2007 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II – play-offs

The play-offs of the 2007 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II were the final stages of the Group II Zonal Competition involving teams from the Americas. Using the positions determined in their pools, the nine teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2007 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group II, with the top two teams of each pool playing for first to fourth. The teams finishing first advanced to Group I for the next year.

Placing Pool A Pool B
1  Uruguay  Paraguay
2  Ecuador  Bolivia
3  Bermuda  Guatemala
4  Honduras  Trinidad and Tobago
5  Barbados

Promotion play-offs

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The first and second placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two head-to-head rounds. The winner of the rounds advanced to Group I for 2008.

Uruguay vs. Bolivia

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Uruguay
2
Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club, Montevideo, Uruguay
21 April 2007
Red clay (outdoors)
 
Bolivia
1
1 2 3
1  
 
María José Arechavaleta
Daniela Trigo
2
6
3
6
   
2  
 
Estefanía Craciun
María Fernanda Álvarez Terán
6
2
6
0
   
3  
 
María José Arechavaleta / Estefanía Craciun
Daniela Álvarez / María Fernanda Álvarez Terán
3
6
6
4
6
3
 

[1]

Ecuador vs. Paraguay

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Ecuador
1
Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club, Montevideo, Uruguay
21 April 2007
Red clay (outdoors)
 
Paraguay
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Claudia Hidalgo
Verónica Cepede Royg
2
6
3
6
   
2  
 
Claudine Paulson
Rossana de los Ríos
2
6
1
6
   
3  
 
Lorena Avilés / Claudine Paulson
Verónica Cepede Royg / Adriana Pereira
6
3
63
77
7
5
 

[2]

Fifth to Sixth play-offs

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The third-placed teams from each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds to find the fifth and sixth placed teams.

Bermuda vs. Guatemala

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Bermuda
2
Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club, Montevideo, Uruguay
21 April 2007
Red clay (outdoors)
 
Guatemala
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Jacklyn Lambert
Ana Lilyan Guzmán
77
64
0
6
1
6
 
2  
 
Ashley Brooks
Jessica Lehnhoff
1
6
1
6
   
3  
 
Ashley Brooks / Caitlin Gordon
Ana Lilyan Guzmán / Paulina Schippers
4
6
2
6
   

[3]

Seventh to Eighth play-offs

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The fourth-placed teams from each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds to find the seventh and eighth placed teams.

Honduras vs. Trinidad and Tobago

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Honduras
1
Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club, Montevideo, Uruguay
21 April 2007
Red clay (outdoors)
 
Trinidad and Tobago
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Zulema Zelaya
Shenelle Mohammed
6
4
6
3
   
2  
 
Marisela Avilés
Olivia Bennett
0
6
0
6
   
3  
 
Sofía Barletta / María de los Ángeles Cárdenas
Olivia Bennett / Carlista Mohammed
0
6
2
6
   

[4]

Ninth

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As there was only four teams from Pool A as opposed to the five from Pool B, the last-placed team from Pool B (  Barbados) had no equivalent to play against. Thus the Barbadians were automatically allocated ninth place.

Final Placements

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Placing Teams
Promoted   Uruguay
  Paraguay
Third   Bolivia
  Ecuador
Fifth   Guatemala
Sixth   Bermuda
Seventh   Trinidad and Tobago
Eighth   Honduras
Ninth   Barbados
  •   Uruguay and   Paraguay advanced to 2008 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I. The Paraguayans placed fifth overall, while the Uruguayans placed last and thus were relegated back to Group II for 2009.[5][6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Uruguay v Bolivia". fedcup.com.
  2. ^ "Ecuador v Paraguay". fedcup.com.
  3. ^ "Bermuda v Guatemala". fedcup.com.
  4. ^ "Honduras v Trinidad and Tobago". fedcup.com.
  5. ^ "Fed Cup Profile, Uruguay". fedcup.com.
  6. ^ "Fed Cup Profile, Paraguay". fedcup.com.
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