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The play-offs of the 2016 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 seventeen teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2016 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III. The top two teams advanced to Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II.

Placing	Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
1	Luxembourg	Macedonia	Moldova	Norway
2	Greece	Ireland	Madagascar	Montenegro
3	Tunisia	Armenia	Cyprus	Morocco
4	Malta	Iceland	Algeria	Kosovo
5	—	—	—	Mozambique

Promotional play-offs

The first placed teams of each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds. The winners advanced to Group II in 2017.

Luxembourg vs. Moldova

Luxembourg 2	Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 16 April 2016 Outdoor clay		Moldova 0
1 2 3 1 Eléonora Molinaro Vitalia Stamat 6 2 6 0     2 Mandy Minella Adriana Sosnovschi 6 3 6 4     3 Mandy Minella / Claudine Schaul Adriana Sosnovschi / Vitalia Stamat       not played

Macedonia vs. Norway

Macedonia 0	Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 16 April 2016 Outdoor clay		Norway 2
1 2 3 1 Katarina Marinkovikj Melanie Stokke 1 6 1 6     2 Magdalena Stoilkovska Ulrikke Eikeri 3 6 4 6     3 Katarina Marinkovikj / Magdalena Stoilkovska Ulrikke Eikeri / Melanie Stokke       not played

5th to 8th play-offs

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

Greece vs. Madagascar

Greece 2	Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 15 April 2016 Outdoor clay		Madagascar 0
1 2 3 1 Eleni Christofi Zarah Razafimahatratra 6 1 6 1     2 Despina Papamichail Sandra Andriamarosoa 6 0 6 2     3 Eleni Christofi / Despina Papamichail Faniry Andrianjafitrimo / Seheno Razafindramaso       not played

Ireland vs. Montenegro

Ireland 0	Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 16 April 2016 Outdoor clay		Montenegro 2
1 2 3 1 Anna Bowtell Anja Drašković 0 6 0 6     2 Jennifer Timotin Ana Veselinović 1 6 3 6     3 Georgia Drummy / Jennifer Timotin Anja Drašković / Ana Veselinović       not played

9th to 12th play-offs

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

Tunisia vs. Cyprus

Tunisia 2	Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 15 April 2016 Outdoor clay		Cyprus 0
1 2 3 1 Chiraz Bechri Anna Savchenko 6 4 6 2     2 Ons Jabeur Eliza Omirou 6 3 6 2     3 Mouna Bouzgarrou / Diana Chehoudi Eliza Omirou / Anna Savchenko       not played

Armenia vs. Morocco

Armenia 2	Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 16 April 2016 Outdoor clay		Morocco 1
1 2 3 1 Ani Safaryan Zaineb El Houari 1 6 0 6     2 Ani Amiraghyan Diae El Jardi 6 0 6 1     3 Ani Amiraghyan / Lusine Chobanyan Rita Atik / Ghita Benhadi 7 5 6 0

13th to 16th play-offs

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

Malta vs. Algeria

Malta 0	Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 16 April 2016 Outdoor clay		Algeria 2
1 2 3 1 Katrina Sammut Lynda Benkaddour 4 6 6 4 3 6   2 Elaine Genovese Amira Benaissa 3 6 4 6     3 Elaine Genovese / Katrina Sammut Amira Benaissa / Lynda Benkaddour       not played

Iceland vs. Kosovo

Iceland 1	Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 16 April 2016 Outdoor clay		Kosovo 2
1 2 3 1 Anna Soffia Gronholm Arlinda Rushiti 0 6 0 6     2 Hera Brynjarsdóttir Edita Raca 6 2 6 7 6 2   3 Hera Brynjarsdóttir / Anna Soffia Gronholm Edita Raca / Arlinda Rushiti 3 6 4 6

Final placements

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	Luxembourg	Norway
Third	Moldova	Macedonia
Fifth	Greece	Montenegro
Seventh	Madagascar	Ireland
Ninth	Tunisia	Armenia
Eleventh	Cyprus	Morocco
Thirteenth	Algeria	Kosovo
Fifteenth	Malta	Iceland
Seventeenth	Mozambique

•  Luxembourg and  Norway were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2017.

References

External links

• Fed Cup website

• 2016 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone