2012 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – play-offs

The play-offs of the 2012 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III were the final stages of the Group III Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Using the positions determined in their pools, the seven teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2012 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III. The top two teams advanced to Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

Placing Pool A Pool B
1  Morocco  Tunisia
2  Ireland  Lithuania
3  Armenia  Egypt
4  Malta  Moldova
5  Kenya  Cyprus
6    Namibia

Promotion play-offs

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The first and second placed teams of each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds. The winner of each round advanced to Group II in 2013.

Morocco vs. Lithuania

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Morocco
1
Golf El Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt
21 April 2012
Red clay (outdoors)
 
Lithuania
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Fatima El Allami
Joana Eidukonytė
65
77
6
2
6
4
 
2  
 
Fatyha Berjane
Lina Stančiūtė
1
6
1
6
   
3  
 
Fatima El Allami / Bahia Mouhtassine
Justina Mikulskytė / Lina Stančiūtė
4
6
5
7
   

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Tunisia vs. Ireland

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Tunisia
2
Golf El Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt
21 April 2012
Red clay (outdoors)
 
Ireland
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Nour Abbès
Sinéad Lohan
1
6
6
3
6
3
 
2  
 
Ons Jabeur
Amy Bowtell
6
3
7
5
   
3  
 
Ons Jabeur / Mouna Jebri
Amy Bowtell / Jenny Claffey
1
6
1
6
   

[2]

5th to 7th play-offs

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The third and fourth placed teams of each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds to find the equal fifth and seventh placed teams.

Malta vs. Moldova

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Malta
1
Golf El Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt
21 April 2012
Red clay (outdoors)
 
Moldova
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Elaine Genovese
Alina Soltanici
6
3
6
1
   
2  
 
Rosanne Dimech
Julia Helbert
3
6
1
6
   
3  
 
Rosanne Dimech / Elaine Genovese
Julia Helbert / Melisa Martinov
1
6
6
3
4
6
 

[3]

Armenia vs. Egypt

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Armenia
1
Golf El Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt
21 April 2012
Red clay (outdoors)
 
Egypt
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Nune Khachatryan
Menna El Nagdy
64
77
1
6
   
2  
 
Ani Amiraghyan
Mai El Kamash
79
67
6
1
   
3  
 
Ani Amiraghyan / Anna Movsisyan
Mai El Kamash / Mora Eshak
3
6
6
4
5
7
 

[4]

9th to 10th play-offs

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The fifth placed teams of each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds to find the ninth and tenth placed teams.

Kenya vs. Cyprus

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Kenya
0
Golf El Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt
21 April 2012
Red clay (outdoors)
 
Cyprus
3
1 2 3
1  
 
Veronica Osogo Nabwire
Mara Argyriou
2
6
2
6
   
2  
 
Caroline Oduor
Joanna Nena Savva
0
6
0
6
   
3  
 
Caroline Oduor / Veronica Osogo Nabwire
Mara Argyriou / Maria Siopacha
4
6
1
6
   

[5]

Final Placements

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Placing Teams
Promoted   Lithuania
  Tunisia
Third   Morocco
  Ireland
Fifth   Egypt
  Moldova
Seventh   Armenia
  Malta
Ninth   Cyprus
Tenth   Kenya
Eleventh   Namibia
  •   Lithuania and   Tunisia were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II for 2013.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Morocco v Lithuania". fedcup.com.
  2. ^ "Tunisia v Ireland". fedcup.com.
  3. ^ "Malta v Moldova". fedcup.com.
  4. ^ "Armenia v Egypt". fedcup.com.
  5. ^ "Kenya v Cyprus". fedcup.com.
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