2015 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs

The play-offs of the 2015 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I were the final stages of the Group I zonal competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Using the positions determined in their pools, the fifteen teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2015 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I. The top two teams advanced to World Group II Play-offs, and the bottom two teams were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

Main article: 2015 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Pool results
PlacingPool APool BPool CPool D
1 Serbia Great Britain Belarus Croatia
2 Hungary Turkey Georgia Belgium
3 Austria Ukraine Bulgaria Israel
4N/A Liechtenstein Portugal Latvia

Promotional play-offs

The first placed teams of each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds. The winner of each round advanced to the World Group II Play-offs.

Serbia vs. Croatia

Serbia
2		 Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary[1]
7 February 2015
Hard (indoors)
Croatia
0
1 2 3
1
Ivana Jorović
Ana Konjuh		 6
3		 2
6 		7
5		  
2
Aleksandra Krunić
Donna Vekić		 6
1		 6
1		    
3
Ivana Jorović / Aleksandra Krunić
Darija Jurak / Ana Konjuh		       not
played

Belarus vs. Great Britain

Belarus
2		 Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary[2]
7 February 2015
Hard (indoors)
Great Britain
0
1 2 3
1
Olga Govortsova
Johanna Konta		 6
0		 6
1		    
2
Victoria Azarenka
Heather Watson		 6
4		 6
1		    
3
Victoria Azarenka / Olga Govortsova
Jocelyn Rae / Anna Smith		       not
played

5th place play-off

The runner-up teams from pools B and C and those from A and D competed in order to establish which two teams would place joint fifth in the final standings and which two would place joint seventh.

Hungary vs. Belgium

Hungary
3		 Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary[3]
7 February 2015
Hard (indoors)
Belgium
0
1 2 3
1
Anna Bondár
Alison Van Uytvanck		       w/o
 
2
Réka-Luca Jani
Kirsten Flipkens		 2
6 		77
65		    
retired
3
Anna Bondár / Dalma Gálfi
Kirsten Flipkens / Alison Van Uytvanck		       w/o
 

Turkey vs. Georgia

Turkey
2		 Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary[4]
7 February 2015
Hard (indoors)
Georgia
1
1 2 3
1
Başak Eraydın
Mariam Bolkvadze		 3
6 		3
6 		   
2
İpek Soylu
Ekaterine Gorgodze		 2
6 		6
0		 6
1		  
3
Çağla Büyükakçay / Pemra Özgen
Oksana Kalashnikova / Sofia Shapatava		 7
5		 5
7 		1
0		  
retired

9th place play-off

The third-placed teams of Groups B and C competed to determine the ninth- and tenth-placed teams.

Ukraine vs. Bulgaria

Ukraine
2		 Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary[5]
7 February 2015
Hard (indoors)
Bulgaria
0
1 2 3
1
Kateryna Kozlova
Viktoriya Tomova		 6
4		 6
0		    
2
Elina Svitolina
Dia Evtimova		 6
2		 6
3		    
3
Olga Savchuk / Lesia Tsurenko
Dia Evtimova / Viktoriya Tomova		       not
played

Relegation play-offs

The teams placing last in each pool competed to keep their place in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. The bottom-placed team from group A faced the bottom-placed team from Group D, whilst Group B's and Group C's bottom-placed teams faced off. The losers were relegated to the 2016 Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

Austria vs. Latvia

Austria
1		 Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary[6]
7 February 2015
Hard (indoors)
Latvia
2
1 2 3
1
Julia Grabher
Jeļena Ostapenko		 2
6 		1
6 		   
2
Barbara Haas
Diāna Marcinkēviča		 6
0		 2
6 		6
0		  
3
Julia Grabher / Sandra Klemenschits
Diāna Marcinkēviča / Jeļena Ostapenko		 5
7 		3
6 		   

Liechtenstein vs. Portugal

Liechtenstein
0		 Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary[7]
7 February 2015
Hard (indoors)
Portugal
2
1 2 3
1
Kathinka von Deichmann
Maria João Koehler		 3
6 		0
6 		   
2
Stephanie Vogt
Michelle Larcher de Brito		 67
79		 5
7 		   
3
Stephanie Vogt / Kathinka von Deichmann
Maria João Koehler / Michelle Larcher de Brito		       not
played

Final placements
Placing Teams
Promoted  Serbia  Belarus
Third  Croatia  Great Britain
Fifth  Hungary  Turkey
Seventh  Belgium  Georgia
Ninth  Ukraine
Tenth  Bulgaria
Eleventh  Israel
Twelfth  Latvia  Portugal
Relegated  Austria  Liechtenstein

References
  1. "Serbia v Croatia". fedcup.com.
  2. "Belarus v Great Britain". fedcup.com.
  3. "Hungary v Belgium". fedcup.com.
  4. "Turkey v Georgia". fedcup.com.
  5. "Ukraine v Bulgaria". fedcup.com.
  6. "Austria v Latvia". fedcup.com.
  7. "Liechtenstein v Portugal". fedcup.com.
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