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2017 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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

Group I

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

Pools

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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

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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

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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

Group II

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

Pools

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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

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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

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

Group III

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

Pools

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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

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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

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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

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