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

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[]

Lithuania vs. Egypt[]

Lithuania 2	Pretoria, South Africa 12 April 2002 Hard (outdoors)		Egypt 0
1 2 3 1 Lina Stančiūtė 6 3 6 4     2 Edita Liachovičiūtė Yomna Farid 7 5 1 6 6 3   3           not played

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Latvia vs. Botswana[]

Latvia 3	Pretoria, South Africa 12 April 2002 Hard (outdoors)		Botswana 0
1 2 3 1 6 1 6 2     2 Tapiwa Marobela 6 2 6 2     3  /  Tapiwa Marobela /  6 0 6 2

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South Africa vs. Malta[]

South Africa 3	Pretoria, South Africa 12 April 2002 Hard (outdoors)		Malta 0
1 2 3 1 Chanelle Scheepers 6 0 6 2     2 Natalie Grandin 6 1 6 1     3 Esmé de Villiers / Nicole Rencken  /  6 2 6 1

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Tunisia vs. Finland[]

Tunisia 0	Pretoria, South Africa 12 April 2002 Hard (outdoors)		Finland 3
1 2 3 1 0 6 4 6     2 Emma Laine 0 6 1 6     3  /  Emma Laine / Piia Suomalainen 2 6 1 6

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Ireland vs. Liechtenstein[]

Ireland 3	Pretoria, South Africa 12 April 2002 Hard (outdoors)		Liechtenstein 0
1 2 3 1 Yvonne Doyle 6 2 6 0     2 Kelly Liggan 6 1 6 1     3 Claire Curran /   / Angelika Schädler 6 1 6 1

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Algeria vs. Norway[]

Algeria 2	Pretoria, South Africa 12 April 2002 Hard (outdoors)		Norway 1
1 2 3 1 6 0 6 1     2 Feriel Esseghir 6 2 6 4     3  /   /  2 6 4 6

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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

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•  Great Britain advanced to Group I for 2003, where they placed fourth in their pool of five.^[8]

Denmark vs. Latvia[]

Denmark 3	Pretoria, South Africa 13 April 2002 Hard (outdoors)		Latvia 0
1 2 3 1 Karina-Ildor Jacobsgaard 63 77 6 2 6 0   2 Eva Dyrberg 6 3 6 3     3  / Karina-Ildor Jacobsgaard  /  6 3 6 2

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•  Denmark advanced to Group I for 2003, where they placed third in their pool of four.^[10]

South Africa vs. Finland[]

South Africa 2	Pretoria, South Africa 13 April 2002 Hard (outdoors)		Finland 0
1 2 3 1 Nicole Rencken 3 6 6 0 6 2   2 Natalie Grandin Emma Laine 6 2 6 4     3           not played

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Ireland vs. Algeria[]

Ireland 2	Pretoria, South Africa 13 April 2002 Hard (outdoors)		Algeria 0
1 2 3 1 Yvonne Doyle 6 3 6 1     2 Kelly Liggan Feriel Esseghir 77 63 6 1     3           not played

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•  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.^[13]

See also[]

• Fed Cup structure

References[]

External links[]

• Fed Cup website