2004 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – play-offs
# 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.

## Promotion play-offs

### Serbia and Montenegro vs. Bulgaria

| Serbia and Montenegro 1 | Athens Lawn Tennis Club, Athens, Greece 24 April 2004 Red clay (outdoors) | 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 ||||

* 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.

### Ukraine vs. Hungary

| Ukraine 2 | Athens Lawn Tennis Club, Athens, Greece 24 April 2004 Red clay (outdoors) | 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 ||||

* 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.

### Belarus vs. Sweden

| Belarus 2 | Athens Lawn Tennis Club, Athens, Greece 24 April 2004 Red clay (outdoors) | 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 $6^5$ $7^7$ 3 6     3 Darya Kustova / Tatiana Poutchek Sofia Arvidsson / Hanna Nooni 6 2 6 2 ||||

* 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.

### Estonia vs. Israel

| Estonia 2 | Athens Lawn Tennis Club, Athens, Greece 24 April 2004 Red clay (outdoors) | 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 ||||

* 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.

## Relegation play-offs

### Lithuania vs. Greece

| Lithuania 0 | Athens Lawn Tennis Club, Athens, Greece 24 April 2004 Red clay (outdoors) | 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 ||||

* Lithuania was relegated down to Group II for next year, where they placed fifth overall.

### Denmark vs. South Africa

| Denmark 0 | Athens Lawn Tennis Club, Athens, Greece 24 April 2004 Red clay (outdoors) | 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 ||||

* Denmark was relegated down to Group II for next year.
