2015 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – play-offs
# 2015 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – play-offs

The play-offs of the 2015 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I were the final stages of the Group I zonal competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Using the positions determined in their pools, the fifteen teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2015 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I. The top two teams advanced to World Group II play-offs, and the bottom two teams were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

## Pool results

| Placing | Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Serbia | Great Britain | Belarus | Croatia |
| 2 | Hungary | Turkey | Georgia | Belgium |
| 3 | Austria | Ukraine | Bulgaria | Israel |
| 4 | — | Liechtenstein | Portugal | Latvia |

## Promotional play-offs

The first placed teams of each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds. The winner of each round advanced to the World Group II play-offs.

### Serbia vs. Croatia

| Serbia 2 | Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary 7 February 2015 Hard (indoors) | Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary 7 February 2015 Hard (indoors) | Croatia 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Ivana Jorović Ana Konjuh 6 3 2 6 7 5   2 Aleksandra Krunić Donna Vekić 6 1 6 1     3 Ivana Jorović / Aleksandra Krunić Darija Jurak / Ana Konjuh       not played ||||

### Belarus vs. Great Britain

| Belarus 2 | Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary 7 February 2015 Hard (indoors) | Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary 7 February 2015 Hard (indoors) | Great Britain 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Olga Govortsova Johanna Konta 6 0 6 1     2 Victoria Azarenka Heather Watson 6 4 6 1     3 Victoria Azarenka / Olga Govortsova Jocelyn Rae / Anna Smith       not played ||||

## 5th place play-off

The runner-up teams from pools B and C and those from A and D competed in order to establish which two teams would place joint fifth in the final standings and which two would place joint seventh.

### Hungary vs. Belgium

| Hungary 3 | Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary 7 February 2015 Hard (indoors) | Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary 7 February 2015 Hard (indoors) | Belgium 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Anna Bondár Alison Van Uytvanck       w/o  2 Réka-Luca Jani Kirsten Flipkens 2 6 $7^7$ $6^5$    retired 3 Anna Bondár / Dalma Gálfi Kirsten Flipkens / Alison Van Uytvanck       w/o ||||

### Turkey vs. Georgia

| Turkey 2 | Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary 7 February 2015 Hard (indoors) | Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary 7 February 2015 Hard (indoors) | Georgia 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Başak Eraydın Mariam Bolkvadze 3 6 3 6     2 İpek Soylu Ekaterine Gorgodze 2 6 6 0 6 1   3 Çağla Büyükakçay / Pemra Özgen Oksana Kalashnikova / Sofia Shapatava 7 5 5 7 1 0  retired ||||

## 9th place play-off

The third-placed teams of Groups B and C competed to determine the ninth- and tenth-placed teams.

### Ukraine vs. Bulgaria

| Ukraine 2 | Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary 7 February 2015 Hard (indoors) | Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary 7 February 2015 Hard (indoors) | Bulgaria 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Kateryna Kozlova Viktoriya Tomova 6 4 6 0     2 Elina Svitolina Dia Evtimova 6 2 6 3     3 Olga Savchuk / Lesia Tsurenko Dia Evtimova / Viktoriya Tomova       not played ||||

## Relegation play-offs

The teams placing last in each pool competed to keep their place in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. The bottom-placed team from group A faced the bottom-placed team from Group D, whilst Group B's and Group C's bottom-placed teams faced off. The losers were relegated to the 2016 Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

### Austria vs. Latvia

| Austria 1 | Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary 7 February 2015 Hard (indoors) | Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary 7 February 2015 Hard (indoors) | Latvia 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Julia Grabher Jeļena Ostapenko 2 6 1 6     2 Barbara Haas Diāna Marcinkēviča 6 0 2 6 6 0   3 Julia Grabher / Sandra Klemenschits Diāna Marcinkēviča / Jeļena Ostapenko 5 7 3 6 ||||

### Liechtenstein vs. Portugal

| Liechtenstein 0 | Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary 7 February 2015 Hard (indoors) | Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary 7 February 2015 Hard (indoors) | Portugal 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Kathinka von Deichmann Maria João Koehler 3 6 0 6     2 Stephanie Vogt Michelle Larcher de Brito $6^7$ $7^9$ 5 7     3 Stephanie Vogt / Kathinka von Deichmann Maria João Koehler / Michelle Larcher de Brito       not played ||||

## Final placements

| Placing | Teams | Teams |
| - | - | - |
| Promoted | Serbia | Belarus |
| Third | Croatia | Great Britain |
| Fifth | Hungary | Turkey |
| Seventh | Belgium | Georgia |
| Ninth | Ukraine | Ukraine |
| Tenth | Bulgaria | Bulgaria |
| Eleventh | Israel | Israel |
| Twelfth | Latvia | Portugal |
| Relegated | Austria | Liechtenstein |

* Serbia and Belarus advanced to World Group II play-offs.
* Austria and Liechtenstein were relegated to Europe/Africa Group II in 2016.
