2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2009 Fed Cup.

Contents

Group I

The fifteen teams were divided into three pools of four teams and one pool of three. The four pool winners took part in 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 play-offs, with the two losing nations relegated to Group II in 2010.

Pools

Pool A GBR HUN NED LUX
1  Great Britain (3-0) 3-0 3-0 3-0
2  Hungary (2-1) 0-3 2-1 2-1
3  Netherlands (1-2) 0-3 1-2 3-0
4  Luxembourg (0-3) 0-3 1-2 0-3
Pool B POL SWE ROM BIH
1  Poland (3-0) 3-0 2-1 2-1
2  Sweden (2-1) 0-3 3-0 3-0
3  Romania (1-2) 1-2 0-3 3-0
4  Bosnia and Herzegovina (0-3) 1-2 0-3 0-3
Pool C BLR DEN SLO AUT
1  Belarus (3-0) 2-1 3-0 3-0
2  Denmark (2-1) 1-2 2-1 2-1
3  Slovenia (1-2) 0-3 1-2 2-1
4  Austria (0-3) 0-3 1-2 1-2
Pool D EST CRO BUL
1  Estonia (2-0) 2-1 3-0
2  Croatia (1-1) 1-2 2-1
3  Bulgaria (0-2) 0-3 1-2

Play-offs

Placing Winning Team Score Losing Team
1st-4th  Estonia 2-0  Belarus
1st-4th  Poland 2-1  Great Britain
5th-8th  Sweden 2-1  Hungary
5th-8th  Croatia 2-0  Denmark
Relegation  Austria 2-1  Luxembourg
Relegation  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-1  Bulgaria

Group II

Participating Teams

Georgia

Latvia
promoted to Europe/Africa Group I

Morocco
relegated to Europe/Africa Group III

Portugal
promoted to Europe/Africa Group I

South Africa

Turkey
relegated to Europe/Africa Group III

The six teams were divided into two pool of three teams each. The winner of each pool played the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations will be promoted to Group I in 2010. The bottom nation in each pool will be relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2010.

Pools

Pool A LAT POR MAR
1  Latvia (2-0) 2-1 3-0
2  Portugal (1-1) 1-2 3-0
3  Morocco (0-2) 0-3 0-3
Pool B RSA GEO TUR
1  South Africa (2-0) 2-1 2-1
2  Georgia (1-1) 1-2 3-0
3  Turkey (0-2) 1-2 0-3

Play-offs

Placing Winning Team Score Losing Team
Play-off Latvia 3-0 Georgia
Play-off Portugal 2-0 South Africa

Group III

Participating Teams

Algeria

Armenia
promoted to Europe/Africa Group II

Egypt

Finland

Greece
promoted to Europe/Africa Group II

Iceland

Ireland

Liechtenstein

Malta

Moldova

Norway

The eleven teams were divided into one pool of five teams and one pool of six. The winner of each pool will be promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2010.

Pools

Pool A GRE FIN IRE MLT ALG
1  Greece (4-0) 3-0 3-0 2-1 3-0
2  Finland (3-1) 0-3 2-1 3-0 3-0
3  Ireland (2-2) 0-3 1-2 2-1 3-0
4  Malta (1-3) 1-2 0-3 1-2 2-1
5  Algeria (0-4) 0-3 0-3 0-3 1-2
Pool B ARM NOR LIE EGY MDA ISL
1  Armenia (5-0) 3-0 2-1 3-0 3-0 3-0
2  Norway (4-1) 0-3 2-1 3-0 3-0 3-0
3  Liechtenstein (3-2) 1-2 1-2 3-0 3-0 3-0
4  Egypt (2-3) 0-3 0-3 0-3 2-1 3-0
5  Moldova (1-4) 0-3 0-3 0-3 1-2 3-0
6  Iceland (0-5) 0-3 0-3 0-3 0-3 0-3

See also

External links