2002 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Main article: 2002 Fed Cup

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

Main article: 2002 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – 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.
• Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Portugal and Turkey relegated to Group II for 2003.

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

Main article: 2002 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – 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.

See also

• Fed Cup structure

References

• Fed Cup Profile, Slovenia
• Fed Cup Profile, Ukraine
• Fed Cup Profile, Belarus
• Fed Cup Profile, Israel
• Fed Cup Profile, Netherlands
• Fed Cup Profile, Romania
• Fed Cup Profile, Bulgaria
• Fed Cup Profile, Estonia
• Fed Cup Profile, Georgia
• Fed Cup Profile, Luxembourg
• Fed Cup Profile, Yugoslavia
• Fed Cup Profile, Poland
• Fed Cup Profile, Great Britain
• Fed Cup Profile, Malta
• Fed Cup Profile, Denmark
• Fed Cup Profile, Lithuania
• Fed Cup Profile, South Africa
• Fed Cup Profile, Latvia
• Fed Cup Profile, Algeria
• Fed Cup Profile, Ireland
• Fed Cup Profile, Finland
• Fed Cup Profile, Egypt

External links

• Fed Cup website