2006 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – play-offs

International tennis competition play-offs 2006 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone The play-offs of the 2006 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II were the final stages of the Group II Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Using the positions determined in their pools, the seven teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2006 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 LTU POL2 GEO POR3 IRL GRE4   LAT 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. Lithuania vs. Portugal Lithuania Portugal Club Ali Bey, Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey 29 April 2006 Red clay (outdoors) 2 0 Aurelija Misevičiūtė 3 6 6 Ana Catarina Nogueira 6 0 0 Lina Stančiūtė 6 6 Magali de Lattre 2 1     http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100007830 Lithuania v Portugal fedcup.com Georgia vs. Poland Georgia Poland Club Ali Bey, Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey 29 April 2006 Red clay (outdoors) 0 3 Ia Jikia 2 6 1 Urszula Radwańska 6 2 6 Margalita Chakhnashvili 3 1 Agnieszka Radwańska 6 6 Margalita Chakhnashvili Ia Jikia 7 1 4 Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska 5 6 6 http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100007831 Georgia v Poland fedcup.com Relegation play-offs Because there was one extra player in Pool B, the last-placed team of that pool (LAT) was automatically relegated down to Group III.http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=LAT Fed Cup Profile, Latvia fedcup.com 2016-05-12 2012-11-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20160512215353/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=LAT dead The third-placed teams of each pool were then placed against each other in a tie, where the losing team would join the Latvians in relegation. Ireland vs. Greece Ireland Greece Club Ali Bey, Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey 29 April 2006 Red clay (outdoors) 1 2 Yvonne Doyle 3 2 Anna Gerasimou 6 6 Rachael Dillon 6 6 Anna Koumantou 3 4 Rachael Dillon Yvonne Doyle 5 3 Anna Gerasimou Anna Koumantou 7 6 http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100008413 Ireland v Greece fedcup.com Final Placements Placing Teams Promoted LTU POLThird POR GEO Fifth GRERelegated IRL LAT LTU and POL advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I for the next year. The Poles placed third overall, while the Lithuanians placed last in their pool of four and lost their play-offs, and thus faced relegation back to Group II for 2007.http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=LTU Fed Cup Profile, Lithuania fedcup.com 2016-04-22 2012-11-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20160422222203/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=LTU deadhttp://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=POL Fed Cup Profile, Poland fedcup.com 2016-03-25 2012-11-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20160325042257/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=POL dead IRL and LAT were relegated down to Europe/Africa Zone Group III for the next year. The Irish and Latvians respectively placed first and second in the same pool of five, meaning that Latvia would remain in Group III for 2008, while Ireland would advance back to Group II.http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=IRL Fed Cup Profile, Ireland fedcup.com 2016-05-06 2012-11-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20160506085242/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=IRL deadhttp://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=LAT Fed Cup Profile, Latvia fedcup.com 2016-05-12 2012-11-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20160512215353/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=LAT 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:2006 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone