2010 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2010 Fed Cup.

Group I

The sixteen teams were divided into four pools of four teams. 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 relegated to Group II in 2011.

Pools

Pool A SLO NED ISR BUL
1  Slovenia (2–1) 2–1 2–1 1–2
2  Netherlands (2–1) 1–2 3–0 2–1
3  Israel (1–2) 1–2 0–3 2–1
4  Bulgaria (1–2) 2–1 1–2 1–2
Pool B SUI ROU CRO POR
1   Switzerland (3–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0
2  Romania (2–1) 1–2 2–1 2–1
3  Croatia (1–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1
4  Portugal (0–3) 0–3 1–2 1–2
Pool C SWE HUN DEN LAT
1  Sweden (3–0) 3–0 2–1 2–1
2  Hungary (2–1) 0–3 2–1 2–1
3  Denmark (1–2) 1–2 1–2 2–1
4  Latvia (0–3) 1–2 1–2 1–2
Pool D AUT GBR BLR BIH
1  Austria (3–0) 3–0 2–1 3–0
2  Great Britain (2–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0
3  Belarus (1–2) 1–2 1–2 3–0
4  Bosnia and Herzegovina (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3

Play-offs

PlacingA TeamScore
Promotional Slovenia 3–0  Switzerland
5th–8th Netherlands2–1 Great Britain
9th–12th Israel2–1 Denmark
Relegation Bulgaria2–1 Portugal
PlacingScoreC/D Team
Promotional Sweden 3–0 Austria
5th–8th Romania2–1 Hungary
9th–12th Croatia1–2 Belarus
Relegation Latvia3–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina

Group II

  • Venue: Orange Fitness & Tennis Club, Yerevan, Armenia (outdoor clay)
  • Date: 28 April – 1 May

The eight teams were divided into two pool of four teams each. The winner of each pool played-off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations would be promoted to Group I in 2011. The bottom nation in each pool played-off against third place in other pool, with two losing nations relegated to the 2011 Group III.

Pools

Pool A GRE LUX RSA LIE
1  Greece (3–0) 2–1 2–0 3–0
2  Luxembourg (2–1) 1–2 2–1 2–0
3  South Africa (1–2) 0–2 1–2 2–1
4  Liechtenstein (0–3) 0–3 0–2 1–2
Pool B FIN GEO NOR ARM
1  Finland (3–0) 2–1 2–0 2–1
2  Georgia (2–1) 1–2 3–0 2–0
3  Norway (1–2) 0–2 0–3 2–1
4  Armenia (0–3) 1–2 0–2 1–2

Play-offs

PlacingA TeamScoreB Team
Promotional Greece2–0 Georgia
 Luxembourg2–1 Finland
Relegation South Africa1–2 Armenia
 Liechtenstein2–0 Norway

Group III

  • Venue: Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt (outdoor clay)
  • Date: 21–24 April

The seven teams were divided into one pool of three teams and one pool of four. The winner of each pool played the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations would be promoted to Group II in 2011.

Pools

Pool A TUR EGY MDA
1  Turkey (2–0) 3–0 3–0
2  Egypt (1–1) 0–3 3–0
3  Moldova (0–2) 0–3 0–3
Pool B MAR ALG IRL MLT
1  Morocco (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Algeria (2–1) 0–3 2–1 2–1
3  Ireland (1–2) 0–3 1–2 3–0
4  Malta (0–3) 0–3 1–2 0–3

Play-offs

PlacingA TeamScoreB Team
Promotional Turkey3–0 Algeria
 Egypt0–2 Morocco
5th–6th Moldova1–2 Ireland
7thN/A– Malta

 Morocco and  Turkey advanced to Group II for 2011.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sweden v China". fedcup.com.
  2. ↑ "Slovenia v Japan". fedcup.com.
  3. ↑ "Portugal v Morocco". fedcup.com.
  4. ↑ "Bosnia and Herzegovina v Turkey". fedcup.com.
  5. ↑ "Greece v Croatia". fedcup.com.
  6. ↑ "Luxembourg v Bulgaria". fedcup.com.
  7. ↑ "Norway v Moldova". fedcup.com.
  8. ↑ "South Africa v Egypt". fedcup.com.
  9. ↑ "Turkey v Morocco". fedcup.com.

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