2010 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2010 Fed Cup.

Group I

Venue: Complexo de Tenis do Jamor, Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal (indoor hard)
Date: 3–6 February

The sixteen teams were divided into four pools of four teams. The four pool winners took part in play-offs to determine the two nations advancing to the World Group II Play-offs. The nations finishing last in their pools took part in play-offs, with the two losing nations relegated to Group II in 2011.

Pools

	Pool A	SLO	NED	ISR	BUL
1	Slovenia (2–1)		2–1	2–1	1–2
2	Netherlands (2–1)	1–2		3–0	2–1
3	Israel (1–2)	1–2	0–3		2–1
4	Bulgaria (1–2)	2–1	1–2	1–2

	Pool B	SUI	ROU	CRO	POR
1	Switzerland (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Romania (2–1)	1–2		2–1	2–1
3	Croatia (1–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1
4	Portugal (0–3)	0–3	1–2	1–2

	Pool C	SWE	HUN	DEN	LAT
1	Sweden (3–0)		3–0	2–1	2–1
2	Hungary (2–1)	0–3		2–1	2–1
3	Denmark (1–2)	1–2	1–2		2–1
4	Latvia (0–3)	1–2	1–2	1–2

	Pool D	AUT	GBR	BLR	BIH
1	Austria (3–0)		3–0	2–1	3–0
2	Great Britain (2–1)	0–3		2–1	3–0
3	Belarus (1–2)	1–2	1–2		3–0
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

Play-offs

Placing	A Team	Score
Promotional	Slovenia	3–0	Switzerland
5th–8th	Netherlands	2–1	Great Britain
9th–12th	Israel	2–1	Denmark
Relegation	Bulgaria	2–1	Portugal

Placing		Score	C/D Team
Promotional	Sweden	3–0	Austria
5th–8th	Romania	2–1	Hungary
9th–12th	Croatia	1–2	Belarus
Relegation	Latvia	3–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sweden and Slovenia advanced to the 2010 World Group II Play-offs.^[1]^[2]
Portugal and Bosnia and Herzegovina were relegated to Group II for 2011.^[3]^[4]

Group II

Venue: Orange Fitness & Tennis Club, Yerevan, Armenia (outdoor clay)
Date: 28 April – 1 May

The eight teams were divided into two pool of four teams each. The winner of each pool played-off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations would be promoted to Group I in 2011. The bottom nation in each pool played-off against third place in other pool, with two losing nations relegated to the 2011 Group III.

Pools

	Pool A	GRE	LUX	RSA	LIE
1	Greece (3–0)		2–1	2–0	3–0
2	Luxembourg (2–1)	1–2		2–1	2–0
3	South Africa (1–2)	0–2	1–2		2–1
4	Liechtenstein (0–3)	0–3	0–2	1–2

	Pool B	FIN	GEO	NOR	ARM
1	Finland (3–0)		2–1	2–0	2–1
2	Georgia (2–1)	1–2		3–0	2–0
3	Norway (1–2)	0–2	0–3		2–1
4	Armenia (0–3)	1–2	0–2	1–2

Play-offs

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Greece	2–0	Georgia
Promotional	Luxembourg	2–1	Finland
Relegation	South Africa	1–2	Armenia
Relegation	Liechtenstein	2–0	Norway

Greece and Luxembourg advanced to Group I for 2011.^[5]^[6]
Norway and South Africa were relegated to Group III for 2011.^[7]^[8]

Group III

Venue: Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt (outdoor clay)
Date: 21–24 April

The seven teams were divided into one pool of three teams and one pool of four. The winner of each pool played the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations would be promoted to Group II in 2011.