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2003 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – play-offs

Main article: 2003 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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.

Placing Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool 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

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Lithuania
2 		Estoril, Portugal
3 May 2003
Red clay (outdoors) 		 
Portugal
0
1 2 3
1  
  		Lina Stančiūtė
Ana Catarina Nogueira 		6
1 		3
6 		6
2 		 
2  
  		Edita Liachovičiūtė
Frederica Piedade 		6
4 		6
4 		   
3  
  		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

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Greece
2 		Estoril, Portugal
3 May 2003
Red clay (outdoors) 		 
Finland
1
1 2 3
1  
  		Nikoleta Kipritidou
Essi Laine 		6
1 		6
4 		   
2  
  		Christina Zachariadou
Emma Laine 		5
7 		5
7 		   
3  
  		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

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References

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  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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