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

International tennis competition play-offs 2002 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone The play-offs of the 2002 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I were the final stages of the Group I Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Those that qualified for this stage placed first and second in their respective pools. PlacingPool APool BPool CPool D1 SLO ISR BUL LUX2 UKR NED EST FR Yugoslavia3 BLR ROU GEO 1990 POL4 GRE BIH POR TUR The eight teams were then randomly paired up the team from a different placing of another group for a play-off tie, with the winners being promoted to the World Group play-offs. Slovenia vs. Yugoslavia Slovenia FR Yugoslavia Antalya, Turkey 27 April 2002 Red clay (outdoors) 2 0 Maja Matevžič 6 3 6 Jelena Janković 2 6 1 Tina Pisnik 6 6 Dragana Zarić 1 3     http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100003085 Slovenia v Yugoslavia fedcup.com SLO advanced to the World Group play-offs, where they were drawn against UKR. They won 4–1, and thus advanced to the World Group for next year.http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=SLO Fed Cup Profile, Slovenia fedcup.com 2010-11-12 2012-09-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20101112083744/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=SLO dead Israel vs. Estonia Israel Estonia Antalya, Turkey 27 April 2002 Red clay (outdoors) 2 0 Tzipora Obziler 6 6 Maret Ani 3 3 Anna Smashnova 6 6 Kaia Kanepi 1 3     http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100003088 Israel v Yugoslavia fedcup.com ISR advanced to the World Group play-offs, where they were drawn against USA. They lost 0–5, and thus were relegated back to Group I for next year.http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=SLO Fed Cup Profile, Slovenia fedcup.com 2010-11-12 2012-09-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20101112083744/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=SLO dead Ukraine vs. Bulgaria Ukraine Bulgaria Antalya, Turkey 27 April 2002 Red clay (outdoors) 2 1 Alona Bondarenko 6 5 4 Desislava Topalova 3 7 6 Yuliya Beygelzimer 6 6 Magdalena Maleeva 3 4 Yuliya Beygelzimer Alona Bondarenko 6 6 Magdalena Maleeva Desislava Topalova 4 0 http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100003086 Ukraine v Bulgaria fedcup.com UKR advanced to the World Group play-offs, where they were drawn against SLO. They lost 1–4, and thus were relegated back to Group I for next year.http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=UKR Fed Cup Profile, Ukraine fedcup.com 2016-04-26 2012-09-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20160426055239/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=UKR dead Netherlands vs. Luxembourg Netherlands Luxembourg Antalya, Turkey 27 April 2002 Red clay (outdoors) 2 1 Kristie Boogert 7 3 5 Claudine Schaul 5 6 7 Miriam Oremans 6 2 6 Anne Kremer 4 6 4 Kristie Boogert Miriam Oremans 3 7 6 Anne Kremer Claudine Schaul 6 6.005 2 http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100003087 Netherlands v Luxembourg fedcup.com NED advanced to the World Group play-offs, where they were drawn against AUS. They lost 2–3, and thus were relegated back to Group I for next year.http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=NED Fed Cup Profile, Netherlands fedcup.com 2012-09-24 2012-09-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20120924064635/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=NED dead See also Fed Cup structure References External links Fed Cup website https://web.archive.org/web/20140107091128/http://www.fedcup.com/en/home.aspx 2014-01-07 Category:2002 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone