2010 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Play-offs

The Play-offs of the 2010 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 sixteen teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2005 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II. The top two teams advanced to Group I, and the bottom two teams were relegated down to the Group III for the next year.

PlacingPool APool B
1 Greece Finland
2 Luxembourg  Georgia
3 South Africa Norway
4 Liechtenstein Armenia
Main article: 2010 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Promotional Play-Offs

The top two teams of each pool were placed against each other in two head-to-head rounds. The winner of the rounds advanced to Group I for next year.

Greece vs. Georgia

Greece
2		 Orange Fitness & Tennis Club, Yerevan, Armenia
1 May 2010
Red clay (outdoors)
Georgia
0
1 2 3
1
Anna Gerasimou
Sofia Shapatava		 6
4		 6
3		    
2
Eleni Daniilidou
Anna Tatishvili		 2
6 		77
62		 6
2		  
3
 
 		       not
played

[1]

Luxembourg vs. Finland

Luxembourg
2		 Orange Fitness & Tennis Club, Yerevan, Armenia
1 May 2010
Red clay (outdoors)
Finland
1
1 2 3
1
Anne Kremer
Piia Suomalainen		 3
6 		2
6 		   
2
Mandy Minella
Emma Laine		 3
6 		77
65		 6
1		  
3
Anne Kremer / Mandy Minella
Emma Laine / Piia Suomalainen		 2
6 		6
3		 [10]
[6] 		 

[2]

Relegation Play-Offs

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

South Africa vs. Armenia

South Africa
1		 Orange Fitness & Tennis Club, Yerevan, Armenia
1 May 2010
Red clay (outdoors)
Armenia
2
1 2 3
1
Christi Potgieter
Anna Movsisyan		 7
5		 65
77		 3
6 		 
2
Chanel Simmonds
Ani Amiraghyan		 6
4		 6
4		    
3
Christi Potgieter / Chanel Simmonds
Anna Movsisyan / Liudmila Nikoyan		 3
6 		6
1		 [8]
[10] 		 

[3]

Liechtenstein vs. Norway

Liechtenstein
2		 Orange Fitness & Tennis Club, Yerevan, Armenia
1 May 2010
Red clay (outdoors)
Norway
0
1 2 3
1
Marina Novak
Emma Flood		 77
62		 6
1		    
2
Stephanie Vogt
Ulrikke Eikeri		 6
4		 7
5		    
3
 
 		       not
played

[4]

Final Placements
Placing Teams
Promoted  Greece  Luxembourg
Third  Georgia  Finland
Fifth  Armenia  Liechtenstein
Relegated  South Africa  Norway
  •  Greece and  Luxembourg advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I for the next year. The Greeks placed fourth in their pool, but won their relegation play-off, meaning they remained in Group I for 2012. The Luxembourgians, however, placed third in their pool, and ended up placing eleventh overall.[5]
  •  South Africa and  Norway were relegated down to Europe/Africa Zone Group III for the next year. The South Africans placed first in their pool, and won their promotional play-off, meaning they advanced to Group I for 2012. The Norwegians, however, placed third in their pool and ended up placing fifth overall.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Greece v Georgia". fedcup.com.
  2. "Luxembourg v Finland". fedcup.com.
  3. "South Africa v Armenia". fedcup.com.
  4. "Liechtenstein v Finland". fedcup.com.
  5. "Fed Cup 2011, Europe/Africa, Group I". fedcup.com.
  6. "Fed Cup 2011, Europe/Africa, Group III". fedcup.com.
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