2003 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Zone A

Main article: 2003 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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 III was split into two tournaments. One tournament was held in Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria, February 3–7, on outdoor clay courts, while the other was held in State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia, June 11–15, on outdoor clay courts.

Format

The eight teams in the Algiers 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 2004. 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 2004.

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA
Hungary	3	3	0	9	0
Estonia	3	2	1	6	3
Madagascar	3	1	2	3	6
Namibia	3	0	3	0	9

Results of Individual Ties

Date	Winning Team	Score
February 3	Hungary	3–0	Estonia
February 3	Madagascar	3–0	Namibia
February 4	Hungary	3–0	Madagascar
February 4	Estonia	3–0	Namibia
February 5	Hungary	3–0	Namibia
February 5	Estonia	3–0	Madagascar

Hungary vs. Estonia

Hungary 3	Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 3 February 2003 Clay		Estonia 0
1 2 3 1 Gergely Kisgyörgy Andrei Luzgin 6 2 6 1     2 Kornél Bardóczky Mait Künnap 6 3 6 1     3 László Fonó / Sebő Kiss Mait Künnap / Gert Vilms 4 6 6 4 11 9

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA
Algeria	3	3	0	8	1
Lithuania	3	2	1	6	3
Angola	3	1	2	3	6
Armenia	3	0	3	1	8

Results of Individual Ties

Date	Winning Team	Score
February 3	Algeria	3–0	Angola
February 3	Lithuania	3–0	Armenia
February 4	Algeria	3–0	Armenia
February 4	Lithuania	2–1	Angola
February 5	Algeria	2–1	Lithuania
February 5	Angola	2–1	Armenia

Algeria vs. Angola

Algeria 3	Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria 3 February 2003 Clay		Angola 0
1 2 3 1 Abdelhak Hameurlaïne Nélson Almeida 7 5 7 5     2 Lamine Ouahab José Nenganga 6 1 6 1     3 Noureddine Mahmoudi / Lamine Ouahab João-Sebastião Miguel / José Nenganga 6 2 6 1

Promotion pool

Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA
Algeria	3	3	0	6	2
Hungary	3	2	1	6	2
Estonia	3	1	2	3	6
Lithuania	3	0	3	2	7

Results of Individual Ties

Date	Winning Team	Score
February 6	Hungary	3–0	Lithuania
February 6	Algeria	2–1	Estonia
February 7	Algeria	2–0	Hungary
February 7	Estonia	2–1	Lithuania

Algeria and Hungary 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.

Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA
Madagascar	3	2	1	6	3
Namibia	3	2	1	5	4
Angola	3	2	1	5	4
Armenia	3	0	3	2	7

Results of Individual Ties

Date	Winning Team	Score
February 6	Madagascar	2–1	Armenia
February 6	Namibia	2–1	Angola
February 7	Angola	2–1	Madagascar
February 7	Namibia	3–0	Armenia

Angola and Armenia demoted to Group IV for 2004.

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	Algeria
2	Hungary
3	Estonia
4	Lithuania
5	Madagascar
6	Namibia
7	Angola
8	Armenia

• Algeria and Hungary promoted to Group II in 2004.
• Angola and Armenia relegated to Group IV in 2004.