# 1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Knockout Stage

The Knockout Stage of the 1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I 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 |
| 1 | South Africa | Romania | Great Britain | Slovenia |
| 2 | Ukraine | Sweden | Bulgaria | Luxembourg |
| 3 | Latvia | Greece | Finland | Poland |
| 4 | Denmark | Portugal | Yugoslavia | Georgia |
The eight teams were then randomly drawn into two two-stage knockout tournaments, with the winners advancing to the World Group II Play-offs.

## Draw

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| South Africa | South Africa | 2 | | | |
| Sweden | Sweden | 0 | | | |
| Sweden | Sweden | 0 | South Africa | South Africa | 1 |
| | | | Slovenia | Slovenia | 2 |
| Bulgaria | Bulgaria | 1 | Slovenia | Slovenia | 2 |
| Slovenia | Slovenia | 2 | | | |
| Romania | Romania | 2 | | | |
| Ukraine | Ukraine | 0 | | | |
| Ukraine | Ukraine | 0 | Romania | Romania | 2 |
| | | | Great Britain | Great Britain | 0 |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 0 | Great Britain | Great Britain | 0 |
| Great Britain | Great Britain | 3 | | | |

### Semifinals
#### South Africa vs. Sweden

| South Africa 2 | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 22 April 1999 Red clay (outdoors) | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 22 April 1999 Red clay (outdoors) | Sweden 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Mariaan de Swardt Maria Wolfbrandt 6 1 6 3     2 Amanda Coetzer Åsa Carlsson 6$^2$ 7$^7$ 6 4 6 1   3          not played ||||

#### Bulgaria vs. Slovenia

| Bulgaria 1 | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 22 April 1999 Red clay (outdoors) | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 22 April 1999 Red clay (outdoors) | Slovenia 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Desislava Topalova Tina Hergold 6 1 4 6 6 2   2 Pavlina Nola Katarina Srebotnik 2 6 2 6     3 Antoaneta Pandjerova / Desislava Topalova Tina Križan / Katarina Srebotnik 4 6 1 6 ||||

#### Romania vs. Ukraine

| Romania 2 | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 22 April 1999 Red clay (outdoors) | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 22 April 1999 Red clay (outdoors) | Ukraine 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Cătălina Cristea Natalia Medvedeva 6 3 6 1     2 Ruxandra Dragomir Elena Tatarkova 5 7 6 3 6 1   3          not played ||||

#### Luxembourg vs. Great Britain

| Luxembourg 0 | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 22 April 1999 Red clay (outdoors) | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 22 April 1999 Red clay (outdoors) | Great Britain 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Claudine Schaul Joanne Ward 4 6 2 6     2 Anne Kremer Samantha Smith 4 6 6 1 3 6   3 Céline Francois / Fabienne Thill Louise Latimer / Julie Pullin 2 6 3 6 ||||

### Finals
#### South Africa vs. Slovenia

| South Africa 1 | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 23 April 1999 Red clay (outdoors) | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 23 April 1999 Red clay (outdoors) | Slovenia 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Mariaan de Swardt Tina Križan 7 5 6 3     2 Amanda Coetzer Katarina Srebotnik 4 6 3 6     3 Amanda Coetzer / Mariaan de Swardt Tina Križan / Katarina Srebotnik 4 6 3 6 ||||
* Slovenia advanced to the World Group II Play-offs, where they placed last in their pool of four, and thus relegated back to Group I for 2000.

#### Romania vs. Great Britain

| Romania 2 | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 23 April 1999 Red clay (outdoors) | La Manga Club, Murcia, Spain 23 April 1999 Red clay (outdoors) | Great Britain 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Cătălina Cristea Joanne Ward 6 2 6 2     2 Ruxandra Dragomir Samantha Smith 6 2 6 3     3          not played ||||
* Romania advanced to the World Group II Play-offs, where they placed third in their pool of four, and thus relegated back to Group I for 2000.