2016 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs

The play-offs of the 2016 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 2016 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	Ukraine	Great Britain	Israel	Belgium
2	Portugal	Georgia	Croatia	Bulgaria
3	N/A	N/A	Estonia	Latvia
4	Sweden	South Africa	Turkey	Hungary

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.

Belgium vs. Great Britain

Belgium 2	Municipal Tennis Centre, Eilat, Israel[1] 6 February 2016 Hard (outdoors)		Great Britain 0
1 2 3 1 Ysaline Bonaventure Katie Swan 6 3 3 6 6 3   2 Alison Van Uytvanck Heather Watson 6 4 3 6 6 4   3 Marie Benoît / An-Sophie Mestach Jocelyn Rae / Anna Smith       not played

Ukraine vs. Israel

Ukraine 3	Municipal Tennis Centre, Eilat, Israel[2] 6 February 2016 Hard (outdoors)		Israel 0
1 2 3 1 Kateryna Bondarenko Shahar Pe'er 6 1 6 1     2 Lesia Tsurenko Julia Glushko 7^7 6^1 7^7 6^2     3 Kateryna Bondarenko / Olga Savchuk Shelly Krolitzky / Alona Pushkarevsky 6 2 6 2

5th place play-off

The runner-up teams from pools B and D and those from A 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.

Georgia vs. Bulgaria

Georgia 2	Municipal Tennis Centre, Eilat, Israel[3] 6 February 2016 Hard (outdoors)		Bulgaria 1
1 2 3 1 Ekaterine Gorgodze Dia Evtimova 0 6 6 4 6 2   2 Sofia Shapatava Isabella Shinikova 6 1 6^1 7^7 4 6   3 Oksana Kalashnikova / Sofia Shapatava Elitsa Kostova / Isabella Shinikova 6 2 4 6 6 4

Portugal vs. Croatia

Portugal 0	Municipal Tennis Centre, Eilat, Israel[4] 6 February 2016 Hard (outdoors)		Croatia 2
1 2 3 1 Maria João Koehler Silvia Njirić 4 6 3 6     2 Michelle Larcher de Brito Ana Konjuh 2 6 2 6     3 Michelle Larcher de Brito / Inês Murta Darija Jurak / Tena Lukas       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 C, whilst Group B's and Group D's bottom-placed teams faced off. The losers were relegated to the 2016 Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

South Africa vs. Hungary

South Africa 0	Municipal Tennis Centre, Eilat, Israel[5] 6 February 2016 Hard (outdoors)		Hungary 2
1 2 3 1 Ilze Hattingh Anna Bondár 0 6 1 6     2 Chanel Simmonds Réka-Luca Jani 0 6 3 6     3 Michelle Sammons / Chanel Simmonds Dalma Gálfi / Fanny Stollár       not played

Sweden vs. Turkey

Sweden 0	Municipal Tennis Centre, Eilat, Israel[6] 6 February 2016 Hard (outdoors)		Turkey 2
1 2 3 1 Susanne Celik İpek Soylu 3 6 2 6     2 Rebecca Peterson Çağla Büyükakçay 6 2 4 6 0 6   3 Jacqueline Cabaj Awad / Cornelia Lister Çağla Büyükakçay / İpek Soylu       not played

Final placements

Placing	Teams
Promoted	Belgium	Ukraine
Third	Great Britain	Israel
Fifth	Georgia	Croatia
Seventh	Bulgaria	Portugal
Ninth	Estonia	Latvia
Eleventh	Hungary	Turkey
Relegated	South Africa	Sweden

•  Belgium and  Ukraine advanced to World Group II play-offs.
•  South Africa and  Sweden were relegated to Europe/Africa Group II in 2017.

References

1. "Belgium v Great Britain". fedcup.com.
2. "Ukraine v Israel". fedcup.com.
3. "Georgia v Bulgaria". fedcup.com.
4. "Portugal v Croatia". fedcup.com.
5. "South Africa v Hungary". fedcup.com.
6. "Sweden v Turkey". fedcup.com.

External links

• Fed Cup website