2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2007 Fed Cup.

Main article: 2007 Fed Cup

Group I

The sixteen teams were divided into four pools of four. The top teams of each pool played-off against each other to determine 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 2008.

Pools
Pool A ROU SUI DEN NED
1  Romania (2–1) 2–1 2–1 1–2
2   Switzerland (2–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0
3  Denmark (1–2) 1–2 0–3 2–1
4  Netherlands (1–2) 2–1 0–3 1–2
Pool B UKR BLR HUN LTU
1  Ukraine (3–0) 3–0 2–1 3–0
2  Belarus (2–1) 0–3 2–1 2–1
3  Hungary (1–2) 1–2 1–2 2–1
4  Lithuania (0–3) 0–3 1–2 1–2
Pool C SRB SLO SWE EST
1  Serbia (2–1) 2–1 1–2 3–0
2  Slovenia (2–1) 1–2 2–1 3–0
3  Sweden (2–1) 2–1 1–2 3–0
4  Estonia (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3
Pool D POL LUX GBR BUL
1  Poland (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Luxembourg (2–1) 0–3 2–1 2–1
3  Great Britain (1–2) 0–3 1–2 3–0
4  Bulgaria (0–3) 0–3 1–2 0–3

Play-offs
Main article: 2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs
PlacingA TeamScoreB/C Team
Promotion Romania1–2 Serbia
5th–8th  Switzerland2–0 Slovenia
9th–12th Denmark1–2 Hungary
Relegation Netherlands2–0 Estonia
PlacingB/C TeamScoreD Team
Promotion Ukraine2–1 Poland
5th–8th Belarus2–1 Luxembourg
9th–12th Sweden3–0 Great Britain
Relegation Lithuania0–2 Bulgaria

Group II

The seven teams were divided into one pool of three teams and one pool of four. The top two teams of each pool played-off against each other to decide which two nations progress to Group I for 2008. The four nations coming third in each pool then played-off to determine which team would join the fourth-placed team from the four-team pool in being relegated down to Group III for 2008.

Pools
Pool A RSA GRE FIN
1  South Africa (2–0) 3–0 2–1
2  Greece (1–1) 0–3 2–0
3  Finland (0–2) 1–2 0–2
Pool B POR GEO BIH NOR
1  Portugal (3–0) 3–0 2–0 2–0
2  Georgia (2–1) 0–3 2–0 2–0
3  Bosnia and Herzegovina (1–2) 0–2 0–2 3–0
4  Norway (0–3) 0–2 0–2 0–3

Play-offs
Main article: 2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Play-offs
PlacingA TeamScoreB Team
Promotion South Africa1–2 Georgia
Promotion Greece0–2 Portugal
Relegation Finland0–2 Bosnia and Herzegovina
RelegationN/A Norway

Group III

The ten teams were divided into two pools of five. The top team of each pool progressed to Group II for 2008.

Pools
Pool A TUR LIE MRI EGY AZE
1  Turkey (4–0) 3–0 2–1 2–0 3–0
2  Liechtenstein (3–1) 0–3 3–0 2–1 3–0
3  Mauritius (2–2) 1–2 0–3 2–1 3–0
4  Egypt (1–3) 0–2 1–2 1–2 3–0
5  Azerbaijan (0–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3
Pool B IRL LAT MNE MLT MDA
1  Ireland (4–0) 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0
2  Latvia (3–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–0
3  Montenegro (2–2) 1–2 0–3 2–0 3–0
4  Malta (1–3) 0–3 0–3 0–2 3–0
5  Moldova (0–4) 0–3 0–2 0–3 0–3

See also
  • Fed Cup structure

References
  1. "Slovakia v Serbia". fedcup.com.
  2. "Ukraine v Australia". fedcup.com.
  3. "Estonia v Lithuania". fedcup.com.
  4. "Bulgaria v Portugal". fedcup.com.
  5. "Belarus v Georgia". fedcup.com.
  6. "Armenia v Finland". fedcup.com.
  7. "Latvia v Norway". fedcup.com.
  8. "South Africa v Turkey". fedcup.com.
  9. "Estonia v Ireland". fedcup.com.
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