2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone is one of three zones of regional competition in the 2019 Fed Cup.

Group I[edit]

Venue 1: Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa, Zielona Góra, Poland (indoor hard)
Venue 2: University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom (indoor hard)

Dates: 6–9 February

The fifteen teams were divided into three pools of four teams and one pool of three teams. The four pool winners took part in promotion play-offs to determine the two nations advancing to the World Group II play-offs. The nations finishing last in their pools took part in relegation play-offs, with the two losing nations being relegated to Group II for 2020. One nation was promoted and one nation was relegated from each venue.^[1]

Seeding[edit]

Pot	Nation	Rank¹	Seed
1	Russia	11	1
	Great Britain	18	2
	Ukraine	20	3
	Serbia	21	4
2	Croatia	26	5
	Poland	26	6
	Estonia	27	7
	Hungary	31	8
3	Bulgaria	36	9
	Turkey	37	10
	Denmark	43	11
	Sweden	44	12
	Greece	46	13
	Georgia	47	14
	Slovenia	48	15

¹Fed Cup Rankings as of 12 November 2018

Pools[edit]

	Pool A (Zielona Góra)	RUS	POL	DEN
1	Russia (2–0)		2–1	3–0
2	Poland (1–1)	1–2		3–0
3	Denmark (0–2)	0–3	0–3

	Pool B (Zielona Góra)	SWE	UKR	BUL	EST
1	Sweden (3–0)		2–1	3–0	2–1
2	Ukraine (2–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0
3	Bulgaria (1–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1
4	Estonia (0–3)	1–2	0–3	1–2

	Pool A (Bath)	GBR	HUN	GRE	SLO
1	Great Britain (3–0)		2–0	3–0	3–0
2	Hungary (2–1)	0–2		2–1	3–0
3	Greece (1–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1
4	Slovenia (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

	Pool B (Bath)	SRB	CRO	TUR	GEO
1	Serbia (3–0)		2–1	3–0	2–1
2	Croatia (2–1)	1–2		2–1	2–1
3	Turkey (1–2)	0–3	1–2		3–0
4	Georgia (0–3)	1–2	1–2	0–3

Play-offs[edit]

Placing (Zielona Góra)	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Russia	2–0	Sweden
5th–8th	Poland	2–1	Ukraine
9th	—		Bulgaria
Relegation	Denmark	0–2	Estonia

Placing (Bath)	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Great Britain	2–0	Serbia
5th–8th	Hungary	2–0	Croatia
9th–11th	Greece	1–2	Turkey
Relegation	Slovenia	2–0	Georgia

Final placements[edit]

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	Russia	Great Britain
Third	Sweden	Serbia
Fifth	Poland	Hungary
Seventh	Ukraine	Croatia
Ninth	Bulgaria	Turkey
Eleventh	—	Greece
Twelfth	Estonia	Slovenia
Relegated/Fourteenth	Denmark	Georgia

Russia and Great Britain were promoted to 2019 Fed Cup World Group II Play-offs
Denmark and Georgia were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2020

Group II[edit]

Venue: Centre National de Tennis, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard)

Dates: 6–9 February

The seven teams were divided into two pools of three and four teams. The two pool winners and runners-up took part in promotion play-offs to determine the two nations advancing to the Group I for 2020. The nations finishing third in their pools took part in a relegation play-off, with the losing nation being relegated to Group III for 2020. The nation finishing last in Group B was automatically relegated to Group III for 2020.^[2]

Seeding[edit]

Pot	Nation	Rank¹	Seed
1	Austria	49	1
1	Israel	53	2
2	Luxembourg	61	3
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	62	4
3	Portugal	66	5
	South Africa	70	6
	Tunisia	71	7

¹Fed Cup Rankings as of 12 November 2018

Pools[edit]

	Pool A	AUT	TUN	BIH
1	Austria (2–0)		2–1	3–0
2	Tunisia (1–1)	1–2		2–1
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina (0–2)	0–3	1–2

	Pool B	LUX	ISR	POR	RSA
1	Luxembourg (3–0)		3–0	3–0	2–1
2	Israel (2–1)	0–3		2–1	2–1
3	Portugal (1–2)	0–3	1–2		2–0
4	South Africa (0–3)	1–2	1–2	0–2

Play-offs[edit]

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Austria	2–0	Israel
Promotional	Tunisia	0–2	Luxembourg
Relegation	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–2	Portugal
Relegation	—		South Africa

Final placements[edit]

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	Austria	Luxembourg
Third	Israel	Tunisia
Fifth	Portugal
Relegated/Sixth	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Relegated/Seventh	South Africa

Austria and Luxembourg were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group I in 2020.
Bosnia and Herzegovina and South Africa were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2020.

Group III[edit]

Venue 1: Tali Tennis Center, Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)
Venue 2: Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro (clay)

Dates: 15–20 April

Format: 17 nations will compete across two different venues, with 9 nations taking part in Helsinki and 8 nations taking part in Ulcinj. In each location teams will compete across two pools; one pool of 5 teams and one pool of 4 teams in Helsinki, and one pool of 4 teams and one pool of 3 teams in Ulcinj. The winners of each pool will play-off to determine the nations advancing to Group II in 2020. One nation will be promoted from each venue.^[3]

Seeding[edit]

Pot	Nation	Rank¹	Seed
1	Norway	60	1
	Lithuania	65	2
	Cyprus	71	3
	Egypt	73	4
2	Armenia	75	5
	Morocco	76	6
	North Macedonia	77	7
	Finland	78	8
3	Malta	81	9
	Ireland	82	10
	Algeria	86	11
	Montenegro	89	12
4	Kosovo	94	13
	Kenya	95	14
	Iceland	97	15
	~~Cameroon~~	99	16
	~~Uganda~~	~~102~~	17
	Congo	NR	18

¹Fed Cup Rankings as of 11 February 2019

Pools[edit]

	Pool A (Helsinki)	FIN	LTU	MLT	ISL
1	Finland (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Lithuania (2–1)	1–2		3–0	3–0
3	Malta (1–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1
4	Iceland (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

	Pool B (Helsinki)	CYP	KOS	MKD	ALG	CGO
1	Cyprus (4–0)		2–1	2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Kosovo (3–1)	1–2		2–1	2–1	2–1
3	North Macedonia (2–2)	1–2	1–2		3–0	3–0
4	Algeria (1–3)	0–3	1–2	0–3		3–0
5	Congo (0–4)	0–3	1–2	0–3	0–3

	Pool A (Ulcinj)	NOR	MNE	ARM
1	Norway (2–0)		3–0	3–0
2	Montenegro (1–1)	0–3		3–0
3	Armenia (0–2)	0–3	0–3

	Pool B (Ulcinj)	EGY	IRL	MAR	KEN
1	Egypt (3–0)		2–1	2–1	3–0
2	Ireland (2–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0
3	Morocco (1–2)	1–2	1–2		3–0
4	Kenya (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

Play-offs[edit]

Placing (Helsinki)	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Finland	2–0	Cyprus
3rd–4th	Lithuania	2–0	Kosovo
5th–6th	Malta	0–2	North Macedonia
7th–8th	Iceland	0–2	Algeria
9th	—		Congo

Placing (Ulcinj)	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Norway	1–2	Egypt
3rd–4th	Montenegro	1–2	Ireland
5th–6th	Armenia	0–3	Morocco
7th	—		Kenya

Final placements[edit]

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	Finland	Egypt
Second	Cyprus	Norway
Third	Lithuania	Ireland
Fourth	Kosovo	Montenegro
Fifth	North Macedonia	Morocco
Sixth	Malta	Armenia
Seventh	Algeria	Kenya
Eighth	Iceland
Ninth	Congo

Finland and Egypt were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2020.

References[edit]

^ "Group I Europe 2019". www.fedcup.com.
^ "Group II Europe 2019". www.fedcup.com.
^ "Group III Europe 2019". www.fedcup.com.

External links[edit]

Fed Cup website

[1] "Group I Europe 2019". www.fedcup.com.

[2] "Group II Europe 2019". www.fedcup.com.

[3] "Group III Europe 2019". www.fedcup.com.

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