2001 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2001 Fed Cup.

Group I

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  • Venue: Murcia, Spain (outdoor clay)
  • Date: 24–28 April

The seventeen teams were divided into four pools, three of which had four and one of which had five teams. The top team of each pool played off in a randomly drawn tie to determine which two nations progress to the World Group play-offs. The four nations coming last in the pools were relegated to Group II for 2001.

Pools

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Pool A NED YUG POL MKD
1   Netherlands (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2   Yugoslavia (2–1) 0–3 3–0 3–0
3   Poland (1–2) 0–3 0–3 3–0
4   Macedonia (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3
Pool B SLO UKR EST RSA
1   Slovenia (3–0) 2–1 3–0 2–1
2   Ukraine (2–1) 1–2 2–1 2–1
3   Estonia (1–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1
4   South Africa (0–3) 1–2 1–2 1–2
Pool C SWE BLR ROU GBR
1   Sweden (3–0) 3–0 2–1 3–0
2   Belarus (2–1) 0–3 2–1 2–1
3   Romania (1–2) 1–2 1–2 2–1
4   Great Britain (0–3) 0–3 1–2 1–2
Pool D ISR GRE LUX BUL DEN
1   Israel (4–0) 2–0 2–1 2–1 3–0
2   Greece (3–1) 0–2 2–1 2–1 3–0
3   Luxembourg (1–3) 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2
4   Bulgaria (1–3) 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1
5   Denmark (1–3) 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–2

Play-offs

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Winning Team Score Losing Team
  Sweden 2–0   Netherlands
  Israel 2–0   Slovenia

Group II

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The eighteen teams were divided into two pools of five and two pools of four. The top teams from each pool advanced to Group I for 2002.

Pools

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Pool A GEO LAT IRL MLT
1   Georgia (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2   Latvia (1–2) 0–3 2–1 1–2
3   Ireland (1–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1
4   Malta (1–2) 0–3 2–1 1–2
Pool B POR FIN ALG MAR
1   Portugal (3–0) 2–1 3–0 2–1
2   Finland (2–1) 1–2 3–0 2–1
3   Algeria (1–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1
4   Morocco (0–3) 1–2 1–2 1–2
Pool C BIH EGY ARM LES KEN
1   Bosnia and Herzegovina (4–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
2   Egypt (3–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–0
3   Armenia (2–2) 0–3 1–2 3–0 3–0
4   Lesotho (1–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–1
5   Kenya (0–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2
Pool D TUR LTU MDA TUN BOT
1   Turkey (4–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0
2   Lithuania (3–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–0
3   Moldova (2–2) 0–3 0–3 3–0 2–1
4   Tunisia (1–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–1
5   Botswana (0–4) 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Sweden v Japan". fedcup.com.
  2. ^ "Hungary v Israel". fedcup.com.
  3. ^ "South Africa v Liechtenstein". fedcup.com.
  4. ^ "Great Britain v Malta". fedcup.com.
  5. ^ "Denmark v Tunisia". fedcup.com.
  6. ^ "Georgia v Portugal". fedcup.com.
  7. ^ "Netherlands v Bosnia and Herzegovina". fedcup.com.
  8. ^ "Luxembourg v Turkey". fedcup.com.
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