2004 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs

The Play-offs of the 2004 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I were the final stages of the Group I Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Those that qualified for this stage placed first and second in their respective pools, and also last in their pools.

Placing	Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
1	Serbia and Montenegro	Ukraine	Belarus	Estonia
2	Sweden	Israel	Hungary	Bulgaria
3	Lithuania	Netherlands	Denmark	Poland
4		South Africa		Greece

The eight top teams were then randomly paired up the team from a different placing of another group for a play-off tie, with the winners being promoted to the World Group Play-offs. The four bottom teams were also randomly paired up in play-off ties with the losers being relegated down to Group II for 2005.

Promotional Play-offs

Serbia and Montenegro vs. Bulgaria

Serbia and Montenegro 1	Athens Lawn Tennis Club, Athens, Greece 24 April 2004 Red clay (outdoors)		Bulgaria 2
1 2 3 1 Jelena Janković Tsvetana Pironkova 6 4 6 1     2 Jelena Dokić Sesil Karatantcheva         w/o 3 Ana Timotić / Dragana Zarić Sesil Karatantcheva / Maria Penkova 4 6 6 2 3 6

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•  Bulgaria advanced to the World Group Play-offs, where they were drawn against  Japan. They lost 2–3, and thus were relegated back to Group I for next year.^[2]

Ukraine vs. Hungary

Ukraine 2	Athens Lawn Tennis Club, Athens, Greece 24 April 2004 Red clay (outdoors)		Hungary 0
1 2 3 1 Elena Tatarkova Kira Nagy 7 5 6 2     2 Yuliya Beygelzimer Melinda Czink 3 6 6 3 6 2   3 Mariya Koryttseva / Olga Savchuk Katalin Marosi / Kira Nagy       not played

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•  Ukraine advanced to the World Group Play-offs, where they were drawn against  Germany. They lost 2–3, and thus were relegated back to Group I for next year.^[4]

Belarus vs. Sweden

Belarus 2	Athens Lawn Tennis Club, Athens, Greece 24 April 2004 Red clay (outdoors)		Sweden 1
1 2 3 1 Tatsiana Uvarova Hanna Nooni 7 5 6 4     2 Anastasiya Yakimova Sofia Arvidsson 65 77 3 6     3 Darya Kustova / Tatiana Poutchek Sofia Arvidsson / Hanna Nooni 6 2 6 2

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•  Belarus advanced to the World Group Play-offs, where they were drawn against  Slovakia. They lost 0–4, and thus were relegated back to Group I for next year.^[6]

Estonia vs. Israel

Estonia 2	Athens Lawn Tennis Club, Athens, Greece 24 April 2004 Red clay (outdoors)		Israel 1
1 2 3 1 Maret Ani Tzipora Obziler 5 7 6 2 6 4   2 Kaia Kanepi Anna Smashnova 0 6 0 6     3 Maret Ani / Kaia Kanepi Tzipora Obziler / Anna Smashnova 7 5 6 1

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•  Estonia advanced to the World Group Play-offs, where they were drawn against  Czech Republic. They lost 2–3, and thus were relegated back to Group I for next year.^[8]

Relegation Play-offs

Lithuania vs. Greece

Lithuania 0	Athens Lawn Tennis Club, Athens, Greece 24 April 2004 Red clay (outdoors)		Greece 2
1 2 3 1 Edita Liachovičiūtė Christina Zachariadou 6 3 0 6 3 6   2 Lina Stančiūtė Eleni Daniilidou 2 6 2 6     3 Edita Liachovičiūtė / Lina Stančiūtė Eleni Daniilidou / Asimina Kaplani       not played

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•  Lithuania was relegated down to Group II for next year, where they placed fifth overall.^[10]

Denmark vs. South Africa

Denmark 0	Athens Lawn Tennis Club, Athens, Greece 24 April 2004 Red clay (outdoors)		South Africa 2
1 2 3 1 Maria Rasmussen Nicole Rencken 4 6 0 6     2 Karina-Ildor Jacobsgaard Natalie Grandin 4 6 2 6     3 Mette Iversen / Karina-Ildor Jacobsgaard Natalie Grandin / Nicole Rencken       not played

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•  Denmark was relegated down to Group II for next year.^[12]

See also

• Fed Cup structure

References

External links

• Fed Cup website