2003 Fed Cup

Date: 19–20 July

The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties and eight winners of the Zonal Group I sections competed in the World Group Play-offs for spots in the 2004 World Group.

Venue	Surface	Home Team	Score	Visiting Team
Pilar, Argentina	Outdoor clay	Argentina	3–2	Hungary
Wollongong, Australia	Indoor hard	Australia	3–2	Colombia
Neudörfl, Austria	Outdoor clay	Austria	4–1	Canada
Varaždin, Croatia	Outdoor clay	Croatia	4–1	Brazil
Durban, South Africa	Outdoor hard	South Africa}}	1–4	Czech Republic
Jakarta, Indonesia	Outdoor hard	Indonesia	2–3	Germany
Gifu, Japan	Indoor carpet	Japan	4–1	Sweden
Winterthur, Switzerland	Outdoor clay	Switzerland	4–1	Israel

• Nations in bold advanced to the higher level of competition.
• Nations in italics were relegated down to a lower level of competition.

• Nations in bold advanced to the higher level of competition.
• Nations in italics were relegated down to a lower level of competition.

• Nations in bold advanced to the higher level of competition.
• Nations in italics were relegated down to a lower level of competition.

The rankings were measured after the three points during the year that play took place, and were collated by combining points earned from the previous four years.[1]

28 April Rank Nation Points[2] Move 1  Slovakia 22,400.0 2  Spain 21,850.0 3  Belgium 17,150.0 4  United States}} 13,600.0 5  Russia 13,100.0 6  France 10,100.0 7  Italy 8,600.0 8  Austria 6,500.0 9  Argentina 5,850.0 10  Slovenia 4,475.0 2

21 July Rank Nation Points[2] Move 1  Slovakia 21,400.0 2  Belgium 21,350.0 1 3  Spain 20,850.0 1 4  United States}} 16,000.0 5  Russia 15,000.0 6  France 13,780.0 7  Italy 7,600.0 8  Austria 6,350.0 9  Argentina 6,100.0 10  Germany 5,350.0 1

24 November Rank Nation Points[2] Move 1  France 26,640.0 5 2  Slovakia 17,900.0 1 3  Belgium 17,100.0 1 4  United States}} 16,680.0 5  Spain 16,350.0 2 6  Russia 12,750.0 1 7  Italy 7,600.0 8  Austria 6,350.0 9  Argentina 5,350.0 10  Germany 4,600.0

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