2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs

The Play-offs of the 2007 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 sixteen teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2007 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 down to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II for the next year.

PlacingPool APool BPool CPool D
1 Romania Ukraine Serbia Poland
2  Switzerland Belarus Slovenia Luxembourg
3 Denmark Hungary Sweden Great Britain
4 Netherlands Lithuania Estonia Bulgaria
Main article: 2007 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Promotional Play-Offs

The first placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two head-to-head rounds. The winner of the rounds advanced to the World Group II Play-offs, where they would get a chance to advance to the World Group II for next year.

Romania vs. Serbia

Romania
1		 TC Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
21 April 2007
Red clay (outdoors)
Serbia
2
1 2 3
1
Mădălina Gojnea
Ana Timotić		 1
6 		6
4		 6
3		  
2
Raluca Olaru
Jelena Janković		 3
6 		4
6 		   
3
Mădălina Gojnea / Monica Niculescu
Jelena Janković / Ana Timotić		 4
6 		1
6 		   

[1]

Ukraine vs. Poland

Ukraine
2		 TC Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
21 April 2007
Red clay (outdoors)
Poland
1
1 2 3
1
Yuliana Fedak
Marta Domachowska		 77
63		 77
65		    
2
Alona Bondarenko
Agnieszka Radwańska		 4
6 		3
6 		   
3
Alona Bondarenko / Kateryna Bondarenko
Marta Domachowska / Urszula Radwańska		 3
6 		6
3		 6
3		  

[2]

Fifth to Seventh Play-off

The second placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two ties. The winner of each tie was allocated fifth place in the Group while the losers were allocated seventh.

Switzerland vs. Slovenia

Switzerland
2		 TC Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
21 April 2007
Red clay (outdoors)
Slovenia
0
1 2 3
1
Emmanuelle Gagliardi
Tadeja Majerič		 6
0		 6
0		    
2
Patty Schnyder
Polona Hercog		 6
3		 3
6 		6
2		  
3
 
 		       not
played

[3]

Belarus vs. Luxembourg

Belarus
2		 TC Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
21 April 2007
Red clay (outdoors)
Luxembourg
1
1 2 3
1
Ksenia Milevskaya
Lynn Philippe		 6
2		 6
2		    
2
Tatiana Poutchek
Anne Kremer		 1
6 		2
6 		   
3
Ksenia Milevskaya / Anastasiya Yakimova
Anne Kremer / Lynn Philippe		 3
6 		6
3		 6
3		  

[4]

Ninth to Eleventh Play-off

The third placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two ties. The winner of each tie was allocated ninth place in the Group while the losers were allocated eleventh.

Denmark vs. Hungary

Denmark
1		 TC Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
21 April 2007
Red clay (outdoors)
Hungary
2
1 2 3
1
Karen Barbat
Lucia Batta		 6
3		 6
2		    
2
Hanne Skak Jensen
Kira Nagy		 3
6 		0
6 		   
3
Eva Dyrberg / Hanne Skak Jensen
Kira Nagy / Ágnes Szávay		 4
6 		7
5		 0
6 		 

[5]

Sweden vs. Great Britain

Sweden
3		 TC Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
21 April 2007
Red clay (outdoors)
Great Britain
0
1 2 3
1
Johanna Larsson
Naomi Cavaday		 6
2		 1
6 		6
1		  
2
Sofia Arvidsson
Anne Keothavong		 6
3		 7
5		    
3
Mari Andersson / Johanna Larsson
Elena Baltacha / Claire Curran		 6
0		 6
1		    

[6]

Relegation Play-Offs

The last placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two ties. The losing team of the rounds were relegated to Group II for next year.

Netherlands vs. Estonia

Netherlands
2		 TC Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
21 April 2007
Red clay (outdoors)
Estonia
1
1 2 3
1
Nicole Thijssen
Anett Schutting		 6
1		 6
1		    
2
Michaëlla Krajicek
Margit Rüütel		 6
2		 7
5		    
3
 
 		       not
played

[7]

Lithuania vs. Bulgaria

Lithuania
0		 TC Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
21 April 2007
Red clay (outdoors)
Bulgaria
2
1 2 3
1
Julija Gotovskytė
Dia Evtimova		 1
6 		0
3		   retired
 
2
Lina Stančiūtė
Tsvetana Pironkova		 1
6 		77
65		 2
6 		 
3
 
 		       not
played

[8]

Final placements
Placing Teams
Promoted  Serbia  Ukraine
Third  Romania  Poland
Fifth   Switzerland  Belarus
Seventh  Slovenia  Luxembourg
Ninth  Hungary  Sweden
Eleventh  Denmark  Great Britain
Thirteenth  Netherlands  Bulgaria
Relegated  Estonia  Lithuania
  • Serbia and Ukraine advanced to the World Group II Play-offs. The Serbians were drawn against Slovakia, and they lost 1–4, which thus caused them to be relegated back to Group I for the next year. The Ukrainians, however, were drawn against Australia, and they won 4–1. They thus advanced to World Group II.[9][10]
  • Estonia and Lithuania were relegated down to Europe/Africa Zone Group II for the next year. They respectively placed first and second in the same pool, and thus both advanced to the advancement play-offs. Estonia won theirs, and thus proceeded back to Group I for 2009, while Lithuania lost and therefore remained in Group II.[11][12]

See also

References
  1. "Romania v Serbia". fedcup.com.
  2. "Ukraine v Poland". fedcup.com.
  3. "Switzerland v Slovenia". fedcup.com.
  4. "Belarus v Luxembourg". fedcup.com.
  5. "Denmark v Hungary". fedcup.com.
  6. "Sweden v Great Britain". fedcup.com.
  7. "Netherlands v Estonia". fedcup.com.
  8. "Lithuania v Bulgaria". fedcup.com.
  9. "Fed Cup Profile, Serbia". fedcup.com.
  10. "Fed Cup Profile, Ukraine". fedcup.com.
  11. "Fed Cup Profile, Estonia". fedcup.com.
  12. "Fed Cup Profile, Lithuania". fedcup.com.
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