A nine-shot improvement from an opening 82 to a second-round par 73 at La Manga by Scottish champion Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) and a solid 74 by St Rule Trophy winner Laura Murray (Alford) cemented Scotland's qualification for the championship flight.
West of Scotland's Pamela Pretswell and Megan Briggs had a 76 and 77 repectively to help the team qualify.
However the Scots' sixth place means they will play third-placed England in the first round of the match-play series.
Sweden (730) were the top qualifiers ahead of Spain (731) with England (741) third, Denmark (750) fourth, Germany (756) fifth, Scotland (757) sixth, Netherlands (759) seventh.
Austria and France both finished on 760 and France were placed eighth under some tie-breaker system which did not involve the usual comparision of second-round totals as Austria had the better second round total (377 to 383).
CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT QUALIFIERS
730 SWEDEN 361 369.
731 SPAIN 368 363.
741 ENGLAND 364 377 (Hannah Barwood 74-75, Hannah Burke 74-74, Holly Clyburn 71-80, Hayley Davis 73-79, Charlie Douglass 74-76, Rachel Jennings 72-73.
750 DENMARK 369 381.
756 GERMANY 381 375.
757 SCOTLAND 379 378 (Megan Briggs 77-77, Louise Kenney 77-78, Kelsey MacDonald 82-73, Laura Murray 77-74, Pamela Pretswell 74-76, Jane Turner 74-80).
759 NETHERLANDS 381 378.
760 FRANCE 377 383
Thanks go to Colin Farquharson for the report
Ladies Golf News in Scotland, the West of Scotland and Renfrewshire
