2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Main article: 2009 Fed Cup

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2009 Fed Cup.

Group I

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 being relegated to Group II in 2010.

Pools

Pool A GBR HUN NED LUX
1  Great Britain (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Hungary (2–1) 0–3 2–1 2–1
3  Netherlands (1–2) 0–3 1–2 3–0
4  Luxembourg (0–3) 0–3 1–2 0–3
Pool B POL SWE ROM BIH
1  Poland (3–0) 3–0 2–1 2–1
2  Sweden (2–1) 0–3 3–0 3–0
3  Romania (1–2) 1–2 0–3 3–0
4  Bosnia and Herzegovina (0–3) 1–2 0–3 0–3
Pool C BLR DEN SLO AUT
1  Belarus (3–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0
2  Denmark (2–1) 1–2 2–1 2–1
3  Slovenia (1–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1
4  Austria (0–3) 0–3 1–2 1–2
Pool D EST CRO BUL
1  Estonia (2–0) 2–1 3–0
2  Croatia (1–1) 1–2 2–1
3  Bulgaria (0–2) 0–3 1–2

Play-offs

PlacingA TeamScoreB/C Team
Promotion  Great Britain 1–2  Poland
5th–8th  Hungary 1–2  Sweden
9th  Netherlands N/A
9th N/A  Slovenia
Relegation  Luxembourg 1–2  Austria
PlacingB/C TeamScoreD Team
Promotion  Belarus 0–2  Estonia
5th–8th  Denmark 0–2  Croatia
9th  Romania N/A
Relegation  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–1  Bulgaria

Group II

The six teams were divided into two pool of three teams each. The winner of each pool played the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations will be promoted to Group I in 2010. The bottom nation in each pool will be relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2010.

Pools

Pool A LAT POR MAR
1  Latvia (2–0) 2–1 3–0
2  Portugal (1–1) 1–2 3–0
3  Morocco (0–2) 0–3 0–3
Pool B RSA GEO TUR
1  South Africa (2–0) 2–1 2–1
2  Georgia (1–1) 1–2 3–0
3  Turkey (0–2) 1–2 0–3

Play-offs

PlacingA TeamScoreB Team
Promotion  Latvia 3–0  Georgia
Promotion  Portugal 2–0  South Africa

Group III

The eleven teams were divided into one pool of five teams and one pool of six. The top two teams of each pool progressed to Group II for 2010.

Pools

Pool A GRE FIN IRE MLT ALG
1  Greece (4–0) 3–0 3–0 2–1 3–0
2  Finland (3–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–0
3  Ireland (2–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1 3–0
4  Malta (1–3) 1–2 0–3 1–2 2–1
5  Algeria (0–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2
Pool B ARM NOR LIE EGY MDA ISL
1  Armenia (5–0) 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Norway (4–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0
3  Liechtenstein (3–2) 1–2 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–0
4  Egypt (2–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–1 3–0
5  Moldova (1–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 3–0
6  Iceland (0–5) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3

See also

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