Spain has won the bronze medal by beating England by a resounding 6 to 1 on the last day of the European Women's Absolute Championship held at the Stenungsund golf course in Sweden, which concluded with a victory for the host country after beating the Netherlands in the grand final by 5 to 2.

The Spanish team, who lost 3-4 to the Swedes in the semi-finals in an epic clash that many considered the early final, exerted a wide dominance over the English team from the very beginning, materialized firstly by two hard-fought victories in the doubles matches.

Carlota Ciganda and Azahara Muñoz capped off an outstanding performance during this European Championship with a victory on the 17th hole against Elisabeth Bennett and Naomi Edwards, who were outplayed by the Spanish quality that was also on display in the very close match between Belén Mozo and María Hernández against Rachel Jennings and Jodi Ewart, the two best members of the English team, who ended up losing on the 19th hole.

This second victory, which put Spain 2-0 ahead in the partial score, gave wings to the Spanish team while plunging the English team into a delicate situation, who nevertheless came out to compete in the individual matches with total composure.

Florentyna Parker put Azahara Muñoz in trouble in the early stages of their duel before the Malaga native prevailed on the 16th hole, while Carlota Ciganda, who starred in the second match, gave no real chances to Kerry Smith, whom she defeated on the 15th hole to add the decisive point for the outcome of the match.

Not surprisingly, with the score at 4-0, two of the three matches that were still in play at that moment and were tied – Belén Mozo against Naomi Edwards and Adriana Zwanck against Elisabeth Bennett – were called off, while María Hernández, who was winning by 1 hole at that moment, continued her match against Jodi Ewart until she defeated her on the 17th hole and put the final score of 6-1 in favor of Spain on the scoreboard.

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Sweden, 5 – Netherlands, 2