2000 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone
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The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2000 Fed Cup.
Pools
- Venue: La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain (outdoor clay)
- Date: 15–21 May
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.
| 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
| Semifinals 20 May | Final 21 May | ||||||||
| Netherlands
| 2 | ||||||||
| Israel
| 1 | ||||||||
| Netherlands
| 0 | ||||||||
| Hungary
| 2 | ||||||||
| Belarus
| 0 | ||||||||
| Hungary
| 2 | ||||||||
Group II
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
| 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 |
