1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 1999 Fed Cup.

Group I

The sixteen teams were divided into four pools of four teams. The top two teams of each pool play-off in a two-round knockout stage to decide which nations progress to World Group II Play-offs. The four nations coming last in the pools were relegated down to Group II for 2000.

Pools

Pool A RSA UKR LAT DEN
1  South Africa (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Ukraine (2–1) 0–3 2–1 2–1
3  Latvia (1–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1
4  Denmark (0–3) 0–3 1–2 1–2
Pool B ROU SWE GRE POR
1  Romania (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Sweden (2–1) 0–3 3–0 3–0
3  Greece (1–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1
4  Portugal (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2
Pool C GBR BUL FIN YUG
1  Great Britain (3–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0
2  Bulgaria (2–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0
3  Finland (1–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1
4  FR Yugoslavia (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2
Pool D SLO LUX POL GEO
1  Slovenia (3–0) 2–1 2–1 2–1
2  Luxembourg (2–1) 1–2 3–0 2–1
3  Poland (1–2) 1–2 0–3 3–0
4  Georgia (0–3) 1–2 1–2 0–3

Knockout Stage

  First round
22 April
Quarterfinals
23 April
                 
  South Africa 2  
  Sweden 0  
    South Africa 1
    Slovenia 2
  Bulgaria 1
  Slovenia 2  
  Romania 2  
  Ukraine 0  
    Romania 2
    Great Britain 0
  Luxembourg 0
  Great Britain 3  

Group II

The twenty teams were randomly divided into four pools of five teams to compete in round-robin competitions. The teams that finished first in the pools would progress to Group I for 2000.

Pools

See also

References

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