2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – play-offs

2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone The play-offs of the 2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II were the final stages of the Group II Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Those that placed first and second in their respective pools competed for promotion, while those that placed third were automatically relegated down to Group III. PlacingPool APool B1 LAT RSA2 POR GEO3 MAR TUR Promotion play-offs The first placed teams of each pool were placed against the second placed teams of the other pools. The winner of the rounds advanced to the Group I for next year. Latvia vs. Georgia Latvia Georgia Attaleya Shine Tennis Club, Antalya, Turkey 25 April 2009 Decoturf II (outdoors) 3 0 Irina Kuzmina 6 6 Sofia Shapatava 3 4 Anastasija Sevastova 0 6 6 Anna Tatishvili 6 1 4 Līga Dekmeijere Diāna Marcinkēviča 6 6 Manana Shapakidze Sofia Shapatava 1 2 http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100013787 Latvia v Georgia fedcup.com Portugal vs. South Africa Portugal South Africa Attaleya Shine Tennis Club, Antalya, Turkey 22 April 2009 Decoturf II (outdoors) 2 0 Neuza Silva 6 6 Lizaan du Plessis 2 3 Michelle Larcher de Brito 6 6 Natalie Grandin 4 3     http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100013788 Portugal v South Africa fedcup.com Final Placements PlacingTeams Promoted LAT POR Third GEO RSARelegated MAR TUR LAT and POR advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I for the next year. Both teams placed last in their respective pools, meaning that they both competed in the relegation play-offs. However, the Latvians won their tie while the Portuguese lost, meaning the latter team was relegated back to Group II for 2011.http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=LAT Fed Cup Profile, Latvia fedcup.com 2016-05-12 2012-12-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20160512215353/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=LAT deadhttp://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=POR Fed Cup Profile, Portugal fedcup.com 2010-11-12 2012-12-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20101112084810/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=POR dead MAR and TUR were relegated down to Europe/Africa Zone Group III for the next year. Both teams placed first in their respective pools, and ended up winning their promotional play-off ties, meaning they advanced back to Group II for 2011.http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=MAR Fed Cup Profile, Morocco fedcup.com 2016-04-25 2012-12-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20160425194658/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=MAR deadhttp://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=TUR Fed Cup Profile, Turkey fedcup.com 2016-03-30 2012-12-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20160330225314/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=TUR 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:2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone