2014 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Play-offs

The play-offs of the 2014 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III were the final stages of the Group III zonal competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Using the positions determined in their pools, the twelve teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2014 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III. The top two teams advanced to Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

PlacingPool APool BPool CPool D
1 Estonia Greece Denmark Ireland
2 Namibia Moldova Norway Malta
3 Armenia Cyprus Madagascar Iceland
Main article: 2014 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Promotional play-offs

The first placed teams of each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds. The winner of each round advanced to Group II in 2014.

Estonia vs. Denmark

Estonia
2		 Tere Tennis Center, Tallinn, Estonia[1]
8 February 2014
Hard (indoors)
Denmark
0
1 2 3
1
Anett Kontaveit
Mai Grage		 6
0		 6
0		    
2
Kaia Kanepi
Karen Barbat		 6
2		 6
1		    
3
Eva Paalma / Tatjana Vorobjova
Karen Barbat / Mai Grage		       not
played

Greece vs. Ireland

Greece
1		 Tere Tennis Center, Tallinn, Estonia[2]
8 February 2014
Hard (indoors)
Ireland
2
1 2 3
1
Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Jane Fennelly		 6
2		 6
0		    
2
Maria Sakkari
Amy Bowtell		 6
4		 3
6 		2
6 		 
3
Valentini Grammatikopoulou / Maria Sakkari
Amy Bowtell / Rachael Dillon		 4
6 		3
6 		   

5th to 8th play-offs

The second placed teams of each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds to find the equal fifth and seventh placed teams.

Namibia vs. Norway

Namibia
0		 Tere Tennis Center, Tallinn, Estonia[3]
8 February 2014
Hard (indoors)
Norway
3
1 2 3
1
Kerstin Gressmann
Ida Seljevoll Skancke		 1
6 		1
6 		   
2
Lesedi Sheya Jacobs
Melanie Stokke		 2
6 		1
6 		   
3
Lesedi Sheya Jacobs / Liniques Theron
Ida Seljevoll Skancke / Melanie Stokke		 2
6 		3
6 		   

Moldova vs. Malta

Moldova
3		 Tere Tennis Center, Tallinn, Estonia[4]
8 February 2014
Hard (indoors)
Malta
0
1 2 3
1
Anastasia Dețiuc
Elaine Genovese		 2
6 		6
1		 6
1		  
2
Gabriela Porubin
Katrina Sammut		 6
2		 6
2		    
3
Julia Helbet / Gabriela Porubin
Rosanne Dimech / Elaine Genovese		 6
3		 6
2		    

9th to 12th play-offs

The third placed teams of each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds to find the equal ninth and eleventh placed teams.

Armenia vs. Madagascar

Armenia
1		 Tere Tennis Center, Tallinn, Estonia[5]
8 February 2014
Hard (indoors)
Madagascar
2
1 2 3
1
Lusine Chobanyan
Nantenaina Ramalalaharivololona		 1
6 		3
6 		   
2
Ani Amiraghyan
Sandra Andriamarosoa		 6
3		 2
6 		7
5		  
3
Ani Amiraghyan / Milena Avetisyan
Sandra Andriamarosoa / Nantenaina Ramalalaharivololona		 5
7 		4
6 		   

Cyprus vs. Iceland

Cyprus
3		 Tere Tennis Center, Tallinn, Estonia[6]
8 February 2014
Hard (indoors)
Iceland
0
1 2 3
1
Andria Tsaggaridou
Anna Soffia Grönholm		 6
2		 6
0		    
2
Maria Siopacha
Hjördís Rósa Guðmundsdóttir		 6
0		 6
2		    
3
Eliza Omirou / Atlanta Patsali
Hera Brynjarsdóttir / Anna Soffia Grönholm		 6
1		 6
0		    

Final placements
Placing Teams
Promoted  Estonia  Ireland
Third  Denmark  Greece
Fifth  Norway  Moldova
Seventh  Namibia  Malta
Ninth  Madagascar  Cyprus
Eleventh  Armenia  Iceland

References
  1. "Estonia v Denmark". fedcup.com.
  2. "Greece v Ireland". fedcup.com.
  3. "Namibia v Norway". fedcup.com.
  4. "Moldova v Malta". fedcup.com.
  5. "Armenia v Madagascar". fedcup.com.
  6. "Cyprus v Iceland". fedcup.com.
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