The 30th Europe/Africa Zone is one of three zones of regional competition in the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup.
Group I Venue: Megasaray Tennis Academy, Antalya, Turkey (clay) Date: 11–16 April 2022
The eleven teams were divided into two pools of five and six teams. The nations finishing first in their pools were automatically advanced to the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup play-offs. The nations finishing 2nd in their pools took part in a play-off to determine the nation advancing to the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup play-offs. The nations finishing last and second-last in their pools took part in a relegation play-offs, with the losing nations relegated to Group II for 2023.
Seeding
Pot Nation Rank1 Seed 1 20 1 26 2 2 33 3 34 4 3 36 5 38 6 4 39 7 42 8 5 43 9 54 10 65 11 1Billie Jean King Cup Rankings as of 8 November 2021
Pools
Play-offs
PlacingA TeamScoreB Team1st 2–1 Promotional 0–2 5th–6th 0–2 7th colspan=2 Relegation 2–1 Relegation 1–2
Final placements Placing Teams Promoted/First Promoted/Second Promoted/Third Promoted/Fourth Promoted/Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth Relegated/Tenth
, , , , and were promoted to the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup play-offs. was added based on ranking (20th) when the ITF disqualified and for violations of the Olympic Truce. was added based on ranking (38th) when was chosen as host and automatic qualifier of the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup Finals. and were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2023.
Group II Venue: Vierumäki, Finland (indoor hard) Date: 12–15 April 2022
The seven teams were divided into two pools of three and four teams. The four nations finishing 1st and 2nd in their pools took part in play-offs to determine the nations advancing to Group I in 2023. The nations finishing third took part in a relegation play-off, with the losing nations relegated to Group III for 2023, along with the nation finishing last in Group B.
Seeding
Pot Nation Rank1 Seed 1 37 1 45 2 2 51 3 55 4 3 58 5 60 6 62 7 1Billie Jean King Cup Rankings as of 8 November 2021
Pools
Play-offs
PlacingA TeamScoreB Team Promotional 2–1 2–1 Relegation 2–1 colspan=2
Final placements Placing Teams Promoted/First Third Fifth Relegated/Sixth Relegated/Seventh
and were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group I in 2023. and were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2023.
Group III Venue 1: Bellevue Tennis Club, Ulcinj, Montenegro (clay) Venue 2: Tennis Club Jug, Skopje, North Macedonia (clay)
Dates: 7–11 June 2022 (Ulcinj) / 5–10 July 2022 (Skopje)
The twenty-eight nations were split into two events. Event A was held in Ulcinj, whilst Event B was held in Skopje. In Ulcinj, the eleven teams were split into two pools of four nations and one pool of three nations. The top teams in each group will contest a two stage knock-out draw, with one team earning promotion to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2023. In Skopje, the seventeen teams were split into two pools of four nations and three pools of three nations. An eight-team knock-out draw made up of the top team from each group and the two best 2nd place teams will determine the one nation promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2023.
Seeding
Ulcinj Pot Nation Rank1 Seed 1 66 1 69 2 77 3 2 78 4 83 5 92 6 3 95 7 97 8 101 9 NR – – 1Billie Jean King Cup Rankings as of 19 April 2022
Skopje Pot Nation Rank1 Seed 1 67 1 68 2 71 3 76 4 2 79 5 86 6 94 7 103 8 3 105 9 106 10 111 11 NR – – – 1Billie Jean King Cup Rankings as of 19 April 2022
Pools Event A (Ulcinj)
Event B (Skopje)
Play-offs
Promotional play-offs
4th–6th (Ulcinj) and 5th–8th (Skopje) place play-offs
7th–9th (Ulcinj) and 9th–12th (Skopje) place play-offs
10th-place play-off (Ulcinj)
13th-place play-off (Skopje)
Final placements Placing Teams Promoted/First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth Ninth Tenth Eleventh Thirteenth Fourteenth
and were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2023.
References
Billie Jean King Cup Result, 2022 Europe/Africa Group I Billie Jean King Cup Result, 2022 Europe/Africa Group II Billie Jean King Cup Result, 2022 Europe/Africa Group III
Notes
External links Billie Jean King Cup website