2017 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Main article: 2017 Fed Cup

The Europe/Africa Zone is one of three zones of regional competition in the 2017 Fed Cup.

Group I

• Venue: Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia (indoor hard)
• Date: 8–11 February

The fourteen teams were divided into two pools of three teams and two pools of four teams. The four pool winners took part in promotion 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 relegation play-offs, with the two losing nations being relegated to Group II for 2018.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Fed Cup Rankings of 14 November 2016 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Poland (18) Croatia (22) Great Britain (23) Serbia (24)	Turkey (29) Georgia (30) Hungary (31) Israel (33)	Bulgaria (38) Portugal (42) Estonia (46) Austria (47) Latvia (49) Bosnia and Herzegovina (52)

Pools

	Pool A	POL	AUT	GEO
1	Poland (2–0)		2–1	2–1
2	Austria (1–1)	1–2		2–1
3	Georgia (0–2)	1–2	1–2

	Pool B	CRO	HUN	BIH
1	Croatia (2–0)		2–1	3–0
2	Hungary (1–1)	1–2		3–0
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina (0–2)	0–3	0–3

	Pool C	GBR	LAT	TUR	POR
1	Great Britain (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Latvia (2–1)	0–3		2–1	3–0
3	Turkey (1–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1
4	Portugal (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

	Pool D	SRB	EST	BUL	ISR
1	Serbia (3–0)		2–1	2–1	2–1
2	Estonia (2–1)	1–2		2–1	2–1
3	Bulgaria (1–2)	1–2	1–2		2–1
4	Israel (0–3)	1–2	1–2	1–2

Play-offs

Main article: 2017 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs

Placing A Team Score D Team Promotional Poland 1–2 Serbia 5th–8th Austria 2–1 Estonia 9th — Bulgaria Relegation Georgia 2–1 Israel

Placing B Team Score C Team Promotional Croatia 1–2 Great Britain 5th–8th Hungary 2–0 Latvia 9th — Turkey Relegation Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–2 Portugal

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 were promoted to 2017 Fed Cup World Group II Play-offs
• Israel and Bosnia and Herzegovina were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2018

Group II

• Venue: Šiauliai Tennis School, Šiauliai, Lithuania (indoor hard)
• Date: 19–22 April

The eight teams were divided into two pools of four teams. The two nations placing first and second took part in play-offs to determine the two nations advancing to Group I. The nations finishing third and last in their pools took part in relegation play-offs, with the two losing nations being relegated to Group III for 2018.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Fed Cup Rankings of 13 February 2017 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Sweden (50) Denmark (52)	Lithuania (57) South Africa (61)	Egypt (63) Norway (68)	Luxembourg (73) Slovenia (80)

Pools

	Pool A	SLO	SWE	NOR	RSA
1	Slovenia (2–1)		3–0	1–2	3-0
2	Sweden (2–1)	0–3		3–0	3–0
3	Norway (2–1)	2–1	0–3		3–0
4	South Africa (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

	Pool B	DEN	LUX	EGY	LTU
1	Denmark (3–0)		2–1	2–1	3–0
2	Luxembourg (1–2)	1–2		1–2	3–0
3	Egypt (1–2)	1–2	2–1		1–2
4	Lithuania (1–2)	0–3	0–3	2–1

Play-offs

Main article: 2017 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Play-offs

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Slovenia	2–0	Luxembourg
Promotional	Sweden	2–1	Denmark
Relegation	Norway	2–0	Lithuania
Relegation	South Africa	0–2	Egypt

Final placements

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	Slovenia	Sweden
Third	Luxembourg	Denmark
Fifth	Norway	Egypt
Relegated/Seventh	Lithuania	South Africa

• Slovenia and Sweden were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group I in 2018
• Lithuania and South Africa were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2018

Group III

• Venue: National Tennis School & Tennis Club Acvila, Chișinău, Moldova (outdoor clay)
• Date: 13–17 June

The fifteen teams were divided into one pool of three teams and three pools of four teams. The four nations placing first took part in play-offs to determine the two nations advancing to Group II.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Fed Cup Rankings of 24 April 2017 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Greece (70) Ireland (72) Finland (73) Moldova (74)	Macedonia (77) Cyprus (83) Armenia (84) Morocco (88)	Tunisia (89) Algeria (91) Malta (93) Kenya (97)	Mozambique (101) Iceland (102) Cameroon (-)

Pools

	Pool A	GRE	MLT	ARM
1	Greece (2–0)		2–1	3–0
2	Malta (1–1)	1–2		3–0
3	Armenia (0–2)	0–3	0–3

	Pool B	CYP	IRL	KEN	ISL
1	Cyprus (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Ireland (2–1)	0–3		2–1	3–0
3	Kenya (1–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1
4	Iceland (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

	Pool C	FIN	TUN	MKD	CMR
1	Finland (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Tunisia (2–1)	1–2		3–0	3–0
3	Macedonia (1–2)	0–3	0–3		3–0
4	Cameroon (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

	Pool D	MDA	MAR	ALG	MOZ
1	Moldova (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Morocco (2–1)	0–3		3–0	3–0
3	Algeria (1–2)	0–3	0–3		3–0
4	Mozambique (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

Play-offs

Main article: 2017 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Play-offs

Placing A Team Score C Team Promotional Greece 2–0 Finland 5th–8th Malta 2–1 Tunisia 9th–12th Armenia 1–2 Macedonia 13th–14th — Cameroon

Placing B Team Score D Team Promotional Cyprus 0–2 Moldova 5th–8th Ireland 1–2 Morocco 9th–12th Kenya 0–2 Algeria 13th–14th Iceland 3–0 Mozambique

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

• Fed Cup Result, 2017 Europe/Africa Group I
• Fed Cup Result, 2017 Europe/Africa Group II
• Fed Cup Result, 2017 Europe/Africa Group III

External links

• Fed Cup website