2010 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2010 Fed Cup.

Group I edit

The sixteen teams were divided into four pools of four teams. 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 2011.

Pools edit

Pool A SLO NED ISR BUL
1   Slovenia (2–1) 2–1 2–1 1–2
2   Netherlands (2–1) 1–2 3–0 2–1
3   Israel (1–2) 1–2 0–3 2–1
4   Bulgaria (1–2) 2–1 1–2 1–2
Pool B SUI ROU CRO POR
1    Switzerland (3–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0
2   Romania (2–1) 1–2 2–1 2–1
3   Croatia (1–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1
4   Portugal (0–3) 0–3 1–2 1–2
Pool C SWE HUN DEN LAT
1   Sweden (3–0) 3–0 2–1 2–1
2   Hungary (2–1) 0–3 2–1 2–1
3   Denmark (1–2) 1–2 1–2 2–1
4   Latvia (0–3) 1–2 1–2 1–2
Pool D AUT GBR BLR BIH
1   Austria (3–0) 3–0 2–1 3–0
2   Great Britain (2–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0
3   Belarus (1–2) 1–2 1–2 3–0
4   Bosnia and Herzegovina (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3

Play-offs edit

Placing A Team Score
Promotional   Slovenia 3–0    Switzerland
5th–8th   Netherlands 2–1   Great Britain
9th–12th   Israel 2–1   Denmark
Relegation   Bulgaria 2–1   Portugal
Placing Score C/D Team
Promotional   Sweden 3–0   Austria
5th–8th   Romania 2–1   Hungary
9th–12th   Croatia 1–2   Belarus
Relegation   Latvia 3–0   Bosnia and Herzegovina

Group II edit

The eight teams were divided into two pool of four teams each. The winner of each pool played-off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations would be promoted to Group I in 2011. The bottom nation in each pool played-off against third place in other pool, with two losing nations relegated to the 2011 Group III.

Pools edit

Pool A GRE LUX RSA LIE
1   Greece (3–0) 2–1 2–0 3–0
2   Luxembourg (2–1) 1–2 2–1 2–0
3   South Africa (1–2) 0–2 1–2 2–1
4   Liechtenstein (0–3) 0–3 0–2 1–2
Pool B FIN GEO NOR ARM
1   Finland (3–0) 2–1 2–0 2–1
2   Georgia (2–1) 1–2 3–0 2–0
3   Norway (1–2) 0–2 0–3 2–1
4   Armenia (0–3) 1–2 0–2 1–2

Play-offs edit

Placing A Team Score B Team
Promotional   Greece 2–0   Georgia
  Luxembourg 2–1   Finland
Relegation   South Africa 1–2   Armenia
  Liechtenstein 2–0   Norway

Group III edit

The seven teams were divided into one pool of three teams and one pool of four. The winner of each pool played the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations would be promoted to Group II in 2011.

Pools edit

Pool A TUR EGY MDA
1   Turkey (2–0) 3–0 3–0
2   Egypt (1–1) 0–3 3–0
3   Moldova (0–2) 0–3 0–3
Pool B MAR ALG IRL MLT
1   Morocco (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2   Algeria (2–1) 0–3 2–1 2–1
3   Ireland (1–2) 0–3 1–2 3–0
4   Malta (0–3) 0–3 1–2 0–3

Play-offs edit

Placing A Team Score B Team
Promotional   Turkey 3–0   Algeria
  Egypt 0–2   Morocco
5th–6th   Moldova 1–2   Ireland
7th N/A   Malta

  Morocco and   Turkey advanced to Group II for 2011.[9]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Sweden v China". fedcup.com.
  2. ^ "Slovenia v Japan". fedcup.com.
  3. ^ "Portugal v Morocco". fedcup.com.
  4. ^ "Bosnia and Herzegovina v Turkey". fedcup.com.
  5. ^ "Greece v Croatia". fedcup.com.
  6. ^ "Luxembourg v Bulgaria". fedcup.com.
  7. ^ "Norway v Moldova". fedcup.com.
  8. ^ "South Africa v Egypt". fedcup.com.
  9. ^ "Turkey v Morocco". fedcup.com.

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