2004 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2004 Fed Cup.

Main article: 2004 Fed Cup

Group I

The fourteen teams were divided into two pools of three teams and two pools of four. The top teams of each pool played-off against the second-placed teams to decide which four nations progress to World Group Play-offs. The four nations coming last played-off against each other to decide which teams are relegated to Group II for 2005.

Pools
Pool A SCG SWE LTU
1  Serbia and Montenegro (2–0) 3–0 3–0
2  Sweden (1–1) 0–3 3–0
3  Lithuania (0–2) 0–3 0–3
Pool B UKR ISR NED RSA
1  Ukraine (3–0) 3–0 2–1 2–1
2  Israel (2–1) 0–3 3–0 2–1
3  Netherlands (1–2) 1–2 0–3 2–1
4  South Africa (0–3) 1–2 1–2 1–2
Pool C BLR HUN DEN
1  Belarus (2–0) 3–0 3–0
2  Hungary (1–1) 0–3 3–0
3  Denmark (0–2) 0–3 0–3
Pool D EST BUL POL GRE
1  Estonia (3–0) 2–1 2–1 3–0
2  Bulgaria (2–1) 1–2 2–1 2–1
3  Poland (1–2) 1–2 1–2 2–1
4  Greece (0–3) 0–3 1–2 1–2

Play-offs
Main article: 2004 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs
Winning TeamScoreLosing Team
 Bulgaria2–1 Serbia and Montenegro
 Ukraine2–0 Hungary
 Belarus2–1 Sweden
 Estonia2–1 Israel
Winning TeamScoreLosing Team
 Greece2–0 Lithuania
 South Africa2–0 Denmark

Group II
  • Venue: Marsa, Malta (outdoor hard)
  • Date: 26 April – 1 May

The nine teams were divided into a pool of four teams and a pool of five. The top teams of each pool played-off against the second-placed teams to decide which two nations progress to Group I for 2005. The four nations coming last played-off against the second-to-last placed teams to determine which teams would be relegated to Group III for 2005.

Pools
Pool A GBR ROU TUR EGY
1  Great Britain (3–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0
2  Romania (2–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0
3  Turkey (1–2) 0–3 0–3 3–0
4  Egypt (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3
Pool B LUX IRL LAT GEO FIN
1  Luxembourg (4–0) 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0
2  Ireland (3–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–0
3  Latvia (2–2) 1–2 0–3 2–1 2–1
4  Georgia (1–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2 2–1
5  Finland (0–4) 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2

Play-offs
Main article: 2004 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Play-offs
PlacingA TeamScoreB Team
Promotion Great Britain2–0 Ireland
Promotion Romania1–2 Luxembourg
5thN/A Latvia
Relegation Turkey0–3 Finland
Relegation Egypt0–3 Georgia

Group III
  • Venue: Marsa, Malta (outdoor hard)
  • Date: 26 April – 1 May

The eight teams were divided into two pools of four teams. The top teams of each pool played-off against the second-placed teams to decide which two nations progress to Group II for 2005. The other teams played against each other to determine overall placings.

Pools
Pool A NOR ALG BIH NAM
1  Norway (3–0) 2–1 2–1 3–0
2  Algeria (2–1) 1–2 2–1 3–0
3  Bosnia and Herzegovina (1–2) 1–2 1–2 2–1
4  Namibia (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2
Pool B TUN MLT BOT KEN
1  Tunisia (3–0) 2–1 2–1 3–0
2  Malta (2–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0
3  Botswana (1–2) 1–2 0–3 2–1
4  Kenya (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2

Play-offs
Main article: 2004 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Play-offs
PlacingA TeamScoreB Team
Promotion Norway2–1 Malta
Promotion Algeria1–2 Tunisia
5th–7th Bosnia and Herzegovina3–0 Kenya
5th–7th Namibia1–2 Botswana

See also
  • Fed Cup structure

References
  1. "Fed Cup first-round and qualifying results". USA Today. 8 November 2004.
  2. "Slovenia v Great Britain". fedcup.com.
  3. "Sweden v Luxembourg". fedcup.com.
  4. "Turkey v Egypt". fedcup.com.
  5. "Ireland v Norway". fedcup.com.
  6. "Romania v Tunisia". fedcup.com.
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