2010 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – play-offs
The play-offs of the 2010 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III were the final stages of the Group III Zonal Competition, a women's tennis tournament, involving teams from Europe and Africa. Using the positions determined in their pools, the seven teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2010 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III. The top two teams advanced to Group II for next year.
| Placing | Pool A | Pool B |
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| 1 |  Turkey |
 Morocco
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| 2 |  Egypt |
 Algeria
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| 3 |  Moldova |
 Ireland
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| 4 |  Malta
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Promotion play-offs
[edit]The top two teams of each pool were placed against each other in two head-to-head rounds. The winner of the rounds advanced to Group II for next year.
Turkey vs. Algeria
[edit] Turkey 3 |
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 Algeria 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Egypt vs. Morocco
[edit] Egypt 0 |
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 Morocco 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fifth to Sixth play-off
[edit]The third placed teams of both pools were placed against each other in a head-to-head rounds. The winner of the round was allocated fifth place in the Group, while the loser was allocated sixth.
Moldova vs. Ireland
[edit] Moldova 1 |
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 Ireland 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seventh
[edit]Due to the fact that there was an odd number of teams in Pool A as opposed to the even number of teams in Pool B, the nation that placed last in Pool B ( Malta) was automatically allocated seventh place in Group III.
Final Placements
[edit]| Placing | Teams |
| Promoted | Turkey
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| Morocco
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| Third | Algeria
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| Egypt
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| Fifth | Ireland
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| Sixth | Moldova
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| Seventh | Malta
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Turkey and 
Morocco advanced to Group II for 2011. They both placed third in their respective pools, and thus met in the relegation play-off. The Turks won, meaning Turkey remained in Group II, while Morocco was relegated back to Group III for 2012.[4][5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Turkey v Algeria". fedcup.com.
- ^ "Egypt v Morocco". fedcup.com.
- ^ "Moldova v Ireland". fedcup.com.
- ^ "Fed Cup Profile, Turkey". fedcup.com.
- ^ "Fed Cup Profile, Morocco". fedcup.com.