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

Main article: 2002 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• 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.

See also

• Fed Cup structure

External links

• Fed Cup website