2003 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Subsection of tennis competition 2003 Fed Cup 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 35em Pool A SUI SUI (3–0) BLR BLR (2–1) EST EST (1–2) LUX LUX (0–3) 2–0 3–0 3–0 0–2 3–0 2–1 0–3 0–3 3–0 0–3 1–2 0–3 35em Pool B ISR ISR (2–1) YUG FR Yugoslavia (2–1) BUL BUL (2–1) GEO GEO 1990 (0–3) 2–1 1–2 3–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–3 0–3 1–2 35em Pool C RSA RSA (2–1) UKR UKR (2–1) DEN DEN (2–1) ROU ROU (0–3) 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–3 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 35em Pool D HUN HUN (3–0) NED NED (2–2) POL POL (2–2) GBR GBR (2–2) IRL IRL (0–3) 2–1 2–1 3–0 np 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–3 1–2 2–1 2–1 np 1–2 1–2 1–2 Play-offs 2003 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Play-offs Winning teamScoreLosing team SUI 2–0 NED ISR 2–1 BLR RSA 2–0 FR Yugoslavia HUN 2–1 UKR SUI, ISR, RSA and HUN advanced to 2003 World Group play-offs.http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100004599 Switzerland v Israel fedcup.comhttp://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100004596 Czech Republic v South Africa fedcup.comhttp://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100004592 Argentina v Hungary fedcup.com LUX, GEO 1990, ROU, GBR and IRL were relegated to Group II for 2004.http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100006029 Luxembourg v Georgia fedcup.comhttp://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100006053 Romania v Turkey fedcup.comhttp://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100006004 Great Britain v Ireland fedcup.com 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 35em Pool A POR POR (2–0) TUR TUR (1–1) NOR NOR (0–2) 3–0 3–0 0–3 2–1 0–3 1–2 35em Pool B GRE GRE (2–0) LAT LAT (1–1) ALG ALG (0–2) 2–1 3–0 1–2 2–1 0–3 1–2 35em Pool C FIN FIN (3–0) EGY EGY (2–1) BIH BIH (1–2) BOT BOT (0–3) 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 0–3 1–2 3–0 1–2 0–3 0–3 35em Pool D LIT LTU (2–0) MAR MAR (1–1) MLT MLT (0–2) 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 Play-offs 2003 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Play-offs Winning teamScoreLosing team LTU 2–0 POR GRE 2–1 FIN LTU and GRE advanced to Group I for 2004.http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100005996 Greece v Lithuania fedcup.com See also Fed Cup structure References 30em 30em Fed Cup Profile, Switzerland https://web.archive.org/web/20160424031337/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=SUI 2016-04-24 Fed Cup Profile, Belarus https://web.archive.org/web/20160416120619/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=BLR 2016-04-16 Fed Cup Profile, Estonia https://web.archive.org/web/20160531221915/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=EST 2016-05-31 Fed Cup Profile, Israel https://web.archive.org/web/20110824175102/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=ISR 2011-08-24 Fed Cup Profile, Yugoslavia https://web.archive.org/web/20120513023211/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=YUG 2012-05-13 Fed Cup Profile, Bulgaria https://web.archive.org/web/20140307071654/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=BUL 2014-03-07 Fed Cup Profile, South Africa https://web.archive.org/web/20130314140855/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=RSA 2013-03-14 Fed Cup Profile, Ukraine https://web.archive.org/web/20160426055239/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=UKR 2016-04-26 Fed Cup Profile, Denmark https://web.archive.org/web/20160517075454/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=DEN 2016-05-17 Fed Cup Profile, Hungary https://web.archive.org/web/20160528125229/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=HUN 2016-05-28 Fed Cup Profile, Poland https://web.archive.org/web/20160325042257/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=POL 2016-03-25 Fed Cup Profile, Great Britain https://web.archive.org/web/20160517114500/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=GBR 2016-05-17 Fed Cup Profile, Netherlands https://web.archive.org/web/20120924064635/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=NED 2012-09-24 Fed Cup Profile, Malta Fed Cup Profile, Portugal https://web.archive.org/web/20101112084810/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=POR 2010-11-12 Fed Cup Profile, Lithuania https://web.archive.org/web/20160422222203/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=LTU 2016-04-22 Fed Cup Profile, Turkey https://web.archive.org/web/20160330225314/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=TUR 2016-03-30 Fed Cup Profile, Latvia https://web.archive.org/web/20160512215353/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=LAT 2016-05-12 Fed Cup Profile, Algeria https://web.archive.org/web/20120507181613/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=ALG 2012-05-07 Fed Cup Profile, Finland https://web.archive.org/web/20160422222156/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=FIN 2016-04-22 Fed Cup Profile, Botswana https://web.archive.org/web/20150531134502/http://www.fedcup.com/en/teams/team/profile.aspx?id=BOT 2015-05-31 Fed Cup Profile, Egypt External links Fed Cup website https://web.archive.org/web/20140107091128/http://www.fedcup.com/en/home.aspx 2014-01-07 Europe Africa Category:Sport in Estoril Category:Tennis tournaments in Portugal Category:2003 in Portuguese tennis