2006 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Play-offs

The Play-offs of the 2006 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II were the final stages of the Group II Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Using the positions determined in their pools, the seven teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2006 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II. The top two teams advanced to Group I, and the bottom two teams were relegated down to the Group III for the next year.

Placing	Pool A	Pool B
1	Lithuania	Poland
2	Georgia	Portugal
3	Ireland	Greece
4		Latvia

Promotional Play-Offs

The top two teams of each pool were placed against each other in two head-to-head rounds. The winner of the rounds advanced to Group I for next year.

Lithuania vs. Portugal

Lithuania 2	Club Ali Bey, Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey 29 April 2006 Red clay (outdoors)		Portugal 0
1 2 3 1 Aurelija Misevičiūtė Ana Catarina Nogueira 3 6 6 0 6 0   2 Lina Stančiūtė Magali de Lattre 6 2 6 1     3           not played

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Georgia vs. Poland

Georgia 0	Club Ali Bey, Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey 29 April 2006 Red clay (outdoors)		Poland 3
1 2 3 1 Ia Jikia Urszula Radwańska 2 6 6 2 1 6   2 Margalita Chakhnashvili Agnieszka Radwańska 3 6 1 6     3 Margalita Chakhnashvili / Ia Jikia Klaudia Jans / Alicja Rosolska 7 5 1 6 4 6

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Relegation Play-Offs

Because there was one extra player in Pool B, the last-placed team of that pool ( Latvia) was automatically relegated down to Group III.^[3] The third-placed teams of each pool were then placed against each other in a tie, where the losing team would join the Latvians in relegation.

Ireland vs. Greece

Ireland 1	Club Ali Bey, Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey 29 April 2006 Red clay (outdoors)		Greece 2
1 2 3 1 Yvonne Doyle Anna Gerasimou 3 6 2 6     2 Rachael Dillon Anna Koumantou 6 3 6 4     3 Rachael Dillon / Yvonne Doyle Anna Gerasimou / Anna Koumantou 5 7 3 6

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Final Placements

Placing	Teams
Promoted	Lithuania
	Poland
Third	Portugal
	Georgia
Fifth	Greece
Relegated	Ireland
	Latvia

•  Lithuania and  Poland advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I for the next year. The Poles placed third overall, while the Lithuanians placed last in their pool of four and lost their play-offs, and thus faced relegation back to Group II for 2007.^[5][6]
•  Ireland and  Latvia were relegated down to Europe/Africa Zone Group III for the next year. The Irish and Latvians respectively placed first and second in the same pool of five, meaning that Latvia would remain in Group III for 2008, while Ireland would advance back to Group II.^[7][8]

See also

• Fed Cup structure

References

External links

• Fed Cup website