2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2007 Fed Cup.

Group I

• Venue: TC Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria (outdoor clay)
• Date: 18–21 April

The sixteen teams were divided into four pools of four. The top teams of each pool played-off against each other to determine which two nations progress to World Group II Play-offs. The four nations coming last played-off against each other to decide which teams are relegated to Group II for 2008.

Pools

	Pool A	ROU	SUI	DEN	NED
1	Romania (2–1)		2–1	2–1	1–2
2	Switzerland (2–1)	1–2		3–0	3–0
3	Denmark (1–2)	1–2	0–3		2–1
4	Netherlands (1–2)	2–1	0–3	1–2

	Pool B	UKR	BLR	HUN	LTU
1	Ukraine (3–0)		3–0	2–1	3–0
2	Belarus (2–1)	0–3		2–1	2–1
3	Hungary (1–2)	1–2	1–2		2–1
4	Lithuania (0–3)	0–3	1–2	1–2

	Pool C	SRB	SLO	SWE	EST
1	Serbia (2–1)		2–1	1–2	3–0
2	Slovenia (2–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0
3	Sweden (2–1)	2–1	1–2		3–0
4	Estonia (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

	Pool D	POL	LUX	GBR	BUL
1	Poland (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Luxembourg (2–1)	0–3		2–1	2–1
3	Great Britain (1–2)	0–3	1–2		3–0
4	Bulgaria (0–3)	0–3	1–2	0–3

Play-offs

Placing A Team Score B/C Team Promotion  Romania 1–2  Serbia 5th–8th   Switzerland 2–0  Slovenia 9th–12th  Denmark 1–2  Hungary Relegation  Netherlands 2–0  Estonia

Placing B/C Team Score D Team Promotion  Ukraine 2–1  Poland 5th–8th  Belarus 2–1  Luxembourg 9th–12th  Sweden 3–0  Great Britain Relegation  Lithuania 0–2  Bulgaria

•  Serbia and  Ukraine advanced to the 2007 World Group II Play-offs.^[1][2]
•  Estonia and  Lithuania were relegated to Group II for 2008.^[3]

Group II

• Venue: National Tennis Centre, Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius (outdoor hard)
• Date: 17–20 April

The seven teams were divided into one pool of three teams and one pool of four. The top two teams of each pool played-off against each other to decide which two nations progress to Group I for 2008. The four nations coming third in each pool then played-off to determine which team would join the fourth-placed team from the four-team pool in being relegated down to Group III for 2008.

Pools

	Pool A	RSA	GRE	FIN
1	South Africa (2–0)		3–0	2–1
2	Greece (1–1)	0–3		2–0
3	Finland (0–2)	1–2	0–2

	Pool B	POR	GEO	BIH	NOR
1	Portugal (3–0)		3–0	2–0	2–0
2	Georgia (2–1)	0–3		2–0	2–0
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina (1–2)	0–2	0–2		3–0
4	Norway (0–3)	0–2	0–2	0–3

Play-offs

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotion	South Africa	1–2	Georgia
Promotion	Greece	0–2	Portugal
Relegation	Finland	0–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Relegation		N/A	Norway

•  Portugal and  Georgia advanced to the 2007 World Group II Play-offs.^[4][5]
•  Finland and  Norway were relegated to Group II for 2007.^[6][7]

Group III

• Venue: National Tennis Centre, Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius (outdoor hard)
• Date: 23–27 April

The ten teams were divided into two pools of five. The top team of each pool progressed to Group II for 2008.

Pools

	Pool A	TUR	LIE	MRI	EGY	AZE
1	Turkey (4–0)		3–0	2–1	2–0	3–0
2	Liechtenstein (3–1)	0–3		3–0	2–1	3–0
3	Mauritius (2–2)	1–2	0–3		2–1	3–0
4	Egypt (1–3)	0–2	1–2	1–2		3–0
5	Azerbaijan (0–4)	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3

	Pool B	IRL	LAT	MNE	MLT	MDA
1	Ireland (4–0)		2–1	2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Latvia (3–1)	1–2		3–0	3–0	2–0
3	Montenegro (2–2)	1–2	0–3		2–0	3–0
4	Malta (1–3)	0–3	0–3	0–2		3–0
5	Moldova (0–4)	0–3	0–2	0–3	0–3

•  Turkey and  Ireland advanced to Group II for 2009.^[8][9]

See also

• Fed Cup structure

References

External links

• Fed Cup website

This page was last edited on 6 March 2024, at 19:06