2004 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Play-offs

The Play-offs of the 2004 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II were the final stages of the Group I Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Using the positions determined in their pools, the nine teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2004 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II. The top two teams advanced to Group I for next year, and the bottom two teams were relegated down to the Europe/Africa Zone Group III.

Placing	Pool A	Pool B
1	Great Britain	Luxembourg
2	Romania	Ireland
3		Latvia
4	Turkey	Georgia
5	Egypt	Finland

Promotional Play-Offs

The first and second placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two head-to-head rounds. The winner of the rounds advanced to Group I.

Great Britain vs. Ireland

Great Britain 2	Marsa, Malta 1 May 2004 Hard (outdoors)		Ireland 0
1 2 3 1 Elena Baltacha Yvonne Doyle 6 1 7 5     2 Anne Keothavong Kelly Liggan 6 2 3 6 2 2   retired 3 Elena Baltacha / Anne Keothavong Yvonne Doyle / Kelly Liggan       not played

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Romania vs. Luxembourg

Romania 1	Marsa, Malta 1 May 2004 Hard (outdoors)		Luxembourg 2
1 2 3 1 Monica Niculescu Anne Kremer 0 6 5 7     2 Simona Matei Claudine Schaul 3 6 4 6     3 Gabriela Niculescu / Monica Niculescu Mandy Minella / Lynn Philippe 6 3 6 4

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Fifth

As there was only four teams from Pool A as oppose to the five from Pool B, the third-placed team from Pool B ( Latvia) had no equivalent to play against. Thus the Latvians were automatically allocated fifth place.

Relegation Play-Offs

The last and second-to-last placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two head-to-head rounds. The losing team of the rounds were relegated to Group III for next year.

Turkey vs. Finland

Turkey 0	Marsa, Malta 1 May 2004 Hard (outdoors)		Finland 3
1 2 3 1 Çiğdem Duru Essi Laine 6 3 4 6 3 6   2 Pemra Özgen Emma Laine 2 6 0 6     3 Çiğdem Duru / Pemra Özgen Emma Laine / Essi Laine 4 6 2 6

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Egypt vs. Georgia

Egypt 0	Marsa, Malta 1 May 2004 Hard (outdoors)		Georgia 3
1 2 3 1 Aliaa Fakhry Sofia Melikishvili 0 6 4 6     2 Yomna Farid Salome Devidze 1 6 4 6     3 Aliaa Fakhry / Yomna Farid Tinatin Kavlashvili / Sofia Melikishvili 4 6 3 6

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Final Placements

Placing	Teams
Promoted	Great Britain
	Luxembourg
Third	Ireland
	Romania
Fifth	Latvia
Sixth	Finland
	Georgia
Relegated	Turkey
	Egypt

•  Great Britain and  Luxembourg advanced to Group I, where they placed eleventh and ninth respectively.^[5][6]
•  Turkey and  Egypt were relegated down to Group III for the next year, where they placed third and fifth respectively.^[7][8]

See also

• Fed Cup structure

References

1. "Great Britain v Ireland". fedcup.com.
2. "Romania v Luxembourg". fedcup.com.
3. "Turkey v Finland". fedcup.com.
4. "Egypt v Georgia". fedcup.com.
5. "Fed Cup Profile, Great Britain". fedcup.com.
6. "Fed Cup Profile, Luxembourg". fedcup.com.
7. "Fed Cup Profile, Turkey". fedcup.com.
8. "Fed Cup Profile, Egypt". fedcup.com.

External links

• Fed Cup website