Israel at the 2000 Federation Cup

Israel made its debut in the year 1970 in the World Group. Till 1992, Israel was a consistent performer and managed to maintain its place in the World Group. However, in the 1992 playoff Israel lost to Switzerland 3-0 and was then relegated to the Europe/Africa Group1 E. Since then barring in 1993, Israel has largely been a zonal performer and has not managed to qualify for the World Group. Since then Israel has not managed to go beyond the Europe/Africa Zone. In 1999 Israel was a part of the Group 2 B and after a reasonable performance Israel made a shift to the G1 D in the 2000 Fed Cup. Israel at the 2000 Fed Cup was displayed its usual performance as per the expectations of the Israeli fans.

Israel at the 2000 Fed Cup was pitted against nations like Finland, Luxembourg, Ukraine, Great Britain and Netherlands. In the first round robin, Israel played against Finland and trounced Finland by 3-0. In the second round robin match Israel had a tussle against Luxembourg where Israel won by a score line of 2-1. In the next round robin Ukraine defeated Israel by a score line of 1-2. In the fourth round robin Israel defeated the experienced contenders, Great Britain, by a score line 2-1. In the last round robin, which was a playoff Israel was grounded by the Netherlands by a score line of 1-2.

Israel at the 2000 Fed Cup displayed almost an identical performance from its previous year and continued to be in the same group even in the 2001 Fed Cup. Winning three out of five round robin matches earned Israel some appreciation from the fans and the experts. However, this was not sufficient to put Israel in any higher group. This was especially disappointing for the Israeli fans as their team had the potential to reach higher pedestal.