2001 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Pool B
# 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 vs. Finland

| Portugal 2 | Belek, Antalya, Turkey 15 May 2001 Red clay (outdoors) | 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 ||||

## Algeria vs. Morocco

| Algeria 2 | Belek, Antalya, Turkey 15 May 2001 Red clay (outdoors) | Belek, Antalya, Turkey 15 May 2001 Red clay (outdoors) | Morocco 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Sana Ben Salah Habiba Ifrakh 6 3 $6^5$ $7^7$ 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 ||||

## Portugal vs. Algeria

| Portugal 3 | Belek, Antalya, Turkey 16 May 2001 Red clay (outdoors) | 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 ||||

## Finland vs. Morocco

| Finland 2 | Belek, Antalya, Turkey 16 May 2001 Red clay (outdoors) | 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 $6^5$ $7^7$ 10 8 ||||

## Portugal vs. Morocco

| Portugal 2 | Belek, Antalya, Turkey 17 May 2001 Red clay (outdoors) | 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 ||||

## Finland vs. Algeria

| Finland 3 | Belek, Antalya, Turkey 17 May 2001 Red clay (outdoors) | 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 ||||

* 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.
