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2006 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – play-offs

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The play-offs of the 2006 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I were the final stages of the Group I Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Those that qualified for this stage placed first and second in their respective pools, and also last in their pools.

Placing Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
1  Slovakia  Serbia and Montenegro  Great Britain  Israel
2  Netherlands  Denmark  Bulgaria  Romania
3  Luxembourg  Slovenia  Hungary  Belarus
4  Finland  South Africa  Ukraine  Estonia
5        Sweden

The eight top teams were then randomly paired up the team from a different placing of another group for a play-off tie, with the winners being promoted to the World Group II play-offs. The four bottom teams were also randomly paired up in play-off ties with the losers being relegated down to Group II for 2007.

Promotion play-offs

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Slovakia vs. Great Britain

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Slovakia
2
TC Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
22 April 2006
Red clay (outdoors)

Great Britain
1
1 2 3
1 Slovakia
United Kingdom
Magdaléna Rybáriková
Elena Baltacha
7
5
6
3
   
2 Slovakia
United Kingdom
Daniela Hantuchová
Anne Keothavong
6
2
6
1
   
3 Slovakia
United Kingdom
Dominika Cibulková / Janette Husárová
Elena Baltacha / Claire Curran
4
6
3
6
   

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Serbia and Montenegro vs. Israel

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Serbia and Montenegro
1
TC Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
22 April 2006
Red clay (outdoors)

Israel
2
1 2 3
1 Serbia and Montenegro
Israel
Ana Timotić
Anna Smashnova
5
7
4
5
   
retired
2 Serbia and Montenegro
Israel
Ana Ivanovic
Shahar Pe'er
2
6
6
4
4
6
 
3 Serbia and Montenegro
Israel
Ana Ivanovic / Danica Krstajić
Tzipora Obziler / Shahar Pe'er
1
6
6
4
8
10
 

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Relegation play-offs

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South Africa vs. Sweden

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South Africa
0
TC Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
22 April 2006
Red clay (outdoors)

Sweden
3
1 2 3
1 South Africa
Sweden
Elze Potgieter
Johanna Larsson
1
6
0
6
   
2 South Africa
Sweden
Alicia Pillay
Sofia Arvidsson
1
6
1
6
   
3 South Africa
Sweden
Alicia Pillay / Lizaan du Plessis
Mari Andersson / Nadja Roma
2
6
0
6
   

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Finland vs. Ukraine

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Finland
0
TC Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
22 April 2006
Red clay (outdoors)

Ukraine
2
1 2 3
1 Finland
Ukraine
Piia Suomalainen
Olena Antypina
78
66
1
6
2
6
 
2 Finland
Ukraine
Emma Laine
Kateryna Bondarenko
3
6
711
69
7
9
 
3 Finland
Ukraine
 
 
      not
played

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  •  Finland was relegated down to Group II for next year, where they placed last in their pool of three, and lost in their relegation play-off. The Finns therefore played in the 2008 Group III.[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Slovakia v Great Britain". fedcup.com.
  2. ^ "Fed Cup Profile, Slovakia". fedcup.com.
  3. ^ "Serbia and Montenegro v Israel". fedcup.com.
  4. ^ "Indonesia pulls out of Fed Cup tennis in Israel to protest Gaza Strip violence". Associated Press. 2006-07-04. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
  5. ^ "Fed Cup Profile, Israel". fedcup.com.
  6. ^ "South AFrica v Sweden". fedcup.com.
  7. ^ "Fed Cup Profile, South Africa". fedcup.com.
  8. ^ "Finland v Ukraine". fedcup.com.
  9. ^ "Fed Cup Profile, Finland". fedcup.com.
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