1997 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Explained

See main article: 1997 Fed Cup.

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 1997 Fed Cup.

Group I

• Venue: Bari T.C., Bari, Italy (outdoor clay)
• Date: 22–26 April

The fifteen teams were divided into three pools of four and one pool of three teams. The top teams of each pool play-off in a two-round knockout stage to decide which nation progresses to World Group II play-offs. The two nations winning the least rubbers were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II for 1998.

Knockout stage

See main article: 1997 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Knockout Stage.

• and advanced to World Group II Play-offs.^{[1] [2]}
• and relegated to Group II in 1998.^{[3] [4]}

Group II

• Venue: Ali Bey Club, Manavgat, Turkey (outdoor clay)
• Date: 5–11 May

The twenty-five teams were divided into three pools of six and one pool of seven. The top teams from each pool advanced to Group I for 1998.

Pools

• , , and advanced to Group I in 1998.^{[5] [6] [7]}

See also

• Fed Cup structure

References

• Fed Cup Profile, Russia
• Fed Cup Profile, Greece
• Fed Cup Profile, Italy
• Fed Cup Profile, Sweden
• Fed Cup Profile, Romania
• Fed Cup Profile, Belarus
• Fed Cup Profile, Hungary
• Fed Cup Profile, Poland
• Fed Cup Profile, Slovenia
• Fed Cup Profile, Israel
• Fed Cup Profile, Latvia
• Fed Cup Profile, Great Britain
• Fed Cup Profile, Denmark
• Fed Cup Profile, Estonia
• Fed Cup Profile, Armenia
• Fed Cup Profile, Lithuania
• Fed Cup Profile, Yugoslavia
• Fed Cup Profile, Ireland
• Fed Cup Profile, Tunisia
• Fed Cup Profile, Algeria
• Fed Cup Profile, Cameroon
• Fed Cup Profile, Portugal
• Fed Cup Profile, Turkey
• Fed Cup Profile, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Fed Cup Profile, Norway
• Fed Cup Profile, San Marino
• Fed Cup Profile, Madagascar
• Fed Cup Profile, Malta
• Fed Cup Profile, Luxembourg
• Fed Cup Profile, Macedonia
• Fed Cup Profile, Liechtenstein
• Fed Cup Profile, Botswana

External links

• Fed Cup website

Notes and References

1. News: Russia v South Korea. fedcup.com.
2. News: Italy v Indonesia. fedcup.com.
3. News: Finland v Botswana. fedcup.com.
4. News: Georgia v Moldova. fedcup.com.
5. News: Great Britain v Madagascar. fedcup.com.
6. News: Ukraine v Yugoslavia. fedcup.com.
7. News: Portugal v Madagascar. fedcup.com.