2011 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Play-offs

The Play-offs of the 2011 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III were the final stages of the Group III Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Using the positions determined in their pools, the seven teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2011 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III. The top two teams advanced to Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

Placing	Pool A	Pool B
1	South Africa	Tunisia
2	Montenegro	Egypt
3	Lithuania	Norway
4	Algeria	Ireland
5		Moldova

Promotional Play-Offs

The first placed teams of each pool played against the second-placed teams of the other pool in head-to-head rounds. The winner of each round advanced to the 2012 Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

South Africa vs. Egypt

South Africa 3	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt May 7, 2011 Red clay (outdoors)		Egypt 0
1 2 3 1 Natalie Grandin Mayar Sherif 6 1 6 1     2 Chanel Simmonds Magy Aziz 6 2 6 1     3 Natasha Fourouclas / Madrie Le Roux Menna El Kamash / Mayar Sherif 5 7 6 4 [10] [6]

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Tunisia vs. Montenegro

Tunisia 0	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt May 7, 2011 Red clay (outdoors)		Montenegro 2
1 2 3 1 Nour Abbès Danica Krstajić 6 4 5 7 4 6   2 Ons Jabeur Danka Kovinić 3 6 2 6     3 Nour Abbès / Ons Jabeur Danka Kovinić / Danica Krstajić       not played

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Final Placements

Placing	Teams
Promoted	South Africa	Montenegro
Third	Egypt	Tunisia
Fifth	Lithuania	Norway
Seventh	Algeria	Ireland
Ninth	Moldova

•  South Africa and  Montenegro were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II for 2012. They placed first and second in the same pool, and thus advanced to the promotional play-offs. Both teams, however, lost their matches and thus remained in Group II for 2013.^[3][4]

See also

• Fed Cup structure

References

1. "South Africa v Egypt". fedcup.com.
2. "Tunisia v Montenegro". fedcup.com.
3. "Fed Cup Profile, South Africa". fedcup.com.
4. "Fed Cup Profile, Montenegro". fedcup.com.

External links

• Fed Cup website