2017 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – play-offs

The play-offs of the 2017 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III were the final stages of the Group III zonal competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Using the positions determined in their pools, the fifteen teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2017 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III. The top two teams advanced to Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

Placing	Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
1	Greece	Cyprus	Finland	Moldova
2	Malta	Ireland	Tunisia	Morocco
3	Armenia	Kenya	Macedonia	Algeria
4	—	Iceland	Cameroon	Mozambique

Promotional play-offs

The first placed teams of each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds. The winners advanced to Group II in 2018.

Greece vs. Finland

Greece 2	National Tennis School & Tennis Club Acvila, Chișinău, Moldova[1] 17 June 2017 Clay		Finland 0
1 2 3 1 Eleni Kordolaimi Oona Orpana 6 0 6 4     2 Valentini Grammatikopoulou Piia Suomalainen 7 5 6 1     3 Valentini Grammatikopoulou / Eleni Kordolaimi Emma Laine / Piia Suomalainen       not played

Cyprus vs. Moldova

Cyprus 0	National Tennis School & Tennis Club Acvila, Chișinău, Moldova[2] 17 June 2017 Clay		Moldova 2
1 2 3 1 Eliza Omirou Vitalia Stamat 2 6 78 66 4 6   2 Eleni Louka Alexandra Perper 0 6 2 6     3 Eliza Omirou / Maria Siopacha Alexandra Perper / Gabriela Porubin       not played

5th to 8th play-offs

The second placed teams of each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds to find the equal fifth and seventh placed teams.

Malta vs. Tunisia

Malta 2	National Tennis School & Tennis Club Acvila, Chișinău, Moldova[3] 17 June 2017 Clay		Tunisia 1
1 2 3 1 Helene Pellicano Mouna Bouzgarrou 6 1 6 4     2 Elaine Genovese Chiraz Bechri 3 6 1 6     3 Elaine Genovese / Helene Pellicano Chiraz Bechri / Mouna Bouzgarrou 6 0 6 1

Ireland vs. Morocco

Ireland 1	National Tennis School & Tennis Club Acvila, Chișinău, Moldova[4] 17 June 2017 Clay		Morocco 2
1 2 3 1 Jane Fennelly Abir Elfahimi 6 3 2 6 6 0   2 Jennifer Timotin Lina Qostal 65 77 0 6     3 Ruth Copas / Jane Fennelly Rita Atik / Lina Qostal 4 6 5 7

9th to 12th play-offs

The third placed teams of each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds to find the equal ninth and eleventh placed teams.

Armenia vs. Macedonia

Armenia 1	National Tennis School & Tennis Club Acvila, Chișinău, Moldova[5] 17 June 2017 Clay		North Macedonia 2
1 2 3 1 Anna Movsisyan Viktorija Veselinova 5 7 6 2 6 2   2 Marina Davtyan Nora Hristovska 2 6 4 6     3 Marina Davtyan / Anna Movsisyan Nora Hristovska / Viktorija Veselinova 6 4 4 6 4 6

Kenya vs. Algeria

Kenya 0	National Tennis School & Tennis Club Acvila, Chișinău, Moldova[6] 17 June 2017 Clay		Algeria 2
1 2 3 1 Sneha Kotecha Lynda Benkaddour 5 7 2 6     2 Shufaa Changawa Ruwa Amira Benaissa 3 6 2 6     3 Sneha Kotecha / Shufaa Changawa Ruwa Amira Benaissa / Lynda Benkaddour       not played

13th to 14th play-offs

The fourth placed teams of each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds to find the thirteenth and equal fourteenth placed teams.

Iceland vs. Mozambique

Iceland 3	National Tennis School & Tennis Club Acvila, Chișinău, Moldova[7] 17 June 2017 Clay		Mozambique 0
1 2 3 1 Sofia Sóley Jónasdóttir Cláudia Sumaia 6 1 6 0     2 Anna Soffía Grönholm Marieta de Lyubov Nhamitambo 5 7 6 3 6 2   3 Sofia Sóley Jónasdóttir / Selma Óskarsdóttir Ilga Adolfo João / Marieta de Lyubov Nhamitambo 77 61 1 6 6 3

Final placements

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

External links

• Fed Cup website

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