2013 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2013 Fed Cup.

Main article: 2013 Fed Cup

Group I
  • Venue: Municipal Tennis Club, Eilat, Israel (hard, outdoors)
  • Date: 6–10 February

The sixteen teams were divided into four pools of four teams. The four pool winners will take part in play-offs to determine the two nations advancing to the World Group II Play-offs. The nations finishing last in their pools will take part in relegation play-offs, with the two losing nations being relegated to Group II for 2014.

Pools
Pool A CRO BLR AUT GEO
1  Croatia (3–0) 3–0 2–1 3–0
2  Belarus (2–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0
3  Austria (1–2) 1–2 1–2 3–0
4  Georgia (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3
Pool B GBR HUN POR BIH
1  Great Britain (3–0) 2–1 2–1 3–0
2  Hungary (2–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0
3  Portugal (1–2) 1–2 0–3 2–1
4  Bosnia and Herzegovina (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2
Pool C POL ISR ROU TUR
1  Poland (3–0) 2–1 2–1 3–0
2  Israel (1–2) 1–2 1–2 2–1
3  Romania (1–2) 1–2 2–1 1–2
4  Turkey (1–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1
Pool D BUL NED SLO LUX
1  Bulgaria (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Netherlands (2–1) 3–0 0–3 3–0
3  Slovenia (1–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1
4  Luxembourg (0–3) 1–2 0–3 0–3

Play-offs
Main article: 2013 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs
PlacingA TeamScoreC Team
Promotional Croatia1–2 Poland
5th–8th Belarus0–2 Israel
9th–12th Austria2–1 Romania
Relegation Georgia1–2 Turkey
PlacingB TeamScoreD Team
Promotional Great Britain2–0 Bulgaria
5th–8th Hungary2–0 Netherlands
9th–12th PortugalW/O Slovenia
Relegation Bosnia and Herzegovina0–2 Luxembourg

Group II
  • Venue: Bellevue Club, Ulcinj, Montenegro (outdoor clay)
  • Dates: 17–20 April

The eight teams were divided into two pools of four teams. The two nations placing first and second will take part in play-offs to determine the two nations advancing to Group I. The nations finishing last in their pools will take part in relegation play-offs, with the two losing nations being relegated to Group III for 2014.

Pools
Pool A TUN LAT FIN EST
1  Tunisia (3–0) 2–1 2–1 2–1
2  Latvia (2–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0
3  Finland (1–2) 1–2 0–3 2–0
4  Estonia (0–3) 1–2 0–3 0–2
Pool B MNE LTU RSA GRE
1  Montenegro (3–0) 3–0 2–1 2–1
2  Lithuania (2–1) 0–3 2–1 2–1
3  South Africa (1–2) 1–2 1–2 2–1
4  Greece (0–3) 1–2 1–2 1–2

Play-offs
Main article: 2013 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Play-offs
PlacingA TeamScoreB Team
Promotion Tunisia2–1 Lithuania
Promotion Latvia2–1 Montenegro
Relegation Finland2–1 Greece
Relegation Estonia1–2 South Africa
  •  Latvia and  Tunisia advanced to Europe/Africa Group I in 2014.
  •  Estonia and  Greece were relegated to Europe/Africa Group III in 2014.

Group III

Venue: Terraten Club, Chișinău, Moldova (outdoor clay)

Dates: 8–11 May

The thirteen teams were divided into three pools of three teams and one pool of four. The four pool winners will take part in play-offs to determine the two nations advancing to Group II for 2014. The fourth nation in Pool D will not compete in the positional play-offs.

Pools
Pool A EGY MLT ARM
1  Egypt (2–0) 3–0 3–0
2  Malta (1–1) 0–3 2–1
3  Armenia (0–2) 0–3 1–2
Pool B DEN MAR NAM
1  Denmark (2–0) 3–0 3–0
2  Morocco (1–1) 0–3 3–0
3  Namibia (0–2) 0–3 0–3
Pool C MDA IRL KEN
1  Moldova (2–0) 2–1 3–0
2  Ireland (1–1) 1–2 3–0
3  Kenya (0–2) 0–3 0–3
Pool D LIE MAD NOR CYP
1  Liechtenstein (2–1) 3–0 3–0 0–3
2  Madagascar (2–1) 0–3 2–1 2–1
3  Norway (1–2) 0–3 1–2 3–0
4  Cyprus (1–2) 3–0 1–2 0–3

Play-offs
Main article: 2013 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Play-offs
PlacingA TeamScoreC Team
Promotional Egypt2–0 Moldova
5th–8th Malta2–1 Ireland
9th–12th Armenia2–1 Kenya
PlacingB TeamScoreD Team
Promotional Denmark1–2 Liechtenstein
5th–8th Morocco1–1 Madagascar
9th–12th Namibia0–3 Norway
13thN/A– Cyprus

See also
  • Fed Cup structure

References
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