2010 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2010 Fed Cup.

Group I

The sixteen teams were divided into four pools of four teams. The four pool winners took part in play-offs to determine the two nations advancing to the World Group II Play-offs. The nations finishing last in their pools took part in play-offs, with the two losing nations relegated to Group II in 2011.

Pools

Pool A SLO NED ISR BUL
1  Slovenia (2–1) 2–1 2–1 1–2
2  Netherlands (2–1) 1–2 3–0 2–1
3  Israel (1–2) 1–2 0–3 2–1
4  Bulgaria (1–2) 2–1 1–2 1–2
Pool B SUI ROU CRO POR
1   Switzerland (3–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0
2  Romania (2–1) 1–2 2–1 2–1
3  Croatia (1–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1
4  Portugal (0–3) 0–3 1–2 1–2
Pool C SWE HUN DEN LAT
1  Sweden (3–0) 3–0 2–1 2–1
2  Hungary (2–1) 0–3 2–1 2–1
3  Denmark (1–2) 1–2 1–2 2–1
4  Latvia (0–3) 1–2 1–2 1–2
Pool D AUT GBR BLR BIH
1  Austria (3–0) 3–0 2–1 3–0
2  Great Britain (2–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0
3  Belarus (1–2) 1–2 1–2 3–0
4  Bosnia and Herzegovina (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3

Play-offs

PlacingA TeamScore
Promotional  Slovenia 3–0   Switzerland
5th–8th  Netherlands 2–1  Great Britain
9th–12th  Israel 2–1  Denmark
Relegation  Bulgaria 2–1  Portugal
PlacingScoreC/D Team
Promotional  Sweden 3–0  Austria
5th–8th  Romania 2–1  Hungary
9th–12th  Croatia 1–2  Belarus
Relegation  Latvia 3–0  Bosnia and Herzegovina

Group II

The eight teams were divided into two pool of four teams each. The winner of each pool played-off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations would be promoted to Group I in 2011. The bottom nation in each pool played-off against third place in other pool, with two losing nations relegated to the 2011 Group III.

Pools

Pool A GRE LUX RSA LIE
1  Greece (3–0) 2–1 2–0 3–0
2  Luxembourg (2–1) 1–2 2–1 2–0
3  South Africa (1–2) 0–2 1–2 2–1
4  Liechtenstein (0–3) 0–3 0–2 1–2
Pool B FIN GEO NOR ARM
1  Finland (3–0) 2–1 2–0 2–1
2  Georgia (2–1) 1–2 3–0 2–0
3  Norway (1–2) 0–2 0–3 2–1
4  Armenia (0–3) 1–2 0–2 1–2

Play-offs

PlacingA TeamScoreB Team
Promotional  Greece 2–0 Georgia
 Luxembourg 2–1 Finland
Relegation  South Africa 1–2 Armenia
 Liechtenstein 2–0 Norway

Group III

The seven teams were divided into one pool of three teams and one pool of four. The winner of each pool played the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations would be promoted to Group II in 2011.

Pools

Pool A TUR EGY MDA
1  Turkey (2–0) 3–0 3–0
2  Egypt (1–1) 0–3 3–0
3  Moldova (0–2) 0–3 0–3
Pool B MAR ALG IRL MLT
1  Morocco (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Algeria (2–1) 0–3 2–1 2–1
3  Ireland (1–2) 0–3 1–2 3–0
4  Malta (0–3) 0–3 1–2 0–3

Play-offs

PlacingA TeamScoreB Team
Promotional  Turkey 3–0  Algeria
 Egypt 0–2  Morocco
5th–6th  Moldova 1–2  Ireland
7th N/A –  Malta

 Morocco and  Turkey advanced to Group II for 2011.[9]

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