1994 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone – Knockout Stage

The Knockout Stage of the 1994 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone was the final stage of the Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Those that qualified for this stage placed first and second in their respective pools.

Placing	Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D	Pool E	Pool F	Pool G	Pool H
1	Belgium	Austria	Georgia	Romania	Slovakia	Great Britain	Belarus	Slovenia
2	Turkey	Portugal	Ukraine	Hungary	Greece	Russia	Israel	Zimbabwe
3	Estonia	Malta	Tunisia	Norway	Lithuania	Luxembourg	Egypt	Ireland

The sixteen teams were then randomly drawn into a two-stage knockout tournament, with the four winners qualifying for the World Group.

Draw

	Semifinals 22 April					Finals 23 April
		Belgium	3
		Turkey	0
							Belgium	2
							Great Britain	0
		Great Britain	3
		Israel	0
		Austria	2
		Russia	1
							Austria	3
							Ukraine	0
		Slovenia	1
		Ukraine	2
		Georgia	3
		Zimbabwe	0
							Georgia	1
							Slovakia	2
		Slovakia	3
		Greece	0
		Romania	2
		Hungary	1
							Romania	1
							Belarus	2
		Belarus	2
		Portugal	1

Semifinals

Belgium vs. Turkey

Belgium 3	Freizeit Park, Bad Waltersdorf, Austria 22 April 1994 Red clay (outdoors)		Turkey 0
1 2 3 1 Dominique Monami Esra Bayburt 6 1 6 0     2 Sabine Appelmans Duygu Akşit Oal 6 1 6 1     3 Sabine Appelmans / Laurence Courtois Duygu Akşit Oal / Stela Penciu 6 4 7 5

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Great Britain vs. Israel

Great Britain 3	Freizeit Park, Bad Waltersdorf, Austria 22 April 1994 Red clay (outdoors)		Israel 0
1 2 3 1 Jo Durie Shiri Burstein 6 3 6 2     2 Clare Wood Anna Smashnova 6 2 6 1     3 Jo Durie / Clare Wood Shiri Burstein / Tzipora Obziler 6 1 6 0

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Austria vs. Russia

Austria 2	Freizeit Park, Bad Waltersdorf, Austria 22 April 1994 Red clay (outdoors)		Russia 1
1 2 3 1 Barbara Schett Eugenia Maniokova 3 6 4 6     2 Judith Wiesner Elena Makarova 6 1 6 2     3 Petra Schwarz / Judith Wiesner Elena Makarova / Eugenia Maniokova 7 5 6 4

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Slovenia vs. Ukraine

Slovenia 1	Freizeit Park, Bad Waltersdorf, Austria 22 April 1994 Red clay (outdoors)		Ukraine 2
1 2 3 1 Tina Križan Elena Tatarkova 6 2 6 0     2 Barbara Mulej Natalia Medvedeva 2 6 6 4 3 6   3 Tina Križan / Karin Lusnić Elena Brioukhovets / Natalia Medvedeva 3 6 6^6 7^8

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Georgia vs. Zimbabwe

Georgia 3	Freizeit Park, Bad Waltersdorf, Austria 22 April 1994 Red clay (outdoors)		Zimbabwe 0
1 2 3 1 Nino Louarsabishvili Diana Mills 6 0 6 0     2 Leila Meskhi Cara Black 6 4 6 2     3 Victoria Bakhtadze / Nino Louarsabishvili Cara Black / Nicole Wagstaff 4 6 7 5 6 4

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Slovakia vs. Greece

Slovakia 3	Freizeit Park, Bad Waltersdorf, Austria 22 April 1994 Red clay (outdoors)		Greece 0
1 2 3 1 Radka Zrubáková Alexandra Rentzoula 6 0 6 1     2 Karina Habšudová Christina Zachariadou 6 1 2 0     retired 3 Janette Husárová / Radka Zrubáková Alexandra Rentzoula / Christina Zachariadou       w/o

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Romania vs. Hungary

Romania 2	Freizeit Park, Bad Waltersdorf, Austria 22 April 1994 Red clay (outdoors)		Hungary 1
1 2 3 1 Ruxandra Dragomir Rita Kuti-Kis 7 5 7^7 6^5     2 Irina Spîrlea Petra Gáspár 6 3 6 0     3 Cătălina Cristea / Irina Spîrlea Rita Kuti-Kis / Petra Mandula 6 1 1 2   retired

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Belarus vs. Portugal

Belarus 2	Freizeit Park, Bad Waltersdorf, Austria 22 April 1994 Red clay (outdoors)		Portugal 1
1 2 3 1 Tatiana Ignatieva Joana Pedroso 6 4 6 1     2 Natasha Zvereva Sofia Prazeres 1 6 6 0 6 1   3 Marina Stets / Vera Zhukovets Joana Pedroso / Sofia Prazeres 2 6 2 6

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Finals

Belgium vs. Great Britain

Belgium 2	Freizeit Park, Bad Waltersdorf, Austria 23 April 1994 Red clay (outdoors)		Great Britain 0
1 2 3 1 Dominique Monami Jo Durie 7 5 6 3     2 Sabine Appelmans Clare Wood 5 7 6 3 6 2   3           not played

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Austria vs. Ukraine

Austria 3	Freizeit Park, Bad Waltersdorf, Austria 23 April 1994 Red clay (outdoors)		Ukraine 0
1 2 3 1 Petra Schwarz Elena Brioukhovets 6 3 6 4     2 Judith Wiesner Natalia Medvedeva 6 2 6 4     3 Petra Schwarz / Barbara Schett Elena Brioukhovets / Natalia Medvedeva 1 0       retired

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Georgia vs. Slovakia

Georgia 1	Freizeit Park, Bad Waltersdorf, Austria 23 April 1994 Red clay (outdoors)		Slovakia 2
1 2 3 1 Nino Louarsabishvili Radka Zrubáková 2 6 1 6     2 Leila Meskhi Janette Husárová 6 4 6 1     3 Nino Louarsabishvili / Leila Meskhi Karina Habšudová / Radka Zrubáková 5 7 3 6

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Romania vs. Belarus

Romania 1	Freizeit Park, Bad Waltersdorf, Austria 23 April 1994 Red clay (outdoors)		Belarus 2
1 2 3 1 Ruxandra Dragomir Tatiana Ignatieva 6 2 6 4     2 Irina Spîrlea Natasha Zvereva 3 6 6 3 1 6   3 Cătălina Cristea / Ruxandra Dragomir Tatiana Ignatieva / Natasha Zvereva 1 6 5 7

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•  Belgium,  Austria,  Slovakia and  Belarus advanced to the World Group. Belgium and Belarus were defeated in the first round by  Sweden, 2–1, and  Netherlands, 2–1, respectively.^[13][14] Slovakia defeated  Finland in the first round, 2–1, before being defeated by  Germany, 2–1, in the second round.^[15][16] Austria, however, defeated  Poland in the first round, 2–1, and the previous year's finalist  Australia, 2–1, in the second; before finally falling to  United States in the quarterfinals, 3–0.^[17][18][19]

See also

• Fed Cup structure

References

1. "Belgium v Turkey". fedcup.com.
2. "Great Britain v Israel". fedcup.com.
3. "Austria v Russia". fedcup.com.
4. "Slovenia v Ukraine". fedcup.com.
5. "Georgia v Zimbabwe". fedcup.com.
6. "Slovakia v Greece". fedcup.com.
7. "Romania v Hungary". fedcup.com.
8. "Belarus v Portugal". fedcup.com.
9. "Belgium v Great Britain". fedcup.com.
10. "Austria v Ukraine". fedcup.com.
11. "Georgia v Slovakia". fedcup.com.
12. "Romania v Belarus". fedcup.com.
13. "Belgium v Sweden". fedcup.com.
14. "Belarus v Netherlands". fedcup.com.
15. "Finland v Slovakia". fedcup.com.
16. "Slovakia v Germany". fedcup.com.
17. "Austria v Poland". fedcup.com.
18. "Austria v Australia". fedcup.com.
19. "United States v Austria". fedcup.com.

External links

• Fed Cup website