2010 European Ladies' Team Championship

The 2010 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 6–10 July at La Manga Club in Cartagena, Spain. It was the 28th women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship.

Venue
The hosting La Manga Club, located with three golf courses in the south-eastern region of Spain, Murcia, south of La Manga, and bordered by the Mar Menor and Calblanque Regional Park, was opened in 1972. The South Course was designed by golf architect Robert Dean Putman in 1971 and remodeled in 2005 by Arnold Palmer.

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. 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 six teams placed 9–14 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 15–17 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.

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

Players in the teams

Winners
Team Sweden lead the opening 36-hole qualifying competition, with a score of even par 730, one stroke ahead of host nation Spain.

Individual leaders in the 36-hole stroke-play competition was Camilla Lennarth, Sweden and Mireia Prat, Spain, each with a score of 6 under par 140, one stroke ahead of Carlota Ciganda, Spain and Caroline Hedwall, Sweden.

Team Sweden won the championship, beating Spain 4–3 in the final and earned their sixth title.

Team Scotland earned third place, beating defending champions Germany 41⁄2–21⁄2 in the bronze match.

Results
Qualification round

Team standings * Note: In the event of a tie the order was determined by the better total non-counting scores.

Individual leaders  Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual score.

Flight A

Bracket

Final games

Flight B

Bracket

Flight C

Team matches

Team standings

Final standings

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