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 77 65     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 67 79 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[]

External links[]

• Fed Cup website