2006 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – play-offs

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The play-offs of the 2006 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I were the final stages of the Group I Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Those that qualified for this stage placed first and second in their respective pools, and also last in their pools.

Placing	Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
1	Slovakia	Serbia and Montenegro	Great Britain	Israel
2	Netherlands	Denmark	Bulgaria	Romania
3	Luxembourg	Slovenia	Hungary	Belarus
4	Finland	South Africa	Ukraine	Estonia
5				Sweden

The eight top teams were then randomly paired up the team from a different placing of another group for a play-off tie, with the winners being promoted to the World Group II play-offs. The four bottom teams were also randomly paired up in play-off ties with the losers being relegated down to Group II for 2007.

Promotion play-offs

Slovakia vs. Great Britain

Slovakia 2	TC Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 22 April 2006 Red clay (outdoors)		Great Britain 1
1 2 3 1 Magdaléna Rybáriková Elena Baltacha 7 5 6 3     2 Daniela Hantuchová Anne Keothavong 6 2 6 1     3 Dominika Cibulková / Janette Husárová Elena Baltacha / Claire Curran 4 6 3 6

• Slovakia advanced to the World Group II play-offs, where they were drawn against Great Britain. They won 5–0, and thus advanced to the World Group II for next year.

Serbia and Montenegro vs. Israel

Serbia and Montenegro 1	TC Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 22 April 2006 Red clay (outdoors)		Israel 2
1 2 3 1 Ana Timotić Anna Smashnova 5 7 4 5     retired 2 Ana Ivanovic Shahar Pe'er 2 6 6 4 4 6   3 Ana Ivanovic / Danica Krstajić Tzipora Obziler / Shahar Pe'er 1 6 6 4 8 10

• Israel advanced to the World Group II play-offs, where they were drawn against Indonesia. However, the Indonesians pulled out of the tie to protest the violence that occurred in the Gaza Strip at that time of the year. Israel thus progressed to the 2007 World Group II.

Relegation play-offs

South Africa vs. Sweden

South Africa 0	TC Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 22 April 2006 Red clay (outdoors)		Sweden 3
1 2 3 1 Elze Potgieter Johanna Larsson 1 6 0 6     2 Alicia Pillay Sofia Arvidsson 1 6 1 6     3 Alicia Pillay / Lizaan du Plessis Mari Andersson / Nadja Roma 2 6 0 6

• South Africa was relegated down to Group II for next year, where they placed third overall.

Finland vs. Ukraine

Finland 0	TC Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 22 April 2006 Red clay (outdoors)		Ukraine 2
1 2 3 1 Piia Suomalainen Olena Antypina 78 66 1 6 2 6   2 Emma Laine Kateryna Bondarenko 3 6 711 69 7 9   3           not played

• Finland was relegated down to Group II for next year, where they placed last in their pool of three, and lost in their relegation play-off. The Finns therefore played in the 2008 Group III.

See also

• Fed Cup structure

External links

• Fed Cup website