2012 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – play-offs

The play-offs of the 2012 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 fifteen teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2012 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 down to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

Placing	Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
1	Austria	Sweden	Great Britain	Poland
2	Bulgaria	Hungary	Portugal	Romania
3		Bosnia and Herzegovina	Israel	Croatia
4	Estonia	Greece	Netherlands	Luxembourg

Promotion 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.

Austria vs. Great Britain

Austria
0

Municipal Tennis Club, Eilat, Israel
February 4, 2012
Hard (outdoors)

Great Britain
2

		1	2
1	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner Anne Keothavong	6⁵ 7⁷	3 6
2	Tamira Paszek Elena Baltacha	1 6	4 6
3	Sandra Klemenschits / Tamira Paszek Laura Robson / Heather Watson			not played

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Sweden vs. Poland

Sweden
2

Municipal Tennis Club, Eilat, Israel
February 4, 2012
Hard (outdoors)

Poland
1

		1	2
1	Sofia Arvidsson Urszula Radwańska	6 1	6 2
2	Johanna Larsson Agnieszka Radwańska	1 6	0 6
3	Sofia Arvidsson / Johanna Larsson Agnieszka Radwańska / Urszula Radwańska	6 4	6 3

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5th to 8th play-offs

The second placed teams of each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds to find the equal fifth and seventh placed teams.

Bulgaria vs. Portugal

Bulgaria
0

Municipal Tennis Club, Eilat, Israel
February 5, 2012
Hard (outdoors)

Portugal
2

		1	2
1	Isabella Shinikova Maria João Köhler	3 6	5 7
2	Dia Evtimova Michelle Larcher de Brito	1 6	1 6
3	Dia Evtimova / Isabella Shinikova Maria João Köhler / Michelle Larcher de Brito			not played

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Hungary vs. Romania

Hungary
0

Municipal Tennis Club, Eilat, Israel
February 5, 2012
Hard (outdoors)

Romania
2

		1	2
1	Katalin Marosi Mihaela Buzărnescu	2 6	6⁶ 7⁸
2	Réka-Luca Jani Simona Halep	2 6	3 6
3	Vaszilisza Bulgakova / Katalin Marosi Mihaela Buzărnescu / Simona Halep			not played

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9th to 12th play-offs

The third placed teams of each pool except Pool A were drawn in head-to-head rounds to find the equal ninth and the eleventh placed teams.

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Croatia

Bosnia and Herzegovina
0

Municipal Tennis Club, Eilat, Israel
February 5, 2012
Hard (outdoors)

Croatia
2

		1	2
1	Anita Husarić Donna Vekić	2 6	0 6
2	Jasmina Tinjić Tereza Mrdeža	0 1		retired
3	Anita Husarić / Jasmina Tinjić Petra Martić / Ani Mijačika			not played

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Relegation play-offs

The last placed teams of each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds. The loser of each round was relegated down to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2013.

Estonia vs. Netherlands

Estonia
1

Municipal Tennis Club, Eilat, Israel
February 4, 2012
Hard (outdoors)

Netherlands
2

		1	2	3
1	Eva Paalma Kiki Bertens	2 6	2 6
2	Anett Kontaveit Bibiane Schoofs	4 6	7⁷ 6³	6 1
3	Anett Kontaveit / Tatjana Vorobjova Kiki Bertens / Michaëlla Krajicek	0 6	0 6

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Greece vs. Luxembourg

Greece
1

Municipal Tennis Club, Eilat, Israel
February 5, 2012
Hard (outdoors)

Luxembourg
2

		1	2	3
1	Agni Stefanou Claudine Schaul	4 6	2 6
2	Despina Papamichail Anne Kremer	5 7	6 4	7 5
3	Despina Papamichail / Maria Sakkari Anne Kremer / Claudine Schaul	6 3	2 6	6⁸ 7¹⁰

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Final Placements

Placing	Teams
Promoted	Great Britain	Sweden
Third	Austria	Poland
Fifth	Portugal	Romania
Seventh	Bulgaria	Hungary
Ninth	Israel	Croatia
Eleventh	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Twelfth	Netherlands	Luxembourg
Relegated	Estonia	Greece

Great Britain and Sweden advanced to the World Group II play-offs, where they were drawn against each other for advancement. Sweden defeated Great Britain, 4–1, and thus proceeded to World Group II whilst the British were relegated back to Group I for 2013.
Estonia and Greece were relegated down to 2013 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II.