2004 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Play-offs

The Play-offs of the 2004 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II were the final stages of the Group I Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Using the positions determined in their pools, the nine teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2004 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II. The top two teams advanced to Group I for next year, and the bottom two teams were relegated down to the Europe/Africa Zone Group III.

PlacingPool APool B
1 Great Britain Luxembourg
2 Romania Ireland
3  Latvia
4 Turkey Georgia
5 Egypt Finland
Main article: 2004 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Promotional Play-Offs

The first and second placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two head-to-head rounds. The winner of the rounds advanced to Group I.

Great Britain vs. Ireland

Great Britain
2		 Marsa, Malta
1 May 2004
Hard (outdoors)
Ireland
0
1 2 3
1
Elena Baltacha
Yvonne Doyle		 6
1		 7
5		    
2
Anne Keothavong
Kelly Liggan		 6
2		 3
6 		2
2		  
retired
3
Elena Baltacha / Anne Keothavong
Yvonne Doyle / Kelly Liggan		       not
played

[1]

Romania vs. Luxembourg

Romania
1		 Marsa, Malta
1 May 2004
Hard (outdoors)
Luxembourg
2
1 2 3
1
Monica Niculescu
Anne Kremer		 0
6 		5
7 		   
2
Simona Matei
Claudine Schaul		 3
6 		4
6 		   
3
Gabriela Niculescu / Monica Niculescu
Mandy Minella / Lynn Philippe		 6
3		 6
4		    

[2]

Fifth

As there was only four teams from Pool A as opposed to the five from Pool B, the third-placed team from Pool B ( Latvia) had no equivalent to play against. Thus the Latvians were automatically allocated fifth place.

Relegation Play-Offs

The last and second-to-last placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two head-to-head rounds. The losing team of the rounds were relegated to Group III for next year.

Turkey vs. Finland

Turkey
0		 Marsa, Malta
1 May 2004
Hard (outdoors)
Finland
3
1 2 3
1
Çiğdem Duru
Essi Laine		 6
3		 4
6 		3
6 		 
2
Pemra Özgen
Emma Laine		 2
6 		0
6 		   
3
Çiğdem Duru / Pemra Özgen
Emma Laine / Essi Laine		 4
6 		2
6 		   

[3]

Egypt vs. Georgia

Egypt
0		 Marsa, Malta
1 May 2004
Hard (outdoors)
Georgia
3
1 2 3
1
Aliaa Fakhry
Sofia Melikishvili		 0
6 		4
6 		   
2
Yomna Farid
Salome Devidze		 1
6 		4
6 		   
3
Aliaa Fakhry / Yomna Farid
Tinatin Kavlashvili / Sofia Melikishvili		 4
6 		3
6 		   

[4]

Final Placements
Placing Teams
Promoted  Great Britain
 Luxembourg
Third  Ireland
 Romania
Fifth  Latvia
Sixth  Finland
 Georgia
Relegated  Turkey
 Egypt
  •  Great Britain and  Luxembourg advanced to Group I, where they placed eleventh and ninth respectively.[5][6]
  •  Turkey and  Egypt were relegated down to Group III for the next year, where they placed third and fifth respectively.[7][8]

See also

References
  1. "Great Britain v Ireland". fedcup.com.
  2. "Romania v Luxembourg". fedcup.com.
  3. "Turkey v Finland". fedcup.com.
  4. "Egypt v Georgia". fedcup.com.
  5. "Fed Cup Profile, Great Britain". fedcup.com.
  6. "Fed Cup Profile, Luxembourg". fedcup.com.
  7. "Fed Cup Profile, Turkey". fedcup.com.
  8. "Fed Cup Profile, Egypt". fedcup.com.
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