The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2001 Fed Cup.

Group I

The seventeen teams were divided into four pools, three of which had four and one of which had five teams. The top team of each pool played off in a randomly drawn tie to determine which two nations progress to the World Group play-offs. The four nations coming last in the pools were relegated to Group II for 2001.

Pools

Pool A NED YUG POL MKD
1  Netherlands (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Yugoslavia (2–1) 0–3 3–0 3–0
3  Poland (1–2) 0–3 0–3 3–0
4  Macedonia (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3
Pool B SLO UKR EST RSA
1  Slovenia (3–0) 2–1 3–0 2–1
2  Ukraine (2–1) 1–2 2–1 2–1
3  Estonia (1–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1
4  South Africa (0–3) 1–2 1–2 1–2
Pool C SWE BLR ROU GBR
1  Sweden (3–0) 3–0 2–1 3–0
2  Belarus (2–1) 0–3 2–1 2–1
3  Romania (1–2) 1–2 1–2 2–1
4  Great Britain (0–3) 0–3 1–2 1–2
Pool D ISR GRE LUX BUL DEN
1  Israel (4–0) 2–0 2–1 2–1 3–0
2  Greece (3–1) 0–2 2–1 2–1 3–0
3  Luxembourg (1–3) 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2
4  Bulgaria (1–3) 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1
5  Denmark (1–3) 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–2

Play-offs

Main article: 2001 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs

Winning Team Score Losing Team
 Sweden 2–0  Netherlands
 Israel 2–0  Slovenia

Group II

The eighteen teams were divided into two pools of five and two pools of four. The top teams from each pool advanced to Group I for 2002.

Pools

Pool A GEO LAT IRL MLT
1  Georgia (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Latvia (1–2) 0–3 2–1 1–2
3  Ireland (1–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1
4  Malta (1–2) 0–3 2–1 1–2
Pool B POR FIN ALG MAR
1  Portugal (3–0) 2–1 3–0 2–1
2  Finland (2–1) 1–2 3–0 2–1
3  Algeria (1–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1
4  Morocco (0–3) 1–2 1–2 1–2
Pool C BIH EGY ARM LES KEN
1  Bosnia and Herzegovina (4–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Egypt (3–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–0
3  Armenia (2–2) 0–3 1–2 3–0 3–0
4  Lesotho (1–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–1
5  Kenya (0–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2
Pool D TUR LTU MDA TUN BOT
1  Turkey (4–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Lithuania (3–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–0
3  Moldova (2–2) 0–3 0–3 3–0 2–1
4  Tunisia (1–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–1
5  Botswana (0–4) 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sweden v Japan". fedcup.com.
  2. ^ "Hungary v Israel". fedcup.com.
  3. ^ "South Africa v Liechtenstein". fedcup.com.
  4. ^ "Great Britain v Malta". fedcup.com.
  5. ^ "Denmark v Tunisia". fedcup.com.
  6. ^ "Georgia v Portugal". fedcup.com.
  7. ^ "Netherlands v Bosnia and Herzegovina". fedcup.com.
  8. ^ "Luxembourg v Turkey". fedcup.com.