Fed Cup Wrap Up

Japan cremed Argentina (playing without Dulko) in the postponed World Group II Playoff tie, losing just 12 total games.  This concludes Fed Cup for 2011 with except of the final to be played in Moscow between Russia and Czech Republic at the end of the season.  So here are the groupings for the 2012 Fed Cup.  * indicates country was promoted in 2011, ^ indicates country was relegated in 2011, neither means they competed at that level.

World Group I
Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany*, Italy, Russia, Serbia*, Spain*, Ukraine*

World Group II
Australia^, Belarus*, France^, Japan*, Slovakia^, Slovenia, Switzerland*, United States^

Europe/Africa
Zonal Group I
Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina*, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia^, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal*, Romania, Sweden^
Zonal Group II
Denmark^, Finland, Georgia, Latvia^, Montenegro*, South Africa*, Turkey
Zonal Group III
Algeria, Armenia^, Egypt, Ireland, Lithuania, Moldova, Morocco^, Norway, Tunisia

Americas
Zonal Group I
Argentina, Bahamas*, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada^, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela*
Zonal Group II
Chile^, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico^, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay


Asia/Pacific
Zonal Group I
China, Indonesia*, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Uzbekistan
Zonal Group II
Hong Kong, India^, Kyrgyzstan, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Turkmenistan

The draw for the World Groups was performed after the completion of the JPN/ARG tie and came out as follows:

WGI
ESP at RUS
SRB at BEL
UKR at ITA
CZE at GER

WGII
BLR at USA
SLO at JPN
FRA at SVK
AUS at SUI

It is hard to say exactly which ties will be can't miss ties this far away but it already looks like a few good ones are in store, particularly BEL/SRB and CZE/GER.  Azarenka also will be at the USA which may or may not include the Williams sisters as this will be an Olympic year.