2019 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone

The Asia/Oceania Zone is one of three zones of regional competition in the 2019 Fed Cup.

Group I edit

Venue: Daulet National Tennis Centre, Astana, Kazakhstan (indoor hard)
Date: 6–9 February

The seven teams were divided into one pool of 3 teams (Pool A) and one pool of 4 teams (Pool B). The two pool winners took part in a play-off to determine the nation advancing to the World Group II play-offs. The teams that finished third in each pool took part in a play-off to determine which nation will be relegated to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2020. The nation finishing fourth in Pool B was automatically relegated.^[1]

Seeding edit

Pot	Nation	Rank¹	Seed
1	Kazakhstan	22	1
1	China	24	2
2	South Korea	30	3
2	India	32	4
3	Thailand	34	5
	Indonesia	41	6
	Pacific Oceania	45	7

¹Fed Cup Rankings as of 12 November 2018

Pools edit

	Pool A	KAZ	IND	THA
1	Kazakhstan (2–0)		3–0	3–0
2	India (1–1)	0–3		2–1
3	Thailand (0–2)	0–3	1–2

	Pool B	CHN	KOR	INA	POC
1	China (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	South Korea (2–1)	0–3		3–0	3–0
3	Indonesia (1–2)	0–3	0–3		3–0
4	Pacific Oceania (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

Play-offs edit

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	China	1–2	Kazakhstan
3rd–4th	India	1–2	South Korea
Relegation	Indonesia	2–1	Thailand
Relegation	—		Pacific Oceania

Final placements edit

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	Kazakhstan
Second	China
Third	South Korea
Fourth	India
Fifth	Indonesia
Relegated/Sixth	Thailand
Relegated/Seventh	Pacific Oceania

Kazakhstan was promoted to the 2019 Fed Cup World Group II Play-offs.
Thailand and Pacific Oceania were relegated to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2020.

Group II edit

Venue 1: Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan (hard)
Dates: 12–15 June

Venue 2: National Tennis Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (hard)
Dates: 19–23 June

13 nations will compete across two different venues. In Dushanbe, six teams will compete across two pools of 3 teams (Pools A & B). The winners of each pool will play-off to determine which nation will advance to Asia/Oceania Zone Group I. In Kuala Lumpur, seven teams will compete across two pools of 3 and 4 teams (Pools A & B). The winners of each pool will play-off to determine which nation will advance to Asia/Oceania Zone Group I. One team will be promoted from each venue.^[2]

Seeding edit

Pot	Nation	Rank¹	Seed
1	Uzbekistan	47	1
	Chinese Taipei	48	2
	Hong Kong	50	3
	Singapore	63	4
2	Malaysia	67	5
	New Zealand	72	6
	Sri Lanka	73	7
	Philippines	75	8
3	Pakistan	80	9
	Tajikistan	87	10
	Iran	91	11
	Turkmenistan	98	12
	Bangladesh	NR	13

¹Fed Cup Rankings as of 22 April 2019

Pools edit

	Pool A (Dushanbe)	TPE	PHI	TJK
1	Chinese Taipei (2–0)		3–0	3–0
2	Philippines (1–1)	0–3		3–0
3	Tajikistan (0–2)	0–3	0–3

	Pool B (Dushanbe)	SGP	SRI	IRI
1	Singapore (2–0)		2–1	3–0
2	Sri Lanka (1–1)	1–2		2–1
3	Iran (0–2)	0–3	1–2

	Pool A (Kuala Lumpur)	UZB	MAS	TKM
1	Uzbekistan (2–0)		3–0	3–0
2	Malaysia (1–1)	0–3		3–0
3	Turkmenistan (0–2)	0–3	0–3

	Pool B (Kuala Lumpur)	HKG	NZL	PAK	BAN
1	Hong Kong (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	New Zealand (2–1)	1–2		3–0	3–0
3	Pakistan (1–2)	0–3	0–3		3–0
4	Bangladesh (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

Play-offs edit

Placing (Dushanbe)	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Chinese Taipei	2–0	Singapore
3rd–4th	Philippines	2–0	Sri Lanka
5th–6th	Tajikistan	1–2	Iran

Placing (Kuala Lumpur)	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Uzbekistan	2–1	Hong Kong
3rd–4th	Malaysia	1–2	New Zealand
5th–6th	Turkmenistan	2–1	Pakistan
7th	—		Bangladesh

Final placements edit

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	Chinese Taipei	Uzbekistan
Second	Singapore	Hong Kong
Third	Philippines	New Zealand
Fourth	Sri Lanka	Malaysia
Fifth	Iran	Turkmenistan
Sixth	Tajikistan	Pakistan
Seventh	Bangladesh

Chinese Taipei and Uzbekistan were promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group I in 2020.

References edit

^ "GROUP I ASIA / OCEANIA". fedcup.com.
^ "GROUP II ASIA / OCEANIA". fedcup.com.

External links edit

[1] "GROUP I ASIA / OCEANIA". fedcup.com.

[2] "GROUP II ASIA / OCEANIA". fedcup.com.

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