2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Main article: 2019 Fed Cup

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

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

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

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

Main article: 2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs
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

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

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

Pot Nation Rank1 Seed
1  Austria 49 1
 Israel 53 2
2  Luxembourg 61 3
 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

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

Main article: 2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Play-offs
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

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

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

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

Main article: 2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Play-offs
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

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

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