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2004 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone
Subsection of tennis competition
Subsection of tennis competition
Main article: 2004 Fed Cup
The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2004 Fed Cup.
Group I
- Venue: Athens Lawn Tennis Club, Athens, Greece (outdoor clay)
- Date: 19–24 April
The fourteen teams were divided into two pools of three teams and two pools of four. The top teams of each pool played-off against the second-placed teams to decide which four nations progress to World Group play-offs. The four nations coming last played-off against each other to decide which teams are relegated to Group II for 2005.
Pools
| team-1-abbrev=SCG | team-1= (2–0) | team-2-abbrev=SWE | team-2= (1–1) | team-3-abbrev=LTU | team-3= (0–2) | team-1-abbrev=UKR | team-1= (3–0) | team-2-abbrev=ISR | team-2= (2–1) | team-3-abbrev=NED | team-3= (1–2) | team-4-abbrev=RSA | team-4= (0–3) | team-1-abbrev=BLR | team-1= (2–0) | team-2-abbrev=HUN | team-2= (1–1) | team-3-abbrev=DEN | team-3= (0–2) | team-1-abbrev=EST | team-1= (3–0) | team-2-abbrev=BUL | team-2= (2–1) | team-3-abbrev=POL | team-3= (1–2) | team-4-abbrev=GRE | team-4= (0–3)
Play-offs
Main article: 2004 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs
| Winning team | Score | Losing team |
|---|---|---|
| **** | 2–1 | |
| **** | 2–0 | |
| **** | 2–1 | |
| **** | 2–1 |
|
| Winning team | Score | Losing team |
|---|---|---|
| 2–0 | ** | |
| 2–0 | ** |
|}
- ****, ****, **** and **** advanced to 2004 World Group play-offs.
- ** and ** were relegated to Group II for 2004.
Group II
- Venue: Marsa, Malta (outdoor hard)
- Date: 26 April – 1 May
The nine teams were divided into a pool of four teams and a pool of five. The top teams of each pool played-off against the second-placed teams to decide which two nations progress to Group I for 2005. The four nations coming last played-off against the second-to-last placed teams to determine which teams would be relegated to Group III for 2005.
Pools
| team-1-abbrev=GBR | team-1= (3–0) | team-2-abbrev=ROU | team-2= (2–1) | team-3-abbrev=TUR | team-3= (1–2) | team-4-abbrev=EGY | team-4= (0–3) | team-1-abbrev=LUX | team-1= (4–0) | team-2-abbrev=IRL | team-2= (3–1) | team-3-abbrev=LAT | team-3= (2–2) | team-4-abbrev=GEO | team-4= (1–3) | team-5-abbrev=FIN | team-5= (0–4)
Play-offs
Main article: 2004 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Play-offs
| Placing | A Team | Score | B Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Promotion | **** | 2–0 | ||
| Promotion | 1–2 | **** | ||
| 5th | N/A | |||
| Relegation | ** | 0–3 | ||
| Relegation | ** | 0–3 |
- **** and **** advanced to Group I for 2005.
- ** and ** was relegated to Group III for 2005.
Group III
- Venue: Marsa, Malta (outdoor hard)
- Date: 26 April – 1 May
The eight teams were divided into two pools of four teams. The top teams of each pool played-off against the second-placed teams to decide which two nations progress to Group II for 2005. The other teams played against each other to determine overall placings.
Pools
| team-1-abbrev=NOR | team-1= (3–0) | team-2-abbrev=ALG | team-2= (2–1) | team-3-abbrev=BIH | team-3= (1–2) | team-4-abbrev=NAM | team-4= (0–3) | team-1-abbrev=TUN | team-1= (3–0) | team-2-abbrev=MLT | team-2= (2–1) | team-3-abbrev=BOT | team-3= (1–2) | team-4-abbrev=KEN | team-4= (0–3)
Play-offs
Main article: 2004 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Play-offs
| Placing | A Team | Score | B Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Promotion | **** | 2–1 | ||
| Promotion | 1–2 | **** | ||
| 5th–7th | 3–0 | |||
| 5th–7th | 1–2 |
- **** and **** advanced to Group II for 2005.
References
- Fed Cup Profile, Serbia and Montenegro
- Fed Cup Profile, Lithuania
- Fed Cup Profile, Great Britain
- Fed Cup Profile, Romania
- Fed Cup Profile, Norway
- Fed Cup Profile, Algeria
- Fed Cup Profile, South Africa
- Fed Cup Profile, Ukraine
- Fed Cup Profile, Israel
- Fed Cup Profile, Turkey
- Fed Cup Profile, Egypt
- Fed Cup Profile, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Fed Cup Profile, Namibia
- Fed Cup Profile, Belarus
- Fed Cup Profile, Denmark
- Fed Cup Profile, Luxembourg
- Fed Cup Profile, Ireland
- Fed Cup Profile, Latvia
- Fed Cup Profile, Tunisia
- Fed Cup Profile, Malta
- Fed Cup Profile, Estonia
- Fed Cup Profile, Bulgaria
- Fed Cup Profile, Greece
- Fed Cup Profile, Georgia
- Fed Cup Profile, Finland
- Fed Cup Profile, Botswana
- Fed Cup Profile, Kenya
References
- (8 November 2004). "Fed Cup first-round and qualifying results". USA Today.
- "Slovenia v Great Britain". fedcup.com.
- "Sweden v Luxembourg". fedcup.com.
- "Turkey v Egypt". fedcup.com.
- "Ireland v Norway". fedcup.com.
- "Romania v Tunisia". fedcup.com.
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