2017 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs

The play-offs of the 2017 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 2017 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: 2017 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Pool results
PlacingPool APool BPool CPool D
1 Poland Croatia Great Britain Serbia
2 Austria Hungary Latvia Estonia
3N/AN/A Turkey Bulgaria
4 Georgia Bosnia and Herzegovina Portugal Israel

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.

Poland vs. Serbia

Poland
1		 Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia[1]
11 February 2017
Hard (indoors)
Serbia
2
1 2 3
1
Katarzyna Piter
Ivana Jorović		 2
6 		6
4		 4
6 		 
2
Magda Linette
Nina Stojanović		 6
2		 6
1		    
3
Magda Linette / Katarzyna Piter
Ivana Jorović / Nina Stojanović		 6
4		 4
6 		1
6 		 

Croatia vs. Great Britain

Croatia
1		 Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia[2]
11 February 2017
Hard (indoors)
Great Britain
2
1 2 3
1
Donna Vekić
Heather Watson		 2
6 		4
6 		   
2
Ana Konjuh
Johanna Konta		 6
4		 6
3		    
3
Darija Jurak / Ana Konjuh
Johanna Konta / Heather Watson		 6
4		 4
6 		3
6 		 

5th place play-off

The runner-up teams from pools A and D, and B 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.

Austria vs. Estonia

Austria
2		 Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia[3]
11 February 2017
Hard (indoors)
Estonia
1
1 2 3
1
Tamira Paszek
Maileen Nuudi		 6
2		 6
3		    
2
Barbara Haas
Maria Lota Kaul		 6
3		 2
6 		6
0		  
3
Julia Grabher / Pia König
Valeria Gorlats / Maileen Nuudi		 5
7 		5
7 		   

Hungary vs. Latvia

Hungary
2		 Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia[4]
11 February 2017
Hard (indoors)
Latvia
0
1 2 3
1
Ágnes Bukta
Daniela Vismane		 6
2		 6
3		    
2
Fanny Stollár
Diāna Marcinkēviča		 6
2		 4
6 		6
3		  
3
Dalma Gálfi / Fanny Stollár
Diāna Marcinkēviča / Daniela Vismane		       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 2018 Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

Georgia vs. Israel

Georgia
2		 Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia[5]
11 February 2017
Hard (indoors)
Israel
1
1 2 3
1
Ekaterine Gorgodze
Deniz Khazaniuk		 6
4		 4
6 		7
5		  
2
Sofia Shapatava
Julia Glushko		 4
6 		6
2		 2
6 		 
3
Oksana Kalashnikova / Sofia Shapatava
Julia Glushko / Shelly Krolitzky		 6
4		 4
6 		6
3		  

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Portugal

Bosnia and Herzegovina
1		 Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia[6]
11 February 2017
Hard (indoors)
Portugal
2
1 2 3
1
Jelena Simić
Inês Murta		 4
6 		0
6 		   
2
Dea Herdželaš
Michelle Larcher de Brito		 1
6 		2
6 		   
3
Nefisa Berberović / Anita Husarić
Francisca Jorge / Rita Vilaça		 6
4		 77
64		    

Final placements
Placing Teams
Promoted/First  Serbia  Great Britain
Third  Poland  Croatia
Fifth  Austria  Hungary
Seventh  Estonia  Latvia
Ninth  Bulgaria  Turkey
Eleventh  Georgia  Portugal
Relegated/Thirteenth  Israel  Bosnia and Herzegovina

References
  1. "Poland v Serbia". fedcup.com.
  2. "Croatia v Great Britain". fedcup.com.
  3. "Austria v Estonia". fedcup.com.
  4. "Hungary v Latvia". fedcup.com.
  5. "Georgia v Israel". fedcup.com.
  6. "Bosnia and Herzegovina v Portugal". fedcup.com.
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