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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  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.
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