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The play-offs of the 2001 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I were the final stages of the Group I Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Those that qualified for this stage placed first in their respective pools.

Placing	Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
1	Netherlands	Slovenia	Sweden	Israel
2	Yugoslavia	Ukraine	Belarus	Greece
3	Poland	Estonia	Romania	Luxembourg
4	Macedonia	South Africa	Great Britain	Bulgaria
5				Denmark

The four teams were then paired up the team from a different placing of the other group for a play-off tie, with the winners being promoted to the World Group play-offs.

Sweden vs. Netherlands

Sweden 2	Murcia, Spain 28 May 2001 Red clay (outdoors)		Netherlands 0
1 2 3 1 Sofia Arvidsson Kristie Boogert 6 3 2 6 7 5   2 Åsa Carlsson Miriam Oremans 6 4 7 6     3           not played

•  Sweden advanced to the World Group play-offs, where they were drawn against  Japan. They won 3–2, and thus advanced to the World Group for next year.

Israel vs. Slovenia

Israel 2	Murcia, Spain 28 May 2001 Red clay (outdoors)		Slovenia 0
1 2 3 1 Tzipora Obziler Katarina Srebotnik 6 2 6 2     2 Anna Smashnova Tina Križan 6 3 1 6 8 6   3           not played

•  Israel advanced to the World Group play-offs, where they were drawn against  Hungary. They lost 0–3, and thus were placed back to Zonal Group I for next year.

See also

• Fed Cup structure

References

1. "Sweden v Netherlands". fedcup.com.
2. "Fed Cup Profile, Sweden". fedcup.com.
3. "Israel v Slovenia". fedcup.com.
4. "Fed Cup Profile, Hungary". fedcup.com.

External links

• Fed Cup website

• 2001 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone