France Wins European Senior Men's and Ladies' Team Titles

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France has won both the European Senior Men's and Senior Ladies' Team Championship titles, repeating the double achieved in 2024.

EUROPEAN SENIOR MEN'S TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

At the men's event, played at Cabot Bordeaux, the home side looked like the team to beat all week. After claiming the number-one seed in the stroke play qualifying, France narrowly defeated Sweden three-two to move into the final four.

They then swept aside England, four-one, to set up a championship match with Belgium.

Pascal Grizot and Rodrigo Lacerda Soares combined to make it three wins from three in the opening foursomes match, while three more wins from Nicolas Bauer, Jean-Charles Gouvernaire and Grégoire Hulin secured France's second European Senior Men's Team title in three years.

Belgium earned the silver medals, their highest finish in the event's 20-year history, while Denmark defeated England in a tight bronze-medal match to claim third place.

At the opposite end of the championship, Poland, the Netherlands and Switzerland finished in the bottom three positions. The latter two will be relegated to Division 2 in 2027.

EUROPEAN SENIOR LADIES' TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

In the women's event, played at BlackSeaRama Golf & Villas in Bulgaria, France also took the number-one seed in the stroke play qualifying.

The top quarter final was a repeat of the 2024 final between France and Switzerland. After the opening foursomes point went to Switzerland, France recovered in the singles matches to win three-two and advance to the last four.

The number-one seeds faced another tight encounter in the semi-finals, with all five matches against Germany going to the 17th or beyond. Another tight three-two win for France set up a championship match with Ireland.

The final was France's most straightforward win of the three, claiming three quick points by three holes up to secure their second title in three years.