2003 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2003 Fed Cup.

Group I

• Venue: Estoril, Portugal (outdoor clay)
• Date: 21–26 April

The seventeen teams were divided into three pools of four teams and one pool of five. 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 2004.

Pools

	Pool A	SUI	BLR	EST	LUX
1	Switzerland (3–0)		2–0	3–0	3–0
2	Belarus (2–1)	0–2		3–0	2–1
3	Estonia (1–2)	0–3	0–3		3–0
4	Luxembourg (0–3)	0–3	1–2	0–3

	Pool B	ISR	YUG	BUL	GEO
1	Israel (2–1)		2–1	1–2	3–0
2	Yugoslavia (2–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0
3	Bulgaria (2–1)	2–1	1–2		2–1
4	Georgia (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

	Pool C	RSA	UKR	DEN	ROU
1	South Africa (2–1)		1–2	3–0	2–1
2	Ukraine (2–1)	2–1		1–2	2–1
3	Denmark (2–1)	0–3	2–1		2–1
4	Romania (0–3)	1–2	1–2	1–2

	Pool D	HUN	NED	POL	GBR	IRL
1	Hungary (3–0)		2–1	2–1	3–0	np
2	Netherlands (2–2)	1–2		1–2	2–1	2–1
3	Poland (2–2)	1–2	2–1		1–2	2–1
4	Great Britain (2–2)	0–3	1–2	2–1		2–1
5	Ireland (0–3)	np	1–2	1–2	1–2

Play-offs

Winning Team	Score	Losing Team
Switzerland	2–0	Netherlands
Israel	2–1	Belarus
South Africa	2–0	Yugoslavia
Hungary	2–1	Ukraine

•   Switzerland,  Israel,  South Africa and  Hungary advanced to 2003 World Group play-offs.^[1][2][3]
•  Luxembourg,  Georgia,  Romania,  Great Britain and  Ireland were relegated to Group II for 2004.^[4][5][6]

Group II

• Venue: Estoril, Portugal (outdoor clay)
• Date: 28 April – 3 May

The thirteen teams were divided into three pools each of three teams and one pool of four. The top teams of each pool were randomly drawn against each other in two play-offs to decide which two teams advanced to Group I for 2004.

Pools

	Pool A	POR	TUR	NOR
1	Portugal (2–0)		3–0	3–0
2	Turkey (1–1)	0–3		2–1
3	Norway (0–2)	0–3	1–2

	Pool B	GRE	LAT	ALG
1	Greece (2–0)		2–1	3–0
2	Latvia (1–1)	1–2		2–1
3	Algeria (0–2)	0–3	1–2

	Pool C	FIN	EGY	BIH	BOT
1	Finland (3–0)		2–1	3–0	2–1
2	Egypt (2–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina (1–2)	0–3	1–2		3–0
4	Botswana (0–3)	1–2	0–3	0–3

	Pool D	LIT	MAR	MLT
1	Lithuania (2–0)		2–1	2–1
2	Morocco (1–1)	1–2		2–1
3	Malta (0–2)	1–2	1–2

Play-offs

Winning Team	Score	Losing Team
Lithuania	2–0	Portugal
Greece	2–1	Finland

•  Lithuania and  Greece advanced to Group I for 2004.^[7]

See also

• Fed Cup structure

References

External links

• Fed Cup website

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