Details
- Dates: 1-4 February
- Venue: Municipal Tennis Club
- Location: Eilat, Israel
- Surface: Outdoor hard
- Ball: Wilson US Open
- Start times: 10:00 hrs morning session and 16:00 hrs afternoon session
- Ticket prices: 50 NIS (morning) and 60 NIS (afternoon)
- Ticket websites: Israel Tennis Association www.ita.one.co.il / Municipality of Eilat www.eilat.muni.il
Final positions
1= Great Britain, Sweden - advance to World Group II play-offs
3= Austria, Poland
5= Portugal, Romania
7= Bulgaria, Hungary
9= Croatia, Israel
11. Bosnia/Herzegovina
12= Netherlands, Luxembourg
14= Estonia, Greece - relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II
News
- Day 1 report
- Day 2 report
- Day 3 report
- Day 4 report
Photos
- Photo gallery
Format
- Round-robin: Fifteen nations in four pools (1-3 Feb).
- Promotion: The winners of Pool A and Pool C play each other and the winners of Pool B and Pool D play each other (4 Feb) to decide which two nations advance to the World Group II play-offs (21-22 Apr).
- Relegation: The nations finishing bottom of Pool A and Pool C play each other and the nations finishing bottom of Pool B and Pool D play each other (4 Feb) to decide which two nations are relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II for 2013.
TEAM NOMINATIONS
Pool A
- Estonia: Anett Kontaveit, Margit Ruutel, Eva Paalma, Tatjana Vorobjova, Andrei Luzgin (captain)
- Austria: Tamira Paszek, Patricia Mayr-Achleitner, Yvonne Meusburger, Sandra Klemenschits, Jurgen Waber (captain)
- Bulgaria: Tsvetana Pironkova, Dia Evtimova, Elitsa Kostova, Isabella Shinikova, Dora Rangelova (captain)
Pool B
- Sweden: Johanna Larsson, Sofia Arvidsson, Hilda Melander, Ellen Allgurin, Maria Strandlund Tomsvik (captain)
- Hungary: Timea Babos, Reka Luca Jani, Katalin Marosi, Vaszilisza Bulgakova, Levente Baratosi (captain)
- Greece: Eleni Daniilidou, Despina Papamichail, Maria Sakkari, Agni Stefanou, Stavros Michalopoulos (captain)
- Bosnia-Herzegovina: Jasmina Tinjic, Mervana Jugic Salkic, Anita Husaric, Jelena Stanivuk, Sanja Kovac (captain)
Pool C
- Netherlands: Arantxa Rus, Michaella Krajicek, Bibiane Schoofs, Kiki Bertens, Manon Bollegraf (captain)
- Great Britain: Elena Baltacha, Anne Keothavong, Heather Watson, Laura Robson, Judy Murray (captain)
- Israel: Shahar Peer, Julia Glushko, Keren Shlomo, Deniz Khazaniuk, Lior Mor (captain)
- Portugal: Michelle Larcher De Brito, Maria Joao Koehler, Barbara Luz, Margarida Moura, Pedro Cordeiro (captain)
Pool D
- Poland: Agnieszka Radwanska, Urszula Radwanska, Magda Linette, Alicja Rosolska, Tomasz Wiktorowski (captain)
- Romania: Monica Niculescu, Irina Begu, Simona Halep, Alexandra Dulgheru, Catalina Cristea (captain)
- Croatia: Petra Martic, Ani Mijacika, Donna Vekic, Tereza Mrdeza, Iva Majoli Maric (captain)
- Luxembourg: Anne Kremer, Claudine Schaul, Laura Correia, Tiffany Cornelius, Frank Eicher (captain)