2005 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Play-offs

The Play-offs of the 2005 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 sixteen teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2005 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III. The top two teams advanced to 2006 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

Placing	Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
1	Turkey	Algeria	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Portugal
2	Egypt	Botswana	Namibia	Moldova
3	Malta	Iceland	Cyprus	Kenya

Promotional Play-Offs[]

The first placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two head-to-head rounds. The winner of the rounds advanced to Group II for next year.

Turkey vs. Algeria[]

Turkey 1	, Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey 30 April 2005 Red clay (outdoors)		Algeria 2
1 2 3 1 Pemra Özgen 77 65 6 1     2 İpek Şenoğlu Samia Medjahdi 7 5 2 6 1 6   3 Pemra Özgen / İpek Şenoğlu  / Samia Medjahdi 79 67 5 7 7 9

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Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Portugal[]

Bosnia and Herzegovina 1	, Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey 30 April 2005 Red clay (outdoors)		Portugal 2
1 2 3 1 Ana Catarina Nogueira 7 5 6 1     2 Neuza Silva 3 6 0 6     3  /  Ana Catarina Nogueira / Neuza Silva 1 6 3 6

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Fifth to Seventh Play-off[]

The second placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two ties. The winner of each tie was allocated fifth place in the Group while the losers were allocated seventh.

Egypt vs. Botswana[]

Egypt 3	, Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey 30 April 2005 Red clay (outdoors)		Botswana 0
1 2 3 1 6 1 6 4     2 6 2 6 0     3  /   /  6 1 6 2

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Namibia vs. Moldova[]

Namibia 2	, Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey 30 April 2005 Red clay (outdoors)		Moldova 1
1 2 3 1 6 2 6 1     2 6 4 68 710 3 6   3  /   /  7 5 6 2

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Ninth and Eleventh Play-off[]

The third placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in two ties. The winner of each tie was allocated ninth place in the Group while the losers were allocated eleventh.

Malta vs. Iceland[]

Malta 3	, Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey 30 April 2005 Red clay (outdoors)		Iceland 0
1 2 3 1 6 0 6 0     2 Stephanie Sullivan 6 3 6 2     3  / Stephanie Sullivan  /  77 63 6 3

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Cyprus vs. Kenya[]

Cyprus 0	, Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey 30 April 2005 Red clay (outdoors)		Kenya 3
1 2 3 1 3 6 5 7     2 2 6 2 6     3  /   /  4 6 4 6

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Final Placements[]

Placing	Teams
Promoted	Algeria	Portugal
Third	Turkey	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Fifth	Egypt	Namibia
Seventh	Botswana	Moldova
Ninth	Malta	Kenya
Eleventh	Iceland	Cyprus

•  Algeria and  Portugal advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II for the next year. The Portuguese placed third overall, while the Algerians did not compete next year.^[7][8]

See also[]

• Fed Cup structure

References[]

External links[]

• Fed Cup website