2017 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs

The play-offs of the 2017 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 2017 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.

Pool results

PlacingPool APool BPool CPool D
1 Poland Croatia Great Britain Serbia
2 Austria Hungary Latvia Estonia
3N/AN/A Turkey Bulgaria
4 Georgia Bosnia and Herzegovina Portugal Israel

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.

Poland vs. Serbia


Poland
1
Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia[1]
11 February 2017
Hard (indoors)

Serbia
2
1 2 3
1
Katarzyna Piter
Ivana Jorović
2
6
6
4
4
6
 
2
Magda Linette
Nina Stojanović
6
2
6
1
   
3
Magda Linette / Katarzyna Piter
Ivana Jorović / Nina Stojanović
6
4
4
6
1
6
 

Croatia vs. Great Britain


Croatia
1
Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia[2]
11 February 2017
Hard (indoors)

Great Britain
2
1 2 3
1
Donna Vekić
Heather Watson
2
6
4
6
   
2
Ana Konjuh
Johanna Konta
6
4
6
3
   
3
Darija Jurak / Ana Konjuh
Johanna Konta / Heather Watson
6
4
4
6
3
6
 

5th place play-off

The runner-up teams from pools A and D, and B and C competed in order to establish which two teams would place joint fifth in the final standings and which two would place joint seventh.

Austria vs. Estonia


Austria
2
Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia[3]
11 February 2017
Hard (indoors)

Estonia
1
1 2 3
1
Tamira Paszek
Maileen Nuudi
6
2
6
3
   
2
Barbara Haas
Maria Lota Kaul
6
3
2
6
6
0
 
3
Julia Grabher / Pia König
Valeria Gorlats / Maileen Nuudi
5
7
5
7
   

Hungary vs. Latvia


Hungary
2
Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia[4]
11 February 2017
Hard (indoors)

Latvia
0
1 2 3
1
Ágnes Bukta
Daniela Vismane
6
2
6
3
   
2
Fanny Stollár
Diāna Marcinkēviča
6
2
4
6
6
3
 
3
Dalma Gálfi / Fanny Stollár
Diāna Marcinkēviča / Daniela Vismane
      not
played

Relegation play-offs

The teams placing last in each pool competed to keep their place in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. The bottom-placed team from group A faced the bottom-placed team from Group D, whilst Group B's and Group C's bottom-placed teams faced off. The losers were relegated to the 2018 Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

Georgia vs. Israel


Georgia
2
Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia[5]
11 February 2017
Hard (indoors)

Israel
1
1 2 3
1
Ekaterine Gorgodze
Deniz Khazaniuk
6
4
4
6
7
5
 
2
Sofia Shapatava
Julia Glushko
4
6
6
2
2
6
 
3
Oksana Kalashnikova / Sofia Shapatava
Julia Glushko / Shelly Krolitzky
6
4
4
6
6
3
 

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Portugal


Bosnia and Herzegovina
1
Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia[6]
11 February 2017
Hard (indoors)

Portugal
2
1 2 3
1
Jelena Simić
Inês Murta
4
6
0
6
   
2
Dea Herdželaš
Michelle Larcher de Brito
1
6
2
6
   
3
Nefisa Berberović / Anita Husarić
Francisca Jorge / Rita Vilaça
6
4
77
64
   

Final placements

Placing Teams
Promoted/First  Serbia  Great Britain
Third  Poland  Croatia
Fifth  Austria  Hungary
Seventh  Estonia  Latvia
Ninth  Bulgaria  Turkey
Eleventh  Georgia  Portugal
Relegated/Thirteenth  Israel  Bosnia and Herzegovina

References

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