2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – play-offs

International tennis competition play-offs 2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone The play-offs of the 2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II were the final stages of the Group II Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Using the positions determined in their pools, the seven teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II. The top two teams advanced to Group I, and the bottom two teams were relegated down to the Group III for the next year. PlacingPool APool B1 RSA GEO2 GRE POR3 FIN BIH4   NOR Promotion play-offs The top two teams of each pool were placed against each other in two head-to-head rounds. The winner of the rounds advanced to Group I for next year. South Africa vs. Georgia South Africa Georgia National Tennis Centre, Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius 20 April 2007 Hard (outdoors) 1 2 Lizaan du Plessis 6 3 6 Oksana Kalashnikova 3 6 4 Surina De Beer 5 2 Margalita Chakhnashvili 7 6 Kelly Anderson Surina De Beer 6.015 5 Margalita Chakhnashvili Ekaterine Gorgodze 7 7 http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100009422 South Africa v Georgia fedcup.com Greece vs. Portugal Greece Portugal National Tennis Centre, Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius 20 April 2007 Hard (outdoors) 0 2 Asimina Kaplani 2 0 Neuza Silva 6 6 Anna Gerasimou 2 2 Frederica Piedade 6 6 Anna Gerasimou Asimina Kaplani Frederica Piedade Neuza Silva http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100009421 Greece v Portugal fedcup.com Relegation play-offs Because there was one extra player in Pool B, the last-placed team of that pool (NOR) was automatically relegated down to Group III.http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=NOR Fed Cup Profile, Norway fedcup.com 2016-04-25 2012-11-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20160425195351/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=NOR dead The third-placed teams of each pool were then placed against each other in a tie, where the losing team would join the Norwegians in relegation. Finland vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina Finland Bosnia and Herzegovina National Tennis Centre, Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius 20 April 2007 Hard (outdoors) 0 2 Emma-Sofia Helisten 1 3 Dijana Stojić 6 6 Piia Suomalainen 5 6 4 Sandra Martinović 7 3 6 Emma-Sofia Helisten Piia Suomalainen Sandra Martinović Dijana Stojić http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100009420 Finland v Bosnia and Herzegovina fedcup.com Final Placements Placing Teams Promoted GEO PORThird RSA GRE Fifth BIHRelegated FIN NOR GEO and POR advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I for the next year. Both teams came last in their pools and lost their play-offs, however, and thus fell back to Group II for 2009.http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=GEO Fed Cup Profile, Georgia fedcup.com 2016-05-12 2012-11-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20160512215337/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=GEO deadhttp://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=POR Fed Cup Profile, Portugal fedcup.com 2010-11-12 2012-11-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20101112084810/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=POR dead FIN and NOR were relegated down to Europe/Africa Zone Group III for the next year. The Finns placed third in their pool of six, while the Norwegians placed second in the pool of five.http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=FIN Fed Cup Profile, Finland fedcup.com 2016-04-22 2012-11-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20160422222156/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=FIN deadhttp://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=NOR Fed Cup Profile, Norway fedcup.com 2016-04-25 2012-11-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20160425195351/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=NOR dead See also Fed Cup structure References 30em External links Fed Cup website https://web.archive.org/web/20140107091128/http://www.fedcup.com/en/home.aspx 2014-01-07 Category:2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone