# 1983 European Ladies' Team Championship

The 1983 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 22–26 June at the Royal Waterloo Golf Club in Lasne, Belgium. It was the 13th women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.

## Venue

The hosting club was founded in 1923 by Rodolphe Seeldrayers. The course was designed by architect Frederick William Hawtree and established in 1961 in Ohain, Lasne, in the region of Wallon Brabant, close to the historic Waterloo battlefield, 20 kilometres south-east of the city center of Brussels, Belgium.
The championship course was set up with par 73.

## 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 four teams placed 9–12 in the qualification stroke-play formed Flight B and the four teams placed 13–16 formed flight C, to play similar knock-out play to decide their final positions.

## Teams

A record number of 16 nation teams contested the event. Finland and Iceland took part for the first time. Each team consisted of six players.
Players in the leading teams
| Country | Players |
| England | Kitrina Douglas, Linda Bayman, Beverley New, Penny Grice, Jill Thornhill, Claire Waite |
| France | Eliane Berthét, Karine Espinasse, Marie-Laure de Lorenzi, Cécilia Mourgue d'Algue, Corine Soules, M. L. Zivy |
| Ireland | Claire Dowling Hourihane, Eavan Higgins, Maureen Madill, Mary McKenna, Carol Wickham, Philomena Wickham |
| Scotland | Wilma Aitken, Fiona Anderson, Jane Connachan, Belle Robertson, Gillian Stewart, Pam Wright |
| Spain | Carmen Maestre, Maria Orueta, Macarena Tey, Maria Castilla, Vicky Pertierra |
| Sweden | Helen Alfredsson, Eva Dahlöf, Hillevi Hagström, Viveca Hoff, Liselotte Neumann, Anna Oxenstierna |
| Wales | Audrey Briggs, M. Rawlings, Vicki Thomas, J. Richards, Sharon Roberts, Tegwen Thomas |
| West Germany | Imma Bockelmann, Susanne Knödler, Martina Koch. Astrid Peter, Elizabeth Peter, Ines Umsen |
Other participating teams
* Country
* Belgium
* Denmark
* Finland
* Iceland
* Italy
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Switzerland

## Winners

West Germany and Spain tied the lead at the opening 36-hole qualifying competition, with a score of 34 over par 764, with West Germany winning by the tie-breaking better total non-counting scores.
Tied individual leaders in the 36-hole stroke-play competition was Claire Hourihane, Ireland, and 17-year-old Liselotte Neumann, Sweden, each with a score of 1-over-par 147, one stroke ahead of Gillian Stewart, Scotland. Hourihane scored a new course record of 4 under par 69 in the first round.
Ireland, a combined team from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, won the gold, earning their second title in the last three championships, beating team England in the final 51⁄2–11⁄2. Defending champions Sweden earned third place, beating West Germany 5–2 in the bronze match.

## Results

Qualification round
| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| T1 | West Germany * | 382-382=764 | +34 |
| T1 | Spain | 380-384=764 | +34 |
| 3 | Scotland | 386-381=767 | +37 |
| T4 | England * | 381-389=770 | +40 |
| T4 | France * | 391-379=770 | +40 |
| T4 | Ireland | 384-386=770 | +40 |
| 7 | Sweden | 387-389=776 | +46 |
| 8 | Wales | 394-387=781 | +51 |
| 9 | Italy | 392-396=788 | +58 |
| 10 | Denmark | 789 | +59 |
| 11 | Switzerland | 793 | +63 |
| 12 | Netherlands | 797 | +67 |
| 13 | Belgium | 812 | +82 |
| 14 | Finland | 857 | +127 |
| 15 | Norway | 865 | +135 |
| 16 | Iceland | 908 | +178 |
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| T1 | Claire Hourihane | Ireland | 69-78=147 | +1 |
| T1 | Liselotte Neumann | Sweden | 73-74=147 | +1 |
| 2 | Gillian Stewart | Scotland | 72-76=148 | +2 |
| 4 | Marie-Laure de Lorenzi | France | 74-75=149 | +3 |
| 5 | Eliane Berthét | France | 71-79=150 | +5 |
| 5 | Jane Connachan | Scotland | 74-77=151 | +5 |
| 5 | Susanne Knödler | West Germany | 75-76=151 | +5 |
| 5 | Martina Koch | West Germany | 74-77=151 | +5 |
| 5 | Mary McKenna | Ireland | 74-77=151 | +5 |
| 5 | Vicky Pertierra | Spain | 75-76=151 | +5 |
| 5 | Astrid Peter | West Germany | 77-74=151 | +5 |
| 5 | Macarena Tey | Spain | 76-75=151 | +5 |
Flight A
| Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Final | Final |
| Sweden | 5 | | |
| Spain | 2 | | |
| Spain | 2 | Ireland | 5 |
| | | Sweden | 2 |
| Ireland | 4 | Sweden | 2 |
| Scotland | 3 | | | | |
| Scotland | 3 | | | Ireland | 5.5 |
| | | | | England | 1.5 |
| England | 4 | | | England | 1.5 |
| France | 3 | | | | |
| France | 3 | England | 5 | | |
| | | West Germany | 2 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| West Germany | 5 | West Germany | 2 | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| Wales | 2 | | | | |
| Wales | 2 | | | Sweden | 5 |
| | | | | West Germany | 2 |
| Elimination matches | Elimination matches | Match for 5th place | Match for 5th place |
| France | 4 |
| Wales | 3 | | |
| Wales | 3 | Scotland | 4.5 |
| | | France | 2.5 |
| Scotland | 5 | France | 2.5 |
| Spain | 2 | | |
| Spain | 2 | Match for 7th place | Match for 7th place |
| | | Spain | 4 |
| | | Wales | 3 |
| Ireland | England |
| 5.5 | 1.5 |
| C. Hourihane / P. Wickham 4 & 2 | J. Thornhill / L. Denison Bender Bayman |
| M. McKenna / E. Higgins 19th hole | B. New / C. Waite |
| Claire Hourihane 2 & 1 | Jill Thornhill |
| Mary McKenna 2 & 1 | Linda Denison Bender Bayman |
| Maureen Madill 1 hole | Penny Grice |
| Carol Wickham | Beverly New 5 & 4 |
| Eavan Higgins AS * | Kitrina Douglas AS * |
| Elimination matches | Elimination matches | Match for 9th place | Match for 9th place |
| Switzerland | 4 |
| Denmark | 3 | | |
| Denmark | 3 | Switzerland | 4 |
| | | Italy | 3 |
| Italy | 6 | Italy | 3 |
| Netherlands | 1 | | |
| Netherlands | 1 | Match for 11th place | Match for 11th place |
| | | Denmark | 4 |
| | | Netherlands | 3 |
| Elimination matches | Elimination matches | Match for 13th place | Match for 13th place |
| Norway | 4 |
| Finland | 3 | | |
| Finland | 3 | Belgium | 7 |
| | | Norway | 0 |
| Belgium | 7 | Norway | 0 |
| Iceland | 0 | | |
| Iceland | 0 | Match for 15th place | Match for 15th place |
| | | Finland | 4.5 |
| | | Iceland | 2.5 |
Final standings
| Place | Country |
| | Ireland |
| | England |
| | Sweden |
| 4 | West Germany |
| 5 | Scotland |
| 6 | France |
| 7 | Spain |
| 8 | Wales |
| 9 | Switzerland |
| 10 | Italy |
| 11 | Denmark |
| 12 | Netherlands |
| 13 | Belgium |
| 14 | Norway |
| 15 | Finland |
| 16 | Iceland |
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