2015 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs

The play-offs of the 2015 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I were the final stages of the Group I zonal competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Using the positions determined in their pools, the fifteen teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2015 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I. The top two teams advanced to World Group II Play-offs, and the bottom two teams were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

Pool results

Placing	Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
1	Serbia	Great Britain	Belarus	Croatia
2	Hungary	Turkey	Georgia	Belgium
3	Austria	Ukraine	Bulgaria	Israel
4	N/A	Liechtenstein	Portugal	Latvia

Promotional play-offs

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

Serbia vs. Croatia

Serbia 2	Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary[1] 7 February 2015 Hard (indoors)		Croatia 0
1 2 3 1 Ivana Jorović Ana Konjuh 6 3 2 6 7 5   2 Aleksandra Krunić Donna Vekić 6 1 6 1     3 Ivana Jorović / Aleksandra Krunić Darija Jurak / Ana Konjuh       not played

Belarus vs. Great Britain

Belarus 2	Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary[2] 7 February 2015 Hard (indoors)		Great Britain 0
1 2 3 1 Olga Govortsova Johanna Konta 6 0 6 1     2 Victoria Azarenka Heather Watson 6 4 6 1     3 Victoria Azarenka / Olga Govortsova Jocelyn Rae / Anna Smith       not played

5th place play-off

The runner-up teams from pools B and C and those from A and D competed in order to establish which two teams would place joint fifth in the final standings and which two would place joint seventh.

Hungary vs. Belgium

Hungary 3	Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary[3] 7 February 2015 Hard (indoors)		Belgium 0
1 2 3 1 Anna Bondár Alison Van Uytvanck       w/o   2 Réka-Luca Jani Kirsten Flipkens 2 6 7^7 6^5     retired 3 Anna Bondár / Dalma Gálfi Kirsten Flipkens / Alison Van Uytvanck       w/o

Turkey vs. Georgia

Turkey 2	Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary[4] 7 February 2015 Hard (indoors)		Georgia 1
1 2 3 1 Başak Eraydın Mariam Bolkvadze 3 6 3 6     2 İpek Soylu Ekaterine Gorgodze 2 6 6 0 6 1   3 Çağla Büyükakçay / Pemra Özgen Oksana Kalashnikova / Sofia Shapatava 7 5 5 7 1 0   retired

9th place play-off

The third-placed teams of Groups B and C competed to determine the ninth- and tenth-placed teams.

Ukraine vs. Bulgaria

Ukraine 2	Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary[5] 7 February 2015 Hard (indoors)		Bulgaria 0
1 2 3 1 Kateryna Kozlova Viktoriya Tomova 6 4 6 0     2 Elina Svitolina Dia Evtimova 6 2 6 3     3 Olga Savchuk / Lesia Tsurenko Dia Evtimova / Viktoriya Tomova       not played

Relegation play-offs

The teams placing last in each pool competed to keep their place in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. The bottom-placed team from group A faced the bottom-placed team from Group D, whilst Group B's and Group C's bottom-placed teams faced off. The losers were relegated to the 2016 Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

Austria vs. Latvia

Austria 1	Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary[6] 7 February 2015 Hard (indoors)		Latvia 2
1 2 3 1 Julia Grabher Jeļena Ostapenko 2 6 1 6     2 Barbara Haas Diāna Marcinkēviča 6 0 2 6 6 0   3 Julia Grabher / Sandra Klemenschits Diāna Marcinkēviča / Jeļena Ostapenko 5 7 3 6

Liechtenstein vs. Portugal

Liechtenstein 0	Syma Sport and Events Centre, Budapest, Hungary[7] 7 February 2015 Hard (indoors)		Portugal 2
1 2 3 1 Kathinka von Deichmann Maria João Koehler 3 6 0 6     2 Stephanie Vogt Michelle Larcher de Brito 6^7 7^9 5 7     3 Stephanie Vogt / Kathinka von Deichmann Maria João Koehler / Michelle Larcher de Brito       not played

Final placements

Placing	Teams
Promoted	Serbia	Belarus
Third	Croatia	Great Britain
Fifth	Hungary	Turkey
Seventh	Belgium	Georgia
Ninth	Ukraine
Tenth	Bulgaria
Eleventh	Israel
Twelfth	Latvia	Portugal
Relegated	Austria	Liechtenstein

•  Serbia and  Belarus advanced to World Group II play-offs.
•  Austria and  Liechtenstein were relegated to Europe/Africa Group II in 2016.

References

1. "Serbia v Croatia". fedcup.com.
2. "Belarus v Great Britain". fedcup.com.
3. "Hungary v Belgium". fedcup.com.
4. "Turkey v Georgia". fedcup.com.
5. "Ukraine v Bulgaria". fedcup.com.
6. "Austria v Latvia". fedcup.com.
7. "Liechtenstein v Portugal". fedcup.com.

External links

• Fed Cup website