2012 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs

The Play-offs of the 2012 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 2012 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 down to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

Placing	Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
1	Austria	Sweden	Great Britain	Poland
2	Bulgaria	Hungary	Portugal	Romania
3		Bosnia and Herzegovina	Israel	Croatia
4	Estonia	Greece	Netherlands	Luxembourg

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.

Austria vs. Great Britain[]

Austria 0	Municipal Tennis Club, Eilat, Israel February 4, 2012 Hard (outdoors)		Great Britain 2
1 2 3 1 Patricia Mayr-Achleitner Anne Keothavong 65 77 3 6     2 Tamira Paszek Elena Baltacha 1 6 4 6     3 Sandra Klemenschits / Tamira Paszek Laura Robson / Heather Watson       not played

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Sweden vs. Poland[]

Sweden 2	Municipal Tennis Club, Eilat, Israel February 4, 2012 Hard (outdoors)		Poland 1
1 2 3 1 Sofia Arvidsson Urszula Radwańska 6 1 6 2     2 Johanna Larsson Agnieszka Radwańska 1 6 0 6     3 Sofia Arvidsson / Johanna Larsson Agnieszka Radwańska / Urszula Radwańska 6 4 6 3

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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.

Bulgaria vs. Portugal[]

Bulgaria 0	Municipal Tennis Club, Eilat, Israel February 5, 2012 Hard (outdoors)		Portugal 2
1 2 3 1 Isabella Shinikova Maria João Köhler 3 6 5 7     2 Dia Evtimova Michelle Larcher de Brito 1 6 1 6     3 Dia Evtimova / Isabella Shinikova Maria João Köhler / Michelle Larcher de Brito       not played

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Hungary vs. Romania[]

Hungary 0	Municipal Tennis Club, Eilat, Israel February 5, 2012 Hard (outdoors)		Romania 2
1 2 3 1 Katalin Marosi Mihaela Buzărnescu 2 6 66 78     2 Réka-Luca Jani Simona Halep 2 6 3 6     3  / Katalin Marosi Mihaela Buzărnescu / Simona Halep       not played

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9th to 12th Play-Offs[]

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

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Croatia[]

Bosnia and Herzegovina 0	Municipal Tennis Club, Eilat, Israel February 5, 2012 Hard (outdoors)		Croatia 2
1 2 3 1 Anita Husarić Donna Vekić 2 6 0 6     2 Jasmina Tinjić Tereza Mrdeža 0 1     retired   3 Anita Husarić / Jasmina Tinjić Petra Martić / Ani Mijačika       not played

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Relegation Play-Offs[]

The last placed teams of each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds. The loser of each round was relegated down to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2013.

Estonia vs. Netherlands[]

Estonia 1	Municipal Tennis Club, Eilat, Israel February 4, 2012 Hard (outdoors)		Netherlands 2
1 2 3 1 Eva Paalma Kiki Bertens 2 6 2 6     2 Anett Kontaveit Bibiane Schoofs 4 6 77 63 6 1   3 Anett Kontaveit / Tatjana Vorobjova Kiki Bertens / Michaëlla Krajicek 0 6 0 6

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Greece vs. Luxembourg[]

Greece 1	Municipal Tennis Club, Eilat, Israel February 5, 2012 Hard (outdoors)		Luxembourg 2
1 2 3 1 Claudine Schaul 4 6 2 6     2 Despina Papamichail Anne Kremer 5 7 6 4 7 5   3 Despina Papamichail / Maria Sakkari Anne Kremer / Claudine Schaul 6 3 2 6 68 710

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Final Placements[]

Placing	Teams
Promoted	Great Britain	Sweden
Third	Austria	Poland
Fifth	Portugal	Romania
Seventh	Bulgaria	Hungary
Ninth	Israel	Croatia
Eleventh	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Twelfth	Netherlands	Luxembourg
Relegated	Estonia	Greece

•  Great Britain and  Sweden advanced to the World Group II play-offs, where they were drawn against each other for advancement.  Sweden defeated  Great Britain, 4–1, and thus proceeded to World Group II whilst the British were relegated back to Group I for 2013.
•  Estonia and  Greece were relegated down to 2013 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

See also[]

• Fed Cup structure

References[]

External links[]

• Fed Cup website