Spanish golf faces four major European events in the first two weeks of July, held almost simultaneously. The European Golf Association (EGA) has chosen those dates to host the European Team Championships for Men and Women, both for men and women, in Scotland, Denmark, Italy, and Norway.

The RFEG has selected the following players to participate in each of them:

European Men's Team Championships, July 3-7 (Western Gailes, Scotland)
Jorge Campillo, Ignacio Elvira, Pedro Erice, Jesús Legarrea, Juan Francisco Sarasti and Iñigo Urquizu. Captain: José Miguel Sagmier; Coach: Domingo Hospital.

European Under-18 Men's Team Championship, July 10-14 (Rold Skov, in Denmark)
Jordi García Pinto, Saúl Menéndez, Sergi Nogué, Carlos Pigem, Francisco Pintor and Xavier Puig. Captain: Cristóbal Guerrero; Coach: Salvador Luna.

European Women's Team Championships, July 10-14 (Castelconturbia, Italy)
Emma Cabrera, Carlota Ciganda, Araceli Felgueroso, Belén Mozo, Azahara Muñoz and Carmen Pérez-Narbón. Captain: Macarena Campomanes; Coach: José Gallardo.

European Under-18 Women's Team Championship, July 10-14 (Oslo GC, Norway)
Belén Buendía, Mireia Prat, Marta Silva and Ane Urchegui. Captain: Mabel Pascual del Pobil; Coach: Marta Figueras-Dotti.

The competition will be fierce in all cases, given the quality of Spain's rivals in each category, although it is worth noting that the Spanish senior women's team is going to Italy as the defending champions of the title won in the last two editions, in 2003 and 2005. In addition, the Junior Women's team won the silver medal 12 months ago.

To further illustrate the potential of Spanish teams, the Women's National Team also won the title, in addition to those mentioned in 2003 and 2005, on another occasion (1995), along with four second-place finishes and one third-place finish. Meanwhile, the Women's Junior Team, now aiming for the title in Norway, secured victories in 1991, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2002, and 2003.

Among the Spanish men's teams, it is necessary to highlight the two victories (1997 and 2003) and the silver medal (1983) in the absolute category, successes that have also been reproduced with relative frequency in the case of the Spanish Under-18 representatives (gold in 1980, 1990, 1996, 1997 and 2002; silver in 1989 and 2004).

In all cases, the competition format is identical, with two days of stroke play that establish a ranking before the various knockout rounds for the title. It is essential to finish in one of the top eight places in the preliminary round to be eligible for the gold medal.