2004 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Play-offs

The Play-offs of the 2004 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II were the final stages of the Group I Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Using the positions determined in their pools, the nine teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2004 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II. The top two teams advanced to Group I for next year, and the bottom two teams were relegated down to the Europe/Africa Zone Group III.

PlacingPool APool B
1 Great Britain Luxembourg
2 Romania Ireland
3  Latvia
4 Turkey Georgia
5 Egypt Finland

Promotional Play-Offs

The first and second placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two head-to-head rounds. The winner of the rounds advanced to Group I.

Great Britain vs. Ireland


Great Britain
2
Marsa, Malta
1 May 2004
Hard (outdoors)

Ireland
0
1 2 3
1
Elena Baltacha
Yvonne Doyle
6
1
7
5
   
2
Anne Keothavong
Kelly Liggan
6
2
3
6
2
2
 
retired
3
Elena Baltacha / Anne Keothavong
Yvonne Doyle / Kelly Liggan
      not
played

[1]

Romania vs. Luxembourg


Romania
1
Marsa, Malta
1 May 2004
Hard (outdoors)

Luxembourg
2
1 2 3
1
Monica Niculescu
Anne Kremer
0
6
5
7
   
2
Simona Matei
Claudine Schaul
3
6
4
6
   
3
Gabriela Niculescu / Monica Niculescu
Mandy Minella / Lynn Philippe
6
3
6
4
   

[2]

Fifth

As there was only four teams from Pool A as opposed to the five from Pool B, the third-placed team from Pool B ( Latvia) had no equivalent to play against. Thus the Latvians were automatically allocated fifth place.

Relegation Play-Offs

The last and second-to-last placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two head-to-head rounds. The losing team of the rounds were relegated to Group III for next year.

Turkey vs. Finland


Turkey
0
Marsa, Malta
1 May 2004
Hard (outdoors)

Finland
3
1 2 3
1
Çiğdem Duru
Essi Laine
6
3
4
6
3
6
 
2
Pemra Özgen
Emma Laine
2
6
0
6
   
3
Çiğdem Duru / Pemra Özgen
Emma Laine / Essi Laine
4
6
2
6
   

[3]

Egypt vs. Georgia


Egypt
0
Marsa, Malta
1 May 2004
Hard (outdoors)

Georgia
3
1 2 3
1
Aliaa Fakhry
Sofia Melikishvili
0
6
4
6
   
2
Yomna Farid
Salome Devidze
1
6
4
6
   
3
Aliaa Fakhry / Yomna Farid
Tinatin Kavlashvili / Sofia Melikishvili
4
6
3
6
   

[4]

Final Placements

Placing Teams
Promoted  Great Britain
 Luxembourg
Third  Ireland
 Romania
Fifth  Latvia
Sixth  Finland
 Georgia
Relegated  Turkey
 Egypt
  •  Great Britain and  Luxembourg advanced to Group I, where they placed eleventh and ninth respectively.[5][6]
  •  Turkey and  Egypt were relegated down to Group III for the next year, where they placed third and fifth respectively.[7][8]
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See also

  • Fed Cup structure

References

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