2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – play-offs

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The play-offs of the 2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III were the final stages of the Group III zonal competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Using the positions determined in their pools, the sixteen teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III. The top two teams advanced to Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

Placing	Pool A (Helsinki)	Pool B (Helsinki)	Pool A (Ulcinj)	Pool B (Ulcinj)
1	Finnland	Zypern	Norwegen	Ägypten
2	Litauen	Kosovo	Montenegro	Irland
3	Malta	North Macedonia	Armenien	Marokko
4	Island	Algerien	—	Kenia
5	—	Congo	—

Promotional play-offs

The first placed teams of each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds. The winners advanced to Group II in 2020.

Finland vs. Cyprus

Finnland 2	Tali Tennis Center, Helsinki, Finland 20 April 2019 Hard (indoor)		Zypern 0
1 2 3 1 Mia Eklund Eleni Louka 6 1 4 6 6 3   2 Anastasia Kulikova Raluca Șerban 6 3 64 77 6 3   3 Laura Hietaranta / Emma Laine Eleni Louka / Raluca Șerban       not played

Norway vs. Egypt

Norwegen 1	Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 20 April 2019 Clay		Ägypten 2
1 2 3 1 Malene Helgø Mayar Sherif 1 6 1 6     2 Melanie Stokke Sandra Samir 6 1 5 7 6 2   3 Astrid Wanja Brune Olsen / Malene Helgø Mayar Sherif / Rana Sherif Ahmed 5 7 3 6

3rd to 4th play-offs

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

Lithuania vs. Kosovo

Litauen 2	Tali Tennis Center, Helsinki, Finland 20 April 2019 Hard (indoor)		Kosovo 0
1 2 3 1 Iveta Daujotaitė Donika Bashota 77 64 6 3     2 Joana Eidukonytė Arlinda Rushiti 6 4 6 2     3 Iveta Daujotaitė / Joana Eidukonytė Donika Bashota / Arlinda Rushiti       not played

Montenegro vs. Ireland

Montenegro 1	Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 20 April 2019 Clay		Irland 2
1 2 3 1 Divna Ratković Sinéad Lohan 1 6 1 6     2 Vladica Babić Juliana Carton 6 4 6 0     3 Vladica Babić / Divna Ratković Rachael Dillon / Sinéad Lohan 4 6 6 3 3 6

5th to 6th play-offs

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

Malta vs. North Macedonia

Malta 0	Tali Tennis Center, Helsinki, Finland 20 April 2019 Hard (indoor)		North Macedonia 2
1 2 3 1 Krysta Dimech Aleksandra Simeva 0 6 0 6     2 Maja Glumac Ana Ristevska 1 6 0 6     3 Maria Giorgia Farrugia Sacco / Maja Glumac Ana Ristevska / Aleksandra Simeva       not played

Armenia vs. Morocco

Armenien 0	Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 20 April 2019 Clay		Marokko 3
1 2 3 1 Irena Muradyan Hind Semlali 4 6 2 6     2 Gabriella Akopyan Lina Qostal 5 7 2 6     3 Gabriella Akopyan / Irena Muradyan Lina Qostal / Hind Semlali 3 6 2 6

7th to 8th play-offs

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

Iceland vs. Algeria

Island 0	Tali Tennis Center, Helsinki, Finland 20 April 2019 Hard (indoor)		Algerien 2
1 2 3 1 Anna Soffía Grönholm Inès Bekrar 60 77 3 6     2 Iris Staub Yassamine Boudjadi 0 6 1 6     3 Ingibjörg Hjartardóttir / Selma Óskarsdóttir Inès Bekrar / Yassamine Boudjadi       not played

Final placements

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	Finnland	Ägypten
Second	Zypern	Norwegen
Third	Litauen	Irland
Fourth	Kosovo	Montenegro
Fifth	North Macedonia	Marokko
Sixth	Malta	Armenien
Seventh	Algerien	Kenia
Eighth	Island
Ninth	Congo

• Finnland and Ägypten were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2020.

External links

• Fed Cup website