2003 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III

The Group III tournament was held July 23-27, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on outdoor hard courts.[1]

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 Asia/Oceania 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 Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV in 2004.

Pool A

Team Pld W L MF MA
 Kuwait33090
 Pacific Oceania32154
 Kyrgyzstan31236
 United Arab Emirates30318

Results of Individual Ties

Date Winning Team Score
July 23 Kuwait3-0 Pacific Oceania
July 23 Kyrgyzstan2-1 United Arab Emirates
July 24 Kuwait3-0 Kyrgyzstan
July 24 Pacific Oceania3-0 United Arab Emirates
July 25 Kuwait3-0 United Arab Emirates
July 25 Pacific Oceania2-1 Kyrgyzstan

Pool B

Team Pld W L MF MA
 Malaysia33072
 Qatar32163
 Syria31236
 Bahrain30327

Results of Individual Ties

Date Winning Team Score
July 23 Malaysia3-0 Syria
July 23 Qatar3-0 Bahrain
July 24 Malaysia2-1 Bahrain
July 24 Qatar2-1 Syria
July 25 Malaysia2-1 Qatar
July 25 Syria2-1 Bahrain

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
 Kuwait33090
 Malaysia32154
 Pacific Oceania31227
 Qatar30327

Results of Individual Ties

Date Winning Team Score
July 26 Malaysia3-0 Pacific Oceania
July 26 Kuwait3-0 Qatar
July 27 Kuwait3-0 Malaysia
July 27 Pacific Oceania2-1 Qatar

Kuwait and Malaysia 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
 Bahrain32163
 Syria32145
 United Arab Emirates31245
 Kyrgyzstan31236

Results of Individual Ties

Date Winning Team Score
July 26 Bahrain3-0 Kyrgyzstan
July 26 Syria2-1 United Arab Emirates
July 27 Syria2-1 Kyrgyzstan
July 27 Bahrain2-1 United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates and Kyrgyzstan demoted to Group IV for 2004.

References

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