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