The Group III tournament was held April 3–7, in San Salvador, El Salvador, on outdoor clay 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 Americas Zone Group II in 2003. The bottom two teams of each group were placed in the relegation pool, from which the two bottom teams were demoted to the Americas Zone Group IV in 2003.
Pool A TeamPldWLMFMA32163321633215430318
El Salvador vs. Puerto Rico
Panama vs. Dominican Republic
El Salvador vs. Dominican Republic
Panama vs. Puerto Rico
El Salvador vs. Panama
Puerto Rico vs. Dominican Republic
Pool B TeamPldWLMFMA33072321723124530309
Costa Rica vs. Jamaica
Honduras vs. Haiti
Costa Rica vs. Haiti
Honduras vs. Jamaica
Costa Rica vs. Honduras
Jamaica vs. Haiti
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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Dominican Republic and Haiti promoted to Group II for 2003.
Dominican Republic vs. Jamaica
Haiti vs. El Salvador
Dominican Republic vs. Haiti
El Salvador vs. Jamaica
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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Costa Rica and Panama demoted to Group IV for 2003.
Puerto Rico vs. Costa Rica
Honduras vs. Panama
Puerto Rico vs. Honduras
Panama vs. Costa Rica
Final standings Rank Team12345678
and promoted to Group II in 2003. and relegated to Group IV in 2003.
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