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

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 Jūrmala 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
Latvia	3	3	0	7	2
Azerbaijan	3	2	1	5	4
North Macedonia	3	1	2	3	6
Moldova	3	0	3	3	6

Results of Individual Ties

Date	Winning Team	Score
June 11	Latvia	2–1	Moldova
June 11	Azerbaijan	2–1	Macedonia
June 12	Latvia	2–1	Azerbaijan
June 12	Macedonia	2–1	Moldova
June 13	Latvia	3–0	Macedonia
June 13	Azerbaijan	2–1	Moldova

Moldova vs. Latvia

Moldova 1	State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 11 June 2003 Clay		Latvia 2
1 2 3 1 Andrei Ciumac Andis Juška 6 4 2 6 1 6   2 Andrei Gorban Deniss Pavlovs 78 66 4 6 8 6   3 Sergei Cupțov / Andrei Gorban Andris Fiļimonovs / Andis Juška 2 6 4 6

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA
Georgia	3	3	0	7	2
Cyprus	3	2	1	7	2
Turkey	3	1	2	3	6
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0	3	1	8

Results of Individual Ties

Date	Winning Team	Score
June 11	Georgia	3–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
June 11	Cyprus	3–0	Turkey
June 12	Georgia	2–1	Turkey
June 12	Cyprus	3–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
June 13	Georgia	2–1	Cyprus
June 13	Turkey	2–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina

Georgia vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina

Georgia 3	State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 11 June 2003 Clay		Bosnia and Herzegovina 0
1 2 3 1 Irakli Ushangishvili Zlatan Kadrić 6 4 6 2     2 Irakli Labadze Igor Račić 6 2 6 3     3 Irakli Labadze / Irakli Ushangishvili Ivan Dodig / Zlatan Kadrić 6 3 6 1

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.

Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA
Georgia	3	3	0	7	2
Latvia	3	2	1	5	4
Cyprus	3	1	2	5	4
Azerbaijan	3	0	3	1	8

Results of Individual Ties

Date	Winning Team	Score
June 14	Georgia	3–0	Azerbaijan
June 14	Latvia	2–1	Cyprus
June 15	Georgia	2–1	Latvia
June 15	Cyprus	3–0	Azerbaijan

Georgia and Latvia 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
Turkey	3	3	0	6	2
North Macedonia	3	2	1	6	3
Moldova	3	1	2	4	4
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0	3	1	8

Results of Individual Ties

Date	Winning Team	Score
June 14	Turkey	2–1	Macedonia
June 14	Moldova	3–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
June 15	Turkey	2–0	Moldova
June 15	Macedonia	3–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina

Moldova and Bosnia/Herzegovina demoted to Group IV for 2004.

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	Georgia
2	Latvia
3	Cyprus
4	Azerbaijan
5	Turkey
6	North Macedonia
7	Moldova
8	Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Georgia and Latvia promoted to Group II in 2004.
• Moldova and Bosnia and Herzegovina relegated to Group IV in 2004.