The Europe/Africa Zone is one of three zones of regional competition in the 2016 Fed Cup.
Group I Venue: Municipal Tennis Centre, Eilat, Israel (outdoor hard) Date: 3–6 February
The fourteen teams were divided into two pools of three teams and two pools of four teams. The four pool winners will take part in play-offs to determine the two nations advancing to the World Group II play-offs. The nations finishing last in their pools will take part in relegation play-offs, with the two losing nations being relegated to Group II for 2017.
Pools
Play-offs
PlacingA TeamScoreC TeamPromotional 3–0 5th–8th 0–2 9th–10th colspan=2 Relegation 0–2 PlacingB TeamScoreD TeamPromotional 0–2 5th–8th 2–1 9th–10th colspan=2 Relegation 0–2
Final placements Placing Teams Promoted/First Third Fifth Seventh Ninth Eleventh Relegated/Thirteenth and were promoted to 2016 Fed Cup World Group II Play-offs and were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2017
Group II Venue: Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt (outdoor clay) Dates: 13–16 April
The seven teams will be divided into two pools, one of three teams and one of four teams. The two nations placing first and second will take part in play-offs to determine the two nations advancing to Group I. The nations finishing last in their pools will take part in relegation play-offs, with the two losing nations being relegated to Group III for 2017. Slovenia chose to withdraw due to security concerns.
Pools
Play-offs
PlacingA TeamScoreB TeamPromotional 1–2 Promotional 0–2 Relegation 0–2 Relegation colspan=2
Final placements Placing Teams Promoted/First Third Fifth Relegated/Seventh
and were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group I in 2017 and were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2017
Group III
Venue: Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro (outdoor clay) Dates: 11–16 April
The seventeen teams will be divided into three pools of four teams and one pool of five teams. The four pool winners will take part in play-offs to determine the two nations advancing to Group II for 2017.
Pools
Play-offs
PlacingA TeamScoreC TeamPromotional 2–0 5th–8th 2–0 9th–12th 2–0 13th–16th 0–2 PlacingB TeamScoreD TeamPromotional 0–2 5th–8th 0–2 9th–12th 2–1 13th–16th 1–2 17th colspan=2
Final placements Placing Teams Promoted/First Third Fifth Seventh Ninth Eleventh Thirteenth Fifteenth Seventeenth
and were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2017
References
Fed Cup Result, 2016 Europe/Africa Group I Fed Cup Result, 2016 Europe/Africa Group II Fed Cup Result, 2016 Europe/Africa Group III
External links Fed Cup website