2018 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – play-offs

The play-offs of the 2018 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 2018 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.

Pool results

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PlacingPool APool BPool CPool D
1  Serbia  Great Britain  Hungary  Latvia
2  Bulgaria  Estonia  Croatia  Poland
3  Slovenia  Turkey
4  Georgia  Portugal  Sweden  Austria

Promotional play-offs

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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. Latvia

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Serbia
1
Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia[1]
10 February
Hard (indoors)

Latvia
2
123
1
Olga Danilović
Anastasija Sevastova
6
2
6
4
  
2
Dejana Radanović
Jeļena Ostapenko
2
6
1
6
  
3
Olga Danilović / Bojana Marinković
Jeļena Ostapenko / Anastasija Sevastova
1
6
2
6
  

Great Britain vs. Hungary

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Great Britain
2
Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia[2]
10 February
Hard (indoors)

Hungary
0
123
1
Heather Watson
Dalma Gálfi
3
6
6
1
6
4
 
2
Johanna Konta
Fanny Stollár
6
3
6
1
  
3
Katie Boulter / Anna Smith
Dalma Gálfi / Fanny Stollár
   not
played

5th place play-off

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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.

Bulgaria vs. Poland

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Bulgaria
0
Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia[3]
10 February
Hard (indoors)

Poland
2
123
1
Petia Arshinkova
Iga Świątek
0
6
4
6
  
2
Isabella Shinikova
Magdalena Fręch
5
7
3
6
  
3
Petia Arshinkova / Julia Terziyska
Alicja Rosolska / Iga Świątek
   not
played

Estonia vs. Croatia

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Estonia
2
Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia[4]
10 February
Hard (indoors)

Croatia
1
123
1
Saara Orav
Ana Biškić
3
6
6
4
6
2
 
2
Katriin Saar
Tena Lukas
6
2
5
7
1
6
 
3
Elena Malygina / Saara Orav
Ana Biškić / Tena Lukas
6
2
4
6
7
5
 

Relegation play-offs

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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 2019 Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

Georgia vs. Austria

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Georgia
2
Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia[5]
10 February
Hard (indoors)

Austria
1
123
1
Sofia Shapatava
Julia Grabher
6
3
4
6
6
4
 
2
Ekaterine Gorgodze
Barbara Haas
65
77
6
2
3
6
 
3
Oksana Kalashnikova / Sofia Shapatava
Julia Grabher / Barbara Haas
6
4
3
6
6
2
 

Portugal vs. Sweden

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Portugal
0
Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia[6]
10 February
Hard (indoors)

Sweden
2
123
1
Francisca Jorge
Cornelia Lister
2
6
2
6
  
2
Maria João Koehler
Rebecca Peterson
4
6
0
6
  
3
Francisca Jorge / Maria João Koehler
Mirjam Björklund / Jacqueline Cabaj Awad
   not
played

Final placements

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PlacingTeams
Promoted/First  Latvia  Great Britain
Third  Serbia  Hungary
Fifth  Poland  Estonia
Seventh  Bulgaria  Croatia
Ninth  Turkey  Slovenia
Eleventh  Georgia  Sweden
Relegated/Thirteenth  Austria  Portugal

References

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  1. ^ "Serbia v Latvia". fedcup.com.
  2. ^ "Great Britain v Hungary". fedcup.com.
  3. ^ "Bulgaria v Poland". fedcup.com.
  4. ^ "Estonia v Croatia". fedcup.com.
  5. ^ "Georgia v Austria". fedcup.com.
  6. ^ "Portugal v Sweden". fedcup.com.
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