2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone is one of three zones of regional competition in the 2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup.

Group I[edit]

Venue 1: Tallink Tennis Center, Tallinn, Estonia (indoor hard)
Venue 2: Centre National de Tennis, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard)
Date: 5–8 February 2020

The thirteen teams were split across the two venues, with 7 teams competing in Tallinn and the other 6 competing in Esch-sur-Alzette. In Tallinn, the seven teams were split into two Pools of three and four teams with the teams finishing 1st and 2nd place in the pool competing in promotional playoffs for advancement to the play-offs. In Esch-sur-Alzette, the nations were split into two pools of 3 teams, with the nations finishing first and second competing in promotional playoffs for advancement to the play-offs. The nations finishing last in each of the pools competed in relegation playoffs, with one nation from each venue relegated to Group II in 2022.^[1]

Seeding[edit]

Pot	Nation	Rank¹	Seed
1	Serbia	21	1
	Ukraine	23	2
	Italy	24	3
	Poland	26	4
2	Croatia	28	5
	Sweden	29	6
	Estonia	38	7
	Turkey	39	8
3	Austria	40	9
	Bulgaria	42	10
	Luxembourg	44	11
	Greece	45	12
	Slovenia	49	13

¹Billie Jean King Cup Rankings as of 11 November 2019

Pools[edit]

	Pool A (Tallinn)	UKR	CRO	BUL
1	Ukraine (2–0)		3–0	3–0
2	Croatia (1–1)	0–3		2–1
3	Bulgaria (0–2)	0–3	1–2

	Pool B (Tallinn)	ITA	EST	AUT	GRE
1	Italy (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Estonia (1–2)	1–2		2–1	1–2
3	Austria (1–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1
4	Greece (1–2)	0–3	2–1	1–2

	Pool A (Esch-sur-Alzette)	SRB	SWE	LUX
1	Serbia (2–0)		2–1	2–1
2	Sweden (1–1)	1–2		2–1
3	Luxembourg (0–2)	1–2	1–2

	Pool B (Esch-sur-Alzette)	POL	SLO	TUR
1	Poland (2–0)		2–1	3–0
2	Slovenia (1–1)	1–2		2–1
3	Turkey (0–2)	0–3	1–2

Play-offs[edit]

Placing (Tallinn)	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Ukraine	2–1	Estonia
Promotional	Croatia	0–2	Italy
9th	—		Austria
Relegation	Bulgaria	2–0	Greece

Placing (Esch-sur-Alzette)	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Serbia	2–1	Slovenia
Promotional	Sweden	0–2	Poland
9th	—
Relegation	Luxembourg	0–2	Turkey

Final placements[edit]

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	Ukraine	Italy	Serbia	Poland
Fifth	Estonia	Croatia	Slovenia	Sweden
Ninth	Austria
Tenth	Bulgaria		Turkey
Twelfth/Relegated	Greece		Luxembourg

Ukraine, Italy, Serbia and Poland were promoted to the 2020 Billie Jean King Cup play-offs.
Greece and Luxembourg were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2022.

Group II[edit]

Venue: Tali Tennis Center, Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)
Dates: 4–7 February 2020

The eight teams are split into two pools of 4. The 1st and 2nd placed teams of each pool will play-off to determine the nation advancing to Group I in 2022. The third and fourth placed teams will play-off to determine the nations relegated to Group III in 2022.^[2]

Seeding[edit]

Pot	Nation	Rank¹	Seed
1	Israel	52	1
1	Denmark	55	2
2	Tunisia	61	3
2	Portugal	62	4
3	Georgia	64	5
3	Finland	65	6
4	Egypt	67	7
4	Moldova	88	8

¹Billie Jean King Cup Rankings as of 11 November 2019

Pools[edit]

	Pool A	GEO	TUN	ISR	MDA
1	Georgia (3–0)		2–1	2–1	3–0
2	Tunisia (2–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0
3	Israel (1–2)	1–2	1–2		3–0
4	Moldova (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

	Pool B	DEN	FIN	EGY	POR
1	Denmark (2–1)		2–1	1–2	3–0
2	Finland (2–1)	1–2		3–0	2–1
3	Egypt (2–1)	2–1	0–3		2–1
4	Portugal (0–3)	0–3	1–2	1–2

Play-offs[edit]

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Georgia	2–1	Finland
Promotional	Tunisia	1–2	Denmark
Relegation	Israel	2–0	Portugal
Relegation	Moldova	0–2	Egypt

Final placements[edit]

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	Georgia	Denmark
Third	Finland	Tunisia
Fifth	Israel	Egypt
Relegated/Seventh	Portugal	Moldova

Georgia and Denmark were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group I in 2022.
Portugal and Moldova were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2022.

Group III[edit]

Venue: SEB Arena, Vilnius, Lithuania (indoor hard)
Dates: 15–19 June 2021

The 21 teams are split into three pools of 4 teams and three pools of 3 teams. The 1st placed teams of each pool will play-off to determine the two nations advancing to Group II in 2022.^[3]

Seeding[edit]

Pot	Nation	Rank¹	Seed
1	Norway	73	1
	Cyprus	76	2
	Lithuania	77	3
	Ireland	81	4
	Malta	82	5
	South Africa	83	6
2	Kosovo	86	7
	Algeria	87	8
	North Macedonia	88	9
	Armenia	89	10
	Montenegro	90	11
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	93	12
3	Kenya	96	13
	Iceland	97	14
	Albania	NR	–
	Azerbaijan	NR	–
	Ghana	NR	–
	Namibia	NR	–
	Nigeria	NR	–
	Rwanda	NR	–
	Zimbabwe	NR	–

¹Billie Jean King Cup Rankings as of 19 April 2021

Pools[edit]

	Pool A	NOR	MKD	ALB
1	Norway (2–0)		3–0	3–0
2	North Macedonia (1–1)	0–3		2–1
3	Albania (0–2)	0–3	1–2

	Pool B	BIH	CYP	RWA
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina (2–0)		2–1	3–0
2	Cyprus (1–1)	1–2		3–0
3	Rwanda (0–2)	0–3	0–3

	Pool C	LTU	NGR	KOS
1	Lithuania (2–0)		3–0	3–0
2	Nigeria (1–1)	0–3		3–0
3	Kosovo (0–2)	0–3	0–3

	Pool D	IRL	ARM	ISL	GHA
1	Ireland (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Armenia (2–1)	0–3		3–0	3–0
3	Iceland (1–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1
4	Ghana (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

	Pool E	MLT	ALG	ZIM	KEN
1	Malta (3–0)		3–0	2–1	3–0
2	Algeria (2–1)	0–3		2–1	3–0
3	Zimbabwe (1–2)	1–2	1–2		3–0
4	Kenya (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

	Pool F	RSA	MNE	AZE	NAM
1	South Africa (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Montenegro (2–1)	0–3		3–0	2–1
3	Azerbaijan (1–2)	0–3	0–3		3–0
4	Namibia (0–3)	0–3	1–2	0–3

Play-offs[edit]

Promotional play-offs[edit]


Semifinals 18 June 2021			Promotional play-off 19 June 2021



A	Norway

	Bye
			A	Norway	2

			B	Bosnia and H.	0
D	Ireland	0

B	Bosnia and H.	3



F	South Africa	0

E	Malta	3
			E	Malta	0

			C	Lithuania	2
	Bye

C	Lithuania

5th-place play-off[edit]

5th-place play-off 19 June 2021

D	Ireland	2

F	South Africa	1

7th-12th-place play-offs[edit]


Semifinals 18 June 2021			7th-place play-off 19 June 2021



B	Cyprus

	Bye
			B	Cyprus	2

			C	Nigeria	0
D	Armenia	1

C	Nigeria	2



F	Montenegro	2

A	North Macedonia	0
			F	Montenegro	2

			E	Algeria	1
	Bye

E	Algeria

11th-place play-off[edit]

11th-place play-off 19 June 2021

D	Armenia	2

A	North Macedonia	1

13th-18th-place play-offs[edit]


Semifinals 18 June 2021			13th-place play-off 19 June 2021



C	Kosovo

	Bye
			C	Kosovo	2

			E	Zimbabwe	1
E	Zimbabwe	3

B	Rwanda	0



A	Albania	1

F	Azerbaijan	2
			F	Azerbaijan	3

			D	Iceland	0
	Bye

D	Iceland

17th-place play-off[edit]

17th-place play-off 19 June 2021

B	Rwanda	0

A	Albania	3

19th-21st-place play-offs[edit]

Semifinals 18 June 2021			19th-place play-off 19 June 2021

			E	Kenya	1

			F	Namibia	2
D	Ghana	1

F	Namibia	2

Final placements[edit]

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	Norway	Lithuania
Third	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Malta
Fifth	Ireland
Sixth	South Africa
Seventh	Cyprus	Montenegro
Ninth	Nigeria	Algeria
Eleventh	Armenia
Twelfth	North Macedonia
Thirteenth	Kosovo	Azerbaijan
Fifteenth	Zimbabwe	Iceland
Seventeenth	Albania
Eighteenth	Rwanda
Nineteenth	Namibia
Twentieth	Kenya
Twenty-first	Ghana

Norway and Lithuania were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2022.

References[edit]

^ "Group I Europe/Africa 2020". www.fedcup.com.
^ "Group II Europe/Africa 2020". www.fedcup.com.
^ "Group III Europe/Africa 2021". www.fedcup.com.

External links[edit]

[1] "Group I Europe/Africa 2020". www.fedcup.com.

[2] "Group II Europe/Africa 2020". www.fedcup.com.

[3] "Group III Europe/Africa 2021". www.fedcup.com.

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