2017 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – play-offs

The play-offs of the 2017 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I were the final stages of the Group I zonal competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Using the positions determined in their pools, the fourteen teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2017 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I. The top two teams advanced to World Group II play-offs, and the bottom two teams were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

Pool results

Placing	Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
1	Poland	Croatia	Great Britain	Serbia
2	Austria	Hungary	Latvia	Estonia
3	—	—	Turkey	Bulgaria
4	Georgia	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Portugal	Israel

Promotional play-offs

The first placed teams of each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds. The winner of each round advanced to the World Group II play-offs.

Poland vs. Serbia

Poland
1

Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia^[1]
11 February 2017
Hard (indoors)

Serbia
2

		1	2	3
1	Katarzyna Piter Ivana Jorović	2 6	6 4	4 6
2	Magda Linette Nina Stojanović	6 2	6 1
3	Magda Linette / Katarzyna Piter Ivana Jorović / Nina Stojanović	6 4	4 6	1 6

Croatia vs. Great Britain

Croatia
1

Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia^[2]
11 February 2017
Hard (indoors)

Great Britain
2

		1	2	3
1	Donna Vekić Heather Watson	2 6	4 6
2	Ana Konjuh Johanna Konta	6 4	6 3
3	Darija Jurak / Ana Konjuh Johanna Konta / Heather Watson	6 4	4 6	3 6

5th place play-off

The runner-up teams from pools A and D, and B and C competed in order to establish which two teams would place joint fifth in the final standings and which two would place joint seventh.

Austria vs. Estonia

Austria
2

Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia^[3]
11 February 2017
Hard (indoors)

Estonia
1

		1	2	3
1	Tamira Paszek Maileen Nuudi	6 2	6 3
2	Barbara Haas Maria Lota Kaul	6 3	2 6	6 0
3	Julia Grabher / Pia König Valeria Gorlats / Maileen Nuudi	5 7	5 7

Hungary vs. Latvia

Hungary
2

Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia^[4]
11 February 2017
Hard (indoors)

Latvia
0

		1	2	3
1	Ágnes Bukta Daniela Vismane	6 2	6 3
2	Fanny Stollár Diāna Marcinkēviča	6 2	4 6	6 3
3	Dalma Gálfi / Fanny Stollár Diāna Marcinkēviča / Daniela Vismane				not played

Relegation play-offs

The teams placing last in each pool competed to keep their place in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. The bottom-placed team from group A faced the bottom-placed team from Group D, whilst Group B's and Group C's bottom-placed teams faced off. The losers were relegated to the 2018 Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

Georgia vs. Israel

Georgia
2

Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia^[5]
11 February 2017
Hard (indoors)

Israel
1

		1	2	3
1	Ekaterine Gorgodze Deniz Khazaniuk	6 4	4 6	7 5
2	Sofia Shapatava Julia Glushko	4 6	6 2	2 6
3	Oksana Kalashnikova / Sofia Shapatava Julia Glushko / Shelly Krolitzky	6 4	4 6	6 3

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Portugal

Bosnia and Herzegovina
1

Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia^[6]
11 February 2017
Hard (indoors)

Portugal
2

		1	2
1	Jelena Simić Inês Murta	4 6	0 6
2	Dea Herdželaš Michelle Larcher de Brito	1 6	2 6
3	Nefisa Berberović / Anita Husarić Francisca Jorge / Rita Vilaça	6 4	7⁷ 6⁴

Final placements

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	Serbia	Great Britain
Third	Poland	Croatia
Fifth	Austria	Hungary
Seventh	Estonia	Latvia
Ninth	Bulgaria	Turkey
Eleventh	Georgia	Portugal
Relegated/Thirteenth	Israel	Bosnia and Herzegovina

Serbia and Great Britain advanced to World Group II play-offs.
Israel and Bosnia and Herzegovina were relegated to Europe/Africa Group II in 2018.

References

^ "Poland v Serbia". fedcup.com.
^ "Croatia v Great Britain". fedcup.com.
^ "Austria v Estonia". fedcup.com.
^ "Hungary v Latvia". fedcup.com.
^ "Georgia v Israel". fedcup.com.
^ "Bosnia and Herzegovina v Portugal". fedcup.com.

External links

Fed Cup website

[1] "Poland v Serbia". fedcup.com.

[2] "Croatia v Great Britain". fedcup.com.

[3] "Austria v Estonia". fedcup.com.

[4] "Hungary v Latvia". fedcup.com.

[5] "Georgia v Israel". fedcup.com.

[6] "Bosnia and Herzegovina v Portugal". fedcup.com.

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