2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone
# 2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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.

### Seeding

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

| 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 | 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.

### Seeding

| Pot | Nation | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Austria | 49 | 1 |
| 1 | Israel | 53 | 2 |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 61 | 3 |
| 2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 62 | 4 |
| 3 | Portugal | 66 | 5 |
| 3 | South Africa | 70 | 6 |
| 3 | 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

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

### Seeding

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

| 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 | 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 | Iceland |
| Ninth | Congo | Congo |

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