2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Main article: 2019 Fed Cup

The Europe/Africa Zone is one of three zones of regional competition in the 2019 Fed Cup.

Group I

Venue 1: Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa, Zielona Góra, Poland (indoor hard)
Venue 2: University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom (indoor hard)

Dates: 6–9 February

The fifteen teams were divided into three pools of four teams and one pool of three teams. The four pool winners took part in promotion 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 2020. One nation was promoted and one nation was relegated from each venue.^[1]

Seeding

Pot	Nation	Rank1	Seed
1	Russia	11	1
	Great Britain	18	2
	Ukraine	20	3
	Serbia	21	4
2	Croatia	26	5
	Poland	26	6
	Estonia	27	7
	Hungary	31	8
3	Bulgaria	36	9
	Turkey	37	10
	Denmark	43	11
	Sweden	44	12
	Greece	46	13
	Georgia	47	14
	Slovenia	48	15

• ¹Fed Cup Rankings as of 12 November 2018

Pools

	Pool A (Zielona Góra)	RUS	POL	DEN
1	Russia (2–0)		2–1	3–0
2	Poland (1–1)	1–2		3–0
3	Denmark (0–2)	0–3	0–3

	Pool B (Zielona Góra)	SWE	UKR	BUL	EST
1	Sweden (3–0)		2–1	3–0	2–1
2	Ukraine (2–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0
3	Bulgaria (1–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1
4	Estonia (0–3)	1–2	0–3	1–2

	Pool A (Bath)	GBR	HUN	GRE	SLO
1	Great Britain (3–0)		2–0	3–0	3–0
2	Hungary (2–1)	0–2		2–1	3–0
3	Greece (1–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1
4	Slovenia (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

	Pool B (Bath)	SRB	CRO	TUR	GEO
1	Serbia (3–0)		2–1	3–0	2–1
2	Croatia (2–1)	1–2		2–1	2–1
3	Turkey (1–2)	0–3	1–2		3–0
4	Georgia (0–3)	1–2	1–2	0–3

Play-offs

Main article: 2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs

Placing (Zielona Góra) A Team Score B Team Promotional  Russia 2–0  Sweden 5th–8th  Poland 2–1  Ukraine 9th —  Bulgaria Relegation  Denmark 0–2  Estonia

Placing (Bath) A Team Score B Team Promotional  Great Britain 2–0  Serbia 5th–8th  Hungary 2–0  Croatia 9th–11th  Greece 1–2  Turkey Relegation  Slovenia 2–0  Georgia

Final placements

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	Russia	Great Britain
Third	Sweden	Serbia
Fifth	Poland	Hungary
Seventh	Ukraine	Croatia
Ninth	Bulgaria	Turkey
Eleventh	—	Greece
Twelfth	Estonia	Slovenia
Relegated/Fourteenth	Denmark	Georgia

•  Russia and  Great Britain were promoted to 2019 Fed Cup World Group II Play-offs
•  Denmark and  Georgia were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2020

Group II

Venue: Centre National de Tennis, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard)

Dates: 6–9 February

The seven teams were divided into two pools of three and four teams. The two pool winners and runners-up took part in promotion play-offs to determine the two nations advancing to the Group I for 2020. The nations finishing third in their pools took part in a relegation play-off, with the losing nation being relegated to Group III for 2020. The nation finishing last in Group B was automatically relegated to Group III for 2020.^[2]

Seeding

Pot	Nation	Rank1	Seed
1	Austria	49	1
	Israel	53	2
2	Luxembourg	61	3
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	62	4
3	Portugal	66	5
	South Africa	70	6
	Tunisia	71	7

• ¹Fed Cup Rankings as of 12 November 2018

Pools

	Pool A	AUT	TUN	BIH
1	Austria (2–0)		2–1	3–0
2	Tunisia (1–1)	1–2		2–1
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina (0–2)	0–3	1–2

	Pool B	LUX	ISR	POR	RSA
1	Luxembourg (3–0)		3–0	3–0	2–1
2	Israel (2–1)	0–3		2–1	2–1
3	Portugal (1–2)	0–3	1–2		2–0
4	South Africa (0–3)	1–2	1–2	0–2

Play-offs

Main article: 2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Play-offs

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Austria	2–0	Israel
Promotional	Tunisia	0–2	Luxembourg
Relegation	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–2	Portugal
Relegation	—		South Africa

Final placements

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	Austria	Luxembourg
Third	Israel	Tunisia
Fifth	Portugal
Relegated/Sixth	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Relegated/Seventh	South Africa

•  Austria and  Luxembourg were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group I in 2020.
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina and  South Africa were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2020.

Group III

Venue 1: Tali Tennis Center, Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)
Venue 2: Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro (clay)

Dates: 15–20 April

Format: 17 nations will compete across two different venues, with 9 nations taking part in Helsinki and 8 nations taking part in Ulcinj. In each location teams will compete across two pools; one pool of 5 teams and one pool of 4 teams in Helsinki, and one pool of 4 teams and one pool of 3 teams in Ulcinj. The winners of each pool will play-off to determine the nations advancing to Group II in 2020. One nation will be promoted from each venue.^[3]

Seeding

Pot	Nation	Rank1	Seed
1	Norway	60	1
	Lithuania	65	2
	Cyprus	71	3
	Egypt	73	4
2	Armenia	75	5
	Morocco	76	6
	North Macedonia	77	7
	Finland	78	8
3	Malta	81	9
	Ireland	82	10
	Algeria	86	11
	Montenegro	89	12
4	Kosovo	94	13
	Kenya	95	14
	Iceland	97	15
	Cameroon	99	16
	Uganda	102	17
	Congo	NR	18

• ¹Fed Cup Rankings as of 11 February 2019

Pools

	Pool A (Helsinki)	FIN	LTU	MLT	ISL
1	Finland (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Lithuania (2–1)	1–2		3–0	3–0
3	Malta (1–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1
4	Iceland (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

	Pool B (Helsinki)	CYP	KOS	MKD	ALG	CGO
1	Cyprus (4–0)		2–1	2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Kosovo (3–1)	1–2		2–1	2–1	2–1
3	North Macedonia (2–2)	1–2	1–2		3–0	3–0
4	Algeria (1–3)	0–3	1–2	0–3		3–0
5	Congo (0–4)	0–3	1–2	0–3	0–3

	Pool A (Ulcinj)	NOR	MNE	ARM
1	Norway (2–0)		3–0	3–0
2	Montenegro (1–1)	0–3		3–0
3	Armenia (0–2)	0–3	0–3

	Pool B (Ulcinj)	EGY	IRL	MAR	KEN
1	Egypt (3–0)		2–1	2–1	3–0
2	Ireland (2–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0
3	Morocco (1–2)	1–2	1–2		3–0
4	Kenya (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

Play-offs

Main article: 2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Play-offs

Placing (Helsinki) A Team Score B Team Promotional  Finland 2–0  Cyprus 3rd–4th  Lithuania 2–0  Kosovo 5th–6th  Malta 0–2  North Macedonia 7th–8th  Iceland 0–2  Algeria 9th —  Congo

Placing (Ulcinj) A Team Score B Team Promotional  Norway 1–2  Egypt 3rd–4th  Montenegro 1–2  Ireland 5th–6th  Armenia 0–3  Morocco 7th —  Kenya

Final placements

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	Finland	Egypt
Second	Cyprus	Norway
Third	Lithuania	Ireland
Fourth	Kosovo	Montenegro
Fifth	North Macedonia	Morocco
Sixth	Malta	Armenia
Seventh	Algeria	Kenya
Eighth	Iceland
Ninth	Congo

•  Finland and  Egypt were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2020.