2022 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The 30th Europe/Africa Zone is one of three zones of regional competition in the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup.

Group I

Venue: Megasaray Tennis Academy, Antalya, Turkey (clay)
Date: 11–16 April 2022

The eleven teams were divided into two pools of five and six teams. The nations finishing first in their pools were automatically advanced to the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup play-offs. The nations finishing 2nd in their pools took part in a play-off to determine the nation advancing to the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup play-offs. The nations finishing last and second-last in their pools took part in a relegation play-offs, with the losing nations relegated to Group II for 2023. ^[1]

Seeding

Pot	Nation	Rank¹	Seed
1	File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia	20	1
1	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden	26	2
2	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary	33	3
2	File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia	34	4
3	File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey	36	5
3	File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria	38	6
4	File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia	39	7
4	File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria	42	8
5	File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia	43	9
	File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark	54	10
	File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia	65	11

¹Billie Jean King Cup Rankings as of 8 November 2021

Pools

	Pool A	HUN	SRB	TUR	DEN	EST
1	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary (4–0)		2–1	2–1	3–0	3–0
2	File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia (3–1)	1–2		2–1	2–1	2–1
3	File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey (2–2)	1–2	1–2		2–1	2–1
4	File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (1–3)	0–3	1–2	1–2		2–1
5	File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia (0–4)	0–3	1–2	1–2	1–2

	Pool B	SLO	CRO	AUT	BUL	SWE	GEO
1	File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia (4–1)		2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–1
2	File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia (4–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–0
3	File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria (3–2)	1–2	1–2		2–1	2–1	3–0
4	File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria (2–3)	1–2	0–3	1–2		3–0	2–1
5	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (2–3)	2–1	0–3	1–2	0–3		3–0
6	File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia (0–5)	1–2	0–3	0–3	1–2	0–3

Play-offs

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
1st^{[lower-alpha 1]}	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary	2–1	File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
Promotional	File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia	0–2	File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia
5th–6th	File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey	0–2	File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
7th	—		File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria
Relegation	File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark	2–1	File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia
Relegation	File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia	1–2	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden

Final placements

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
Promoted/Second	File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
Promoted/Third	File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia
Promoted/Fourth	File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia
Promoted/Fifth	File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
Sixth	File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
Seventh	File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria
Eighth	File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Relegated/Tenth	File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia	File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia

File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary, File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia, File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia, File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia, and File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria were promoted to the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup play-offs.
- File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia was added based on ranking (20th) when the ITF disqualified File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia and File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus for violations of the Olympic Truce.
- File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria was added based on ranking (38th) when File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain was chosen as host and automatic qualifier of the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup Finals.
File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia and File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2023.

Group II

Venue: Vierumäki, Finland (indoor hard)
Date: 12–15 April 2022

The seven teams were divided into two pools of three and four teams. The four nations finishing 1st and 2nd in their pools took part in play-offs to determine the nations advancing to Group I in 2023. The nations finishing third took part in a relegation play-off, with the losing nations relegated to Group III for 2023, along with the nation finishing last in Group B. ^[2]

Seeding

Pot	Nation	Rank¹	Seed
1	File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece	37	1
1	File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg	45	2
2	File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland	51	3
2	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	55	4
3	File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway	58	5
	File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel	60	6
	File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania	62	7

¹Billie Jean King Cup Rankings as of 8 November 2021

Pools

	Pool A	NOR	EGY	GRE
1	File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway (1–1)		2–1	1–2
2	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt (1–1)	1–2		2–1
3	File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece (1–1)	2–1	1–2

	Pool B	LTU	ISR	LUX	FIN
1	File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel (2–1)	0–3		2–1	2–1
3	File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg (1–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1
4	File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland (0–3)	0–3	1–2	1–2

Play-offs

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway	2–1	File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel
Promotional	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	2–1	File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania
Relegation	File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece	2–1	File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg
Relegation	—		File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland

Final placements

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
Third	File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel	File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania
Fifth	File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece
Relegated/Sixth	File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg
Relegated/Seventh	File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland

File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway and File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group I in 2023.
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland and File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2023.

Group III

Venue 1: Bellevue Tennis Club, Ulcinj, Montenegro (clay)
Venue 2: Tennis Club Jug, Skopje, North Macedonia (clay)
Dates: 7–11 June 2022 (Ulcinj) / 5–10 July 2022 (Skopje)

The twenty-eight nations were split into two events. Event A was held in Ulcinj, whilst Event B was held in Skopje. In Ulcinj, the eleven teams were split into two pools of four nations and one pool of three nations. The top teams in each group will contest a two stage knock-out draw, with one team earning promotion to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2023. In Skopje, the seventeen teams were split into two pools of four nations and three pools of three nations. An eight-team knock-out draw made up of the top team from each group and the two best 2nd place teams will determine the one nation promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2023.

Seeding

Ulcinj

Pot	Nation	Rank¹	Seed
1	File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro	66	1
	File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus	69	2
	File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia	77	3
2	File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina	78	4
	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	83	5
	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	92	6
3	File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan	95	7
	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	97	8
	File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova	101	9
	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	NR	–
	File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius	NR	–

¹Billie Jean King Cup Rankings as of 19 April 2022

Skopje

Pot	Nation	Rank¹	Seed
1	File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland	67	1
	File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta	68	2
	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	71	3
	File:Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo	76	4
2	File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal	79	5
	File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia	86	6
	File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland	94	7
	File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia	103	8
3	File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania	105	9
	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya	106	10
	File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda	111	11
	File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana	NR	–
	File:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi		–
	File:Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles		–

¹Billie Jean King Cup Rankings as of 19 April 2022

Pools

Event A (Ulcinj)

	Pool A (Ulcinj)	BIH	MNE	NGR
1	File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina (2–0)		2–0	3–0
2	File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro (1–1)	0–2		3–0
3	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria (0–2)	0–3	0–3

	Pool B (Ulcinj)	ALG	CYP	GHA	AZE
1	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus (2–1)	1–2		3–0	3–0
3	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana (1–2)	0–3	0–3		2–0
4	File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–2

	Pool C (Ulcinj)	MAR	MDA	ARM	MRI
1	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco (3–0)		3–0	2–0	3–0
2	File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova (2–1)	0–3		2–1	2–0
3	File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia (1–2)	0–2	1–2		2–1
4	File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius (0–3)	0–3	0–2	1–2

Event B (Skopje)

	Pool A (Skopje)	IRL	ISL	SEY
1	File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland (2–0)		3–0	3–0
2	File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland (1–1)	0–3		3–0
3	File:Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles (0–2)	0–3	0–3

	Pool B (Skopje)	POR	MLT	BDI
1	File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal (2–0)		2–1	3–0
2	File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta (1–1)	1–2		2–1
3	File:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi (0–2)	0–3	1–2

	Pool C (Skopje)	MKD	RSA	BOT	UGA
1	File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa (2–1)	1–2		3–0	3–0
3	File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana (1–2)	0–3	0–3		3–0
4	File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

	Pool D (Skopje)	KOS	ALB	KEN	NAM
1	File:Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania (2–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0
3	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya (1–2)	0–3	1–2		3–0
4	File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

Play-offs

Promotional play-offs


Semifinals 10 June 2022 (Ulcinj) 8 July 2022 (Skopje)			Promotional play-offs 11 June 2022 (Ulcinj) 10 July 2022 (Skopje)



A	File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia/Herzegovina

	Bye
			A	File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia/Herzegovina	2

			C	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	0
C	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	2

B	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	0



A	File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland	1

B	File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal	2
			B	File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal	2

			C	File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia	1
C	File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia	2

D	File:Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo	0

3rd-place play-off 9 July 2022 (Skopje)

A	File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland	NP

D	File:Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo	NP

4th–6th (Ulcinj) and 5th–8th (Skopje) place play-offs


4th–6th-place play-offs (Ulcinj) 5th–8th-place play-offs (Skopje) 10 June 2022 (Ulcinj) 8 July 2022 (Skopje)			4th-place play-off (Ulcinj) 5th-place play-off (Skopje) 11 June 2022 (Ulcinj) 9 July 2022 (Skopje)



A	File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro

	Bye
			A	File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro	1

			C	File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova	2
C	File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova	2

B	File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus	1



B	File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta	3

A	File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland	0
			B	File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta	NP

			C	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	NP
D	File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania	0

C	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	2

7th-place play-off 9 July 2022 (Skopje)

A	File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland	NP

D	File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania	NP

7th–9th (Ulcinj) and 9th–12th (Skopje) place play-offs


7th–9th-place play-offs (Ulcinj) 9th–12th-place play-offs (Skopje) 10 June 2022 (Ulcinj) 8 July 2022 (Skopje)			7th-place play-off (Ulcinj) 9th-place play-off (Skopje) 11 June 2022 (Ulcinj) 9 July 2022 (Skopje)



C	File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia

	Bye
			C	File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia	2

			B	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	1
B	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	2

A	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	1



D	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya	0

C	File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana	2
			C	File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana	NP

			B	File:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi	NP
B	File:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi	2

A	File:Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles	0

11th-place play-off 9 July 2022 (Skopje)

D	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya	NP

A	File:Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles	NP

10th-place play-off (Ulcinj)

10th-place play-off 10 June 2022 (Ulcinj)

B	File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan	0

C	File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius	2

13th-place play-off (Skopje)

13th-place play-off 8 July 2022 (Skopje)

C	File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda	w/o

D	File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia

Final placements

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina	File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
Second	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia
Third	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland	File:Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo
Fourth	File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova
Fifth	File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro	File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Sixth	File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus
Seventh	File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia	File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland	File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania
Eighth	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
Ninth	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana	File:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi
Tenth	File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius
Eleventh	File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya	File:Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles
Thirteenth	File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda
Fourteenth	File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia

File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina and File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2023.

References

↑ "Group I Europe/Africa 2022". www.fedcup.com.
↑ "Group II Europe/Africa 2022". www.fedcup.com.

Notes

↑ Both teams are promoted but will play-off for 1st place ranking points

External links

Billie Jean King Cup website

[1] "Group I Europe/Africa 2022". www.fedcup.com.

[3] "Group II Europe/Africa 2022". www.fedcup.com.

[2] Both teams are promoted but will play-off for 1st place ranking points

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2022 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Contents

Group I

Seeding

Pools

Play-offs

Final placements

Group II

Seeding

Pools

Play-offs

Final placements

Group III

Seeding

Pools

Event A (Ulcinj)

Event B (Skopje)

Play-offs

Promotional play-offs

4th–6th (Ulcinj) and 5th–8th (Skopje) place play-offs

7th–9th (Ulcinj) and 9th–12th (Skopje) place play-offs

10th-place play-off (Ulcinj)

13th-place play-off (Skopje)

Final placements

References

Notes

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Group I	Americas Zone Pool A Pool B Play-offs Asia/Oceania Zone Pool A Europe/Africa Zone Pool A Pool B Play-offs
Group II	Americas Zone Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Play-offs Asia/Oceania Zone Pool A (Kuala Lumpur) Pool B (Kuala Lumpur) Pool A (Dushanbe) Pool B (Dushanbe) Play-offs Europe/Africa Zone Pool A Pool B Play-offs
Group III	Europe/Africa Zone (Pool A (Ulcinj), Pool B (Ulcinj), Pool C (Ulcinj), Pool A (Skopje), Pool B (Skopje), Pool C (Skopje), Pool D (Skopje), Play-offs)