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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 Britain2
 Lithuania2 Lithuania0
 Egypt0
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
 Denmark3
 Latvia3 Latvia0
 Botswana0
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 Lithuania
Egypt
Lina Stančiūtė
Dina Khalil
6
3
6
4
   
2 Lithuania
Egypt
Edita Liachovičiūtė
Yomna Farid
7
5
1
6
6
3
 
3 Lithuania
Egypt
 
 
      not
played

Latvia vs. Botswana


Latvia
3
Pretoria, South Africa
12 April 2002
Hard (outdoors)

Botswana
0
1 2 3
1 Latvia
Botswana
Anete Banderę
Razalia Phethu
6
1
6
2
   
2 Latvia
Botswana
Katrina Banderę
Tapiwa Marobela
6
2
6
2
   
3 Latvia
Botswana
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 South Africa
Malta
Chanelle Scheepers
Sarah Wetz
6
0
6
2
   
2 South Africa
Malta
Natalie Grandin
Rosanne Dimech
6
1
6
1
   
3 South Africa
Malta
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 Tunisia
Finland
Imen Ben Larbi
Maarit Nieminen
0
6
4
6
   
2 Tunisia
Finland
Nadia Kilani
Emma Laine
0
6
1
6
   
3 Tunisia
Finland
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 Republic of Ireland
Liechtenstein
Yvonne Doyle
Jeannine Niedhardt
6
2
6
0
   
2 Republic of Ireland
Liechtenstein
Kelly Liggan
Sabrina Vogt
6
1
6
1
   
3 Republic of Ireland
Liechtenstein
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 Algeria
Norway
Sana Ben Salah
Annette Aksdal
6
0
6
1
   
2 Algeria
Norway
Feriel Esseghir
Ina Sartz
6
2
6
4
   
3 Algeria
Norway
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 United Kingdom
Lithuania
Elena Baltacha
Lina Stančiūtė
4
6
6
2
6
2
 
2 United Kingdom
Lithuania
Lucie Ahl
Edita Liachovičiūtė
6
3
6
1
   
3 United Kingdom
Lithuania
 
 
      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 Denmark
Latvia
Karina-Ildor Jacobsgaard
Anete Banderę
6
7
6
2
6
0
 
2 Denmark
Latvia
Eva Dyrberg
Katrina Banderę
6
3
6
3
   
3 Denmark
Latvia
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 South Africa
Finland
Nicole Rencken
Maarit Nieminen
3
6
6
0
6
2
 
2 South Africa
Finland
Natalie Grandin
Emma Laine
6
2
6
4
   
3 South Africa
Finland
 
 
      not
played

Ireland vs. Algeria


Ireland
2
Pretoria, South Africa
13 April 2002
Hard (outdoors)

Algeria
0
1 2 3
1 Republic of Ireland
Algeria
Yvonne Doyle
Sana Ben Salah
6
3
6
1
   
2 Republic of Ireland
Algeria
Kelly Liggan
Feriel Esseghir
7
6
6
1
   
3 Republic of Ireland
Algeria
 
 
      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

References

  1. "Lithuania v Egypt". fedcup.com.
  2. "Latvia v Botswana". fedcup.com.
  3. "South Africa v Malta". fedcup.com.
  4. "Tunisia v Finland". fedcup.com.
  5. "Ireland v Liechtenstein". fedcup.com.
  6. "Algeria v Norway". fedcup.com.
  7. "Great Britain v Lithuania". fedcup.com.
  8. "Fed Cup Profile, Great Britain". fedcup.com.
  9. "Denmark v Latvia". fedcup.com.
  10. "Fed Cup Profile, Denmark". fedcup.com.
  11. "South Africa v Finland". fedcup.com.
  12. "Ireland v Algeria". fedcup.com.
  13. "Fed Cup Profile, Ireland". fedcup.com.

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