2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2009 Fed Cup.

Main article: 2009 Fed Cup

Group I
  • Venue: Coral Tennis Club, Tallinn, Estonia (indoor hard)
  • Date: 4–7 February

The fifteen teams were divided into three pools of four teams and one pool of three. The four pool winners took part in play-offs to determine the two nations advancing to the World Group II Play-offs. The nations finishing last in their pools took part in play-offs, with the two losing nations being relegated to Group II in 2010.

Pools
Pool A GBR HUN NED LUX
1  Great Britain (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Hungary (2–1) 0–3 2–1 2–1
3  Netherlands (1–2) 0–3 1–2 3–0
4  Luxembourg (0–3) 0–3 1–2 0–3
Pool B POL SWE ROM BIH
1  Poland (3–0) 3–0 2–1 2–1
2  Sweden (2–1) 0–3 3–0 3–0
3  Romania (1–2) 1–2 0–3 3–0
4  Bosnia and Herzegovina (0–3) 1–2 0–3 0–3
Pool C BLR DEN SLO AUT
1  Belarus (3–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0
2  Denmark (2–1) 1–2 2–1 2–1
3  Slovenia (1–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1
4  Austria (0–3) 0–3 1–2 1–2
Pool D EST CRO BUL
1  Estonia (2–0) 2–1 3–0
2  Croatia (1–1) 1–2 2–1
3  Bulgaria (0–2) 0–3 1–2

Play-offs
Main article: 2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs
PlacingA TeamScoreB/C Team
Promotion Great Britain1–2 Poland
5th–8th Hungary1–2 Sweden
9th NetherlandsN/A
9thN/A Slovenia
Relegation Luxembourg1–2 Austria
PlacingB/C TeamScoreD Team
Promotion Belarus0–2 Estonia
5th–8th Denmark0–2 Croatia
9th RomaniaN/A
Relegation Bosnia and Herzegovina2–1 Bulgaria

Group II
  • Venue: Attaleya Shine Tennis Club, Antalya, Turkey (outdoor hard)
  • Date: 21–25 April

The six teams were divided into two pool of three teams each. The winner of each pool played the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations will be promoted to Group I in 2010. The bottom nation in each pool will be relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2010.

Pools
Pool A LAT POR MAR
1  Latvia (2–0) 2–1 3–0
2  Portugal (1–1) 1–2 3–0
3  Morocco (0–2) 0–3 0–3
Pool B RSA GEO TUR
1  South Africa (2–0) 2–1 2–1
2  Georgia (1–1) 1–2 3–0
3  Turkey (0–2) 1–2 0–3

Play-offs
Main article: 2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Play-offs
PlacingA TeamScoreB Team
Promotion Latvia3–0 Georgia
Promotion Portugal2–0 South Africa

Group III

The eleven teams were divided into one pool of five teams and one pool of six. The top two teams of each pool progressed to Group II for 2010.

Pools
Pool A GRE FIN IRE MLT ALG
1  Greece (4–0) 3–0 3–0 2–1 3–0
2  Finland (3–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–0
3  Ireland (2–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1 3–0
4  Malta (1–3) 1–2 0–3 1–2 2–1
5  Algeria (0–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2
Pool B ARM NOR LIE EGY MDA ISL
1  Armenia (5–0) 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Norway (4–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0
3  Liechtenstein (3–2) 1–2 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–0
4  Egypt (2–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–1 3–0
5  Moldova (1–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 3–0
6  Iceland (0–5) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3
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See also
  • Fed Cup structure

References
  1. "Poland v Japan". fedcup.com.
  2. "Estonia v Israel". fedcup.com.
  3. "Luxembourg v Liechtenstein". fedcup.com.
  4. "Bosnia and Herzegovina v Bulgaria". fedcup.com.
  5. "Latvia v Bosnia and Herzegovina". fedcup.com.
  6. "Croatia v Portugal". fedcup.com.
  7. "Morocco v Malta". fedcup.com.
  8. "Turkey v Egypt". fedcup.com.
  9. "Greece v Finland". fedcup.com.
  10. "Armenia v South Africa". fedcup.com.
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