2011 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 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

Placing A Team Score C/D Team Promotional   Switzerland 2–1  Netherlands 5th–8th  Great Britain 2–0  Croatia 9th–12th N/A –  Hungary Relegation  Denmark 1–2  Greece

Placing B Team Score C/D Team Promotional  Poland 0–2  Belarus 5th–8th  Israel 2–1  Romania 9th–12th  Luxembourg 1–2  Austria Relegation  Bulgaria 2–0  Latvia

•  Belarus and   Switzerland advanced to World Group II play-offs.^[1][2]
•  Denmark and  Latvia were relegated to Europe/Africa Group II in 2012.^[3]

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

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotion	Portugal	2–0	Georgia
Promotion	Finland	1–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Relegation	Morocco	0–2	Turkey
Relegation	N/A	–	Armenia

•  Portugal and  Bosnia and Herzegovina promoted to Europe/Africa World Group I in 2012.^[4][5]
•  Armenia and  Morocco were relegated to Europe/Africa Group III in 2012.^[6]

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

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotion	South Africa	3–0	Egypt
Promotion	Montenegro	2–0	Tunisia
5th–8th	Lithuania	0–0	Norway
5th–8th	Algeria	0–0	Ireland
9th	N/A	–	Moldova

•  South Africa and  Montenegro promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2012.^[7]
•  Norway was reassigned to Europe/Africa Zone Group II for 2012.

See also

• Fed Cup structure

References

• Fed Cup 2011, Europe/Africa, Group I
• Fed Cup 2011, Europe/Africa, Group II
• Fed Cup 2011, Europe/Africa, Group III

External links

• Fed Cup website