2005 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – play-offs

International tennis competition play-offs 2005 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone The play-offs of the 2005 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II were the final stages of the Group I Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Using the positions determined in their pools, the sixteen teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2005 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 ROU GEO2 FIN LAT3 LTU IRL4 TUN 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. Romania vs. Latvia Romania Latvia Club Ali Bey, Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey 30 April 2005 Red clay (outdoors) 2 1 Monica Niculescu 6 6 Alise Vaidere 0 3 Simona Matei 4 6 4 Irina Kuzmina 6 4 6 Gabriela Niculescu Monica Niculescu 7 6 Irina Kuzmina Anastasija Sevastova 5 3 http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100007296 Romania v Latvia fedcup.com Finland vs. Georgia Finland Georgia Club Ali Bey, Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey 30 April 2005 Red clay (outdoors) 2 1 Piia Suomalainen 1 6.035 Tinatin Kavlashvili 6 7 Emma Laine 6 6 Margalita Chakhnashvili 4 1 Emma Laine Piia Suomalainen 6 6 Tinatin Kavlashvili Tatia Mikadze 2 3 http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100007297 Finland v Georgia fedcup.com Relegation play-offs The last placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two ties. The losing team of the rounds were relegated to Group III for next year. Lithuania vs. Norway Lithuania Norway Club Ali Bey, Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey 30 April 2005 Red clay (outdoors) 2 0 Aurelija Misevičiūtė 6 6 Idunn Hertzberg 2 0 Lina Stančiūtė 6 6 Karoline Borgersen 3 4     http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100007298 Lithuania v Norway fedcup.com Tunisia vs. Ireland Tunisia Ireland Club Ali Bey, Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey 30 April 2005 Red clay (outdoors) 0 2 Selima Frioui 1 1 Yvonne Doyle 6 6 Olfa Dhaoui 1 1 Anne Mall 6 6     http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100007299 Tunisia v Ireland fedcup.com Final Placements Placing Teams Promoted ROU FIN Third LAT GEO Fifth LTU IRL Relegated NOR TUN ROU and FIN advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I for the next year. The Romanians placed second in their pool of five, while the Finns placed last in their pool of four and thus faced relegation back to Group II for 2007.http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=ROU Fed Cup Profile, Romania fedcup.com 2016-04-27 2012-10-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20160427200851/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=ROU deadhttp://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=FIN Fed Cup Profile, Finland fedcup.com 2016-04-22 2012-10-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20160422222156/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=FIN dead NOR and TUN were relegated down to Europe/Africa Zone Group III for the next year. The Norwegians and Tunisians respectively placed first and third in the same pool of five, meaning that Tunisia would remain in Group III for 2007, while Norway would advance back to Group II.http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=NOR Fed Cup Profile, Norway fedcup.com 2016-04-25 2012-10-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20160425195351/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=NOR deadhttp://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=TUN Fed Cup Profile, Tunisia fedcup.com 2012-05-08 2012-10-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20120508162449/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=TUN 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:2005 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone