2010 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Play-offs

The Play-offs of the 2010 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 II. The top two teams advanced to Group I, and the bottom two teams were relegated down to the Group III for the next year.

Placing	Pool A	Pool B
1	Greece	Finland
2	Luxembourg	Georgia
3	South Africa	Norway
4	Liechtenstein	Armenia

Promotional Play-Offs[]

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

Greece vs. Georgia[]

Greece 2	, Yerevan, Armenia 1 May 2010 Red clay (outdoors)		Georgia 0
1 2 3 1 Anna Gerasimou Sofia Shapatava 6 4 6 3     2 Eleni Daniilidou Anna Tatishvili 2 6 77 62 6 2   3           not played

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Luxembourg vs. Finland[]

Luxembourg 2	, Yerevan, Armenia 1 May 2010 Red clay (outdoors)		Finland 1
1 2 3 1 Anne Kremer Piia Suomalainen 3 6 2 6     2 Mandy Minella Emma Laine 3 6 77 65 6 1   3 Anne Kremer / Mandy Minella Emma Laine / Piia Suomalainen 2 6 6 3 [10] [6]

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Relegation Play-Offs[]

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

South Africa vs. Armenia[]

South Africa 1	, Yerevan, Armenia 1 May 2010 Red clay (outdoors)		Armenia 2
1 2 3 1 Anna Movsisyan 7 5 65 77 3 6   2 Chanel Simmonds Ani Amiraghyan 6 4 6 4     3  / Chanel Simmonds Anna Movsisyan / Liudmila Nikoyan 3 6 6 1 [8] [10]

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Liechtenstein vs. Norway[]

Liechtenstein 2	, Yerevan, Armenia 1 May 2010 Red clay (outdoors)		Norway 0
1 2 3 1 Marina Novak Emma Flood 77 62 6 1     2 Stephanie Vogt Ulrikke Eikeri 6 4 7 5     3           not played

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Final Placements[]

Placing	Teams
Promoted	Greece	Luxembourg
Third	Georgia	Finland
Fifth	Armenia	Liechtenstein
Relegated	South Africa	Norway

•  Greece and  Luxembourg advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I for the next year. The Greeks placed fourth in their pool, but won their relegation play-off, meaning they remained in Group I for 2012. The Luxembourgians, however, placed third in their pool, and ended up placing eleventh overall.^[5]
•  South Africa and  Norway were relegated down to Europe/Africa Zone Group III for the next year. The South Africans placed first in their pool, and won their promotional play-off, meaning they advanced to Group I for 2012. The Norwegians, however, placed third in their pool and ended up placing fifth overall.^[6]

See also[]

• Fed Cup structure

References[]

External links[]

• Fed Cup website