Fed Cup structure

Fed Cup structure

The Fed Cup tennis competition is structured around a number of groups, with promotion and relegation between them.

At the top is the World Group I, which competes in a knockout competition. Below that it becomes World Group II. Below the World Group II are the regional zones, with an American Zone, Euro/African Zone and Asia/Oceania Zone. In the World Group II, all teams only play one match. Winners get to play in a "World Group I Playoff" with a loser from the First Round of the World Group I. Losers have to play against a Regional zone champion to remain in the World Group II in a "World Group II Playoff".

The regional zones are divided in groups, with the Euro/African zone having three groups, the other zones only two. All groups play a round robin competition. Every year the two best teams from the Euro/African Zone and the winners of the Americas Zone and Asia/Oceania Zone get to play a "World Group II Playoff" against a team that lost in the World Group II. Winners of groups two and three in each zone get promoted to a higher group, while the losers get relegated (unless they are playing in the lowest group already). Usually, there are always two teams moving up and two teams moving down each year between the lower groups.

Current structure

This structure was implemented from 2005.

LevelGroup(s)
1World Group I
"8 countries"
World Group I Playoff
"4 countries from World Group I" + "4 countries from World Group II"
2World Group II
"8 countries"
World Group II Playoff
"4 countries from World Group II" + "2 countries from Group One Euro/African Zone"
+ "1 country from Group One Americas Zone" + "1 country from Group One Asia/Oceania Zone"
3Group One American Zone
"±8 countries"		Group One Euro/African Zone
"±16 countries"		Group One Asia/Oceania Zone
"±8 countries"
4Group Two American Zone
"±6 countries"		Group Two Euro/African Zone
"±8 countries"		Group Two Asia/Oceania Zone
"±4 countries"
5Group Three Euro/African Zone
"±12 countries"

ee also

* Fed Cup
* Davis Cup structure
* League system

External links

* [http://www.fedcup.com/about/structure.asp Fed Cup Structure] from the official site


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