The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2006 Fed Cup.

Group I

The seventeen teams were divided into three pools of four teams and one pool of five. The top teams of each pool played-off against each other to decide which two nations progress to World Group II Play-offs. The four nations coming last played-off against each other to decide which teams are relegated to Group II for 2006.

Pools

Pool A SVK NED LUX FIN
1  Slovakia (3–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0
2  Netherlands (2–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0
3  Luxembourg (1–2) 0–3 0–3 3–0
4  Finland (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3
Pool B SCG DEN SLO RSA
1  Serbia and Montenegro (3–0) 3–0 2–1 3–0
2  Denmark (2–1) 0–3 2–0 3–0
3  Slovenia (1–2) 1–2 0–2 3–0
4  South Africa (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3
Pool C GBR BUL HUN UKR
1  Great Britain (3–0) 2–1 2–1 3–0
2  Bulgaria (1–2) 1–2 1–2 2–1
3  Hungary (1–2) 1–2 2–1 1–2
4  Ukraine (1–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1
Pool D ISR ROU BLR EST SWE
1  Israel (4–0) 2–1 2–0 2–1 3–0
2  Romania (2–2) 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–2
3  Belarus (2–2) 0–2 1–2 2–1 2–1
4  Estonia (1–3) 1–2 1–2 1–2 3–0
5  Sweden (1–3) 0–3 2–1 1–2 0–3

Play-offs

Winning TeamScoreLosing Team
 Slovakia2–1 Great Britain
 Israel2–1 Serbia and Montenegro
Winning TeamScoreLosing Team
 Ukraine2–0 Finland
 Sweden3–0 South Africa

Group II

The seven teams were divided into one pool of three teams and one pool of four. The top two teams of each pool played-off against each other to decide which two nations progress to Group I for 2007. The four nations coming third in each pool then played-off to determine which team would join the fourth-placed team from the four-team pool in being relegated down to Group III for 2007.

Pools

Pool A LTU GEO IRL
1  Lithuania (2–0) 2–1 2–1
2  Georgia (1–1) 1–2 2–1
3  Ireland (0–2) 1–2 1–2
Pool B POL POR GRE LAT
1  Poland (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Portugal (2–1) 0–3 2–1 2–1
3  Greece (1–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1
4  Latvia (0–3) 0–3 1–2 1–2

Play-offs

PlacingA TeamScoreB Team
Promotion Lithuania2–0 Portugal
Promotion Georgia0–3 Poland
Relegation Ireland1–2 Greece
RelegationN/A Latvia

Group III

The eleven teams were divided into one pool of five teams and one pool of six. The top two teams of each pool played-off against each other to decide which two nations progress to Group II for 2007.

Pools

Pool A NOR TUR TUN MDA ISL
1  Norway (4–0) 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–0
2  Turkey (3–1) 0–2 2–1 2–0 3–0
3  Tunisia (2–2) 1–2 1–2 2–0 2–1
4  Moldova (1–3) 0–2 0–2 0–2 2–0
5  Iceland (0–4) 0–2 0–3 1–2 0–2
Pool B BIH EGY LIE NAM AZE BOT
1  Bosnia and Herzegovina (5–0) 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 3–0
2  Egypt (4–1) 0–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–0
3  Liechtenstein (3–2) 0–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–0
4  Namibia (2–3) 0–3 0–2 0–2 2–1 2–0
5  Azerbaijan (1–4) 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–2 2–0
6  Botswana (0–5) 0–3 0–3 0–2 0–2 0–2

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Slovakia v Thailand". fedcup.com.
  2. ↑ "Indonesia pulls out of Fed Cup tennis in Israel to protest Gaza Strip violence". Haaretz.
  3. ↑ "South Africa v Finland". fedcup.com.
  4. ↑ "Ukraine v Lithuania". fedcup.com.
  5. ↑ "Poland v Luxembourg". fedcup.com.
  6. ↑ "Ireland v Latvia". fedcup.com.
  7. ↑ "Bosnia and Herzegovina v Norway". fedcup.com.
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