The Europe/Africa Zone is one of three zones of regional competition in the 2017 Fed Cup.
Group I Venue: Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia (indoor hard) Date: 8–11 February
The fourteen teams were divided into two pools of three teams and two pools of four teams. The four pool winners took part in promotion play-offs to determine the two nations advancing to the World Group II play-offs. The nations finishing last in their pools took part in relegation play-offs, with the two losing nations being relegated to Group II for 2018.
Seeding: The seeding was based on the Fed Cup Rankings of 14 November 2016 (shown in parentheses below).
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3
Pools
Play-offs
PlacingA TeamScoreD TeamPromotional 1–2 5th–8th 2–1 9th colspan=2 Relegation 2–1 PlacingB TeamScoreC TeamPromotional 1–2 5th–8th 2–0 9th colspan=2 Relegation 1–2
Final placements Placing Teams Promoted/First Third Fifth Seventh Ninth Eleventh Relegated/Thirteenth and were promoted to 2017 Fed Cup World Group II Play-offs and were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2018
Group II Venue: Šiauliai Tennis School, Šiauliai, Lithuania (indoor hard) Date: 19–22 April
The eight teams were divided into two pools of four teams. The two nations placing first and second took part in play-offs to determine the two nations advancing to Group I. The nations finishing third and last in their pools took part in relegation play-offs, with the two losing nations being relegated to Group III for 2018.
Seeding: The seeding was based on the Fed Cup Rankings of 13 February 2017 (shown in parentheses below).
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Pools
Play-offs
PlacingA TeamScoreB TeamPromotional 2–0 Promotional 2–1 Relegation 2–0 Relegation 0–2
Final placements Placing Teams Promoted/First Third Fifth Relegated/Seventh
and were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group I in 2018 and were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2018
Group III Venue: National Tennis School & Tennis Club Acvila, Chișinău, Moldova (outdoor clay) Date: 13–17 June
The fifteen teams were divided into one pool of three teams and three pools of four teams. The four nations placing first took part in play-offs to determine the two nations advancing to Group II.
Seeding: The seeding was based on the Fed Cup Rankings of 24 April 2017 (shown in parentheses below).
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Pools
Play-offs
PlacingA TeamScoreC TeamPromotional 2–0 5th–8th 2–1 9th–12th 1–2 13th–14th colspan=2 PlacingB TeamScoreD TeamPromotional 0–2 5th–8th 1–2 9th–12th 0–2 13th–14th 3–0
Final placements Placing Teams Promoted/First Third Fifth Seventh Ninth Eleventh Thirteenth Fourteenth and were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2018.
References
Fed Cup Result, 2017 Europe/Africa Group I Fed Cup Result, 2017 Europe/Africa Group II Fed Cup Result, 2017 Europe/Africa Group III
External links Fed Cup website