2011 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Regional zone of women's tennis competition January 2013 2011 Fed Cup The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2011 Fed Cup. Group I Venue: Municipal Tennis Club, Eilat, Israel (hard, outdoors) Date: 2–5 February The fifteen teams were divided into three pools of four teams and one pool of three. The four pool winners took part in play-offs to determine the two nations advancing to the World Group II Play-offs. The nations finishing last in their pools took part in play-offs, with the two losing nations relegated to Group II in 2012. Pools 35em Pool A SUI SUI (2–0) GBR GBR (1–1) DEN DEN (0–2) 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 35em Pool B POL POL (2–1) ISR ISR (2–1) LUX LUX (1–2) BUL BUL (1–2) 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 2–1 1–2 0–3 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 35em Pool C BLR BLR (3–0) CRO CRO (1–2) AUT AUT (1–2) GRE GRE (1–2) 3–0 3–0 3–0 0–3 3–0 0–3 0–3 0–3 3–0 0–3 3–0 0–3 35em Pool D NED NED (3–0) ROU ROU (2–1) HUN HUN (1–2) LAT LAT (0–3) 3–0 3–0 3–0 0–3 2–1 2–1 0–3 1–2 3–0 0–3 1–2 0–3 Play-offs 2011 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs PlacingA TeamScoreC/D TeamPromotional SUI 2–1 NED5th–8th GBR 2–0 CRO9th–12th N/A – HUNRelegation DEN 1–2 GREPlacingB TeamScoreC/D TeamPromotional POL 0–2 BLR5th–8th ISR 2–1 ROU9th–12th LUX 1–2 AUTRelegation BUL 2–0 LAT BLR and SUI advanced to World Group II play-offs.http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100015625 Belarus v Estonia fedcup.comhttp://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100015628 Switzerland v Sweden fedcup.com DEN and LAT were relegated to Europe/Africa Group II in 2012.http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100018923 Latvia v Denmark fedcup.com Group II Venue: Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt (clay, outdoors) Date: Week of 2 May (ties played 4–7 May) The seven teams were divided into one pool of four teams and one pool of three. The top nation from each pool played off against the runner-up from the other with the two winning teams promoted to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I for 2012. The third place nation from each pool played off against the last place nation of the other, with the two losing nations relegated to Group III in 2012. Pools 35em Pool A POR POR (2–0) FIN FIN (1–1) MAR MAR (0–2) 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 35em Pool B BIH BIH (3–0) GEO GEO (2–1) TUR TUR (1–2) ARM ARM (0–3) 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–2 3–0 2–1 0–3 0–3 3–0 0–3 1–2 0–3 Play-offs 2011 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Play-offs PlacingA TeamScoreB TeamPromotion POR 2–0 GEO Promotion FIN 1–2 BIHRelegation MAR 0–2 TURRelegation N/A – ARM POR and BIH promoted to Europe/Africa World Group I in 2012.http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100018256 Sweden v Bosnia and Herzegovina fedcup.comhttp://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100018264 Great Britain v Portugal fedcup.com ARM and MAR were relegated to Europe/Africa Group III in 2012.http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100018869 Morocco v Armenia fedcup.com Group III Venue: Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt (clay, outdoors) Date: Week of 2 May (ties played 2–7 May) The nine teams were divided into one pool of five teams and one pool of four. The top nation from each pool played off against the runner-up from the other with the two winning teams promoted to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II for 2012. Pools 35em Pool A RSA RSA (3–0) MNE MNE (2–1) LIT LIT (1–2) ALG ALG (0–3) 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–2 3–0 3–0 0–3 0–3 3–0 0–3 0–3 0–3 35em Pool B TUN TUN (4–0) EGY EGY (3–1) NOR NOR (2–2) IRL IRL (1–3) MDA MDA (0–4) 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–0 0–3 1–2 1–2 3–0 0–3 1–2 0–3 0–3 Play-offs 2011 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Play-offs PlacingA TeamScoreB TeamPromotion RSA 3–0 EGY Promotion MNE 2–0 TUN5th–8th LIT 0–0 NOR5th–8th ALG 0–0IRL9th N/A – MDA RSA and MNE promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2012.http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100018914 South Africa v Montenegro fedcup.com NOR was reassigned to Europe/Africa Zone Group II for 2012. See also Fed Cup structure References 30em Fed Cup 2011, Europe/Africa, Group I https://web.archive.org/web/20111210211635/http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/group-i/europe-africa/2011.aspx 2011-12-10 Fed Cup 2011, Europe/Africa, Group II https://web.archive.org/web/20111211021229/http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/group-ii/europe-africa/2011.aspx 2011-12-11 Fed Cup 2011, Europe/Africa, Group III https://web.archive.org/web/20111211024052/http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/group-iii/europe-africa/2011.aspx 2011-12-11 External links Fed Cup website https://web.archive.org/web/20140107091128/http://www.fedcup.com/en/home.aspx 2014-01-07 Europe Africa Category:Sport in Eilat Category:Tennis tournaments in Israel Category:Sports competitions in Cairo Category:Tennis tournaments in Egypt