2006 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Explained

See main article: 2006 Fed Cup.

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

Group I

• Venue: TC Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria (outdoor clay)
• Dates: 17–22 April

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.

Play-offs

See main article: 2006 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs.

Score Losing Team 2–1 2–1

Score 2–0 3–0

• and advanced to the 2006 World Group II Play-offs.^{[1] [2]}
• and were relegated to Group II for 2007.^[3]

Group II

• Venue: Club Ali Bey, Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey (outdoor clay)
• Dates: 26–29 April

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.

Play-offs

See main article: 2006 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Play-offs.

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotion		2–0
Promotion		0–3
Relegation		1–2
Relegation		N/A

• and advanced to Group I for 2007.^{[4] [5]}
• and was relegated to Group III for 2007.^[6]

Group III

• Venue: Club Ali Bey, Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey (outdoor clay)
• Dates: 26–29 April

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

• and advanced to Group II for 2007.^[7]

See also

• Fed Cup structure

References

• Fed Cup Profile, Bulgaria
• Fed Cup Profile, South Africa
• Fed Cup Profile, Hungary
• Fed Cup Profile, Sweden
• Fed Cup Profile, Luxembourg
• Fed Cup Profile, Netherlands
• Fed Cup Profile, South Africa
• Fed Cup Profile, Serbia and Montenegro
• Fed Cup Profile, Slovakia
• Fed Cup Profile, Denmark
• Fed Cup Profile, Ukraine
• Fed Cup Profile, Romania
• Fed Cup Profile, Belarus
• Fed Cup Profile, Estonia
• Fed Cup Profile, Sweden
• Fed Cup Profile, Latvia
• Fed Cup Profile, Greece
• Fed Cup Profile, Poland
• Fed Cup Profile, Lithuania
• Fed Cup Profile, Ireland
• Fed Cup Profile, Iceland
• Fed Cup Profile, Turkey
• Fed Cup Profile, Egypt
• Fed Cup Profile, Azerbaijan
• Fed Cup Profile, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Fed Cup Profile, Namibia
• Fed Cup Profile, Moldova
• Fed Cup Profile, Norway
• Fed Cup Profile, Botswana

External links

• Fed Cup website

Notes and References

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