The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2004 Fed Cup.

Group I

• Venue: Athens Lawn Tennis Club, Athens, Greece (outdoor clay)
• Date: 19–24 April

The fourteen teams were divided into two pools of three teams and two pools of four. The top teams of each pool played-off against the second-placed teams to decide which four nations progress to World Group play-offs. The four nations coming last played-off against each other to decide which teams are relegated to Group II for 2005.

Pools

	Pool A	SCG	SWE	LTU
1	Serbia and Montenegro (2–0)		3–0	3–0
2	Sweden (1–1)	0–3		3–0
3	Lithuania (0–2)	0–3	0–3

	Pool B	UKR	ISR	NED	RSA
1	Ukraine (3–0)		3–0	2–1	2–1
2	Israel (2–1)	0–3		3–0	2–1
3	Netherlands (1–2)	1–2	0–3		2–1
4	South Africa (0–3)	1–2	1–2	1–2

	Pool C	BLR	HUN	DEN
1	Belarus (2–0)		3–0	3–0
2	Hungary (1–1)	0–3		3–0
3	Denmark (0–2)	0–3	0–3

	Pool D	EST	BUL	POL	GRE
1	Estonia (3–0)		2–1	2–1	3–0
2	Bulgaria (2–1)	1–2		2–1	2–1
3	Poland (1–2)	1–2	1–2		2–1
4	Greece (0–3)	0–3	1–2	1–2

Play-offs

Winning Team Score Losing Team   Bulgaria 2–1   Serbia and Montenegro   Ukraine 2–0   Hungary   Belarus 2–1   Sweden   Estonia 2–1   Israel

Winning Team Score Losing Team   Greece 2–0   Lithuania   South Africa 2–0   Denmark

•   Bulgaria,   Ukraine,   Belarus and   Estonia advanced to 2004 World Group play-offs.
•   Lithuania and   Denmark were relegated to Group II for 2004. ^[1]

Group II

• Venue: Marsa, Malta (outdoor hard)
• Date: 26 April – 1 May

The nine teams were divided into a pool of four teams and a pool of five. The top teams of each pool played-off against the second-placed teams to decide which two nations progress to Group I for 2005. The four nations coming last played-off against the second-to-last placed teams to determine which teams would be relegated to Group III for 2005.

Pools

	Pool A	GBR	ROU	TUR	EGY
1	Great Britain (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Romania (2–1)	1–2		3–0	3–0
3	Turkey (1–2)	0–3	0–3		3–0
4	Egypt (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

	Pool B	LUX	IRL	LAT	GEO	FIN
1	Luxembourg (4–0)		2–1	2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Ireland (3–1)	1–2		3–0	3–0	3–0
3	Latvia (2–2)	1–2	0–3		2–1	2–1
4	Georgia (1–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2		2–1
5	Finland (0–4)	0–3	0–3	1–2	1–2

Play-offs

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotion	Great Britain	2–0	Ireland
Promotion	Romania	1–2	Luxembourg
5th	N/A		Latvia
Relegation	Turkey	0–3	Finland
Relegation	Egypt	0–3	Georgia

•   Great Britain and   Luxembourg advanced to Group I for 2005. ^{[2] [3]}
•   Egypt and   Turkey was relegated to Group III for 2005. ^[4]

Group III

• Venue: Marsa, Malta (outdoor hard)
• Date: 26 April – 1 May

The eight teams were divided into two pools of four teams. The top teams of each pool played-off against the second-placed teams to decide which two nations progress to Group II for 2005. The other teams played against each other to determine overall placings.

Pools

	Pool A	NOR	ALG	BIH	NAM
1	Norway (3–0)		2–1	2–1	3–0
2	Algeria (2–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina (1–2)	1–2	1–2		2–1
4	Namibia (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

	Pool B	TUN	MLT	BOT	KEN
1	Tunisia (3–0)		2–1	2–1	3–0
2	Malta (2–1)	1–2		3–0	3–0
3	Botswana (1–2)	1–2	0–3		2–1
4	Kenya (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

Play-offs

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotion	Norway	2–1	Malta
Promotion	Algeria	1–2	Tunisia
5th–7th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–0	Kenya
5th–7th	Namibia	1–2	Botswana

•   Norway and   Tunisia advanced to Group II for 2005. ^{[5] [6]}

See also

• Fed Cup structure

References

External links

• Fed Cup website