2000 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone
# 2000 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2000 Fed Cup.

## Group I

* Venue: La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain (outdoor clay)
* Date: 15–21 May

The eighteen teams were divided into four pools, two of which had four and two of which had five teams. The top team of each pool played-off in a two-round knockout stage to decide which nation progresses to the World Group play-offs next year. The four nations coming last in the pools were relegated to Group II for 2001.

### Pools

| | Pool A | NED | BUL | SWE | TUR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Netherlands (3–0) | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Bulgaria (2–1) | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Sweden (1–2) | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 2–1 |
| 4 | Turkey (0–3) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | |
| | Pool B | HUN | RSA | GRE | LAT |
| 1 | Hungary (3–0) | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | South Africa (2–1) | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Greece (1–2) | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 3–0 |
| 4 | Latvia (0–3) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | |
| | Pool C | BLR | SLO | ROU | POL | MAR |
| 1 | Belarus (4–0) | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Slovenia (3–1) | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Romania (2–2) | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 4 | Poland (1–3) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 3–0 |
| 5 | Morocco (0–4) | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | |
| | Pool D | ISR | LUX | UKR | GBR | FIN |
| 1 | Israel (3–1) | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Luxembourg (3–1) | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Ukraine (2–2) | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| 4 | Great Britain (2–2) | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 2–1 |
| 5 | Finland (0–4) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | |

### Knockout stage

| Semifinals 20 May | Semifinals 20 May | Final 21 May | Final 21 May |
| - | - | - | - |
| Netherlands | 2 | | |
| Israel | 1 | | |
| Israel | 1 | Netherlands | 0 |
| | | Hungary | 2 |
| Belarus | 0 | Hungary | 2 |
| Hungary | 2 | | |

* Hungary advanced to the 2001 World Group play-offs.
* Turkey, Latvia, Morocco and Finland relegated to Group II in 2001.

## Group II

* Venue: Estoril T.C., Estoril, Portugal (outdoor clay)
* Date: 28 March – 1 April

The twenty-three teams were divided into three pools of six and one pool of five. The top teams from each pool advanced to Group I for 2001.

### Pools

| | Pool A | MKD | IRL | MLT | MRI | KEN |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Macedonia (4–0) | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Ireland (3–1) | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Malta (2–2) | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 4 | Mauritius (1–3) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 1–0 |
| 5 | Kenya (0–4) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | |
| | Pool B | DEN | BIH | TUN | LIE | BOT | ISL |
| 1 | Denmark (5–0) | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (4–1) | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Tunisia (3–2) | 0–1 | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 4 | Liechtenstein (2–3) | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 5 | Botswana (1–4) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 1–0 |
| 6 | Iceland (0–5) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | |
| | Pool C | YUG | GEO | LIT | EGY | ARM | CYP |
| 1 | FR Yugoslavia (5–0) | | 2–1 | 3–0 | w/o | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Georgia (4–1) | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Lithuania (3–2) | 0–3 | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 4 | Egypt (2–3) | w/o | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 5 | Armenia (1–4) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 1–0 |
| 6 | Cyprus (0–5) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |
| | Pool D | EST | MDA | POR | ALG | MAD | LES |
| 1 | Estonia (5–0) | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Moldova (4–1) | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Portugal (3–2) | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 4 | Algeria (2–3) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| 5 | Madagascar (1–4) | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 2–1 |
| 6 | Lesotho (0–5) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | |

* Macedonia, Denmark, FR Yugoslavia and Estonia advanced to Group I in 2001.
