The play-offs of the 2003 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II were the final stages of the Group II 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 D
1 Portugal Greece Finland Lithuania
2 Turkey Latvia Egypt Morocco
3 Norway Algeria Bosnia and Herzegovina Malta
4 Botswana

The four 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 Group II.

Lithuania vs. Portugal


Lithuania
2		 Estoril, Portugal
3 May 2003
Red clay (outdoors)
Portugal
0
1 2 3
1 Lithuania
Portugal		 Lina Stančiūtė
Ana Catarina Nogueira		 6
1		 3
6 		6
2		  
2 Lithuania
Portugal		 Edita Liachovičiūtė
Frederica Piedade		 6
4		 6
4		    
3 Lithuania
Portugal		 Edita Liachovičiūtė / Lina Stančiūtė
Ana Catarina Nogueira / Frederica Piedade		       not
played

[1]

  •  Lithuania promoted to Group I for 2004, where they were 13th overall and then relegated to Group II for 2005.[2]

Greece vs. Finland


Greece
2		 Estoril, Portugal
3 May 2003
Red clay (outdoors)
Finland
1
1 2 3
1 Greece
Finland		 Nikoleta Kipritidou
Essi Laine		 6
1		 6
4		    
2 Greece
Finland		 Christina Zachariadou
Emma Laine		 5
7 		5
7 		   
3 Greece
Finland		 Asimina Kaplani / Christina Zachariadou
Emma Laine / Piia Suomalainen		 77
63		 6
4		    

[3]

  •  Greece advanced to Group I for 2004, where they came eleventh overall.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Lithuania v Portugal". fedcup.com.
  2. ↑ "Fed Cup Profile, Lithuania". fedcup.com.
  3. ↑ "Greece v Finland". fedcup.com.
  4. ↑ "Fed Cup Profile, Greece". fedcup.com.



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