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. Group III was split into two tournaments. One tournament was held in Arka TC, Gdynia, Poland, May 8–12, while the other was held in Antalya, Turkey, April 3–7.
Format The eight teams in the Antalya tournament were split into two pools and played in a round-robin format. The top two teams of each pool advanced to the promotion pool, from which the two top teams were promoted to the Europe/Africa 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 Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 2003.
Pool A
Monaco vs. Namibia
Andorra vs. Lithuania
Monaco vs. Andorra
Namibia vs. Lithuania
Monaco vs. Lithuania
Andorra vs. Namibia
Pool B
Turkey vs. Botswana
Iceland vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina
Turkey vs. Iceland
Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Botswana
Turkey vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina
Iceland vs. Botswana
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.
(scores in italics carried over from Groups)
Monaco and Andorra promoted to Group II in 2003.
Turkey vs. Monaco
Andorra vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina
Turkey vs. Andorra
Monaco vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina
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.
(scores in italics carried over from Groups)
Iceland and Botswana relegated to Group IV in 2003.
Iceland vs. Namibia
Lithuania vs. Botswana
Iceland vs. Lithuania
Namibia vs. Botswana
Final standings Rank Team12345678
and promoted to Group II in 2003. and relegated to Group IV in 2003.
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