2022 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – play-offs

The play-offs of the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I were the final stages of the Group I zonal competition involving teams from Europe/Africa. Using the positions determined in their pools, the eleven teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I. The top three teams advanced to the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup play-offs, while the bottom two teams were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II for 2023.

Pool results

Placing	Pool A	Pool B
1	Hungary	Slovenia
2	Serbia	Croatia
3	Turkey	Austria
4	—	Bulgaria
5	Denmark	Sweden
6	Estonia	Georgia

1st place play-off

The first-placed teams of each pool played against each other in a head-to-head round. As both teams finished first in their pools, they automatically advance to the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup play-offs, but played-off for ranking points.

Hungary vs. Slovenia

Hungary
2

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Slovenia
1

		1	2
1	Réka Luca Jani Lara Smejkal	6 2	6 2
2	Anna Bondár Živa Falkner	6 4	6 2
3	Réka Luca Jani / Amarissa Kiara Tóth Kaja Juvan / Lara Smejkal			w/o

Promotion play-off

The second-placed teams of each pool played against each other in a head-to-head round. The winner of the tie advanced to the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup play-offs, alongside Hungary and Slovenia.

Serbia vs. Croatia

Serbia
0

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Croatia
2

		1	2	3
1	Lola Radivojević Petra Marčinko	1 6	6 2	0 6
2	Aleksandra Krunić Petra Martić	6 4	5 7	4 6
3	Aleksandra Krunić / Dejana Radanović Ana Konjuh / Donna Vekić				not played

5th place play-off

The third-placed teams of each pool played against each other in a head-to-head round to determine the nation finishing 5th.

Austria vs. Turkey

Austria
2

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Turkey
0

		1	2	3
1	Melanie Klaffner Zeynep Sönmez	6 3	5 7	6 2
2	Barbara Haas Berfu Cengiz	6 4	6 2
3	Barbara Haas / Melanie Klaffner Berfu Cengiz / Zeynep Sönmez				not played

Relegation play-offs

The second-last and last-placed teams of each pool played against one another in a head-to-head round. The losers of each tie were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2023.

Denmark vs. Georgia

Denmark
2

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Georgia
1

		1	2	3
1	Johanne Svendsen Zoziya Kardava	6⁶ 7⁸	1 6
2	Sofia Samavati Mariam Bolkvadze	5 0			retired
3	Sofia Samavati / Johanne Svendsen Tamari Gagoshidze / Oksana Kalashnikova	3 6	6 2	6 1

Estonia vs. Sweden

Estonia
1

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Sweden
2

		1	2	3
1	Maileen Nuudi Jacqueline Cabaj Awad	6 2	6 1
2	Elena Malõgina Caijsa Hennemann	1 6	0 6
3	Maileen Nuudi / Katriin Saar Jacqueline Cabaj Awad / Caijsa Hennemann	2 6	7⁷ 6²	4 6

Final placements

Placing	Teams
Promoted/First	Hungary
Promoted/Second	Slovenia
Promoted/Third	Croatia
Promoted/Fourth	Serbia
Fifth	Austria
Sixth	Turkey
Seventh	Bulgaria
Eighth	Denmark	Sweden
Relegated/Tenth	Estonia	Georgia

Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, and Serbia} were promoted to the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup play-offs.
- Serbia promotion was based on world ranking after Russia and Belarus were disqualified over violations of the Olympic Truce.
Estonia and Georgia were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2023.