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2004 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Main article: 2004 Fed Cup

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2004 Fed Cup.

Group I edit

The fourteen teams were divided into two pools of three teams and two pools of four. The top teams of each pool played-off against the second-placed teams to decide which four nations progress to World Group play-offs. The four nations coming last played-off against each other to decide which teams are relegated to Group II for 2005.

Pools edit

Pool A SCG SWE LTU
1   Serbia and Montenegro (2–0) 3–0 3–0
2   Sweden (1–1) 0–3 3–0
3   Lithuania (0–2) 0–3 0–3
Pool B UKR ISR NED RSA
1   Ukraine (3–0) 3–0 2–1 2–1
2   Israel (2–1) 0–3 3–0 2–1
3   Netherlands (1–2) 1–2 0–3 2–1
4   South Africa (0–3) 1–2 1–2 1–2
Pool C BLR HUN DEN
1   Belarus (2–0) 3–0 3–0
2   Hungary (1–1) 0–3 3–0
3   Denmark (0–2) 0–3 0–3
Pool D EST BUL POL GRE
1   Estonia (3–0) 2–1 2–1 3–0
2   Bulgaria (2–1) 1–2 2–1 2–1
3   Poland (1–2) 1–2 1–2 2–1
4   Greece (0–3) 0–3 1–2 1–2

Play-offs edit

Main article: 2004 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs
Winning Team Score Losing Team
  Bulgaria 2–1   Serbia and Montenegro
  Ukraine 2–0   Hungary
  Belarus 2–1   Sweden
  Estonia 2–1   Israel
Winning Team Score Losing Team
  Greece 2–0   Lithuania
  South Africa 2–0   Denmark

Group II edit

  • Venue: Marsa, Malta (outdoor hard)
  • Date: 26 April – 1 May

The nine teams were divided into a pool of four teams and a pool of five. The top teams of each pool played-off against the second-placed teams to decide which two nations progress to Group I for 2005. The four nations coming last played-off against the second-to-last placed teams to determine which teams would be relegated to Group III for 2005.

Pools edit

Pool A GBR ROU TUR EGY
1   Great Britain (3–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0
2   Romania (2–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0
3   Turkey (1–2) 0–3 0–3 3–0
4   Egypt (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3
Pool B LUX IRL LAT GEO FIN
1   Luxembourg (4–0) 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0
2   Ireland (3–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–0
3   Latvia (2–2) 1–2 0–3 2–1 2–1
4   Georgia (1–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2 2–1
5   Finland (0–4) 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2

Play-offs edit

Main article: 2004 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Play-offs
Placing A Team Score B Team
Promotion   Great Britain 2–0   Ireland
Promotion   Romania 1–2   Luxembourg
5th N/A   Latvia
Relegation   Turkey 0–3   Finland
Relegation   Egypt 0–3   Georgia

Group III edit

  • Venue: Marsa, Malta (outdoor hard)
  • Date: 26 April – 1 May

The eight teams were divided into two pools of four teams. The top teams of each pool played-off against the second-placed teams to decide which two nations progress to Group II for 2005. The other teams played against each other to determine overall placings.

Pools edit

Pool A NOR ALG BIH NAM
1   Norway (3–0) 2–1 2–1 3–0
2   Algeria (2–1) 1–2 2–1 3–0
3   Bosnia and Herzegovina (1–2) 1–2 1–2 2–1
4   Namibia (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2
Pool B TUN MLT BOT KEN
1   Tunisia (3–0) 2–1 2–1 3–0
2   Malta (2–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0
3   Botswana (1–2) 1–2 0–3 2–1
4   Kenya (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2

Play-offs edit

Main article: 2004 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Play-offs
Placing A Team Score B Team
Promotion   Norway 2–1   Malta
Promotion   Algeria 1–2   Tunisia
5th–7th   Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–0   Kenya
5th–7th   Namibia 1–2   Botswana

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Fed Cup first-round and qualifying results". USA Today. 8 November 2004.
  2. ^ "Slovenia v Great Britain". fedcup.com.
  3. ^ "Sweden v Luxembourg". fedcup.com.
  4. ^ "Turkey v Egypt". fedcup.com.
  5. ^ "Ireland v Norway". fedcup.com.
  6. ^ "Romania v Tunisia". fedcup.com.

External links edit

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