2017 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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

Group I

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  • Venue: Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia (indoor hard)
  • Date: 8–11 February

The fourteen teams were divided into two pools of three teams and two pools of four 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 2018.

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

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

Pools

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Pool A POL AUT GEO
1   Poland (2–0) 2–1 2–1
2   Austria (1–1) 1–2 2–1
3   Georgia (0–2) 1–2 1–2
Pool B CRO HUN BIH
1   Croatia (2–0) 2–1 3–0
2   Hungary (1–1) 1–2 3–0
3   Bosnia and Herzegovina (0–2) 0–3 0–3
Pool C GBR LAT TUR POR
1   Great Britain (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2   Latvia (2–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0
3   Turkey (1–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1
4   Portugal (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2
Pool D SRB EST BUL ISR
1   Serbia (3–0) 2–1 2–1 2–1
2   Estonia (2–1) 1–2 2–1 2–1
3   Bulgaria (1–2) 1–2 1–2 2–1
4   Israel (0–3) 1–2 1–2 1–2

Play-offs

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Placing A Team Score D Team
Promotional   Poland 1–2   Serbia
5th–8th   Austria 2–1   Estonia
9th   Bulgaria
Relegation   Georgia 2–1   Israel
Placing B Team Score C Team
Promotional   Croatia 1–2   Great Britain
5th–8th   Hungary 2–0   Latvia
9th   Turkey
Relegation   Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–2   Portugal

Final placements

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Placing Teams
Promoted/First   Serbia   Great Britain
Third   Poland   Croatia
Fifth   Austria   Hungary
Seventh   Estonia   Latvia
Ninth   Bulgaria   Turkey
Eleventh   Georgia   Portugal
Relegated/Thirteenth   Israel   Bosnia and Herzegovina

Group II

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  • Venue: Šiauliai Tennis School, Šiauliai, Lithuania (indoor hard)
  • Date: 19–22 April

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

Pools

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Pool A SLO SWE NOR RSA
1   Slovenia (2–1) 3–0 1–2 3-0
2   Sweden (2–1) 0–3 3–0 3–0
3   Norway (2–1) 2–1 0–3 3–0
4   South Africa (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3
Pool B DEN LUX EGY LTU
1   Denmark (3–0) 2–1 2–1 3–0
2   Luxembourg (1–2) 1–2 1–2 3–0
3   Egypt (1–2) 1–2 2–1 1–2
4   Lithuania (1–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1

Play-offs

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Placing A Team Score B Team
Promotional   Slovenia 2–0   Luxembourg
Promotional   Sweden 2–1   Denmark
Relegation   Norway 2–0   Lithuania
Relegation   South Africa 0–2   Egypt

Final placements

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Placing Teams
Promoted/First   Slovenia   Sweden
Third   Luxembourg   Denmark
Fifth   Norway   Egypt
Relegated/Seventh   Lithuania   South Africa

Group III

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  • Venue: National Tennis School & Tennis Club Acvila, Chișinău, Moldova (outdoor clay)
  • Date: 13–17 June

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

Pools

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Pool A GRE MLT ARM
1   Greece (2–0) 2–1 3–0
2   Malta (1–1) 1–2 3–0
3   Armenia (0–2) 0–3 0–3
Pool B CYP IRL KEN ISL
1   Cyprus (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2   Ireland (2–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0
3   Kenya (1–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1
4   Iceland (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2
Pool C FIN TUN MKD CMR
1   Finland (3–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0
2   Tunisia (2–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0
3   Macedonia (1–2) 0–3 0–3 3–0
4   Cameroon (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3
Pool D MDA MAR ALG MOZ
1   Moldova (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2   Morocco (2–1) 0–3 3–0 3–0
3   Algeria (1–2) 0–3 0–3 3–0
4   Mozambique (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3

Play-offs

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Placing A Team Score C Team
Promotional   Greece 2–0   Finland
5th–8th   Malta 2–1   Tunisia
9th–12th   Armenia 1–2   Macedonia
13th–14th   Cameroon
Placing B Team Score D Team
Promotional   Cyprus 0–2   Moldova
5th–8th   Ireland 1–2   Morocco
9th–12th   Kenya 0–2   Algeria
13th–14th   Iceland 3–0   Mozambique

Final placements

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Placing Teams
Promoted/First   Greece   Moldova
Third   Finland   Cyprus
Fifth   Malta   Morocco
Seventh   Tunisia   Ireland
Ninth   Macedonia   Algeria
Eleventh   Armenia   Kenya
Thirteenth   Iceland
Fourteenth   Cameroon   Mozambique
  •   Greece and   Moldova were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2018.

References

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