2000 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Knockout Stage

The Knockout Stage of the 2000 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was the final stage of the Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Those that qualified for this stage placed first in their respective pools.

Placing Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
1  Netherlands  Hungary  Belarus  Israel
2  Bulgaria  South Africa  Slovenia  Luxembourg
3  Sweden  Greece  Romania  Ukraine
4  Turkey  Portugal  Poland  Great Britain
5      Morocco  Finland

The four teams were then randomly drawn into a two-stage knockout tournament, with the winner advancing to the World Group play-offs next year.

Draw edit

Semifinals
20 May
Final
21 May
      
    Netherlands 2
    Israel 1
    Netherlands 0
    Hungary 2
    Belarus 0
    Hungary 2

Semifinals edit

Netherlands vs. Israel edit

 
Netherlands
2
La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
20 May 2000
Red clay (outdoors)
 
Israel
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Amanda Hopmans
Hila Rosen
77
62
6
3
   
2  
 
Seda Noorlander
Anna Smashnova
2
6
3
6
   
3  
 
Amanda Hopmans / Miriam Oremans
Tzipora Obziler / Hila Rosen
6
0
3
6
6
4
 

[1]

Belarus vs. Hungary edit

 
Belarus
0
La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
20 May 2000
Red clay (outdoors)
 
Hungary
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Nadejda Ostrovskaya
Anna Földényi
3
6
4
6
   
2  
 
Olga Barabanschikova
Rita Kuti-Kis
2
6
0
6
   
3  
 
 
      not
played

[2]

Final edit

Netherlands vs. Hungary edit

 
Netherlands
0
La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain
21 May 2000
Red clay (outdoors)
 
Hungary
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Miriam Oremans
Anna Földényi
2
6
63
77
   
2  
 
Seda Noorlander
Rita Kuti-Kis
0
6
1
6
   
3  
 
 
      not
played

[3]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Netherlands v Israel". fedcup.com.
  2. ^ "Belarus v Hungary". fedcup.com.
  3. ^ "Netherlands v Hungary". fedcup.com.

External links edit