The 2016 International Crown was a women's golf team event organized by the LPGA, played July 21–24 at the Merit Club in Libertyville, Illinois, north of Chicago. This was the second International Crown, a biennial match play event contested between teams of four players representing eight countries.

Format The first three days, Thursday through Saturday, featured round-robin pool play matches at fourball. Each match was worth two points for a win and one point for a halve. Following the completion of pool play, the top two teams in each pool and one wild card team advanced to singles play. The five remaining teams were re-seeded based on points earned in pool play, and each team played one singles match against each of the other teams on Sunday. The total points earned in pool and singles play determined the team champion.

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Teams On April 3, 2016, eight teams qualified to participate in this event, based on the combined world rankings of the top four players from each country: South Korea, United States, Japan, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, England, China and Australia. Defending champion Spain did not qualify. The team members were finalized on June 13, 2016, and divided into two pools. The top two teams from 2014, Spain and Sweden, failed to make the 2016 field. China and England made the field for the first time.

+ Teams Pool Seed Rank Country A 1 22 B 2 48 B 3 150 A 4 261 A 5 264 B 6 298 B 7 360 A 8 395

Pool A Pool B+#1 South Korea Rank Player 5 Kim Sei-young 6 Chun In-gee 8 Amy Yang 11 Ryu So-yeon+ #2 United States Rank Player 4 Lexi Thompson 9 Stacy Lewis 15 Gerina Piller 20 Cristie Kerr+#4 Australia Rank Player 13 Minjee Lee 40 Su-Hyun Oh 53 Karrie Webb 155 Rebecca Artis+ #3 Japan Rank Player 22 Haru Nomura 42 Mika Miyazato 45 Ayaka Watanabe 62 Ai Suzuki+ #5 Chinese Taipei Rank Player 25 Teresa Lu 37 Candie Kung 70 Yani Tseng 132 Ssu-Chia Cheng+ #6 Thailand Rank Player 7 Ariya Jutanugarn 32 Pornanong Phatlum 95 Moriya Jutanugarn 164 Porani Chutichai+ #8 China Rank Player 12 Shanshan Feng 58 Lin Xiyu 115 Jing Yan 233 Simin Feng+ #7 England Rank Player 26 Charley Hull 102 Holly Clyburn 107 Melissa Reid 125 Jodi Ewart Shadoff

Changes: for South Korea, Inbee Park (ranked 3) did not play due to an injury and the first alternate Jang Ha-na (10) could not play for Japan, Shiho Oyama (41) did not play due to an injury for China, Yuting Shi (210) could not play

Results Day one pool play Thursday, July 21, 2016

Pool A South Korea vs. China Match 7: Yang/Chun (KOR) defeated Sh. Feng/Lin (CHN), 1 up Match 8: Si. Feng/Yan (CHN) defeated Ryu/Kim (KOR), 1 up Australia vs. Chinese Taipei Match 1: Tseng/Lu (TPE) defeated Webb/Oh (AUS), 3 & 2 Match 2: Kung/Cheng (TPE) defeated Lee/Artis (AUS), 2 up

Standings Seed Team Points Win Loss Tie 5 4 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 8 2 1 1 0 4 0 0 2 0

Pool B United States vs. England Match 5: Ewart Shadoff/Clyburn (ENG) defeated Kerr/Thompson (USA), 2 & 1 Match 6: Hull/Reid (ENG) defeated Piller/Lewis (USA), 2 & 1 Japan vs. Thailand Match 3: M. Jutanugarn/Phatlum (THA) defeated Miyazato/Nomura (JPN), 2 & 1 Match 4: Suzuki/Watanabe (JPN) and Chutichai/A. Jutanugarn (THA), halved

Standings Seed Team Points Win Loss Tie 7 4 2 0 0 6 3 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0

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Day two pool play Friday, July 22, 2016 Pool A South Korea vs. Chinese Taipei Match 15: Ryu/Kim (KOR) defeated Tseng/Lu (TPE), 3 & 2 Match 16: Kung/Cheng (TPE) defeated Yang/Chun (KOR), 2 & 1 Australia vs. China Match 9: Lee/Oh (AUS) and Sh. Feng/Lin (CHN), halved Match 10: Webb/Artis (AUS) defeated Si. Feng/Yan (CHN), 2 & 1

Standings Seed Team Points Win Loss Tie 5 6 3 1 0 1 4 2 2 0 4 3 1 2 1 8 3 1 2 1

Pool B United States vs. Thailand Match 13: Piller/Lewis (USA) and M. Jutanugarn/Phatlum (THA), halved Match 14: Kerr/Thompson (USA) defeated Chutichai/A. Jutanugarn (THA), 4 & 3 Japan vs. England Match 11: Suzuki/Watanabe (JPN) and Ewart Shadoff/Clyburn (ENG), halved Match 12: Miyazato/Nomura (JPN) defeated Hull/Reid (ENG), 1 up (Hull did not play due to illness)

Standings Seed Team Points Win Loss Tie 7 5 2 1 1 3 4 1 1 2 6 4 1 1 2 2 3 1 2 1

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Day three pool play Saturday, July 23, 2016 Sunday, July 24, 2016

Play was suspended due to lightning with only the South Korea/Australia matches yet to be completed. England and the United States advanced to singles play from pool B. Play resumed Sunday morning with South Korea winning both its matches with Australia to advance, along with Chinese Taipei, to singles play.

Pool A South Korea vs. Australia Match 23: Yang/Chun (KOR) defeated Lee/Oh (AUS), 1 up Match 24: Ryu/Kim (KOR) defeated Webb/Artis (AUS), 3 & 2 Chinese Taipei vs. China Match 19: Kung/Lu (TPE) and Sh. Feng/Si. Feng (CHN), halved Match 20: Yan/Lin (CHN) defeated Tseng/Cheng (TPE), 5 & 4

Standings Seed Team Points Win Loss Tie 1 8 4 2 0 5 7 3 2 1 8 6 2 2 2 4 3 1 4 1

Pool B United States vs. Japan Match 21: Piller/Lewis (USA) defeated Miyazato/Nomura (JPN), 2 & 1 Match 22: Kerr/Thompson (USA) defeated Suzuki/Watanabe (JPN), 4 & 2 Thailand vs. England Match 17: Ewart Shadoff/Clyburn (ENG) defeated Phatlum/Chutichai (THA), 7 & 5 Match 18: Hull/Reid (ENG) defeated A. Jutanugarn/M. Jutanugarn/(THA), 2 & 1

Standings Seed Team Points Win Loss Tie 7 9 4 1 1 2 7 3 2 1 6 4 1 3 2 3 4 1 3 2

Wild card China, Japan, and Thailand advanced to the wildcard playoff by finishing third in their pools. Japan advanced when Ayaka Watanabe eagled the first playoff hole.

Standings Reseed Team Points Win Loss Tie 1 9 4 1 1 2 8 4 2 0 3 7 3 2 1 4 7 3 2 1 5 4 1 3 2

Singles play Sunday, July 24, 2016

Match 25: Kung (TPE) defeated Suzuki (JPN), 2 & 1 Match 26: Lewis (USA) defeated Miyazato (JPN), 3 & 2 Match 27: Piller (USA) defeated Tseng (TPE), 4 & 3 Match 28: Nomura (JPN) defeated Yang (KOR), 3 & 2 Match 29: Watanabe (JPN) defeated Clyburn (ENG), 1 up Match 30: Lu (TPE) defeated Chun (KOR), 4 & 3 Match 31: Ewart Shadoff (ENG) defeated Cheng (TPE), 1 up Match 32: Ryu (KOR) defeated Thompson (USA), 2 & 1 Match 33: Kerr (USA) defeated Reid (ENG), 3 & 2 Match 34: Kim (KOR) defeated Hull (ENG), 5 & 4

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Final standings Place Team Points Win Loss Tie Money ($)(per player) 1 13 6 3 1 100,000 2 12 6 4 0 60,000T3 11 5 4 1 50,000 11 5 4 1 5 8 3 5 2 42,500 6 6 2 2 2 35,000 7 4 1 3 2 32,500 8 3 1 4 1 30,000

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