2016 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – play-offs

2016 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone The play-offs of the 2016 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 fourteen teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2016 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 PlacingPool APool BPool CPool D1 UKR GBR ISR BEL2 POR GEO CRO BUL3 EST LAT4 SWE RSA TUR HUN 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. Belgium vs. Great Britain Belgium Great Britain Municipal Tennis Centre, Eilat, Israelhttp://www.fedcup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieid=100033696 Belgium v Great Britain fedcup.com 6 February 2016 Hard (outdoors) 2 0 Ysaline Bonaventure 6 3 6 Katie Swan 3 6 3 Alison Van Uytvanck 6 3 6 Heather Watson 4 6 4 Marie Benoît An-Sophie Mestach Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith Ukraine vs. Israel Ukraine Israel Municipal Tennis Centre, Eilat, Israelhttp://www.fedcup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieid=100033697 Ukraine v Israel fedcup.com 2016-02-15 2016-02-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20160208070328/http://www.fedcup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100033697 dead 6 February 2016 Hard (outdoors) 3 0 Kateryna Bondarenko 6 6 Shahar Pe'er 1 1 Lesia Tsurenko 7 7 Julia Glushko 6.01 6.02 Kateryna Bondarenko Olga Savchuk 6 6 Shelly Krolitzky Alona Pushkarevsky 2 2 5th place play-off The runner-up teams from pools B and D and those from A and C competed in order to establish which two teams would place joint fifth in the final standings and which two would place joint seventh. Georgia vs. Bulgaria Georgia Bulgaria Municipal Tennis Centre, Eilat, Israelhttp://www.fedcup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieid=100033702 Georgia v Bulgaria fedcup.com 6 February 2016 Hard (outdoors) 2 1 Ekaterine Gorgodze 0 6 6 Dia Evtimova 6 4 2 Sofia Shapatava 6 6.01 4 Isabella Shinikova 1 7 6 Oksana Kalashnikova Sofia Shapatava 6 4 6 Elitsa Kostova Isabella Shinikova 2 6 4 Portugal vs. Croatia Portugal Croatia Municipal Tennis Centre, Eilat, Israelhttp://www.fedcup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieid=100033703 Portugal v Croatia fedcup.com 2016-02-15 2016-02-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20160213000312/http://www.fedcup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100033703 dead 6 February 2016 Hard (outdoors) 0 2 Maria João Koehler 4 3 Silvia Njirić 6 6 Michelle Larcher de Brito 2 2 Ana Konjuh 6 6 Michelle Larcher de Brito Inês Murta Darija Jurak Tena Lukas 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 C, whilst Group B's and Group D's bottom-placed teams faced off. The losers were relegated to the 2016 Europe/Africa Zone Group II. South Africa vs. Hungary South Africa Hungary Municipal Tennis Centre, Eilat, Israelhttp://www.fedcup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieid=100033699 South Africa v Hungary fedcup.com 6 February 2016 Hard (outdoors) 0 2 Ilze Hattingh 0 1 Anna Bondár 6 6 Chanel Simmonds 0 3 Réka-Luca Jani 6 6 Michelle Sammons Chanel Simmonds Dalma Gálfi Fanny Stollár Sweden vs. Turkey Sweden Turkey Municipal Tennis Centre, Eilat, Israelhttp://www.fedcup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieid=100033700 Sweden v Turkey fedcup.com 2016-02-15 2016-02-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20160213005827/http://www.fedcup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100033700 dead 6 February 2016 Hard (outdoors) 0 2 Susanne Celik 3 2 İpek Soylu 6 6 Rebecca Peterson 6 4 0 Çağla Büyükakçay 2 6 6 Jacqueline Cabaj Awad Cornelia Lister Çağla Büyükakçay İpek Soylu Final placements Placing Teams Promoted BEL UKR Third GBR ISR Fifth GEO CRO Seventh BUL POR Ninth EST LAT Eleventh HUN TUR Relegated RSA SWE BEL and UKR advanced to World Group II play-offs. RSA and SWE were relegated to Europe/Africa Group II in 2017. References External links Fed Cup website Category:2016 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone