2017 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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The Europe/Africa Zone is one of three zones of regional competition in the 2017 Fed Cup.

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Group I

The fourteen teams were divided into two pools of three teams and two pools of four teams. The four pool winners took part in promotional 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 2018.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Fed Cup Rankings of 14 November 2016 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3
  1. Flag of Poland.svg  Poland (18)
  2. Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia (22)
  3. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (23)
  4. Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia (24)
  1. Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey (29)
  2. Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia (30)
  3. Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary (31)
  4. Flag of Israel.svg  Israel (33)
  1. Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria (38)
  2. Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal (42)
  3. Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia (46)
  4. Flag of Austria.svg  Austria (47)
  5. Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia (49)
  6. Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina (52)

Pools

Pool A POLAUTGEO
1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland (2–0)2–12–1
2Flag of Austria.svg  Austria (1–1)1–22–1
3Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia (0–2)1–21–2
Pool B CROHUNBIH
1Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia (2–0)2–13–0
2Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary (1–1)1–23–0
3Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina (0–2)0–30–3
Pool C GBRLATTURPOR
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (3–0)3–03–03–0
2Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia (2–1)0–32–13–0
3Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey (1–2)0–31–22–1
4Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal (0–3)0–30–31–2
Pool D SRBESTBULISR
1Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia (3–0)2–12–12–1
2Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia (2–1)1–22–12–1
3Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria (1–2)1–21–22–1
4Flag of Israel.svg  Israel (0–3)1–21–21–2

Play-offs

PlacingA TeamScoreD Team
PromotionalFlag of Poland.svg  Poland 1–2Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
5th–8thFlag of Austria.svg  Austria 2–1Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
9thN/AFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
RelegationFlag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 2–1Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
PlacingB TeamScoreC Team
PromotionalFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1–2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
5th–8thFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2–0Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
9thN/AFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
RelegationFlag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–2Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal

Final placements

PlacingTeams
Promoted/FirstFlag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
ThirdFlag of Poland.svg  Poland Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
FifthFlag of Austria.svg  Austria Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
SeventhFlag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
NinthFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
EleventhFlag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Relegated/ThirteenthFlag of Israel.svg  Israel Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina

Group II

The eight teams were divided into two pools of four teams. The two nations placing first and second took part in play-offs to determine the two nations advancing to Group I. The nations finishing third and last in their pools took part in relegation play-offs, with the two losing nations being relegated to Group III for 2018.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Fed Cup Rankings of 13 February 2017 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
  1. Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (50)
  2. Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (52)
  1. Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania (57)
  2. Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa (61)
  1. Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt (63)
  2. Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (68)
  1. Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg (73)
  2. Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia (80)

Pools

Pool A SLOSWENORRSA
1Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia (2–1)3–01–23-0
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (2–1)0–33–03–0
3Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (2–1)2–10–33–0
4Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa (0–3)0–30–30–3
Pool B DENLUXEGYLTU
1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (3–0)2–12–13–0
2Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg (1–2)1–21–23–0
3Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt (1–2)1–22–11–2
4Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania (1–2)0–30–32–1

Play-offs

PlacingA TeamScoreB Team
PromotionalFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2–0Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg
PromotionalFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2–1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
RelegationFlag of Norway.svg  Norway 2–0Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
RelegationFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 0–2Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt

Final placements

PlacingTeams
Promoted/FirstFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
ThirdFlag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
FifthFlag of Norway.svg  Norway Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Relegated/SeventhFlag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa

Group III

The fifteen teams were divided into one pool of three teams and three pools of four teams. The four nations placing first took part in play-offs to determine the two nations advancing to Group II.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Fed Cup Rankings of 24 April 2017 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
  1. Flag of Greece.svg  Greece (70)
  2. Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland (72)
  3. Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (73)
  4. Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova (74)
  1. Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia (77)
  2. Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus (83)
  3. Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia (84)
  4. Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco (88)
  1. Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia (89)
  2. Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria (91)
  3. Flag of Malta.svg  Malta (93)
  4. Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya (97)
  1. Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique (101)
  2. Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland (102)
  3. Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon (-)

Pools

Pool A GREMLTARM
1Flag of Greece.svg  Greece (2–0)2–13–0
2Flag of Malta.svg  Malta (1–1)1–23–0
3Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia (0–2)0–30–3
Pool B CYPIRLKENISL
1Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus (3–0)3–03–03–0
2Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland (2–1)0–32–13–0
3Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya (1–2)0–31–22–1
4Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland (0–3)0–30–31–2
Pool C FINTUNMKDCMR
1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (3–0)2–13–03–0
2Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia (2–1)1–23–03–0
3Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia (1–2)0–30–33–0
4Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon (0–3)0–30–30–3
Pool D MDAMARALGMOZ
1Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova (3–0)3–03–03–0
2Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco (2–1)0–33–03–0
3Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria (1–2)0–30–33–0
4Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique (0–3)0–30–30–3

Play-offs

PlacingA TeamScoreC Team
PromotionalFlag of Greece.svg  Greece 2–0Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
5th–8thFlag of Malta.svg  Malta 2–1Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
9th–12thFlag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 1–2Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia
13th–14thN/AFlag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
PlacingB TeamScoreD Team
PromotionalFlag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 0–2Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova
5th–8thFlag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1–2Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
9th–12thFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 0–2Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
13th–14thFlag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 3–0Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique

Final placements

PlacingTeams
Promoted/FirstFlag of Greece.svg  Greece Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova
ThirdFlag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
FifthFlag of Malta.svg  Malta Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
SeventhFlag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
NinthFlag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
EleventhFlag of Armenia.svg  Armenia Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
ThirteenthFlag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
FourteenthFlag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique

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