2016 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs

The play-offs of the 2016 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 fourteen teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2016 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: 2016 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Pool results
PlacingPool APool BPool CPool D
1 Ukraine Great Britain Israel Belgium
2 Portugal Georgia Croatia Bulgaria
3N/AN/A Estonia Latvia
4 Sweden South Africa Turkey Hungary

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.

Belgium vs. Great Britain

Belgium
2		 Municipal Tennis Centre, Eilat, Israel[1]
6 February 2016
Hard (outdoors)
Great Britain
0
1 2 3
1
Ysaline Bonaventure
Katie Swan		 6
3		 3
6 		6
3		  
2
Alison Van Uytvanck
Heather Watson		 6
4		 3
6 		6
4		  
3
Marie Benoît / An-Sophie Mestach
Jocelyn Rae / Anna Smith		       not
played

Ukraine vs. Israel

Ukraine
3		 Municipal Tennis Centre, Eilat, Israel[2]
6 February 2016
Hard (outdoors)
Israel
0
1 2 3
1
Kateryna Bondarenko
Shahar Pe'er		 6
1		 6
1		    
2
Lesia Tsurenko
Julia Glushko		 77
61		 77
62		    
3
Kateryna Bondarenko / Olga Savchuk
Shelly Krolitzky / Alona Pushkarevsky		 6
2		 6
2		    

5th place play-off

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

Georgia vs. Bulgaria

Georgia
2		 Municipal Tennis Centre, Eilat, Israel[3]
6 February 2016
Hard (outdoors)
Bulgaria
1
1 2 3
1
Ekaterine Gorgodze
Dia Evtimova		 0
6 		6
4		 6
2		  
2
Sofia Shapatava
Isabella Shinikova		 6
1		 61
77		 4
6 		 
3
Oksana Kalashnikova / Sofia Shapatava
Elitsa Kostova / Isabella Shinikova		 6
2		 4
6 		6
4		  

Portugal vs. Croatia

Portugal
0		 Municipal Tennis Centre, Eilat, Israel[4]
6 February 2016
Hard (outdoors)
Croatia
2
1 2 3
1
Maria João Koehler
Silvia Njirić		 4
6 		3
6 		   
2
Michelle Larcher de Brito
Ana Konjuh		 2
6 		2
6 		   
3
Michelle Larcher de Brito / Inês Murta
Darija Jurak / Tena Lukas		       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 C, whilst Group B's and Group D's bottom-placed teams faced off. The losers were relegated to the 2016 Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

South Africa vs. Hungary

South Africa
0		 Municipal Tennis Centre, Eilat, Israel[5]
6 February 2016
Hard (outdoors)
Hungary
2
1 2 3
1
Ilze Hattingh
Anna Bondár		 0
6 		1
6 		   
2
Chanel Simmonds
Réka-Luca Jani		 0
6 		3
6 		   
3
Michelle Sammons / Chanel Simmonds
Dalma Gálfi / Fanny Stollár		       not
played

Sweden vs. Turkey

Sweden
0		 Municipal Tennis Centre, Eilat, Israel[6]
6 February 2016
Hard (outdoors)
Turkey
2
1 2 3
1
Susanne Celik
İpek Soylu		 3
6 		2
6 		   
2
Rebecca Peterson
Çağla Büyükakçay		 6
2		 4
6 		0
6 		 
3
Jacqueline Cabaj Awad / Cornelia Lister
Çağla Büyükakçay / İpek Soylu		       not
played

Final placements
Placing Teams
Promoted  Belgium  Ukraine
Third  Great Britain  Israel
Fifth  Georgia  Croatia
Seventh  Bulgaria  Portugal
Ninth  Estonia  Latvia
Eleventh  Hungary  Turkey
Relegated  South Africa  Sweden

References
  1. "Belgium v Great Britain". fedcup.com.
  2. "Ukraine v Israel". fedcup.com.
  3. "Georgia v Bulgaria". fedcup.com.
  4. "Portugal v Croatia". fedcup.com.
  5. "South Africa v Hungary". fedcup.com.
  6. "Sweden v Turkey". fedcup.com.
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