2012 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2012 Fed Cup.

Group I

  • Venue: Municipal Tennis Club, Eilat, Israel (hard, outdoors)
  • Date: 1–4 February

The fifteen teams were divided into three pools of four teams and one pool of three. The four pool winners took part in play-offs to determine the two nations advancing to the World Group II Play-offs. The nations finishing last in their pools took part in play-offs, with the two losing nations relegated to Group II for 2013.

Pools

Pool A AUT BUL EST
1  Austria (2–0) 2–1 2–1
2  Bulgaria (1–1) 1–2 3–0
3  Estonia (0–2) 1–2 0–3
Pool B SWE HUN BIH GRE
1  Sweden (3–0) 2–1 3–0 2–1
2  Hungary (2–1) 1–2 2–1 3–0
3  Bosnia and Herzegovina (1–2) 0–3 1–2 3–0
4  Greece (0–3) 1–2 0–3 0–3
Pool C GBR POR ISR NED
1  Great Britain (3–0) 3–0 3–0 2–1
2  Portugal (2–1) 0–3 2–1 2–1
3  Israel (1–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1
4  Netherlands (0–3) 1–2 1–2 1–2
Pool D POL ROU CRO LUX
1  Poland (3–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0
2  Romania (2–1) 1–2 2–1 3–0
3  Croatia (1–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1
4  Luxembourg (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2

Play-offs

PlacingA TeamScoreC Team
Promotional Austria0–2 Great Britain
5th–8th Bulgaria0–2 Portugal
9th–12thN/A Israel
Relegation Estonia1–2 Netherlands
PlacingB TeamScoreD Team
Promotional Sweden2–1 Poland
5th–8th Hungary0–2 Romania
9th–12th Bosnia and Herzegovina0–2 Croatia
Relegation Greece1–2 Luxembourg

Group II

  • Venue: Golf El Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt (clay, outdoors)
  • Date: Week of 16 April (ties played 18–21 April)

The eight teams were divided into two pools of four. The top nation from each pool played off against the runner-up from the other with the two winning teams promoted to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I for 2013. Third-placed nations played-off against fourth placing nations with the losing teams facing relegation to the Europe/Africa Zone Group III for 2013.

Pools

Pool A RSA MNE FIN DEN
1  South Africa (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Montenegro (2–1) 0–3 3–0 2–1
3  Finland (1–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1
4  Denmark (0–3) 0–3 1–2 1–2
Pool B GEO TUR LAT NOR
1  Georgia (3–0) 3–0 2–1 3–0
2  Turkey (2–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0
3  Latvia (1–2) 1–2 1–2 3–0
4  Norway (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3

Play-offs

PlacingA TeamScoreB Team
Promotion South Africa0–3 Turkey
Promotion Montenegro0–3 Georgia
Relegation Finland3–0 Norway
Relegation Denmark0–3 Latvia
  •  Turkey and  Georgia promoted to Europe/Africa World Group I in 2013.
  •  Norway and  Denmark were relegated to Europe/Africa Group III in 2013.

Group III

  • Venue: Golf El Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt (clay, outdoors)
  • Date: Week of 16 April (ties played 16–21 April)

The eleven teams were divided into one pool of five teams and one pool of six. The top nation from each pool played off against the runner-up from the other with the two winning teams promoted to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II for 2013.

Pools

Pool A MAR IRL ARM MLT KEN
1  Morocco (4–0) 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0
2  Ireland (3–1) 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0
3  Armenia (2–2) 1–2 1–2 3–0 3–0
4  Malta (1–3) 1–2 1–2 0–3 3–0
5  Kenya (0–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3
Pool B TUN LIT EGY MDA CYP NAM
1  Tunisia (5–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 2–1
2  Lithuania (4–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
3  Egypt (3–2) 0–3 0–3 3–0 3–0 3–0
4  Moldova (2–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–1 2–1
5  Cyprus (1–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 2–1
6  Namibia (0–5) 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2

Play-offs

PlacingA TeamScoreB Team
Promotion Morocco1–2 Lithuania
Promotion Ireland1–2 Tunisia
5th–8th Armenia1–2 Egypt
5th–8th Malta1–2 Moldova
9th–10th Kenya0–3 Cyprus
11thN/A Namibia

See also

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