1993 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone – Play-offs

The Play-offs of the 1993 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone were the final stages of the Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Those that qualified for this stage placed first and second in their respective pools.

Placing	Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D	Pool E
1	Croatia	Belgium	Great Britain	Latvia	Israel
2	Turkey	Ireland	Russia	Hungary	Slovenia
3	Malta	Norway	Luxembourg	Romania	Greece
4	Estonia	Senegal	Ukraine	Portugal	Zimbabwe
5			Lithuania		Tunisia

The ten teams were then randomly paired up to compete in five play-off ties, with the winners qualifying for the World Group.

Croatia vs. Russia

Croatia 2	City of Nottingham T.C., England 15 May 1993 Hard (outdoors)		Russia 1
1 2 3 1 Nadin Ercegović Eugenia Maniokova 6 2 6 3     2 Iva Majoli Elena Makarova 5 7 4 6     3 Iva Majoli / Maja Murić Elena Makarova / Eugenia Maniokova 6 3 7 5

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Belgium vs. Slovenia

Belgium 2	City of Nottingham T.C., England 15 May 1993 Hard (outdoors)		Slovenia 1
1 2 3 1 Dominique Monami Karin Lusnić 6 1 6 2     2 Sabine Appelmans Tina Križan 6 3 6 2     3 Laurence Courtois / Nancy Feber Tina Križan / Karin Lusnić 3 6 5 7

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Great Britain vs. Turkey

Great Britain 3	City of Nottingham T.C., England 15 May 1993 Hard (outdoors)		Turkey 0
1 2 3 1 Monique Javer Gülberk Gültekin 6 4 6 2     2 Clare Wood Duygu Akşit Oal 6 2 6 3     3 Amanda Grunfeld / Julie Salmon Duygu Akşit Oal / Gülberk Gültekin 6 2 7 5

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Latvia vs. Hungary

Latvia 2	City of Nottingham T.C., England 15 May 1993 Hard (outdoors)		Hungary 1
1 2 3 1 Agnese Gustmane Ágnes Gee 6 1 6 3     2 Larisa Neiland Virág Csurgó 6 2 6 2     3 Agnese Gustmane / Oksana Bushevitsa Kata Györke / Ágnes Gee 0 6 0 6

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Israel vs. Ireland

Israel 2	City of Nottingham T.C., England 15 May 1993 Hard (outdoors)		Ireland 1
1 2 3 1 Anna Smashnova Gina Niland 6 4 6 3     2 Yael Segal Siobhán Nicholson 6 3 6 0     3 Ilana Berger / Yael Segal Claire Curran / Karen Nugent 4 6 5 7

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•  Croatia,  Belgium,  Great Britain,  Latvia and  Israel advanced to the World Group. Croatia, Great Britain and Israel were defeated in the first round by  Netherlands, 3–0,  Spain, 3–0, and  Italy, 3–0, respectively.^[6][7][8] Belgium was also defeated in the first round, by Latvia, 2–1.^[9] Latvia was subsequently defeated in the second round by Netherlands, 3–0.^[10]

See also

• Fed Cup structure

References

External links

• Fed Cup website