2024 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The 32nd Europe/Africa Zone is one of three zones of regional competition in the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup.

Group I

Venue: Complexo de tenis do Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal (Clay)
Date: 8-13 April 2024

The twelve teams were divided into three pools of four teams. The winners of each pool are promoted to the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup Play-offs and will compete in a round-robin to determine final positions. Second-placed teams played for the fourth promotion spot. Third-placed teams played for overall position. Fourth-placed teams played for 10th place and last two teams were relegated.^[1]

Group

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Match RR W–L
1	Austria	3	2	1	5–4
2	Denmark	3	2	1	5–4
3	Hungary	3	1	2	4–5
4	Bulgaria	3	1	2	4–5

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Match RR W–L
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	7–2
2	Latvia	3	2	1	6–3
3	Turkey	3	1	2	4–5
4	Portugal	3	0	3	1–8

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Match RR W–L
1	Serbia	3	3	0	8–1
2	Greece	3	2	1	6–3
3	Sweden	3	1	2	3–6
4	Norway	3	0	3	1–8

1st to 3rd Play-Off

Netherlands vs. Serbia

Netherlands
2

Complexo de tenis do Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal^[2]
11 April 2024
Clay

Serbia
1

		1	2
1	Eva Vedder Lola Radivojević	3 6	2 6
2	Suzan Lamens Mia Ristić	6 2	6 4
3	Suzan Lamens / Demi Schuurs Lola Radivojević / Nina Stojanović	6 1	6 4

Austria vs. Serbia

Austria
3

Complexo de tenis do Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal^[3]
12 April 2024
Clay

Serbia
0

		1	2	3
1	Tamira Paszek Elena Milovanović	6 4	6 3
2	Sinja Kraus Mia Ristić	6 2	6 4
3	Melanie Klaffner / Tamara Kostic Elena Milovanović / Mia Ristić	6 3	4 6	[10] [8]

Austria vs. Netherlands

Austria
1

Complexo de tenis do Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal^[4]
13 April 2024
Clay

Netherlands
2

		1	2
1	Tamira Paszek Anouk Koevermans	6 2	6 3
2	Sinja Kraus Suzan Lamens	3 6	1 6
3	Sinja Kraus / Tamira Paszek Suzan Lamens / Demi Schuurs	5 7	3 6

4th to 6th Play-Off

Latvia vs. Greece

Latvia
0

Complexo de tenis do Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal^[5]
11 April 2024
Clay

Greece
3

		1	2	3
1	Daniela Vismane Valentini Grammatikopoulou	0 6	5 7
2	Darja Semeņistaja Maria Sakkari	0 6	5 7
3	Adelina Lachinova / Jeļena Ostapenko Martha Matoula / Despina Papamichail	4 6	6 3	[8] [10]

Denmark vs. Greece

Denmark
2

Complexo de tenis do Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal^[6]
12 April 2024
Clay

Greece
1

		1	2	3
1	Johanne Svendsen Valentini Grammatikopoulou	7⁷ 6⁴	4 6	6 3
2	Clara Tauson Maria Sakkari	6 4	6 4
3	Laura Brunkel / Rebecca Munk Mortensen Despina Papamichail / Maria Sakkari	1 6	1 6

Denmark vs. Latvia

Denmark
2

Complexo de tenis do Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal^[7]
13 April 2024
Clay

Latvia
0

		1	2
1	Johanne Svendsen Adelina Lachinova	6 3	7 5
2	Clara Tauson Darja Semeņistaja	6 1		retired
3	Laura Brunkel / Rebecca Munk Mortensen Adelina Lachinova / Daniela Vismane			not played

7th to 9th Play-Off

Turkey vs. Sweden

Turkey
2

Complexo de tenis do Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal^[8]
11 April 2024
Clay

Sweden
1

		1	2	3
1	Çağla Büyükakçay Lea Nilsson	4 6	6 2	3 6
2	Ayla Aksu Jacqueline Cabaj Awad	6 4	3 6	7 5
3	Berfu Cengiz / Zeynep Sönmez Jacqueline Cabaj Awad / Lea Nilsson	6 3	6 1

Hungary vs. Sweden

Hungary
3

Complexo de tenis do Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal^[9]
12 April 2024
Clay

Sweden
0

		1	2
1	Adrienn Nagy Lea Nilsson	6 3	6 2
2	Natália Szabanin Jacqueline Cabaj Awad	6 2	6 4
3	Fanny Stollár / Natália Szabanin Jacqueline Cabaj Awad / Caijsa Hennemann	6 4	6 4

Hungary vs. Turkey

Hungary
0

Complexo de tenis do Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal^[10]
13 April 2024
Clay

Turkey
3

		1	2
1	Adrienn Nagy Çağla Büyükakçay	4 6	5 7
2	Fanny Stollár Ayla Aksu			w/o
3	Adrienn Nagy / Fanny Stollár Berfu Cengiz / İpek Öz			w/o

10th to 12th Play-Off

Portugal vs. Norway

Portugal
2

Complexo de tenis do Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal^[11]
11 April 2024
Clay

Norway
1

		1	2	3
1	Angelina Voloshchuk Emily Sartz-Lunde	6 3	6⁶ 7⁸	4 6
2	Francisca Jorge Ulrikke Eikeri	6 2	6 1
3	Francisca Jorge / Matilde Jorge Ulrikke Eikeri / Emily Sartz-Lunde	7⁷ 6²	7⁷ 6⁴

Bulgaria vs. Norway

Bulgaria
2

Complexo de tenis do Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal^[12]
12 April 2024
Clay

Norway
1

		1	2	3
1	Gergana Topalova Emily Sartz-Lunde	3 6	6 3	6 2
2	Viktoriya Tomova Ulrikke Eikeri	6 2	6⁴ 7⁷	3 6
3	Lia Karatantcheva / Gergana Topalova Emily Sartz-Lunde / Carina Syrtveit	7⁷ 6⁴	7 5

Bulgaria vs. Portugal

Bulgaria
1

Complexo de tenis do Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal^[13]
13 April 2024
Clay

Portugal
2

		1	2	3
1	Lia Karatantcheva Angelina Voloshchuk	6 1	6 3
2	Gergana Topalova Francisca Jorge	4 6	4 6
3	Lia Karatantcheva / Isabella Shinikova Francisca Jorge / Matilde Jorge	3 6	6 4	[2] [10]

Final placements

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	Netherlands
Promoted/Second	Austria
Promoted/Third	Serbia
Promoted/Fourth	Denmark
Fifth	Greece
Sixth	Latvia
Seventh	Turkey
Eighth	Hungary
Ninth	Sweden
Tenth	Portugal
Relegated/Eleventh	Bulgaria
Relegated/Twelfth	Norway

Netherlands, Austria, Serbia, and Denmark were promoted to the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup play-offs.
Bulgaria and Norway were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2025.

Group II

Venue: SEB Arena, Vilnius, Lithuania (Hard)
Date: 8-13 April 2024

The eleven teams were divided into one pool of three teams (Pool A) and two pools of four teams (Pools B and C). The winners of each pool will compete in a round-robin, with the top two teams winning promotion to Europe/Africa Group I in 2025. The teams finishing bottom in Pools B and C will be relegated to their respective Group III event (either Europe III or Africa III) in 2025.^[14]

Group

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Match RR W–L
1	Croatia	2	2	0	6–0
2	North Macedonia	2	1	1	2–4
3	Estonia	2	0	2	1–5

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Match RR W–L
1	Lithuania	3	3	0	6–3
2	Israel	3	1	2	5–4
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	2	4–5
4	Morocco	3	1	2	3–6

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Match RR W–L
1	Egypt	3	2	1	7–2
2	Georgia	3	2	1	6–3
3	Kosovo	3	2	1	5–4
4	Malta	3	0	3	0–9

1st to 3rd Play-Off

Lithuania vs. Egypt

Lithuania
2

SEB Arena, Vilnius, Lithuania^[15]
11 April 2024
Hard

Egypt
1

		1	2
1	Klaudija Bubelytė Lamis Alhussein Abdel Aziz	6 1	6 4
2	Justina Mikulskytė Mayar Sherif	2 6	1 6
3	Justina Mikulskytė / Patricija Paukštytė Yasmin Ezzat / Mayar Sherif	6 2	7 5

Croatia vs. Egypt

Croatia
3

SEB Arena, Vilnius, Lithuania^[16]
12 April 2024
Hard

Egypt
0

		1	2
1	Lea Bošković Sandra Samir	6 1	6 4
2	Antonia Ružić Mayar Sherif	6 1	6 1
3	Iva Primorac / Antonia Ružić Yasmin Ezzat / Merna Refaat	6 1	6 2

Croatia vs. Lithuania

Croatia
2

SEB Arena, Vilnius, Lithuania^[17]
13 April 2024
Hard

Lithuania
0

		1	2	3
1	Iva Primorac Patricija Paukštytė	6 1	6 1
2	Lea Bošković Justina Mikulskytė	3 6	6 2	7 5
3	Lea Bošković / Iva Primorac Andrė Lukošiūtė / Patricija Paukštytė				not played

4th to 6th Play-Off

Israel vs. Georgia

Israel
2

SEB Arena, Vilnius, Lithuania^[18]
11 April 2024
Hard

Georgia
1

		1	2
1	Mika Buchnik Zoziya Kardava	6 4	6 2
2	Alian Zack Ekaterine Gorgodze	2 6	2 6
3	Karin Altori / Mika Buchnik Zoziya Kardava / Natela Dzalamidze	6 3	7 5

North Macedonia vs. Georgia

North Macedonia
2

SEB Arena, Vilnius, Lithuania^[19]
12 April 2024
Hard

Georgia
1

		1	2	3
1	Magdalena Stoilkovska Zoziya Kardava	6 1	2 6	6 3
2	Lina Gjorcheska Ekaterine Gorgodze	6 1			retired
3	Teona Andova / Iva Daneva Natela Dzalamidze / Oksana Kalashnikova	0 6	1 6

North Macedonia vs. Israel

North Macedonia
2

SEB Arena, Vilnius, Lithuania^[20]
13 April 2024
Hard

Israel
1

		1	2
1	Magdalena Stoilkovska Mika Buchnik	6 2	6 4
2	Lina Gjorcheska Karin Altori	6 0	6 0
3	Teona Andova / Ana Mitevska Karin Altori / Alian Zack	0 6	2 6

7th to 9th Play-Off

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Kosovo

Bosnia and Herzegovina
2

SEB Arena, Vilnius, Lithuania^[21]
11 April 2024
Hard

Kosovo
1

		1	2	3
1	Laura Radaković Aja Broqı	6 1	6 1
2	Suana Tucaković Arlinda Rushiti	2 6	2 6
3	Dea Herdželaš / Anita Wagner Adrijana Lekaj / Arlinda Rushiti	6 0	1 6	[10] [5]

Estonia vs. Kosovo

Estonia
3

SEB Arena, Vilnius, Lithuania^[22]
12 April 2024
Hard

Kosovo
0

		1	2	3
1	Elena Malõgina Forta Morina	6 1	6 1
2	Kaia Kanepi Arlinda Rushiti	6 2	3 6	6 3
3	Ingrid Neel / Laura Rahnel Aja Broqı / Adrijana Lekaj	6 1	6 0

Estonia vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina

Estonia
2

SEB Arena, Vilnius, Lithuania^[23]
13 April 2024
Hard

Bosnia and Herzegovina
1

		1	2
1	Laura Rahnel Suana Tucaković	4 6	4 6
2	Elena Malõgina Dea Herdželaš	4 1		retired
3	Elena Malõgina / Ingrid Neel Laura Radaković / Anita Wagner	6 2	6 3

10th to 11th Play-Off

Morocco vs. Malta

Morocco
3

SEB Arena, Vilnius, Lithuania^[24]
11 April 2024
Hard

Malta
0

		1	2
1	Malak El Allam Betha-Anne Mayo	6 1	6 0
2	Aya El Aouni Emma Montebello	6 4	7 5
3	Oumaima Aziz / Aya El Aouni Betha-Anne Mayo / Emma Montebello	6 0	6 3

Final placements

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	Croatia
Promoted/Second	Lithuania
Third	Egypt
Fourth	North Macedonia
Fifth	Israel
Sixth	Georgia
Seventh	Estonia
Eighth	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ninth	Kosovo
Relegated/Tenth	Morocco
Relegated/Eleventh	Malta

Croatia and Lithuania were promoted to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I in 2025.
Morocco and Malta were respectively relegated to Africa Zone Group III and Europe Zone Group III in 2025.

Group III Europe

Venue: Chișinău Arena Tennis Club, Chișinău, Moldova (Hard)
Date: 17–22 June 2024

The eleven teams were divided into three pools. One pool of three teams and two pools of four teams. The winners of each pool will compete in a round-robin, with the top team winning promotion to Europe/Africa Group II in 2025.

Group

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Match RR W–L
1	Finland	2	2	0	5–1
2	Moldova	2	1	1	4–2
3	Iceland	2	0	2	0–6

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Match RR W–L
1	Cyprus	3	3	0	9–0
2	Armenia	3	2	1	6–3
3	San Marino	3	1	2	2–7
4	Albania	3	0	3	1–8

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Match RR W–L
1	Ireland	3	3	0	8–1
2	Luxembourg	3	2	1	6–3
3	Montenegro	3	1	2	4–5
4	Azerbaijan	3	0	3	0–9

Final placements

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	Cyprus
Second	Finland
Third	Ireland
Fourth	Moldova
Fifth	Armenia
Sixth	Luxembourg
Seventh	Montenegro
Eighth	San Marino
Ninth	Iceland
Tenth	Albania
Eleventh	Azerbaijan

Cyprus was promoted to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2025.

Group III Africa

Venue: Nairobi Club, Nairobi, Kenya (clay)
Date: 10-15 June 2024

The twelve teams were divided into pools of four teams. The winners of each pool will compete in a round-robin, with the top team winning promotion to Europe/Africa Group II in 2025. Teams finishing in fourth place in the first round-robin will compete to not be relegated. ^[25]

Group

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Match RR W–L
1	South Africa	3	3	0	8–1
2	Zimbabwe	3	2	1	6–3
3	Madagascar	3	1	2	4–5
4	Namibia	3	0	3	0–9

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Match RR W–L
1	Kenya	3	3	0	7–2
2	Burundi	3	2	1	6–3
3	Tunisia	3	1	2	5–4
4	Mauritius	3	0	3	0–9

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Match RR W–L
1	Nigeria	3	3	0	8–1
2	Botswana	3	2	1	6–3
3	Ghana	3	1	2	4–5
4	Uganda	3	0	3	0–9

Final placements

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	South Africa
Second	Nigeria
Third	Kenya
Fourth	Zimbabwe
Fifth	Botswana
Sixth	Burundi
Seventh	Madagascar
Eighth	Tunisia
Ninth	Ghana
Tenth	Namibia
Eleventh	Uganda
Relegated/Twelfth	Mauritius

South Africa was promoted to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2025.
Mauritius was relegated to the Africa Zone Group IV in 2025.

References

^ "Group I Europe/Africa 2024". billiejeankingcup.com.
^ "Netherlands v Serbia". billiejeankingcup.com.
^ "Austria v Serbia". billiejeankingcup.com.
^ "Austria v Netherlands". billiejeankingcup.com.
^ "Latvia v Greece". billiejeankingcup.com.
^ "Denmark v Greece". billiejeankingcup.com.
^ "Denmark v Latvia". billiejeankingcup.com.
^ "Turkey v Sweden". billiejeankingcup.com.
^ "Hungary v Sweden". billiejeankingcup.com.
^ "Hungary v Turkey". billiejeankingcup.com.
^ "Portugal v Norway". billiejeankingcup.com.
^ "Bulgaria v Norway". billiejeankingcup.com.
^ "Bulgaria v Portugal". billiejeankingcup.com.
^ "Group II Europe/Africa 2024". billiejeankingcup.com.
^ "Lithuania v Egypt". billiejeankingcup.com.
^ "Croatia v Egypt". billiejeankingcup.com.
^ "Croatia v Lithuania". billiejeankingcup.com.
^ "Israel v Georgia". billiejeankingcup.com.
^ "North Macedonia v Georgia". billiejeankingcup.com.
^ "North Macedonia v Israel". billiejeankingcup.com.
^ "Bosnia And Herzegovina v Kosovo". billiejeankingcup.com.
^ "Estonia v Kosovo". billiejeankingcup.com.
^ "Estonia v Bosnia and Herzegovina". billiejeankingcup.com.
^ "Morocco v Malta". billiejeankingcup.com.
^ "Group III Africa 2024". billiejeankingcup.com.

External links

Billie Jean King Cup website

[1] "Group I Europe/Africa 2024". billiejeankingcup.com.

[2] "Netherlands v Serbia". billiejeankingcup.com.

[3] "Austria v Serbia". billiejeankingcup.com.

[4] "Austria v Netherlands". billiejeankingcup.com.

[5] "Latvia v Greece". billiejeankingcup.com.

[6] "Denmark v Greece". billiejeankingcup.com.

[7] "Denmark v Latvia". billiejeankingcup.com.

[8] "Turkey v Sweden". billiejeankingcup.com.

[9] "Hungary v Sweden". billiejeankingcup.com.

[10] "Hungary v Turkey". billiejeankingcup.com.

[11] "Portugal v Norway". billiejeankingcup.com.

[12] "Bulgaria v Norway". billiejeankingcup.com.

[13] "Bulgaria v Portugal". billiejeankingcup.com.

[14] "Group II Europe/Africa 2024". billiejeankingcup.com.

[15] "Lithuania v Egypt". billiejeankingcup.com.

[16] "Croatia v Egypt". billiejeankingcup.com.

[17] "Croatia v Lithuania". billiejeankingcup.com.

[18] "Israel v Georgia". billiejeankingcup.com.

[19] "North Macedonia v Georgia". billiejeankingcup.com.

[20] "North Macedonia v Israel". billiejeankingcup.com.

[21] "Bosnia And Herzegovina v Kosovo". billiejeankingcup.com.

[22] "Estonia v Kosovo". billiejeankingcup.com.

[23] "Estonia v Bosnia and Herzegovina". billiejeankingcup.com.

[24] "Morocco v Malta". billiejeankingcup.com.

[25] "Group III Africa 2024". billiejeankingcup.com.

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Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone
2022 Europe/Africa Zone Group I teams	Austria Bulgaria Croatia Denmark Estonia Georgia Hungary Serbia Slovenia Sweden Turkey
2022 Europe/Africa Zone Group II teams	Egypt Finland Greece Israel Lithuania Luxembourg Norway Tunisia
2022 Europe/Africa Zone Group III teams	Albania Algeria Armenia Azerbaijan Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Burundi Cyprus Ghana Iceland Ireland Kenya Kosovo Malta Mauritius Moldova Montenegro Morocco Namibia Nigeria North Macedonia Portugal Seychelles South Africa Uganda
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