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

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

Pool results

Placing	Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
1	Poland	Croatia	Great Britain	Serbia
2	Austria	Hungary	Latvia	Estonia
3	—	—	Turkey	Bulgaria
4	Georgia	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Portugal	Israel

Promotional play-offs

The first placed teams of each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds. The winner of each round advanced to the World Group II play-offs.

Poland vs. Serbia

Poland 1	Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia[1] 11 February 2017 Hard (indoors)		Serbia 2
1 2 3 1 Katarzyna Piter Ivana Jorović 2 6 6 4 4 6   2 Magda Linette Nina Stojanović 6 2 6 1     3 Magda Linette / Katarzyna Piter Ivana Jorović / Nina Stojanović 6 4 4 6 1 6

Croatia vs. Great Britain

Croatia 1	Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia[2] 11 February 2017 Hard (indoors)		Great Britain 2
1 2 3 1 Donna Vekić Heather Watson 2 6 4 6     2 Ana Konjuh Johanna Konta 6 4 6 3     3 Darija Jurak / Ana Konjuh Johanna Konta / Heather Watson 6 4 4 6 3 6

5th place play-off

The runner-up teams from pools A and D, and B and C competed in order to establish which two teams would place joint fifth in the final standings and which two would place joint seventh.

Austria vs. Estonia

Austria 2	Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia[3] 11 February 2017 Hard (indoors)		Estonia 1
1 2 3 1 Tamira Paszek Maileen Nuudi 6 2 6 3     2 Barbara Haas Maria Lota Kaul 6 3 2 6 6 0   3 Julia Grabher / Pia König Valeria Gorlats / Maileen Nuudi 5 7 5 7

Hungary vs. Latvia

Hungary 2	Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia[4] 11 February 2017 Hard (indoors)		Latvia 0
1 2 3 1 Ágnes Bukta Daniela Vismane 6 2 6 3     2 Fanny Stollár Diāna Marcinkēviča 6 2 4 6 6 3   3 Dalma Gálfi / Fanny Stollár Diāna Marcinkēviča / Daniela Vismane       not played

Relegation play-offs

The teams placing last in each pool competed to keep their place in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. The bottom-placed team from group A faced the bottom-placed team from Group D, whilst Group B's and Group C's bottom-placed teams faced off. The losers were relegated to the 2018 Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

Georgia vs. Israel

Georgia 2	Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia[5] 11 February 2017 Hard (indoors)		Israel 1
1 2 3 1 Ekaterine Gorgodze Deniz Khazaniuk 6 4 4 6 7 5   2 Sofia Shapatava Julia Glushko 4 6 6 2 2 6   3 Oksana Kalashnikova / Sofia Shapatava Julia Glushko / Shelly Krolitzky 6 4 4 6 6 3

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Portugal

Bosnia and Herzegovina 1	Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia[6] 11 February 2017 Hard (indoors)		Portugal 2
1 2 3 1 Jelena Simić Inês Murta 4 6 0 6     2 Dea Herdželaš Michelle Larcher de Brito 1 6 2 6     3 Nefisa Berberović / Anita Husarić Francisca Jorge / Rita Vilaça 6 4 77 64

Final placements

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	Serbia	Great Britain
Third	Poland	Croatia
Fifth	Austria	Hungary
Seventh	Estonia	Latvia
Ninth	Bulgaria	Turkey
Eleventh	Georgia	Portugal
Relegated/Thirteenth	Israel	Bosnia and Herzegovina

•  Serbia and  Great Britain advanced to World Group II play-offs.
•  Israel and  Bosnia and Herzegovina were relegated to Europe/Africa Group II in 2018.

References

External links

• Fed Cup website

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