The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2003.
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 IV was split into two tournaments. One tournament was held in National Centre, Lagos, Nigeria, February 5–9, on outdoor hard courts, while the other was held in Centro Tennis di Fonte dell'Ovo, San Marino, June 11–15, on outdoor clay courts.
Format The seven teams in the San Marino tournament 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 Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2004. The remaining teams in each group from the preliminary round were placed in a second pool to determine places 5–7.
Pool A
San Marino vs. Zambia
Mauritius vs. Rwanda
San Marino vs. Mauritius
Zambia vs. Rwanda
San Marino vs. Rwanda
Mauritius vs. Zambia
Pool B
Iceland vs. Kenya
Iceland vs. Malta
Malta vs. Kenya
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)
Iceland and Kenya promoted to Group III for 2004.
San Marino vs. Kenya
Rwanda vs. Iceland
San Marino vs. Iceland
Rwanda vs. Kenya
Placement pool The bottom two teams from Pool A and the bottom team from Pool B were placed in the placement pool to determine places 5–7. Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward.
(scores in italics carried over from Groups)
Zambia vs. Malta
Mauritius vs. Malta
Final standings Rank Team1234567
and promoted to Group III in 2004.
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