2017 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone is one of three zones of regional competition in the 2017 Fed Cup.

Main article: 2017 Fed Cup

Group I
  • Venue: Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia (indoor hard)
  • Date: 8–11 February

The fourteen teams were divided into two pools of three teams and two pools of four teams. The four pool winners took part in promotional 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 relegation play-offs, with the two losing nations being relegated to Group II for 2018.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Fed Cup Rankings of 14 November 2016 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
  1.  Poland (18)
  2.  Croatia (22)
  3.  Great Britain (23)
  4.  Serbia (24)
  1.  Turkey (29)
  2.  Georgia (30)
  3.  Hungary (31)
  4.  Israel (33)
  1.  Bulgaria (38)
  2.  Portugal (42)
  3.  Estonia (46)
  4.  Austria (47)
  5.  Latvia (49)
  6.  Bosnia and Herzegovina (52)

Pools
Pool A POL AUT GEO
1  Poland (2–0) 2–1 2–1
2  Austria (1–1) 1–2 2–1
3  Georgia (0–2) 1–2 1–2
Pool B CRO HUN BIH
1  Croatia (2–0) 2–1 3–0
2  Hungary (1–1) 1–2 3–0
3  Bosnia and Herzegovina (0–2) 0–3 0–3
Pool C GBR LAT TUR POR
1  Great Britain (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Latvia (2–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0
3  Turkey (1–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1
4  Portugal (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2
Pool D SRB EST BUL ISR
1  Serbia (3–0) 2–1 2–1 2–1
2  Estonia (2–1) 1–2 2–1 2–1
3  Bulgaria (1–2) 1–2 1–2 2–1
4  Israel (0–3) 1–2 1–2 1–2

Play-offs
Main article: 2017 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs
PlacingA TeamScoreD Team
Promotional Poland1–2 Serbia
5th–8th Austria2–1 Estonia
9thN/A Bulgaria
Relegation Georgia2–1 Israel
PlacingB TeamScoreC Team
Promotional Croatia1–2 Great Britain
5th–8th Hungary2–0 Latvia
9thN/A Turkey
Relegation Bosnia and Herzegovina1–2 Portugal

Final placements
Placing Teams
Promoted/First  Serbia  Great Britain
Third  Poland  Croatia
Fifth  Austria  Hungary
Seventh  Estonia  Latvia
Ninth  Bulgaria  Turkey
Eleventh  Georgia  Portugal
Relegated/Thirteenth  Israel  Bosnia and Herzegovina

Group II
  • Venue: Šiauliai Tennis School, Šiauliai, Lithuania (indoor hard)
  • Date: 19–22 April

The eight teams were divided into two pools of four teams. The two nations placing first and second took part in play-offs to determine the two nations advancing to Group I. The nations finishing third and last in their pools took part in relegation play-offs, with the two losing nations being relegated to Group III for 2018.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Fed Cup Rankings of 13 February 2017 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  1.  Sweden (50)
  2.  Denmark (52)
  1.  Lithuania (57)
  2.  South Africa (61)
  1.  Egypt (63)
  2.  Norway (68)
  1.  Luxembourg (73)
  2.  Slovenia (80)

Pools
Pool A SLO SWE NOR RSA
1  Slovenia (2–1) 3–0 1–2 3-0
2  Sweden (2–1) 0–3 3–0 3–0
3  Norway (2–1) 2–1 0–3 3–0
4  South Africa (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3
Pool B DEN LUX EGY LTU
1  Denmark (3–0) 2–1 2–1 3–0
2  Luxembourg (1–2) 1–2 1–2 3–0
3  Egypt (1–2) 1–2 2–1 1–2
4  Lithuania (1–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1

Play-offs
Main article: 2017 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Play-offs
PlacingA TeamScoreB Team
Promotional Slovenia2–0 Luxembourg
Promotional Sweden2–1 Denmark
Relegation Norway2–0 Lithuania
Relegation South Africa0–2 Egypt

Final placements
Placing Teams
Promoted/First  Slovenia  Sweden
Third  Luxembourg  Denmark
Fifth  Norway  Egypt
Relegated/Seventh  Lithuania  South Africa

Group III
  • Venue: National Tennis School & Tennis Club Acvila, Chișinău, Moldova (outdoor clay)
  • Date: 13–17 June

The fifteen teams were divided into one pool of three teams and three pools of four teams. The four nations placing first took part in play-offs to determine the two nations advancing to Group II.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Fed Cup Rankings of 24 April 2017 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  1.  Greece (70)
  2.  Ireland (72)
  3.  Finland (73)
  4.  Moldova (74)
  1.  Macedonia (77)
  2.  Cyprus (83)
  3.  Armenia (84)
  4.  Morocco (88)
  1.  Tunisia (89)
  2.  Algeria (91)
  3.  Malta (93)
  4.  Kenya (97)
  1.  Mozambique (101)
  2.  Iceland (102)
  3.  Cameroon (-)

Pools
Pool A GRE MLT ARM
1  Greece (2–0) 2–1 3–0
2  Malta (1–1) 1–2 3–0
3  Armenia (0–2) 0–3 0–3
Pool B CYP IRL KEN ISL
1  Cyprus (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Ireland (2–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0
3  Kenya (1–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1
4  Iceland (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2
Pool C FIN TUN MKD CMR
1  Finland (3–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0
2  Tunisia (2–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0
3  Macedonia (1–2) 0–3 0–3 3–0
4  Cameroon (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3
Pool D MDA MAR ALG MOZ
1  Moldova (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Morocco (2–1) 0–3 3–0 3–0
3  Algeria (1–2) 0–3 0–3 3–0
4  Mozambique (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3

Play-offs
Main article: 2017 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Play-offs
PlacingA TeamScoreC Team
Promotional Greece2–0 Finland
5th–8th Malta2–1 Tunisia
9th–12th Armenia1–2 Macedonia
13th–14thN/A Cameroon
PlacingB TeamScoreD Team
Promotional Cyprus0–2 Moldova
5th–8th Ireland1–2 Morocco
9th–12th Kenya0–2 Algeria
13th–14th Iceland3–0 Mozambique

Final placements
Placing Teams
Promoted/First  Greece  Moldova
Third  Finland  Cyprus
Fifth  Malta  Morocco
Seventh  Tunisia  Ireland
Ninth  Macedonia  Algeria
Eleventh  Armenia  Kenya
Thirteenth  Iceland
Fourteenth  Cameroon  Mozambique
  •  Greece and  Moldova were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2018.

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