Waite 4 & 3 | S. Croce / Soldi |
| Trish Johnson 5 & 3 | Elena Girardi |
| Jill Thornhill 4 & 3 | Stefania Croce |
| Linda Denison Pender Bayman | Emanuelo Braito-Binetti 2 holes |
| Susan Moorcraft | Stefania Scarpa 2 & 1 |
| Claire Waite 3 & 2 | Binaghi |
Flight B
Bracket
| Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Match for 9th place | Match for 9th place |
| West Germany | 7 | | |
| Finland | 0 | | |
| Finland | 0 | West Germany | 5.5 |
| | | Denmark | 1.5 |
| Denmark | 7 | Denmark | 1.5 |
| Belgium | 0 | | | | |
| Belgium | 0 | | | Scotland | 4.5 |
| | | | | West Germany | 2.5 |
| Norway | 4 | | | West Germany | 2.5 |
| Netherlands | 3 | | | | |
| Netherlands | 3 | Scotland | 4 | | |
| | | Norway | 3 | Match for 11th place | Match for 11th place |
| | | | | Denmark | 6 |
| | | | | Norway | 1 |
| Elimination match | Elimination match | Match for 13th place | Match for 13th place |
| Belgium | 6.5 |
| Finland | 0.5 | | |
| Finland | 0.5 | Belgium | 4 |
| | | Netherlands | 3 |
Final standings
| Place | Country |
| | England |
| | Italy |
| | Switzerland |
| 4 | Sweden |
| 5 | Wales |
| 6 | Spain |
| 7 | France |
| 8 | Ireland |
| 9 | Scotland |
| 10 | West Germany |
| 11 | Denmark |
| 12 | Norway |
| 13 | Belgium |
| 14 | Netherlands |
| 15 | Finland |
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