2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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

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Group I

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

PotNationRank1Seed
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 111
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 182
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 203
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 214
2Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 265
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 266
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 277
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 318
3Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 369
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 3710
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 4311
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4412
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 4613
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 4714
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 4815

Pools

Pool A (Zielona Góra) RUSPOLDEN
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (2–0)2–13–0
2Flag of Poland.svg  Poland (1–1)1–23–0
3Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (0–2)0–30–3
Pool B (Zielona Góra) SWEUKRBULEST
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (3–0)2–13–02–1
2Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine (2–1)1–22–13–0
3Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria (1–2)0–31–22–1
4Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia (0–3)1–20–31–2
Pool A (Bath) GBRHUNGRESLO
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (3–0)2–03–03–0
2Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary (2–1)0–22–13–0
3Flag of Greece.svg  Greece (1–2)0–31–22–1
4Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia (0–3)0–30–31–2
Pool B (Bath) SRBCROTURGEO
1Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia (3–0)2–13–02–1
2Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia (2–1)1–22–12–1
3Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey (1–2)0–31–23–0
4Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia (0–3)1–21–20–3

Play-offs

Placing (Zielona Góra)A TeamScoreB Team
PromotionalFlag of Russia.svg  Russia 2–0Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
5th–8thFlag of Poland.svg  Poland 2–1Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
9th—Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
RelegationFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 0–2Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Placing (Bath)A TeamScoreB Team
PromotionalFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2–0Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
5th–8thFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2–0Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
9th–11thFlag of Greece.svg  Greece 1–2Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
RelegationFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2–0Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia

Final placements

PlacingTeams
Promoted/FirstFlag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
ThirdFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
FifthFlag of Poland.svg  Poland Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
SeventhFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
NinthFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Eleventh—Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
TwelfthFlag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Relegated/FourteenthFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia

Group II

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

PotNationRank1Seed
1Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 491
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 532
2Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 613
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 624
3Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 665
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 706
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 717

Pools

Pool A AUTTUNBIH
1Flag of Austria.svg  Austria (2–0)2–13–0
2Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia (1–1)1–22–1
3Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina (0–2)0–31–2
Pool B LUXISRPORRSA
1Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg (3–0)3–03–02–1
2Flag of Israel.svg  Israel (2–1)0–32–12–1
3Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal (1–2)0–31–22–0
4Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa (0–3)1–21–20–2

Play-offs

PlacingA TeamScoreB Team
PromotionalFlag of Austria.svg  Austria 2–0Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
PromotionalFlag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 0–2Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg
RelegationFlag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–2Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Relegation—Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa

Final placements

PlacingTeams
Promoted/FirstFlag of Austria.svg  Austria Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg
ThirdFlag of Israel.svg  Israel Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
FifthFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Relegated/SixthFlag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Relegated/SeventhFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa

Group III

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

PotNationRank1Seed
1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 601
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 652
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 713
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 734
2Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 755
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 766
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 777
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 788
3Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 819
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 8210
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 8611
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 8912
4Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 9413
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 9514
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 9715
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 9916
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 10217
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo NR18

Pools

Pool A (Helsinki) FINLTUMLTISL
1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (3–0)2–13–03–0
2Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania (2–1)1–23–03–0
3Flag of Malta.svg  Malta (1–2)0–30–32–1
4Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland (0–3)0–30–31–2
Pool B (Helsinki) CYPKOSMKDALGCGO
1Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus (4–0)2–12–13–03–0
2Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo (3–1)1–22–12–12–1
3Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia (2–2)1–21–23–03–0
4Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria (1–3)0–31–20–33–0
5Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo (0–4)0–31–20–30–3
Pool A (Ulcinj) NORMNEARM
1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (2–0)3–03–0
2Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro (1–1)0–33–0
3Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia (0–2)0–30–3
Pool B (Ulcinj) EGYIRLMARKEN
1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt (3–0)2–12–13–0
2Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland (2–1)1–22–13–0
3Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco (1–2)1–21–23–0
4Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya (0–3)0–30–30–3

Play-offs

Placing (Helsinki)A TeamScoreB Team
PromotionalFlag of Finland.svg  Finland 2–0Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
3rd–4thFlag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 2–0Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo
5th–6thFlag of Malta.svg  Malta 0–2Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia
7th–8thFlag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 0–2Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
9th—Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo
Placing (Ulcinj)A TeamScoreB Team
PromotionalFlag of Norway.svg  Norway 1–2Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
3rd–4thFlag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 1–2Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
5th–6thFlag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 0–3Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
7th—Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya

Final placements

PlacingTeams
Promoted/FirstFlag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
SecondFlag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
ThirdFlag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
FourthFlag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
FifthFlag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
SixthFlag of Malta.svg  Malta Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia
SeventhFlag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
EighthFlag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
NinthFlag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo

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References

  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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