2005 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2005 Fed Cup.

Main article: 2005 Fed Cup

Group I

The sixteen teams were divided into four pools of four teams. The top teams of each pool played-off against each other to decide which two nations progress to World Group II Play-offs. The four nations coming last played-off against each other to decide which teams are relegated to Group II for 2006.

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

Play-offs
Main article: 2005 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs

Group II

The eight teams were divided into two pools of four teams. The top two teams of each pool played-off against each other to decide which two nations progress to Group I for 2006. The four nations coming last played-off against each other to decide which teams are relegated to Group III for the next year.

Pools
Pool A ROU FIN LTU TUN
1  Romania (3–0) 2–1 2–1 3–0
2  Finland (2–1) 1–2 2–1 3–0
3  Lithuania (1–2) 1–2 1–2 3–0
4  Tunisia (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3
Pool B GEO LAT IRL NOR
1  Georgia (3–0) 3–0 3–0 2–1
2  Latvia (2–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0
3  Ireland (1–2) 0–3 1–2 3–0
4  Norway (0–3) 1–2 0–3 0–3

Play-offs
Main article: 2005 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Play-offs
PlacingA TeamScoreB Team
Promotion Romania2–1 Latvia
Promotion Finland2–1 Georgia
Relegation Lithuania2–0 Norway
Relegation Tunisia0–2 Ireland

Group III

The twelve teams were divided into four pools of three teams. The top team of each pool played-off against each other to decide which two nations progress to Group II for 2006.

Pools
Pool A TUR EGY MLT
1  Turkey (2–0) 2–1 3–0
2  Egypt (1–1) 1–2 3–0
3  Malta (0–2) 0–3 0–3
Pool B ALG BOT ISL
1  Algeria (2–0) 3–0 3–0
2  Botswana (1–1) 0–3 3–0
3  Iceland (0–2) 0–3 0–3
Pool C BIH NAM CYP
1  Bosnia and Herzegovina (2–0) 2–1 3–0
2  Namibia (1–1) 1–2 3–0
3  Cyprus (0–2) 0–3 0–3
Pool D POR MDA KEN
1  Portugal (2–0) 2–1 3–0
2  Moldova (1–1) 1–2 3–0
3  Kenya (0–2) 0–3 0–3

Play-offs
Main article: 2005 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Play-offs

See also
  • Fed Cup structure

References
  1. "Japan v Bulgaria". fedcup.com.
  2. "China v Slovenia". fedcup.com.
  3. "Poland v Greece". fedcup.com.
  4. "Israel v Romania". fedcup.com.
  5. "Netherlands v Finland". fedcup.com.
  6. "Norway v Tunisia". fedcup.com.
  7. "Fed Cup Profile, Algeria". fedcup.com.
  8. "Poland v Portugal". fedcup.com.
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