2001 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Pool B

Group B of the 2001 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa zone of the 2001 Fed Cup. Five teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team advancing to Group I for 2002.

		POR	FIN	ALG	MAR	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
	Portugal		2–1	3–0	2–1	3–0	14–4	94–51	1
	Finland	1–2		3–0	2–1	2–1	13–7	98–74	2
	Algeria	0–3	0–3		2–1	1–2	5–14	56–101	3
	Morocco	1–2	1–2	1–2		0–3	7–14	88–110	4

Portugal 2	Belek, Antalya, Turkey 15 May 2001 Red clay (outdoors)		Finland 1
1 2 3 1 Frederica Piedade Carina Björnström 6 0 6 2     2 Ana Catarina Nogueira Emma Laine 2 6 4 6     3 Angela Cardoso / Ana Catarina Nogueira Essi Laine / Kirsi Lampinen 6 3 6 2

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Algeria 2	Belek, Antalya, Turkey 15 May 2001 Red clay (outdoors)		Morocco 1
1 2 3 1 Sana Ben Salah Habiba Ifrakh 6 3 65 77 3 6   2 Sihem Ben Youcef Meryem El Haddad 6 4 6 4     3 Sihem Ben Youcef / Ouarda Bouchabou Meryem El Haddad / Habiba Ifrakh 6 3 6 2

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Portugal 3	Belek, Antalya, Turkey 16 May 2001 Red clay (outdoors)		Algeria 0
1 2 3 1 Frederica Piedade Sana Ben Salah 6 3 6 0     2 Ana Catarina Nogueira Sihem Ben Youcef 6 1 6 1     3 Angela Cardoso / Ana Catarina Nogueira Karima Ait Ali Yahia / Sana Ben Salah 6 3 6 1

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Finland 2	Belek, Antalya, Turkey 16 May 2001 Red clay (outdoors)		Morocco 1
1 2 3 1 Essi Laine Habiba Ifrakh 6 3 1 6 2 6   2 Emma Laine Meryem El Haddad 6 2 6 3     3 Emma Laine / Essi Laine Meryem El Haddad / Habiba Ifrakh 6 1 65 77 10 8

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Portugal 2	Belek, Antalya, Turkey 17 May 2001 Red clay (outdoors)		Morocco 1
1 2 3 1 Angela Cardoso Habiba Ifrakh 6 1 6 3     2 Ana Catarina Nogueira Meryem El Haddad 2 6 2 6     3 Angela Cardoso / Frederica Piedade Meryem El Haddad / Habiba Ifrakh 6 4 6 4

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Finland 3	Belek, Antalya, Turkey 17 May 2001 Red clay (outdoors)		Algeria 0
1 2 3 1 Essi Laine Sana Ben Salah 6 1 6 0     2 Emma Laine Sihem Ben Youcef 6 1 6 3     3 Carina Björnström / Emma Laine Karima Ait Ali Yahia / Sana Ben Salah 6 2 6 1

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•  Portugal placed first in this group and thus advanced to Group I for 2002, where they placed last in their pool of four and thus were relegated back to Group II for 2003.^[7]

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