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The play-offs of the 2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I were the final stages of the Group I zonal competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Using the positions determined in their pools, the fourteen teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I. The top two teams advanced to World Group II play-offs, and the bottom two teams were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

Pool results

Placing	Pool A (Zielona Góra)	Pool B (Zielona Góra)	Pool A (Bath)	Pool B (Bath)
1	Russia	Sweden	Great Britain	Serbia
2	Poland	Ukraine	Hungary	Croatia
3	—	Bulgaria	Greece	Turkey
4	Denmark	Estonia	Slovenia	Georgia

Promotional play-offs

The first placed teams of each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds. The winner of each round advanced to the World Group II play-offs.

Russia vs. Sweden

Russia 2	Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa, Zielona Góra, Poland 9 February Hard (indoor)		Sweden 0
1 2 3 1 Natalia Vikhlyantseva Johanna Larsson 7 6 6 2     2 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Rebecca Peterson 6 3 6 2     3 Margarita Gasparyan / Anastasia Potapova Mirjam Björklund / Cornelia Lister       not played

Great Britain vs. Serbia

Great Britain 2	University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom 9 February Hard (indoor)		Serbia 0
1 2 3 1 Katie Boulter Ivana Jorović 6 4 6 3     2 Johanna Konta Aleksandra Krunić 7 6 3 6 6 2   3 Harriet Dart / Katie Swan Olga Danilović / Aleksandra Krunić       not played

5th place play-off

The runner-up teams from pools A and B (in both venues) competed in order to establish which two teams would place joint fifth in the final standings and which two would place joint seventh.

Poland vs. Ukraine

Poland 2	Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa, Zielona Góra, Poland 9 February Hard (indoor)		Ukraine 1
1 2 3 1 Magdalena Fręch Kateryna Kozlova 3 6 7 5 6 2   2 Iga Świątek Dayana Yastremska 6 7 4 6     3 Alicja Rosolska / Iga Świątek Marta Kostyuk / Kateryna Kozlova 6 1 1 6 7 6

Hungary vs. Croatia

Hungary 2	University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom 9 February Hard (indoor)		Croatia 0
1 2 3 1 Adrienn Nagy Tena Lukas 6 3 4 6 6 4   2 Réka Luca Jani Jana Fett 3 6 5 2     retired 3 Réka Luca Jani / Adrienn Nagy Jana Fett / Tena Lukas       not played

9th place play-off

The third placed teams from pools A and B in Bath competed in order to establish which team would place ninth in the final standings (alongside Bulgaria) and which team would place eleventh.

Greece vs. Turkey

Greece 1	University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom 9 February Hard (indoor)		Turkey 2
1 2 3 1 Despina Papamichail İpek Soylu 3 6 6 2 6 2   2 Valentini Grammatikopoulou Berfu Cengiz 3 5     retired   3 Anna Arkadianou / Despina Papamichail Berfu Cengiz / İpek Öz 6 7 4 6

Relegation play-offs

The teams placing last in each pool competed to keep their place in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. The losers were relegated to the 2020 Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

Denmark vs. Estonia

Denmark 0	Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa, Zielona Góra, Poland 9 February Hard (indoor)		Estonia 2
1 2 3 1 Hannah Viller Møller Valeria Gorlats 3 6 6 3 0 6   2 Karen Barritza Anett Kontaveit 1 6 4 6     3 Karen Barritza / Maria Jespersen Anett Kontaveit / Saara Orav       not played

Slovenia vs. Georgia

Slovenia 2	University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom 9 February Hard (indoor)		Georgia 0
1 2 3 1 Kaja Juvan Mariam Bolkvadze 6 1 3 0     retired 2 Dalila Jakupović Ekaterine Gorgodze 6 4 6 4     3 Nina Potočnik / Nika Radišič Ekaterine Gorgodze / Oksana Kalashnikova       not played

Final placements

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	Russia	Great Britain
Third	Sweden	Serbia
Fifth	Poland	Hungary
Seventh	Ukraine	Croatia
Ninth	Bulgaria	Turkey
Eleventh	—	Greece
Twelfth	Estonia	Slovenia
Relegated/Fourteenth	Denmark	Georgia

•  Russia and  Great Britain were promoted to 2019 Fed Cup World Group II play-offs
•  Denmark and  Georgia were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2020

References

1. "Russia v Sweden". fedcup.com.
2. "Great Britain v Serbia". fedcup.com.
3. "Poland v Ukraine". fedcup.com.
4. "Hungary v Croatia". fedcup.com.
5. "Greece v Turkey". fedcup.com.
6. "Denmark v Estonia". fedcup.com.
7. "Slovenia v Georgia". fedcup.com.

External links

• Fed Cup website

• 2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone
• International sports competitions hosted by the University of Bath