1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Main article: 1999 Fed Cup

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 1999 Fed Cup.

Group I

• Venue: La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain (outdoor clay)
• Date: 19–23 April

The sixteen teams were divided into four pools of four teams. The top two teams of each pool play-off in a two-round knockout stage to decide which nations progress to World Group II Play-offs. The four nations coming last in the pools were relegated down to Group II for 2000.

Pools

	Pool A	RSA	UKR	LAT	DEN
1	South Africa (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Ukraine (2–1)	0–3		2–1	2–1
3	Latvia (1–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1
4	Denmark (0–3)	0–3	1–2	1–2

	Pool B	ROU	SWE	GRE	POR
1	Romania (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Sweden (2–1)	0–3		3–0	3–0
3	Greece (1–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1
4	Portugal (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

	Pool C	GBR	BUL	FIN	YUG
1	Great Britain (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Bulgaria (2–1)	1–2		3–0	3–0
3	Finland (1–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1
4	FR Yugoslavia (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

	Pool D	SLO	LUX	POL	GEO
1	Slovenia (3–0)		2–1	2–1	2–1
2	Luxembourg (2–1)	1–2		3–0	2–1
3	Poland (1–2)	1–2	0–3		3–0
4	Georgia (0–3)	1–2	1–2	0–3

Knockout Stage

Main article: 1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Knockout Stage

	Semifinals					Finals
	South Africa		2
	Sweden		0
						South Africa		1
						Slovenia		2
	Bulgaria		1
	Slovenia		2
	Romania		2
	Ukraine		0
						Romania		2
						Great Britain		0
	Luxembourg		0
	Great Britain		3

• Slovenia and Romania advanced to World Group II Play-offs.
• Denmark, Portugal, FR Yugoslavia and Georgia relegated to Group II in 2000.

Group II

• Venue: La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain (outdoor clay)
• Date: 26–30 April

The twenty teams were randomly divided into four pools of five teams to compete in round-robin competitions. The teams that finished first in the pools would progress to Group I for 2000.

Pools

	Pool A	HUN	BIH	MAD	EGY	BOT
1	Hungary (4–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina (3–1)	0–3		3–0	3–0	3–0
3	Madagascar (2–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1	2–1
4	Egypt (1–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2		3–0
5	Botswana (0–4)	0–3	0–3	1–2	0–3

	Pool B	ISR	MDA	TUN	ARM	ISL
1	Israel (4–0)		3–0	2–0	3–0	3–0
2	Moldova (3–1)	0–3		2–1	3–0	3–0
3	Tunisia (2–2)	0–2	1–2		3–0	3–0
4	Armenia (1–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3		3–0
5	Iceland (0–4)	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3

	Pool C	MAR	EST	LIT	CYP	KEN
1	Morocco (4–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Estonia (3–1)	1–2		3–0	3–0	3–0
3	Lithuania (2–2)	0–3	0–3		3–0	3–0
4	Cyprus (1–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3		3–0
5	Kenya (0–4)	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3

	Pool D	TUR	IRL	MLT	ALG	MKD
1	Turkey (4–0)		2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1
2	Ireland (3–1)	1–2		3–0	3–0	3–0
3	Malta (2–2)	1–2	0–3		3–0	3–0
4	Algeria (1–3)	1–2	0–3	0–3		3–0
5	Macedonia (0–4)	1–2	0–3	0–3	0–3

• Hungary, Israel, Morocco and Turkey advanced to Group I in 2000.

See also

• Fed Cup structure

References

• Fed Cup Profile, South Africa
• Fed Cup Profile, Ukraine
• Fed Cup Profile, Latvia
• Fed Cup Profile, Romania
• Fed Cup Profile, Sweden
• Fed Cup Profile, Greece
• Fed Cup Profile, Great Britain
• Fed Cup Profile, Bulgaria
• Fed Cup Profile, Finland
• Fed Cup Profile, Slovenia
• Fed Cup Profile, Luxembourg
• Fed Cup Profile, Poland
• Fed Cup Profile, Hungary
• Fed Cup Profile, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Fed Cup Profile, Madagascar
• Fed Cup Profile, Egypt
• Fed Cup Profile, Israel
• Fed Cup Profile, Moldova
• Fed Cup Profile, Tunisia
• Fed Cup Profile, Armenia
• Fed Cup Profile, Morocco
• Fed Cup Profile, Estonia
• Fed Cup Profile, Lithuania
• Fed Cup Profile, Cyprus
• Fed Cup Profile, Turkey
• Fed Cup Profile, Ireland
• Fed Cup Profile, Malta
• Fed Cup Profile, Algeria

External links

• Fed Cup website