The Group III tournament was held July 23–27, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on outdoor hard courts.
Format The eight teams were split into two groups and played in a round-robin format. The top two teams of each group advanced to the promotion pool, from which the two top teams were promoted to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2004. The bottom two teams of each group were placed in the relegation pool, from which the two bottom teams were demoted to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV in 2004.
Pool A TeamPldWLMFMA33090321543123630318
Kuwait vs. Pacific Oceania
Kyrgyzstan vs. United Arab Emirates
Kuwait vs. Kyrgyzstan
United Arab Emirates vs. Pacific Oceania
Kuwait vs. United Arab Emirates
Kyrgyzstan vs. Pacific Oceania
Pool B TeamPldWLMFMA33072321633123630327
Malaysia vs. Syria
Qatar vs. Bahrain
Malaysia vs. Bahrain
Qatar vs. Syria
Malaysia vs. Qatar
Bahrain vs. Syria
Promotion pool The top two teams from each of Pools A and B advanced to the Promotion pool. Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward.
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Kuwait vs. Qatar
Malaysia vs. Pacific Oceania
Kuwait vs. Malaysia
Qatar vs. Pacific Oceania
Kuwait and Malaysia promoted to Group II for 2004.
Relegation pool The bottom two teams from Pools A and B were placed in the relegation group. Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward.
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Kyrgyzstan vs. Bahrain
Syria vs. United Arab Emirates
Kyrgyzstan vs. Syria
Bahrain vs. United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates and Kyrgyzstan demoted to Group IV for 2004.
Final standings Rank Team12345678
and promoted to Group II in 2004. and relegated to Group IV in 2004.
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