2014 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Play-offs

The play-offs of the 2014 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 twelve teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2014 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	Pool C	Pool D
1	Estonia	Greece	Denmark	Ireland
2	Namibia	Moldova	Norway	Malta
3	Armenia	Cyprus	Madagascar	Iceland

Promotional play-offs

The first placed teams of each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds. The winner of each round advanced to Group II in 2014.

Estonia vs. Denmark

Estonia 2	Tere Tennis Center, Tallinn, Estonia[1] 8 February 2014 Hard (indoors)		Denmark 0
1 2 3 1 Anett Kontaveit Mai Grage 6 0 6 0     2 Kaia Kanepi Karen Barbat 6 2 6 1     3 Eva Paalma / Tatjana Vorobjova Karen Barbat / Mai Grage       not played

Greece vs. Ireland

Greece 1	Tere Tennis Center, Tallinn, Estonia[2] 8 February 2014 Hard (indoors)		Ireland 2
1 2 3 1 Valentini Grammatikopoulou Jane Fennelly 6 2 6 0     2 Maria Sakkari Amy Bowtell 6 4 3 6 2 6   3 Valentini Grammatikopoulou / Maria Sakkari Amy Bowtell / Rachael Dillon 4 6 3 6

5th to 8th play-offs

The second placed teams of each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds to find the equal fifth and seventh placed teams.

Namibia vs. Norway

Namibia 0	Tere Tennis Center, Tallinn, Estonia[3] 8 February 2014 Hard (indoors)		Norway 3
1 2 3 1 Kerstin Gressmann Ida Seljevoll Skancke 1 6 1 6     2 Lesedi Sheya Jacobs Melanie Stokke 2 6 1 6     3 Lesedi Sheya Jacobs / Liniques Theron Ida Seljevoll Skancke / Melanie Stokke 2 6 3 6

Moldova vs. Malta

Moldova 3	Tere Tennis Center, Tallinn, Estonia[4] 8 February 2014 Hard (indoors)		Malta 0
1 2 3 1 Anastasia Detiuc Elaine Genovese 2 6 6 1 6 1   2 Gabriela Porubin Katrina Sammut 6 2 6 2     3 Julia Helbet / Gabriela Porubin Rosanne Dimech / Elaine Genovese 6 3 6 2

9th to 12th play-offs

The third placed teams of each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds to find the equal ninth and eleventh placed teams.

Armenia vs. Madagascar

Armenia 1	Tere Tennis Center, Tallinn, Estonia[5] 8 February 2014 Hard (indoors)		Madagascar 2
1 2 3 1 Lusine Chobanyan Nantenaina Ramalalaharivololona 1 6 3 6     2 Ani Amiraghyan Sandra Andriamarosoa 6 3 2 6 7 5   3 Ani Amiraghyan / Milena Avetisyan Sandra Andriamarosoa / Nantenaina Ramalalaharivololona 5 7 4 6

Cyprus vs. Iceland

Cyprus 3	Tere Tennis Center, Tallinn, Estonia[6] 8 February 2014 Hard (indoors)		Iceland 0
1 2 3 1 Andria Tsaggaridou Anna Soffia Grönholm 6 2 6 0     2 Maria Siopacha Hjördís Rósa Guðmundsdóttir 6 0 6 2     3 Eliza Omirou / Atlanta Patsali Hera Brynjarsdóttir / Anna Soffia Grönholm 6 1 6 0

Final placements

Placing	Teams
Promoted	Estonia	Ireland
Third	Denmark	Greece
Fifth	Norway	Moldova
Seventh	Namibia	Malta
Ninth	Madagascar	Cyprus
Eleventh	Armenia	Iceland

•  Estonia and  Ireland advanced to Europe/Africa Group II in 2015.

References

1. "Estonia v Denmark". fedcup.com.
2. "Greece v Ireland". fedcup.com.
3. "Namibia v Norway". fedcup.com.
4. "Moldova v Malta". fedcup.com.
5. "Armenia v Madagascar". fedcup.com.
6. "Cyprus v Iceland". fedcup.com.

External links

• Fed Cup website