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

The play-offs of the 2004 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I were the final stages of the Group I Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Those that qualified for this stage placed first and second in their respective pools, and also last in their pools.

Placing Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
1  Serbia and Montenegro  Ukraine  Belarus  Estonia
2  Sweden  Israel  Hungary  Bulgaria
3  Lithuania  Netherlands  Denmark  Poland
4    South Africa    Greece

The eight top teams were then randomly paired up the team from a different placing of another group for a play-off tie, with the winners being promoted to the World Group play-offs. The four bottom teams were also randomly paired up in play-off ties with the losers being relegated down to Group II for 2005.

Promotion play-offs

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Serbia and Montenegro vs. Bulgaria

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Serbia and Montenegro
1
Athens Lawn Tennis Club, Athens, Greece
24 April 2004
Red clay (outdoors)
 
Bulgaria
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Jelena Janković
Tsvetana Pironkova
6
4
6
1
   
2  
 
Jelena Dokić
Sesil Karatantcheva
       
w/o
3  
 
Ana Timotić / Dragana Zarić
Sesil Karatantcheva / Maria Penkova
4
6
6
2
3
6
 

[1]

Ukraine vs. Hungary

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Ukraine
2
Athens Lawn Tennis Club, Athens, Greece
24 April 2004
Red clay (outdoors)
 
Hungary
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Elena Tatarkova
Kira Nagy
7
5
6
2
   
2  
 
Yuliya Beygelzimer
Melinda Czink
3
6
6
3
6
2
 
3  
 
Mariya Koryttseva / Olga Savchuk
Katalin Marosi / Kira Nagy
      not
played

[3]

Belarus vs. Sweden

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Belarus
2
Athens Lawn Tennis Club, Athens, Greece
24 April 2004
Red clay (outdoors)
 
Sweden
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Tatsiana Uvarova
Hanna Nooni
7
5
6
4
   
2  
 
Anastasiya Yakimova
Sofia Arvidsson
65
77
3
6
   
3  
 
Darya Kustova / Tatiana Poutchek
Sofia Arvidsson / Hanna Nooni
6
2
6
2
   

[5]

Estonia vs. Israel

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Estonia
2
Athens Lawn Tennis Club, Athens, Greece
24 April 2004
Red clay (outdoors)
 
Israel
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Maret Ani
Tzipora Obziler
5
7
6
2
6
4
 
2  
 
Kaia Kanepi
Anna Smashnova
0
6
0
6
   
3  
 
Maret Ani / Kaia Kanepi
Tzipora Obziler / Anna Smashnova
7
5
6
1
   

[7]

Relegation play-offs

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Lithuania vs. Greece

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Lithuania
0
Athens Lawn Tennis Club, Athens, Greece
24 April 2004
Red clay (outdoors)
 
Greece
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Edita Liachovičiūtė
Christina Zachariadou
6
3
0
6
3
6
 
2  
 
Lina Stančiūtė
Eleni Daniilidou
2
6
2
6
   
3  
 
Edita Liachovičiūtė / Lina Stančiūtė
Eleni Daniilidou / Asimina Kaplani
      not
played

[9]

Denmark vs. South Africa

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Denmark
0
Athens Lawn Tennis Club, Athens, Greece
24 April 2004
Red clay (outdoors)
 
South Africa
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Maria Rasmussen
Nicole Rencken
4
6
0
6
   
2  
 
Karina-Ildor Jacobsgaard
Natalie Grandin
4
6
2
6
   
3  
 
Mette Iversen / Karina-Ildor Jacobsgaard
Natalie Grandin / Nicole Rencken
      not
played

[11]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Serbia and Montenegro v Bulgaria". fedcup.com.
  2. ^ "Fed Cup Profile, Bulgaria". fedcup.com.
  3. ^ "Ukraine v Hungary". fedcup.com.
  4. ^ "Fed Cup Profile, Ukraine". fedcup.com.
  5. ^ "Belarus v Sweden". fedcup.com.
  6. ^ "Fed Cup Profile, Belarus". fedcup.com.
  7. ^ "Estonia v Israel". fedcup.com.
  8. ^ "Fed Cup Profile, Estonia". fedcup.com.
  9. ^ "Lithuania v Greece". fedcup.com.
  10. ^ "Fed Cup Profile, Lithuania". fedcup.com.
  11. ^ "Denmark v South Africa". fedcup.com.
  12. ^ "Fed Cup Profile, Denmark". fedcup.com.
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