2002 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2002 Fed Cup.

Group I

• Venue: Antalya, Turkey (outdoor clay)
• Date: 24–28 April

The sixteen teams were divided into four pools of four teams. The top teams of each pool played-off against the second-placed teams to decide which four nations progress to World Group play-offs. The four nations coming last in the pools were relegated to Group II for 2003.

Pools

	Pool A	SLO	UKR	BLR	GRE
1	Slovenia (3–0)		3–0	2–1	2–1
2	Ukraine (1–2)	0–3		1–2	3–0
3	Belarus (1–2)	1–2	2–1		1–2
4	Greece (1–2)	1–2	0–3	2–1

	Pool B	ISR	NED	ROU	BIH
1	Israel (3–0)		2–1	2–1	3–0
2	Netherlands (2–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0
3	Romania (1–2)	1–2	1–2		3–0
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

	Pool C	BUL	EST	GEO	POR
1	Bulgaria (3–0)		2–1	2–1	3–0
2	Estonia (1–2)	1–2		2–1	3–0
3	Georgia (1–2)	1–2	1–2		2–1
4	Portugal (1–2)	0–3	0–3	1–2

	Pool D	LUX	YUG	POL	TUR
1	Luxembourg (3–0)		2–1	3–0	2–1
2	Yugoslavia (2–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0
3	Poland (1–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1
4	Turkey (0–3)	1–2	0–3	1–2

Play-offs

Winning Team	Score	Losing Team
Slovenia	2–0	Yugoslavia
Israel	2–0	Estonia
Ukraine	2–1	Bulgaria
Netherlands	2–1	Luxembourg

•  Slovenia,  Israel,  Ukraine and  Netherlands advanced to 2002 World Group play-offs.^[1][2][3]
•  Greece,  Bosnia and Herzegovina,  Portugal and  Turkey relegated to Group II for 2003.^[4][5][6]

Group II

• Venue: Pretoria, South Africa (outdoor hard)
• Date: 9–13 April

The eighteen teams were divided into two pools each of three teams and four teams. The placing of the teams within the pools determine who they are drawn against in the play-offs.

Pools

	Pool A	GBR	NOR	MLT
1	Great Britain (2–0)		3–0	3–0
2	Norway (1–1)	0–3		2–1
3	Malta (0–2)	0–3	1–2

	Pool B	DEN	LIT	TUN
1	Denmark (2–0)		3–0	3–0
2	Lithuania (1–1)	0–3		3–0
3	Tunisia (0–2)	0–3	0–3

	Pool C	RSA	LAT	ALG	LIE
1	South Africa (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Latvia (2–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0
3	Algeria (1–2)	0–3	1–2		3–0
4	Liechtenstein (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

	Pool D	IRL	FIN	EGY	BOT
1	Ireland (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Finland (2–1)	0–3		3–0	3–0
3	Egypt (1–2)	0–3	0–3		3–0
4	Botswana (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

Play-offs

First Round 12 April Final 13 April  Great Britain 2  Lithuania 2  Lithuania 0  Egypt 0 First Round 12 April Final 13 April                South Africa 3    Malta 0    South Africa 2    Finland 0    Tunisia 0    Finland 3

First Round 12 April Final 13 April  Denmark 3  Latvia 3  Latvia 0  Botswana 0 First Round 12 April Final 13 April                Ireland 3    Liechtenstein 0    Ireland 2    Algeria 0    Algeria 2    Norway 1

•  Great Britain,  Denmark,  South Africa and  Ireland advanced to Group I for 2003.^[7][8]

See also

• Fed Cup structure

References

External links

• Fed Cup website

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