2004 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – play-offs

International tennis competition play-offs 2004 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone The play-offs of the 2004 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 nine teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2004 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II. The top two teams advanced to Group I for next year, and the bottom two teams were relegated down to the Europe/Africa Zone Group III. PlacingPool APool B1 GBR LUX2 ROU IRL3   LAT4 TUR GEO5 EGY FIN Promotion play-offs The first and second placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two head-to-head rounds. The winner of the rounds advanced to Group I. Great Britain vs. Ireland Great Britain Ireland Marsa, Malta 1 May 2004 Hard (outdoors) 2 0 Elena Baltacha 6 7 Yvonne Doyle 1 5 Anne Keothavong 6 3 2 Kelly Liggan 2 6 2 3 Elena Baltacha Anne Keothavong Yvonne Doyle Kelly Liggan http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100006004 Great Britain v Ireland fedcup.com Romania vs. Luxembourg Romania Luxembourg Marsa, Malta 1 May 2004 Hard (outdoors) 1 2 Monica Niculescu 0 5 Anne Kremer 6 7 Simona Matei 3 4 Claudine Schaul 6 6 Gabriela Niculescu Monica Niculescu 6 6 Mandy Minella Lynn Philippe 3 4 http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100006005 Romania v Luxembourg fedcup.com Fifth As there was only four teams from Pool A as opposed to the five from Pool B, the third-placed team from Pool B (LAT) had no equivalent to play against. Thus the Latvians were automatically allocated fifth place. Relegation play-offs The last and second-to-last placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two head-to-head rounds. The losing team of the rounds were relegated to Group III for next year. Turkey vs. Finland Turkey Finland Marsa, Malta 1 May 2004 Hard (outdoors) 0 3 Çiğdem Duru 6 4 3 Essi Laine 3 6 6 Pemra Özgen 2 0 Emma Laine 6 6 Çiğdem Duru Pemra Özgen 4 2 Emma Laine Essi Laine 6 6 http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100006002 Turkey v Finland fedcup.com Egypt vs. Georgia Egypt Georgia Marsa, Malta 1 May 2004 Hard (outdoors) 0 3 Aliaa Fakhry 0 4 Sofia Melikishvili 6 6 Yomna Farid 1 4 Salome Devidze 6 6 Aliaa Fakhry Yomna Farid 4 3 Tinatin Kavlashvili Sofia Melikishvili 6 6 http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100006003 Egypt v Georgia fedcup.com Final Placements Placing TeamsPromoted GBR LUXThird IRL ROU Fifth LATSixth FIN GEORelegated TUR EGY GBR and LUX advanced to Group I, where they placed eleventh and ninth respectively.http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=GBR Fed Cup Profile, Great Britain fedcup.com 2016-05-17 2012-10-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20160517114500/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=GBR deadhttp://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=LUX Fed Cup Profile, Luxembourg fedcup.com 2016-06-04 2012-10-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20160604055939/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=LUX dead TUR and EGY were relegated down to Group III for the next year, where they placed third and fifth respectively.http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=TUR Fed Cup Profile, Turkey fedcup.com 2016-03-30 2012-10-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20160330225314/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=TUR deadhttp://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=EGY Fed Cup Profile, Egypt fedcup.com 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:2004 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone