2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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

Main article: 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 TeamScoreB Team
Promotional Russia2–0 Sweden
5th–8th Poland2–1 Ukraine
9th— Bulgaria
Relegation Denmark0–2 Estonia
Placing (Bath)A TeamScoreB Team
Promotional Great Britain2–0 Serbia
5th–8th Hungary2–0 Croatia
9th–11th Greece1–2 Turkey
Relegation Slovenia2–0 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
PlacingA TeamScoreB Team
Promotional Austria2–0 Israel
Promotional Tunisia0–2 Luxembourg
Relegation Bosnia and Herzegovina1–2 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 TeamScoreB Team
Promotional Finland2–0 Cyprus
3rd–4th Lithuania2–0 Kosovo
5th–6th Malta0–2 North Macedonia
7th–8th Iceland0–2 Algeria
9th— Congo
Placing (Ulcinj)A TeamScoreB Team
Promotional Norway1–2 Egypt
3rd–4th Montenegro1–2 Ireland
5th–6th Armenia0–3 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.
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