title: 2017 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – play-offs
text: # 2017 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – play-offs
  
  The play-offs of the 2017 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I were the final stages of the Group I zonal competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Using the positions determined in their pools, the fourteen teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2017 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I. The top two teams advanced to World Group II play-offs, and the bottom two teams were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II.
  
  ## Pool results
  
  | Placing | Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Poland | Croatia | Great Britain | Serbia |
  | 2 | Austria | Hungary | Latvia | Estonia |
  | 3 | — | — | Turkey | Bulgaria |
  | 4 | Georgia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Portugal | Israel |
  
  ## Promotional play-offs
  
  The first placed teams of each pool were drawn in head-to-head rounds. The winner of each round advanced to the World Group II play-offs.
  
  ### Poland vs. Serbia
  
  | Poland 1 | Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 11 February 2017 Hard (indoors) | Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 11 February 2017 Hard (indoors) | Serbia 2 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 1 Katarzyna Piter Ivana Jorović 2 6 6 4 4 6   2 Magda Linette Nina Stojanović 6 2 6 1     3 Magda Linette / Katarzyna Piter Ivana Jorović / Nina Stojanović 6 4 4 6 1 6 ||||
  
  ### Croatia vs. Great Britain
  
  | Croatia 1 | Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 11 February 2017 Hard (indoors) | Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 11 February 2017 Hard (indoors) | Great Britain 2 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 1 Donna Vekić Heather Watson 2 6 4 6     2 Ana Konjuh Johanna Konta 6 4 6 3     3 Darija Jurak / Ana Konjuh Johanna Konta / Heather Watson 6 4 4 6 3 6 ||||
  
  ## 5th place play-off
  
  The runner-up teams from pools A and D, and B and C competed in order to establish which two teams would place joint fifth in the final standings and which two would place joint seventh.
  
  ### Austria vs. Estonia
  
  | Austria 2 | Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 11 February 2017 Hard (indoors) | Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 11 February 2017 Hard (indoors) | Estonia 1 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 1 Tamira Paszek Maileen Nuudi 6 2 6 3     2 Barbara Haas Maria Lota Kaul 6 3 2 6 6 0   3 Julia Grabher / Pia König Valeria Gorlats / Maileen Nuudi 5 7 5 7 ||||
  
  ### Hungary vs. Latvia
  
  | Hungary 2 | Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 11 February 2017 Hard (indoors) | Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 11 February 2017 Hard (indoors) | Latvia 0 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 1 Ágnes Bukta Daniela Vismane 6 2 6 3     2 Fanny Stollár Diāna Marcinkēviča 6 2 4 6 6 3   3 Dalma Gálfi / Fanny Stollár Diāna Marcinkēviča / Daniela Vismane       not played ||||
  
  ## Relegation play-offs
  
  The teams placing last in each pool competed to keep their place in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. The bottom-placed team from group A faced the bottom-placed team from Group D, whilst Group B's and Group C's bottom-placed teams faced off. The losers were relegated to the 2018 Europe/Africa Zone Group II.
  
  ### Georgia vs. Israel
  
  | Georgia 2 | Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 11 February 2017 Hard (indoors) | Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 11 February 2017 Hard (indoors) | Israel 1 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 1 Ekaterine Gorgodze Deniz Khazaniuk 6 4 4 6 7 5   2 Sofia Shapatava Julia Glushko 4 6 6 2 2 6   3 Oksana Kalashnikova / Sofia Shapatava Julia Glushko / Shelly Krolitzky 6 4 4 6 6 3 ||||
  
  ### Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Portugal
  
  | Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 | Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 11 February 2017 Hard (indoors) | Tallink Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 11 February 2017 Hard (indoors) | Portugal 2 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 1 Jelena Simić Inês Murta 4 6 0 6     2 Dea Herdželaš Michelle Larcher de Brito 1 6 2 6     3 Nefisa Berberović / Anita Husarić Francisca Jorge / Rita Vilaça 6 4 $7^7$ $6^4$ ||||
  
  ## Final placements
  
  | Placing | Teams | Teams |
  | - | - | - |
  | Promoted/First | Serbia | Great Britain |
  | Third | Poland | Croatia |
  | Fifth | Austria | Hungary |
  | Seventh | Estonia | Latvia |
  | Ninth | Bulgaria | Turkey |
  | Eleventh | Georgia | Portugal |
  | Relegated/Thirteenth | Israel | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
  
  * Serbia and Great Britain advanced to World Group II play-offs.
  * Israel and Bosnia and Herzegovina were relegated to Europe/Africa Group II in 2018.
  