- Dates: 3-6 February (Draw made on 2 February) - Venue: Complexo de Tenis do Jamor, Cruz Quebrada, Portugal - Capacity: 500 in Centre Court - Surface: Indoor hard (Greenset Grand Prix) - Ball: Wilson US Open
Format
- Round-robin: Sixteen nations in four pools - Promotion: Winners of each pool play-off to decide which two nations progress to the World Group II play-offs - played on 24-25 April - Relegation: Nations finishing fourth in each pool play-off to decide which two nations are relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II - Daily start times: 10:00 hrs (morning session), 16:00 hrs (afternoon session) - Nations: Austria, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Great Britain, Hungary, Israel, Latvia, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland
Outcome
- Final positions: 1= Sweden, Slovenia, 3= Austria, Switzerland, 5= Netherlands, Romania, 7= Great Britain, Hungary, 9= Israel, Belarus, 11= Denmark, Croatia, 13= Bulgaria, Latvia, 15= Portugal, Bosnia & Herzegovina - Promotion: Sweden and Slovenia advance to World Group II play-offs - played on 24-25 April - Relegation: Portugal and Bosnia & Herzegovina relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II
NOMINATIONS
Group A
- Bulgaria: Tsvetana Pironkova, Dia Evtimova, Elitsa Kostova, Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova, Dora Rangelova (captain) - Israel: Shahar Peer, Julia Glushko, Keren Shlomo, Chen Astrogo, Lior Mor (captain) - Netherlands: Arantxa Rus, Richel Hogenkamp, Chayenne Ewijk, Nicole Thyssen, Manon Bollegraf (captain) - Slovenia: Polona Hercog, Masa Zec-Peskiric, Andreja Klepac, Katarina Srebotnik, Iztok Bozic (captain)
Group B
- Croatia: Petra Martic, Ajla Tomljanovic, Silvia Njiric, Jelena Kostanic Tosic, Goran Prpic (captain) - Portugal: Michelle Larcher de Brito, Neuza Silva, Frederica Piedade, Maria Joao Koehler, Pedro Cordeiro (captain) - Romania: Alexandra Dulgheru, Iona-Raluca Olaru, Simona Halep, Irina Begu, Irina Spirlea (captain) - Switzerland: Patty Schnyder, Amra Sadikovic, Sarah Moundir, Christiane Jolissaint (captain)
Group C
- Denmark: Caroline Wozniacki, Malou Ejdesgaard, Mai Grage, Karina Ildor Jacobsgaard, Maria Rasmussen (captain) - Hungary: Katalin Marosi, Aniko Kapros, Reka-Luka Jani, Zsofia Susanyi, Robert Machan (captain) - Latvia: Anastasija Sevastova, Diana Marcinkevica, Irina Kuzmina, Liga Dekmeijere, Juska Daiga (captain) - Sweden: Sofia Arvidsson, Johanna Larsson, Anna Brazhnikova, Ellen Allgurin, Maria Strandlund-Tomsvik (captain)
Group D
- Austria: Sybille Bammer, Patricia Mayr, Yvonne Meusburger, Sandra Klemenschits, Jurgen Waber (captain) - Belarus: Victoria Azarenka, Olga Govortsova, Ekaterina Dzehalevich, Tatiana Poutchek, Vladimir Voltchkov (captain) - Bosnia & Herzegovina: Anita Husaric, Sandra Martinovic, Ema Burgic, Neira Fatic, Sanja Kovac (captain) - Great Britain: Elena Baltacha, Katie O’Brien, Anne Keothavong, Sarah Borwell, Nigel Sears (captain)
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