2011 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2011 Fed Cup.

Main article: 2011 Fed Cup

Group I
  • Venue: Municipal Tennis Club, Eilat, Israel (hard, outdoors)
  • Date: 2–5 February

The fifteen teams were divided into three pools of four teams and one pool of three. 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 2012.

Pools
Pool A SUI GBR DEN
1   Switzerland (2–0) 2–1 2–1
2  Great Britain (1–1) 1–2 2–1
3  Denmark (0–2) 1–2 1–2
Pool B POL ISR LUX BUL
1  Poland (2–1) 2–1 2–1 1–2
2  Israel (2–1) 1–2 3–0 2–1
3  Luxembourg (1–2) 1–2 0–3 2–1
4  Bulgaria (1–2) 2–1 1–2 1–2
Pool C BLR CRO AUT GRE
1  Belarus (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Croatia (1–2) 0–3 3–0 0–3
3  Austria (1–2) 0–3 0–3 3–0
4  Greece (1–2) 0–3 3–0 0–3
Pool D NED ROU HUN LAT
1  Netherlands (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Romania (2–1) 0–3 2–1 2–1
3  Hungary (1–2) 0–3 1–2 3–0
4  Latvia (0–3) 0–3 1–2 0–3

Play-offs
Main article: 2011 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs
PlacingA TeamScoreC/D Team
Promotional  Switzerland2–1 Netherlands
5th–8th Great Britain2–0 Croatia
9th–12thN/A– Hungary
Relegation Denmark1–2 Greece
PlacingB TeamScoreC/D Team
Promotional Poland0–2 Belarus
5th–8th Israel2–1 Romania
9th–12th Luxembourg1–2 Austria
Relegation Bulgaria2–0 Latvia

Group II
  • Venue: Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt (clay, outdoors)
  • Date: Week of 2 May (ties played 4–7 May)

The seven teams were divided into one pool of four teams and one pool of three. The top nation from each pool played off against the runner-up from the other with the two winning teams promoted to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I for 2012. The third place nation from each pool played off against the last place nation of the other, with the two losing nations relegated to Group III in 2012.

Pools
Pool A POR FIN MAR
1  Portugal (2–0) 2–1 2–1
2  Finland (1–1) 1–2 2–1
3  Morocco (0–2) 1–2 1–2
Pool B BIH GEO TUR ARM
1  Bosnia and Herzegovina (3–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0
2  Georgia (2–1) 1–2 3–0 2–1
3  Turkey (1–2) 0–3 0–3 3–0
4  Armenia (0–3) 0–3 1–2 0–3

Play-offs
Main article: 2011 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Play-offs
PlacingA TeamScoreB Team
Promotion Portugal2–0 Georgia
Promotion Finland1–2 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Relegation Morocco0–2 Turkey
RelegationN/A– Armenia

Group III
  • Venue: Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt (clay, outdoors)
  • Date: Week of 2 May (ties played 2–7 May)

The nine teams were divided into one pool of five teams and one pool of four. The top nation from each pool played off against the runner-up from the other with the two winning teams promoted to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II for 2012.

Pools
Pool A RSA MNE LIT ALG
1  South Africa (3–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0
2  Montenegro (2–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0
3  Lithuania (1–2) 0–3 0–3 3–0
4  Algeria (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3
Pool B TUN EGY NOR IRL MDA
1  Tunisia (4–0) 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0
2  Egypt (3–1) 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1
3  Norway (2–2) 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–0
4  Ireland (1–3) 0–3 1–2 1–2 3–0
5  Moldova (0–4) 0–3 1–2 0–3 0–3

Play-offs
Main article: 2011 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Play-offs
PlacingA TeamScoreB Team
Promotion South Africa3–0 Egypt
Promotion Montenegro2–0 Tunisia
5th–8th Lithuania0–0 Norway
5th–8th Algeria0–0 Ireland
9thN/A– Moldova

See also
  • Fed Cup structure

References
  1. "Belarus v Estonia". fedcup.com.
  2. "Switzerland v Sweden". fedcup.com.
  3. "Latvia v Denmark". fedcup.com.
  4. "Sweden v Bosnia and Herzegovina". fedcup.com.
  5. "Great Britain v Portugal". fedcup.com.
  6. "Morocco v Armenia". fedcup.com.
  7. "South Africa v Montenegro". fedcup.com.
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