The Europe/Africa Zone is one of three zones of regional competition in the 2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup.
Group I Venue 1: Tallink Tennis Center, Tallinn, Estonia (indoor hard) Venue 2: Centre National de Tennis, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard) Date: 5–8 February 2020
The thirteen teams were split across the two venues, with 7 teams competing in Tallinn and the other 6 competing in Esch-sur-Alzette. In Tallinn, the seven teams were split into two Pools of three and four teams with the teams finishing 1st and 2nd place in the pool competing in promotional playoffs for advancement to the play-offs. In Esch-sur-Alzette, the nations were split into two pools of 3 teams, with the nations finishing first and second competing in promotional playoffs for advancement to the play-offs. The nations finishing last in each of the pools competed in relegation playoffs, with one nation from each venue relegated to Group II in 2022.
Seeding
Pot Nation Rank1 Seed 1 21 1 23 2 24 3 26 4 2 28 5 29 6 38 7 39 8 3 40 9 42 10 44 11 45 12 49 13 1Billie Jean King Cup Rankings as of 11 November 2019
Pools
Play-offs
Placing (Tallinn)A TeamScoreB TeamPromotional 2–1 Promotional 0–2 9th colspan=2 Relegation 2–0 Placing (Esch-sur-Alzette)A TeamScoreB TeamPromotional 2–1 Promotional 0–2 9th colspan=4 Relegation 0–2
Final placements Placing Teams Promoted/First Fifth Ninth Tenth Twelfth/Relegated
, , and were promoted to the 2020 Billie Jean King Cup play-offs. and were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2022.
Group II Venue: Tali Tennis Center, Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard) Dates: 4–7 February 2020
The eight teams are split into two pools of 4. The 1st and 2nd placed teams of each pool will play-off to determine the nation advancing to Group I in 2022. The third and fourth placed teams will play-off to determine the nations relegated to Group III in 2022.
Seeding
Pot Nation Rank1 Seed 1 52 1 55 2 2 61 3 62 4 3 64 5 65 6 4 67 7 88 8 1Billie Jean King Cup Rankings as of 11 November 2019
Pools
Play-offs
PlacingA TeamScoreB TeamPromotional 2–1 Promotional 1–2 Relegation 2–0 Relegation 0–2
Final placements Placing Teams Promoted/First Third Fifth Relegated/Seventh
and were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group I in 2022. and were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2022.
Group III Venue: SEB Arena, Vilnius, Lithuania (indoor hard) Dates: 15–19 June 2021
The 21 teams are split into three pools of 4 teams and three pools of 3 teams. The 1st placed teams of each pool will play-off to determine the two nations advancing to Group II in 2022.
Seeding
Pot Nation Rank1 Seed 1 73 1 76 2 77 3 81 4 82 5 83 6 2 86 7 87 8 88 9 89 10 90 11 93 12 3 96 13 97 14 NR – NR – NR – NR – NR – NR – NR – 1Billie Jean King Cup Rankings as of 19 April 2021
Pools
Play-offs
Promotional play-offs
5th-place play-off
7th-12th-place play-offs
11th-place play-off
13th-18th-place play-offs
17th-place play-off
19th-21st-place play-offs
Final placements Placing Teams Promoted/First Third Fifth Sixth Seventh Ninth Eleventh Twelfth Thirteenth Fifteenth Seventeenth Eighteenth Nineteenth Twentieth Twenty-first
and were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2022.
References
External links Billie Jean King Cup website Billie Jean King Cup Result, 2020 Europe/Africa Group I Billie Jean King Cup Result, 2020 Europe/Africa Group II Billie Jean King Cup Result, 2020 Europe/Africa Group III