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2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – play-offs

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The play-offs of the 2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I were the final stages of the Group I zonal competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Using the positions determined in their pools, the fourteen teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I. The top two teams advanced to World Group II play-offs, and the bottom two teams were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

Pool results edit

Placing Pool A (Zielona Góra) Pool B (Zielona Góra) Pool A (Bath) Pool B (Bath)
1   Russia   Sweden   Great Britain   Serbia
2   Poland   Ukraine   Hungary   Croatia
3 —   Bulgaria   Greece   Turkey
4   Denmark   Estonia   Slovenia   Georgia

Promotional play-offs edit

The first placed teams of each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds. The winner of each round advanced to the World Group II play-offs.

Russia vs. Sweden edit

 
Russia
2 		Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa, Zielona Góra, Poland[1]
9 February
Hard (indoor) 		 
Sweden
0
1 2 3
1  
  		Natalia Vikhlyantseva
Johanna Larsson 		77
61 		6
2 		   
2  
  		Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Rebecca Peterson 		6
3 		6
2 		   
3  
  		Margarita Gasparyan / Anastasia Potapova
Mirjam Björklund / Cornelia Lister 		      not
played

Great Britain vs. Serbia edit

 
Great Britain
2 		University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom[2]
9 February
Hard (indoor) 		 
Serbia
0
1 2 3
1  
  		Katie Boulter
Ivana Jorović 		6
4 		6
3 		   
2  
  		Johanna Konta
Aleksandra Krunić 		77
61 		3
6 		6
2 		 
3  
  		Harriet Dart / Katie Swan
Olga Danilović / Aleksandra Krunić 		      not
played

5th place play-off edit

The runner-up teams from pools A and B (in both venues) competed in order to establish which two teams would place joint fifth in the final standings and which two would place joint seventh.

Poland vs. Ukraine edit

 
Poland
2 		Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa, Zielona Góra, Poland[3]
9 February
Hard (indoor) 		 
Ukraine
1
1 2 3
1  
  		Magdalena Fręch
Kateryna Kozlova 		3
6 		7
5 		6
2 		 
2  
  		Iga Świątek
Dayana Yastremska 		62
77 		4
6 		   
3  
  		Alicja Rosolska / Iga Świątek
Marta Kostyuk / Kateryna Kozlova 		6
1 		1
6 		77
65 		 

Hungary vs. Croatia edit

 
Hungary
2 		University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom[4]
9 February
Hard (indoor) 		 
Croatia
0
1 2 3
1  
  		Adrienn Nagy
Tena Lukas 		6
3 		4
6 		6
4 		 
2  
  		Réka Luca Jani
Jana Fett 		3
6 		5
2 		   
retired
3  
  		Réka Luca Jani / Adrienn Nagy
Jana Fett / Tena Lukas 		      not
played

9th place play-off edit

The third placed teams from pools A and B in Bath competed in order to establish which team would place ninth in the final standings (alongside Bulgaria) and which team would place eleventh.

Greece vs. Turkey edit

 
Greece
1 		University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom[5]
9 February
Hard (indoor) 		 
Turkey
2
1 2 3
1  
  		Despina Papamichail
İpek Soylu 		3
6 		6
2 		6
2 		 
2  
  		Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Berfu Cengiz 		3
5 		    retired
 
3  
  		Anna Arkadianou / Despina Papamichail
Berfu Cengiz / İpek Öz 		66
78 		4
6 		   

Relegation play-offs edit

The teams placing last in each pool competed to keep their place in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. The losers were relegated to the 2020 Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

Denmark vs. Estonia edit

 
Denmark
0 		Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa, Zielona Góra, Poland[6]
9 February
Hard (indoor) 		 
Estonia
2
1 2 3
1  
  		Hannah Viller Møller
Valeria Gorlats 		3
6 		6
3 		0
6 		 
2  
  		Karen Barritza
Anett Kontaveit 		1
6 		4
6 		   
3  
  		Karen Barritza / Maria Jespersen
Anett Kontaveit / Saara Orav 		      not
played

Slovenia vs. Georgia edit

 
Slovenia
2 		University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom[7]
9 February
Hard (indoor) 		 
Georgia
0
1 2 3
1  
  		Kaja Juvan
Mariam Bolkvadze 		6
1 		3
0 		   
retired
2  
  		Dalila Jakupović
Ekaterine Gorgodze 		6
4 		6
4 		   
3  
  		Nina Potočnik / Nika Radišič
Ekaterine Gorgodze / Oksana Kalashnikova 		      not
played

Final placements edit

Placing Teams
Promoted/First   Russia   Great Britain
Third   Sweden   Serbia
Fifth   Poland   Hungary
Seventh   Ukraine   Croatia
Ninth   Bulgaria   Turkey
Eleventh —   Greece
Twelfth   Estonia   Slovenia
Relegated/Fourteenth   Denmark   Georgia

References edit

  1. ^ "Russia v Sweden". fedcup.com.
  2. ^ "Great Britain v Serbia". fedcup.com.
  3. ^ "Poland v Ukraine". fedcup.com.
  4. ^ "Hungary v Croatia". fedcup.com.
  5. ^ "Greece v Turkey". fedcup.com.
  6. ^ "Denmark v Estonia". fedcup.com.
  7. ^ "Slovenia v Georgia". fedcup.com.

External links edit

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