The Europe/Africa Zone is one of three zones of regional competition in the 2019 Fed Cup.
Group I Venue 1: Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa, Zielona Góra, Poland (indoor hard) Venue 2: University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom (indoor hard)
Dates: 6–9 February
The fifteen teams were divided into three pools of four teams and one pool of three teams. The four pool winners took part in promotion play-offs to determine the two nations advancing to the World Group II play-offs. The nations finishing last in their pools took part in relegation play-offs, with the two losing nations being relegated to Group II for 2020. One nation was promoted and one nation was relegated from each venue.
Seeding
Pot Nation Rank1 Seed 1 11 1 18 2 20 3 21 4 2 26 5 26 6 27 7 31 8 3 36 9 37 10 43 11 44 12 46 13 47 14 48 15 1Fed Cup Rankings as of 12 November 2018
Pools
Play-offs
Placing (Zielona Góra)A TeamScoreB TeamPromotional 2–0 5th–8th 2–1 9th colspan=2 Relegation 0–2 Placing (Bath)A TeamScoreB TeamPromotional 2–0 5th–8th 2–0 9th–11th 1–2 Relegation 2–0
Final placements Placing Teams Promoted/First Third Fifth Seventh Ninth Eleventh Twelfth Relegated/Fourteenth and were promoted to 2019 Fed Cup World Group II Play-offs and were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2020
Group II Venue: Centre National de Tennis, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard)
Dates: 6–9 February
The seven teams were divided into two pools of three and four teams. The two pool winners and runners-up took part in promotion play-offs to determine the two nations advancing to the Group I for 2020. The nations finishing third in their pools took part in a relegation play-off, with the losing nation being relegated to Group III for 2020. The nation finishing last in Group B was automatically relegated to Group III for 2020.
Seeding
Pot Nation Rank1 Seed 1 49 1 53 2 2 61 3 62 4 3 66 5 70 6 71 7 1Fed Cup Rankings as of 12 November 2018
Pools
Play-offs
PlacingA TeamScoreB TeamPromotional 2–0 Promotional 0–2 Relegation 1–2 Relegation colspan=2
Final placements Placing Teams Promoted/First Third Fifth Relegated/Sixth Relegated/Seventh
and were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group I in 2020. and were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2020.
Group III Venue 1: Tali Tennis Center, Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard) Venue 2: Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro (clay)
Dates: 15–20 April
Format: 17 nations will compete across two different venues, with 9 nations taking part in Helsinki and 8 nations taking part in Ulcinj. In each location teams will compete across two pools; one pool of 5 teams and one pool of 4 teams in Helsinki, and one pool of 4 teams and one pool of 3 teams in Ulcinj. The winners of each pool will play-off to determine the nations advancing to Group II in 2020. One nation will be promoted from each venue.
Seeding
Pot Nation Rank1 Seed 1 60 1 65 2 71 3 73 4 2 75 5 76 6 77 7 78 8 3 81 9 82 10 86 11 89 12 4 94 13 95 14 97 15 99 16 102 17 NR 18 1Fed Cup Rankings as of 11 February 2019
Pools
Play-offs
Placing (Helsinki)A TeamScoreB TeamPromotional 2–0 3rd–4th 2–0 5th–6th 0–2 7th–8th 0–2 9th colspan=2 Placing (Ulcinj)A TeamScoreB TeamPromotional 1–2 3rd–4th 1–2 5th–6th 0–3 7th colspan=2
Final placements Placing Teams Promoted/First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth Ninth and were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2020.
References
Fed Cup Result, 2019 Europe/Africa Group I Fed Cup Result, 2019 Europe/Africa Group II Fed Cup Result, 2019 Europe/Africa Group III
External links Fed Cup website