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Main article: 2006 Fed Cup

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2006 Fed Cup.

Group I

The seventeen teams were divided into three pools of four teams and one pool of five. The top teams of each pool played-off against each other to decide 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 2006.

Pools

Pool A SVK NED LUX FIN
1  Slovakia (3–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0
2  Netherlands (2–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0
3  Luxembourg (1–2) 0–3 0–3 3–0
4  Finland (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3
Pool B SCG DEN SLO RSA
1  Serbia and Montenegro (3–0) 3–0 2–1 3–0
2  Denmark (2–1) 0–3 2–0 3–0
3  Slovenia (1–2) 1–2 0–2 3–0
4  South Africa (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3
Pool C GBR BUL HUN UKR
1  Great Britain (3–0) 2–1 2–1 3–0
2  Bulgaria (1–2) 1–2 1–2 2–1
3  Hungary (1–2) 1–2 2–1 1–2
4  Ukraine (1–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1
Pool D ISR ROU BLR EST SWE
1  Israel (4–0) 2–1 2–0 2–1 3–0
2  Romania (2–2) 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–2
3  Belarus (2–2) 0–2 1–2 2–1 2–1
4  Estonia (1–3) 1–2 1–2 1–2 3–0
5  Sweden (1–3) 0–3 2–1 1–2 0–3

Play-offs

Main article: 2006 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs
Winning Team Score Losing Team
 Slovakia 2–1  Great Britain
 Israel 2–1  Serbia and Montenegro
Winning Team Score Losing Team
 Ukraine 2–0  Finland
 Sweden 3–0  South Africa

Group II

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 2007. 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 2007.

Pools

Pool A LTU GEO IRL
1  Lithuania (2–0) 2–1 2–1
2  Georgia (1–1) 1–2 2–1
3  Ireland (0–2) 1–2 1–2
Pool B POL POR GRE LAT
1  Poland (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Portugal (2–1) 0–3 2–1 2–1
3  Greece (1–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1
4  Latvia (0–3) 0–3 1–2 1–2

Play-offs

Main article: 2006 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Play-offs
Placing A Team Score B Team
Promotion  Lithuania 2–0  Portugal
Promotion  Georgia 0–3  Poland
Relegation  Ireland 1–2  Greece
Relegation N/A  Latvia

Group III

The eleven teams were divided into one pool of five teams and one pool of six. The top two teams of each pool played-off against each other to decide which two nations progress to Group II for 2007.

Pools

Pool A NOR TUR TUN MDA ISL
1  Norway (4–0) 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–0
2  Turkey (3–1) 0–2 2–1 2–0 3–0
3  Tunisia (2–2) 1–2 1–2 2–0 2–1
4  Moldova (1–3) 0–2 0–2 0–2 2–0
5  Iceland (0–4) 0–2 0–3 1–2 0–2
Pool B BIH EGY LIE NAM AZE BOT
1  Bosnia and Herzegovina (5–0) 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 3–0
2  Egypt (4–1) 0–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–0
3  Liechtenstein (3–2) 0–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–0
4  Namibia (2–3) 0–3 0–2 0–2 2–1 2–0
5  Azerbaijan (1–4) 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–2 2–0
6  Botswana (0–5) 0–3 0–3 0–2 0–2 0–2

See also

References

  1. ^ "Slovakia v Thailand". fedcup.com.
  2. ^ "Indonesia pulls out of Fed Cup tennis in Israel to protest Gaza Strip violence". Haaretz.
  3. ^ "South Africa v Finland". fedcup.com.
  4. ^ "Ukraine v Lithuania". fedcup.com.
  5. ^ "Poland v Luxembourg". fedcup.com.
  6. ^ "Ireland v Latvia". fedcup.com.
  7. ^ "Bosnia and Herzegovina v Norway". fedcup.com.
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