2017 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Play-offs

The play-offs of the 2017 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III were the final stages of the Group III 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 2017 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III. The top two teams advanced to Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

Placing	Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
1	Greece	Cyprus	Finland	Moldova
2	Malta	Ireland	Tunisia	Morocco
3	Armenia	Kenya	Macedonia	Algeria
4	N/A	Iceland	Cameroon	Mozambique

Promotional play-offs[]

The first placed teams of each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds. The winners advanced to Group II in 2018.

Greece vs. Finland[]

Greece 2	National Tennis School & Tennis Club Acvila, Chișinău, Moldova[1] 17 June 2017 Clay		Finland 0
1 2 3 1 Eleni Kordolaimi Oona Orpana 6 0 6 4     2 Valentini Grammatikopoulou Piia Suomalainen 7 5 6 1     3 Valentini Grammatikopoulou / Eleni Kordolaimi Emma Laine / Piia Suomalainen       not played

Cyprus vs. Moldova[]

Cyprus 0	National Tennis School & Tennis Club Acvila, Chișinău, Moldova[2] 17 June 2017 Clay		Moldova 2
1 2 3 1 Vitalia Stamat 2 6 78 66 4 6   2 Eleni Louka Alexandra Perper 0 6 2 6     3  /  Alexandra Perper /        not played

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.

Malta vs. Tunisia[]

Malta 2	National Tennis School & Tennis Club Acvila, Chișinău, Moldova[3] 17 June 2017 Clay		Tunisia 1
1 2 3 1 Helene Pellicano 6 1 6 4     2 Elaine Genovese Chiraz Bechri 3 6 1 6     3 Elaine Genovese / Helene Pellicano Chiraz Bechri /  6 0 6 1

Ireland vs. Morocco[]

Ireland 1	National Tennis School & Tennis Club Acvila, Chișinău, Moldova[4] 17 June 2017 Clay		Morocco 2
1 2 3 1 6 3 2 6 6 0   2 Jennifer Timotin Lina Qostal 65 77 0 6     3  /  Rita Atik / Lina Qostal 4 6 5 7

9th to 12th play-offs[]

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

Armenia vs. Macedonia[]

Armenia 1	National Tennis School & Tennis Club Acvila, Chișinău, Moldova[5] 17 June 2017 Clay		North Macedonia 2
1 2 3 1 Anna Movsisyan 5 7 6 2 6 2   2 2 6 4 6     3  / Anna Movsisyan  /  6 4 4 6 4 6

Kenya vs. Algeria[]

Kenya 0	National Tennis School & Tennis Club Acvila, Chișinău, Moldova[6] 17 June 2017 Clay		Algeria 2
1 2 3 1 5 7 2 6     2 Amira Benaissa 3 6 2 6     3  /  Amira Benaissa /        not played

13th to 14th play-offs[]

The fourth placed teams of each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds to find the thirteenth and equal fourteenth placed teams.

Iceland vs. Mozambique[]

Iceland 3	National Tennis School & Tennis Club Acvila, Chișinău, Moldova[7] 17 June 2017 Clay		Mozambique 0
1 2 3 1 6 1 6 0     2 5 7 6 3 6 2   3  /   /  77 61 1 6 6 3

Final placements[]

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	Greece	Moldova
Third	Finland	Cyprus
Fifth	Malta	Morocco
Seventh	Tunisia	Ireland
Ninth	Macedonia	Algeria
Eleventh	Armenia	Kenya
Thirteenth	Iceland
Fourteenth	Cameroon	Mozambique

•  Greece and  Moldova were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2018.

References[]

External links[]

• Fed Cup website