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.

Main article: 2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Pool results
PlacingPool A (Zielona Góra)Pool B (Zielona Góra)Pool A (Bath)Pool B (Bath)
1 Russia Sweden Great Britain Serbia
2 Poland Ukraine Hungary Croatia
3N/A Bulgaria Greece Turkey
4 Denmark Estonia Slovenia Georgia

Promotional play-offs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
Placing Teams
Promoted/First  Russia  Great Britain
Third  Sweden  Serbia
Fifth  Poland  Hungary
Seventh  Ukraine  Croatia
Ninth  Bulgaria  Turkey
Eleventh N/A  Greece
Twelfth  Estonia  Slovenia
Relegated/Fourteenth  Denmark  Georgia
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References
  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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