2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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

Seeding

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]

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

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

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

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