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The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2002.

In the Europe/Africa Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group I advanced to the World Group qualifying round, along with losing teams from the World Group first round. Teams who lost in the first round competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group I, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2003.

Participating nations

•  Austria
•  Belarus
•  Belgium
•  Finland
•  Greece
•  Israel
•  Italy
•  Portugal
•  Romania
•  Zimbabwe

Draw

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

S

Italy

Reggio Calabria, Italy (clay)

bye

S

Italy

S

Italy

1

bye

Finland

4

Finland

Follonica, Italy (indoor carpet)

bye

S

Italy

4

Portugal

1

S

Belarus

Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet)

Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)

bye

S

Belarus

4

S

Belarus

1

Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)

Portugal

1

Zimbabwe

4

Portugal

0

Zimbabwe

5

Tirol, Austria (indoor clay)

Austria

3

Constanța, Romania (indoor carpet)

Israel

2

Israel

Austria

0

bye

S

Romania

5

bye

Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)

S

Romania

Israel

5

Greece

0

bye

Liège, Belgium (indoor carpet)

Greece

bye

Greece

0

Greece

S

Belgium

5

bye

S

Belgium

•  Greece and  Portugal relegated to Group II in 2003.
•  Belgium,  Finland,  Romania, and  Zimbabwe advance to World Group qualifying round.

First round

Zimbabwe vs. Portugal

Zimbabwe 5	Harare, Zimbabwe 8–10 February 2002 Hard (indoors)		Portugal 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Byron Black Emanuel Couto 6 3 7 6 7 5       2 Wayne Black Bernardo Mota 6 1 3 6 6 3 6 2     3 Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett Emanuel Couto / Nuno Marques 6 4 6 4 6 4       4 Wayne Black Hélder Lopes 7 6 6 3         5 Genius Chidzikwe Bernardo Mota 3 6 7 6 7 5

Austria vs. Israel

Austria 3	Tirol, Austria 8–10 February 2002 Clay (indoors)		Israel 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Stefan Koubek Amir Hadad 6 1 6 3 7 6       2 Markus Hipfl Noam Okun 6 3 4 6 6 3 6 1     3 Alexander Peya / Clemens Trimmel Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram 6 2 4 6 7 5 6 7 2 6   4 Stefan Koubek Noam Okun 6 3 7 5 6 4       5 Markus Hipfl Amir Hadad 3 6 0 3       retired

Second round

Italy vs. Finland

Italy 1	Rocco Polimeni TC, Reggio Calabria, Italy 5–7 April 2002 Clay		Finland 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Davide Sanguinetti Kim Tiilikainen 6 2 7 5 3 6 2 6 5 7   2 Giorgio Galimberti Jarkko Nieminen 3 6 2 6 2 6       3 Giorgio Galimberti / Mosé Navarra Lauri Kiiski / Jarkko Nieminen 3 6 6 7 3 6       4 Mosé Navarra Timo Nieminen 6 3 7 5         5 Stefano Galvani Kim Tiilikainen 3 6 1 6

Zimbabwe vs. Belarus

Zimbabwe 4	Harare Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe 5–7 April 2002 Hard (indoors)		Belarus 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Byron Black Vladimir Voltchkov 6 7 3 6 4 6       2 Wayne Black Max Mirnyi 7 6 6 3 4 6 6 4     3 Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov 6 3 7 6 4 6 7 6     4 Byron Black Max Mirnyi 6 3 7 5 6 7 6 3     5 Genius Chidzikwe Alexander Skrypko 6 3 6 7 6 3

Romania vs. Austria

Romania 5	Urilor Sports Hall, Constanța, Romania 5–7 April 2002 Carpet (indoors)		Austria 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Andrei Pavel Jürgen Melzer 6 1 6 2 6 4       2 Adrian Voinea Stefan Koubek 3 6 7 5 6 3 6 1     3 Andrei Pavel / Gabriel Trifu Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer 3 6 6 1 6 4 6 7 6 2   4 Andrei Pavel Alexander Peya 6 1 7 6         5 Victor Hănescu Jürgen Melzer 6 4 6 4

Belgium vs. Greece

Belgium 5	Adeps Country Hall, Liège, Belgium 5–7 April 2002 Carpet (indoors)		Greece 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Xavier Malisse Nikos Rovas 6 0 7 6 6 0       2 Olivier Rochus Konstantinos Economidis 7 6 6 3 6 1       3 Gilles Elseneer / Tom Vanhoudt Konstantinos Economidis / Anastasios Vasiliadis 6 7 7 6 7 6 6 4     4 Gilles Elseneer Anastasios Vasiliadis 6 2 6 2         5 Olivier Rochus Nikos Rovas 7 5 6 3

First round relegation play-offs

Belarus vs. Portugal

Belarus 4	Olympic Training Centre, Minsk, Belarus 12–14 July 2002 Carpet (indoors)		Portugal 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Vladimir Voltchkov Bernardo Mota 6 2 6 1 6 2       2 Max Mirnyi Hélder Lopes 6 3 6 3 6 4       3 Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov Nuno Marques / Bernardo Mota 6 3 6 0 6 3       4 Alexander Shvets Leonardo Tavares 6 2 7 6         5 Alexander Skrypko Hélder Lopes 6 2 3 6 4 6

Second round relegation play-offs

Italy vs. Portugal

Italy 4	Follonica T.C., Follonica, Italy 20–22 September 2002 Carpet (indoors)		Portugal 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Stefano Galvani Bernardo Mota 5 7 3 6 6 7       2 Davide Sanguinetti Leonardo Tavares 6 3 6 2 6 1       3 Massimo Bertolini / Giorgio Galimberti Hélder Lopes / Bernardo Mota 6 3 6 7 6 3 6 4     4 Davide Sanguinetti Bernardo Mota 6 4 7 5 6 4       5 Stefano Galvani Tiago Godinho 6 4 6 1

Israel vs. Greece

Israel 5	National Centre, Ramat HaSharon, Israel 20–22 September 2002 Hard		Greece 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Harel Levy Eleftherios- Spyridon Alexiou 6 3 6 1 6 2       2 Noam Okun Alexandros Jakoubovits 6 3 6 4 6 2       3 Jonathan Erlich / Amir Hadad Alexandros Jakoubovits / Niko Karagiannis 7 5 6 4 6 2       4 Amir Hadad Eleftherios- Spyridon Alexiou 6 0 6 0         5 Harel Levy Niko Karagiannis 6 4 6 3

References

1. "2002 Europe/Africa Group I". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
2. "Zimbabwe v Portugal". daviscup.com.
3. "Austria v Israel". daviscup.com.
4. "Italy v Finland". daviscup.com.
5. "Zimbabwe v Belarus". daviscup.com.
6. "Romania v Austria". daviscup.com.
7. "Belgium v Greece". daviscup.com.
8. "Belarus v Portugal". daviscup.com.
9. "ESPN tennis". www.espn.com.br. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
10. "Italy v Portugal". daviscup.com.
11. "Portugal's Bernardo Mota runs towards the ball as he makes a return to Stefano Galvani of Italy during the Davis Cup group B qualifying match in Follonica, central Italy, Friday, Sept. 20, 2002". www.alamy.com. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
12. "Israel v Greece". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website

• Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone
• 2002 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone