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The Europe/Africa Zone is one of three zones of regional competition in the 2017 Fed Cup.

Group I

• Venue: Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia (indoor hard)
• Date: 8–11 February

The fourteen teams were divided into two pools of three teams and two pools of four teams. The four pool winners took part in promotion 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 relegation play-offs, with the two losing nations being relegated to Group II for 2018.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Fed Cup Rankings of 14 November 2016 (shown in parentheses below).

Pools

	Pool A	POL	AUT	GEO
1	Poland (2–0)		2–1	2–1
2	Austria (1–1)	1–2		2–1
3	Georgia (0–2)	1–2	1–2

	Pool B	CRO	HUN	BIH
1	Croatia (2–0)		2–1	3–0
2	Hungary (1–1)	1–2		3–0
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina (0–2)	0–3	0–3

	Pool C	GBR	LAT	TUR	POR
1	Great Britain (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Latvia (2–1)	0–3		2–1	3–0
3	Turkey (1–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1
4	Portugal (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

	Pool D	SRB	EST	BUL	ISR
1	Serbia (3–0)		2–1	2–1	2–1
2	Estonia (2–1)	1–2		2–1	2–1
3	Bulgaria (1–2)	1–2	1–2		2–1
4	Israel (0–3)	1–2	1–2	1–2

Play-offs

Placing A Team Score D Team Promotional  Poland 1–2  Serbia 5th–8th  Austria 2–1  Estonia 9th —  Bulgaria Relegation  Georgia 2–1  Israel

Placing B Team Score C Team Promotional  Croatia 1–2  Great Britain 5th–8th  Hungary 2–0  Latvia 9th —  Turkey Relegation  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–2  Portugal

Final placements

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	Serbia	Great Britain
Third	Poland	Croatia
Fifth	Austria	Hungary
Seventh	Estonia	Latvia
Ninth	Bulgaria	Turkey
Eleventh	Georgia	Portugal
Relegated/Thirteenth	Israel	Bosnia and Herzegovina

•  Serbia and  Great Britain were promoted to 2017 Fed Cup World Group II Play-offs
•  Israel and  Bosnia and Herzegovina were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2018

Group II

• Venue: Šiauliai Tennis School, Šiauliai, Lithuania (indoor hard)
• Date: 19–22 April

The eight teams were divided into two pools of four teams. The two nations placing first and second took part in play-offs to determine the two nations advancing to Group I. The nations finishing third and last in their pools took part in relegation play-offs, with the two losing nations being relegated to Group III for 2018.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Fed Cup Rankings of 13 February 2017 (shown in parentheses below).

Pools

	Pool A	SLO	SWE	NOR	RSA
1	Slovenia (2–1)		3–0	1–2	3-0
2	Sweden (2–1)	0–3		3–0	3–0
3	Norway (2–1)	2–1	0–3		3–0
4	South Africa (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

	Pool B	DEN	LUX	EGY	LTU
1	Denmark (3–0)		2–1	2–1	3–0
2	Luxembourg (1–2)	1–2		1–2	3–0
3	Egypt (1–2)	1–2	2–1		1–2
4	Lithuania (1–2)	0–3	0–3	2–1

Play-offs

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Slovenia	2–0	Luxembourg
Promotional	Sweden	2–1	Denmark
Relegation	Norway	2–0	Lithuania
Relegation	South Africa	0–2	Egypt

Final placements

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	Slovenia	Sweden
Third	Luxembourg	Denmark
Fifth	Norway	Egypt
Relegated/Seventh	Lithuania	South Africa

•  Slovenia and  Sweden were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group I in 2018
•  Lithuania and  South Africa were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2018

Group III

• Venue: National Tennis School & Tennis Club Acvila, Chișinău, Moldova (outdoor clay)
• Date: 13–17 June

The fifteen teams were divided into one pool of three teams and three pools of four teams. The four nations placing first took part in play-offs to determine the two nations advancing to Group II.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Fed Cup Rankings of 24 April 2017 (shown in parentheses below).

Pools

	Pool A	GRE	MLT	ARM
1	Greece (2–0)		2–1	3–0
2	Malta (1–1)	1–2		3–0
3	Armenia (0–2)	0–3	0–3

	Pool B	CYP	IRL	KEN	ISL
1	Cyprus (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Ireland (2–1)	0–3		2–1	3–0
3	Kenya (1–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1
4	Iceland (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

	Pool C	FIN	TUN	MKD	CMR
1	Finland (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Tunisia (2–1)	1–2		3–0	3–0
3	Macedonia (1–2)	0–3	0–3		3–0
4	Cameroon (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

	Pool D	MDA	MAR	ALG	MOZ
1	Moldova (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Morocco (2–1)	0–3		3–0	3–0
3	Algeria (1–2)	0–3	0–3		3–0
4	Mozambique (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

Play-offs

Placing A Team Score C Team Promotional  Greece 2–0  Finland 5th–8th  Malta 2–1  Tunisia 9th–12th  Armenia 1–2  Macedonia 13th–14th —  Cameroon

Placing B Team Score D Team Promotional  Cyprus 0–2  Moldova 5th–8th  Ireland 1–2  Morocco 9th–12th  Kenya 0–2  Algeria 13th–14th  Iceland 3–0  Mozambique

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

• Fed Cup Result, 2017 Europe/Africa Group I
• Fed Cup Result, 2017 Europe/Africa Group II
• Fed Cup Result, 2017 Europe/Africa Group III

External links

• Fed Cup website

• 2017 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone
• 2017 Fed Cup
• Tennis tournaments in Estonia
• Tennis tournaments in Lithuania
• Tennis tournaments in Moldova