2000 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2000 Fed Cup.

Group I

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The eighteen teams were divided into four pools, two of which had four and two of which had five teams. The top team of each pool played-off in a two-round knockout stage to decide which nation progresses to the World Group play-offs next year. The four nations coming last in the pools were relegated to Group II for 2001.

Pools

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Pool A NED BUL SWE TUR
1   Netherlands (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2   Bulgaria (2–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0
3   Sweden (1–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1
4   Turkey (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2
Pool B HUN RSA GRE LAT
1   Hungary (3–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0
2   South Africa (2–1) 1–2 2–1 3–0
3   Greece (1–2) 0–3 1–2 3–0
4   Latvia (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3
Pool C BLR SLO ROU POL MAR
1   Belarus (4–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0
2   Slovenia (3–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–0
3   Romania (2–2) 0–3 0–3 3–0 3–0
4   Poland (1–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3 3–0
5   Morocco (0–4) 0–3 0–2 0–3 0–3
Pool D ISR LUX UKR GBR FIN
1   Israel (3–1) 2–1 1–2 2–1 3–0
2   Luxembourg (3–1) 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0
3   Ukraine (2–2) 2–1 1–2 1–2 3–0
4   Great Britain (2–2) 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1
5   Finland (0–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2

Knockout stage

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Semifinals
20 May
Final
21 May
      
    Netherlands 2
    Israel 1
    Netherlands 0
    Hungary 2
    Belarus 0
    Hungary 2

Group II

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  • Venue: Estoril T.C., Estoril, Portugal (outdoor clay)
  • Date: 28 March – 1 April

The twenty-three teams were divided into three pools of six and one pool of five. The top teams from each pool advanced to Group I for 2001.

Pools

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Pool A MKD IRL MLT MRI KEN
1   Macedonia (4–0) 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0
2   Ireland (3–1) 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0
3   Malta (2–2) 1–2 1–2 3–0 3–0
4   Mauritius (1–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–0
5   Kenya (0–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–1
Pool B DEN BIH TUN LIE BOT ISL
1   Denmark (5–0) 3–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
2   Bosnia and Herzegovina (4–1) 0–3 3–0 1–0 3–0 3–0
3   Tunisia (3–2) 0–1 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–0
4   Liechtenstein (2–3) 0–3 0–1 1–2 3–0 3–0
5   Botswana (1–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–0
6   Iceland (0–5) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–1
Pool C YUG GEO LIT EGY ARM CYP
1   Yugoslavia (5–0) 2–1 3–0 w/o 3–0 3–0
2   Georgia (4–1) 1–2 1–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
3   Lithuania (3–2) 0–3 0–1 3–0 2–1 3–0
4   Egypt (2–3) w/o 0–3 0–3 2–1 3–0
5   Armenia (1–4) 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–0
6   Cyprus (0–5) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–1 0–1
Pool D EST MDA POR ALG MAD LES
1   Estonia (5–0) 2–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
2   Moldova (4–1) 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–0 3–0
3   Portugal (3–2) 0–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0
4   Algeria (2–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–0
5   Madagascar (1–4) 0–3 0–1 0–3 1–2 2–1
6   Lesotho (0–5) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–1 1–2

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Hungary v Slovakia". fedcup.com.
  2. ^ "Turkey v Tunisia". fedcup.com.
  3. ^ "Latvia v Ireland". fedcup.com.
  4. ^ "Portugal v Morocco". fedcup.com.
  5. ^ "Portugal v Finland". fedcup.com.
  6. ^ "Macedonia v Yugoslavia". fedcup.com.
  7. ^ "Israel v Denmark". fedcup.com.
  8. ^ "Slovenia v Estonia". fedcup.com.
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