2002 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – play-offs

The Knockout Stage of the 2002 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was the final stage of the Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Using the positions determined in their pools, the fourteen teams were divided into four different knock-out sections, with the four winners advancing to Group I next year.

Placing	Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
1	Great Britain	Denmark	South Africa	Ireland
2	Norway	Lithuania	Latvia	Finland
3	Malta	Tunisia	Algeria	Egypt
4			Liechtenstein	Botswana

Draw

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

First round

Lithuania vs. Egypt

Lithuania 2	Pretoria, South Africa 12 April 2002 Hard (outdoors)		Egypt 0
1 2 3 1 Lina Stančiūtė Dina Khalil 6 3 6 4     2 Edita Liachovičiūtė Yomna Farid 7 5 1 6 6 3   3           not played

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Latvia vs. Botswana

Latvia 3	Pretoria, South Africa 12 April 2002 Hard (outdoors)		Botswana 0
1 2 3 1 Anete Banderę Razalia Phethu 6 1 6 2     2 Katrina Banderę Tapiwa Marobela 6 2 6 2     3 Anete Banderę / Ilona Giberte Tapiwa Marobela / Razalia Phethu 6 0 6 2

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South Africa vs. Malta

South Africa 3	Pretoria, South Africa 12 April 2002 Hard (outdoors)		Malta 0
1 2 3 1 Chanelle Scheepers Sarah Wetz 6 0 6 2     2 Natalie Grandin Rosanne Dimech 6 1 6 1     3 Esmé de Villiers / Nicole Rencken Rosanne Dimech / Sarah Wetz 6 2 6 1

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Tunisia vs. Finland

Tunisia 0	Pretoria, South Africa 12 April 2002 Hard (outdoors)		Finland 3
1 2 3 1 Imen Ben Larbi Maarit Nieminen 0 6 4 6     2 Nadia Kilani Emma Laine 0 6 1 6     3 Imen Ben Larbi / Mariem Nissef Bouchlaka Emma Laine / Piia Suomalainen 2 6 1 6

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Ireland vs. Liechtenstein

Ireland 3	Pretoria, South Africa 12 April 2002 Hard (outdoors)		Liechtenstein 0
1 2 3 1 Yvonne Doyle Jeannine Niedhardt 6 2 6 0     2 Kelly Liggan Sabrina Vogt 6 1 6 1     3 Claire Curran / Elsa O'Riain Nadine Batliner / Angelika Schädler 6 1 6 1

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Algeria vs. Norway

Algeria 2	Pretoria, South Africa 12 April 2002 Hard (outdoors)		Norway 1
1 2 3 1 Sana Ben Salah Annette Aksdal 6 0 6 1     2 Feriel Esseghir Ina Sartz 6 2 6 4     3 Sihem Ben Youcef / Saida Hared Annette Aksdal / Ina Sartz 2 6 4 6

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Finals

Great Britain vs. Lithuania

Great Britain 2	Pretoria, South Africa 13 April 2002 Hard (outdoors)		Lithuania 0
1 2 3 1 Elena Baltacha Lina Stančiūtė 4 6 6 2 6 2   2 Lucie Ahl Edita Liachovičiūtė 6 3 6 1     3           not played

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•  Great Britain advanced to Group I for 2003, where they placed fourth in their pool of five.^[8]

Denmark vs. Latvia

Denmark 3	Pretoria, South Africa 13 April 2002 Hard (outdoors)		Latvia 0
1 2 3 1 Karina-Ildor Jacobsgaard Anete Banderę 63 77 6 2 6 0   2 Eva Dyrberg Katrina Banderę 6 3 6 3     3 Andrea Munch-Hermansen / Karina-Ildor Jacobsgaard Anete Banderę / Ilona Giberte 6 3 6 2

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•  Denmark advanced to Group I for 2003, where they placed third in their pool of four.^[10]

South Africa vs. Finland

South Africa 2	Pretoria, South Africa 13 April 2002 Hard (outdoors)		Finland 0
1 2 3 1 Nicole Rencken Maarit Nieminen 3 6 6 0 6 2   2 Natalie Grandin Emma Laine 6 2 6 4     3           not played

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Ireland vs. Algeria

Ireland 2	Pretoria, South Africa 13 April 2002 Hard (outdoors)		Algeria 0
1 2 3 1 Yvonne Doyle Sana Ben Salah 6 3 6 1     2 Kelly Liggan Feriel Esseghir 77 63 6 1     3           not played

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•  Ireland advanced to Group I for 2003, where they placed last in their pool of five and thus was relegated back to Group II for 2004.^[13]

See also

• Fed Cup structure

References

External links

• Fed Cup website

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