:2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2009 Fed Cup.

Group I

Venue: Coral Tennis Club, Tallinn, Estonia (indoor hard)
Date: 4–7 February

The fifteen teams were divided into three pools of four teams and one pool of three. The four pool winners took part in play-offs to determine the two nations advancing to the World Group II play-offs. The nations finishing last in their pools took part in play-offs, with the two losing nations being relegated to Group II in 2010.

= Pools =

{{4TeamRR

| title=Pool A

| team-1-abbrev=GBR

| team-1={{nowrap|{{fed|GBR}} (3–0)}}

| team-2-abbrev=HUN

| team-2={{fed|HUN}} (2–1)

| team-3-abbrev=NED

| team-3={{fed|NED}} (1–2)

| team-4-abbrev=LUX

| team-4={{fed|LUX}} (0–3)

| 1v2=3–0 |1v3=3–0 |1v4=3–0

|2v1=0–3 | 2v3=2–1 |2v4=2–1

|3v1=0–3 |3v2=1–2 | 3v4=3–0

|4v1=0–3 |4v2=1–2 |4v3=0–3

}}

{{4TeamRR

| title=Pool B

| team-1-abbrev=POL

| team-1={{fed|POL}} (3–0)

| team-2-abbrev=SWE

| team-2={{fed|SWE}} (2–1)

| team-3-abbrev=ROM

| team-3={{fed|ROM}} (1–2)

| team-4-abbrev=BIH

| team-4={{nowrap|{{fed|BIH}} (0–3)}}

| 1v2=3–0 |1v3=2–1 |1v4=2–1

|2v1=0–3 | 2v3=3–0 |2v4=3–0

|3v1=1–2 |3v2=0–3 | 3v4=3–0

|4v1=1–2 |4v2=0–3 |4v3=0–3

}}

{{4TeamRR

| title=Pool C

| team-1-abbrev=BLR

| team-1={{fed|BLR}} (3–0)

| team-2-abbrev=DEN

| team-2={{nowrap|{{fed|DEN}} (2–1)}}

| team-3-abbrev=SLO

| team-3={{fed|SLO}} (1–2)

| team-4-abbrev=AUT

| team-4={{fed|AUT}} (0–3)

| 1v2=2–1 |1v3=3–0 |1v4=3–0

|2v1=1–2 | 2v3=2–1 |2v4=2–1

|3v1=0–3 |3v2=1–2 | 3v4=2–1

|4v1=0–3 |4v2=1–2 |4v3=1–2

}}

{{3TeamRR

| title=Pool D

| team-1-abbrev=EST

| team-1={{fed|EST}} (2–0)

| team-2-abbrev=CRO

| team-2={{fed|CRO}} (1–1)

| team-3-abbrev=BUL

| team-3={{nowrap|{{fed|BUL}} (0–2)}}

| 1v2=2–1 |1v3=3–0

|2v1=1–2 | 2v3=2–1

|3v1=0–3 |3v2=1–2

}}

=Play-offs=

Placing	A Team	Score	B/C Team
valign=top \| {\| class=wikitable style="border:1px solid #AAAAAA;"
Promotion	{{nowrap\|{{fed\|GBR}}}}	align="center"\|1–2	{{fed\|POL}}
5th–8th	{{fed\|HUN}}	align="center"\|1–2	{{fed\|SWE}}
9th	{{fed\|NED}}	align="center"\|N/A
9th		align="center"\|N/A	{{nowrap\|{{fed\|SLO}}}}
Relegation	{{nowrap\|{{fed\|LUX}}}}	align="center"\|1–2	{{fed\|AUT}}

Placing	B/C Team	Score	D Team
class=wikitable style="border:1px solid #AAAAAA;"
Promotion	{{fed\|BLR}}	align="center"\|0–2	{{nowrap\|{{fed\|EST}}}}
5th–8th	{{fed\|DEN}}	align="center"\|0–2	{{fed\|CRO}}
9th	{{fed\|ROU}}	align="center"\|N/A
Relegation	{{nowrap\|{{fed\|BIH}}}}	align="center"\|2–1	{{nowrap\|{{fed\|BUL}}}}

{{fed|POL}} and {{fed|EST}} advanced to the 2009 World Group II play-offs.{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100013637|title=Poland v Japan|publisher=fedcup.com}}{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100013636|title=Estonia v Israel|publisher=fedcup.com}}
{{fed|LUX}} and {{fed|BUL}} were relegated to Group II for 2010.{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100015307|title=Luxembourg v Liechtenstein|publisher=fedcup.com}}{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100013625|title=Bosnia and Herzegovina v Bulgaria|publisher=fedcup.com}}

Group II

Venue: Attaleya Shine Tennis Club, Antalya, Turkey (outdoor hard)
Date: 21–25 April

The six teams were divided into two pool of three teams each. The winner of each pool played the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations will be promoted to Group I in 2010. The bottom nation in each pool will be relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2010.

= Pools =

{{3TeamRR

| title=Pool A

| team-1-abbrev=LAT

| team-1={{fed|LAT}} (2–0)

| team-2-abbrev=POR

| team-2={{nowrap|{{fed|POR}} (1–1)}}

| team-3-abbrev=MAR

| team-3={{nowrap|{{fed|MAR}} (0–2)}}

| 1v2=2–1 |1v3=3–0

|2v1=1–2 | 2v3=3–0

|3v1=0–3 |3v2=0–3

}}

{{3TeamRR

| title=Pool B

| team-1-abbrev=RSA

| team-1={{nowrap|{{fed|RSA}} (2–0)}}

| team-2-abbrev=GEO

| team-2={{fed|GEO}} (1–1)

| team-3-abbrev=TUR

| team-3={{fed|TUR}} (0–2)

| 1v2=2–1 |1v3=2–1

|2v1=1–2 | 2v3=3–0

|3v1=1–2 |3v2=0–3

}}

= Play-offs =

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
class=wikitable style="border:1px solid #AAAAAA;"
Promotion	{{fed\|LAT}}	align="center"\|3–0	{{fed\|GEO}}
Promotion	{{nowrap\|{{fed\|POR}}}}	align="center"\|2–0	{{nowrap\|{{fed\|RSA}}}}

{{fed|LAT}} and {{fed|POR}} advanced to Group I for 2010.{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100014920|title=Latvia v Bosnia and Herzegovina |publisher=fedcup.com}}{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100014894|title=Croatia v Portugal|publisher=fedcup.com}}
{{fed|MAR}} and {{fed|TUR}} were relegated to Group III for 2010.{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100015146|title=Morocco v Malta|publisher=fedcup.com}}{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100015142|title=Turkey v Egypt|publisher=fedcup.com}}

Group III

Venue: Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta (outdoor hard)
Date: 21–25 April

The eleven teams were divided into one pool of five teams and one pool of six. The top two teams of each pool progressed to Group II for 2010.

= Pools =

{{5TeamRR

| title=Pool A

| team-1-abbrev=GRE

| team-1={{fed|GRE}} (4–0)

| team-2-abbrev=FIN

| team-2={{nowrap|{{fed|FIN}} (3–1)}}

| team-3-abbrev=IRE

| team-3={{fed|IRE}} (2–2)

| team-4-abbrev=MLT

| team-4={{fed|MLT}} (1–3)

| team-5-abbrev=ALG

| team-5={{fed|ALG}} (0–4)

|1v2=3–0 |1v3=3–0 |1v4=2–1 |1v5=3–0

|2v1=0–3 |2v3=2–1 |2v4=3–0 |2v5=3–0

|3v1=0–3 |3v2=1–2 |3v4=2–1 |3v5=3–0

|4v1=1–2 |4v2=0–3 |4v3=1–2 |4v5=2–1

|5v1=0–3 |5v2=0–3 |5v3=0–3 |5v4=1–2

}}

{{6TeamRR

| title=Pool B

| team-1-abbrev=ARM

| team-1={{fed|ARM}} (5–0)

| team-2-abbrev=NOR

| team-2={{fed|NOR}} (4–1)

| team-3-abbrev=LIE

| team-3={{nowrap|{{fed|LIE}} (3–2)}}

| team-4-abbrev=EGY

| team-4={{fed|EGY}} (2–3)

| team-5-abbrev=MDA

| team-5={{fed|MDA}} (1–4)

| team-6-abbrev=ISL

| team-6={{fed|ISL}} (0–5)

|1v2=3–0 |1v3=2–1 |1v4=3–0 |1v5=3–0 |1v6=3–0

|2v1=0–3 |2v3=2–1 |2v4=3–0 |2v5=3–0 |2v6=3–0

|3v1=1–2 |3v2=1–2 |3v4=3–0 |3v5=3–0 |3v6=3–0

|4v1=0–3 |4v2=0–3 |4v3=0–3 |4v5=2–1 |4v6=3–0

|5v1=0–3 |5v2=0–3 |5v3=0–3 |5v4=1–2 |5v6=3–0

|6v1=0–3 |6v2=0–3 |6v3=0–3 |6v4=0–3 |6v5=0–3

}}

{{fed|GRE}} and {{fed|ARM}} advanced to Group II for 2010.{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100013731|title=Greece v Finland|publisher=fedcup.com}}{{cite news|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100015287|title=Armenia v South Africa|publisher=fedcup.com}}
{{fed|FIN}} and {{fed|NOR}} were also promoted to Group II for 2010 as group runners-up.

References

[http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/group-i/europe-africa/2009.aspx Fed Cup Result, 2009 Europe/Africa Group I]
[http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/group-ii/europe-africa/2009.aspx Fed Cup Result, 2009 Europe/Africa Group II]
[http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/group-iii/europe-africa/2009.aspx Fed Cup Result, 2009 Europe/Africa Group III]