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 eight teams placed 9–16 formed flight B and the five teams placed 17–21 formed flight C, to play similar knock-out match-play, with one foursome game and four single games, to decide their final positions.
Teams
A record number of 21 nation teams contested the event. Each team consisted of six players. Luxemburg took part for the first time.
Defending champions France won the championship, beating Switzerland 4–3 in the final and earned their eighth title. Switzerland played in their first final and reached the podium for the second time in a row, after finishing bronze medalist the previous year.
Team Spain earned third place, beating England 5–2 in the bronze match.
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