# 2002 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV

The Group IV tournament was held March 20–24, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on outdoor hard courts.

## 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 III in 2003. The bottom two teams of each group were placed in a second pool to determine places 5–8.

## Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Bahrain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Iraq | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Brunei | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 |

### Bahrain vs. Brunei

| Bahrain 2 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 20 March 2002 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 20 March 2002 | Brunei 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Abdul-Rahman Shehab Chok-Kah Rui 6 3 6 1     2 Esam Abdulaal Wong-Kee Loong 6 0 6 1     3 Omar-Mohammed Ahmed / Saeed Ismail Wong-Kee Loong / Chok-Kah Rui 6 3 4 6 1 6 ||||

### Kyrgyzstan vs. Iraq

| Kyrgyzstan 2 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 20 March 2002 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 20 March 2002 | Iraq 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Ruslan Eshmuhamedov Saddam-Hussain Kadhim 5 7 3 6     2 Eduard Koifman Kadhim Kadhim 6 4 5 7 6 1   3 Ruslan Eshmuhamedov / Eduard Koifman Haidar Kadhim / Hussain Rasheed 4 6 6 1 7 5 ||||

### Bahrain vs. Kyrgyzstan

| Bahrain 1 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 21 March 2002 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 21 March 2002 | Kyrgyzstan 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Abdul-Rahman Shehab Ruslan Eshmuhamedov 3 6 6$^7$ 7$^9$     2 Esam Abdulaal Eduard Koifman 0 6 4 6     3 Saeed Ismail / Abdul-Rahman Shehab Ernest Batirbekov / Ilia Sazonov 6 0 6 1 ||||

### Brunei vs. Iraq

| Brunei 0 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 21 March 2002 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 21 March 2002 | Iraq 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Chok-Kah Rui Haidar Kadhim 2 6 2 6     2 Wong-Kee Loong Saddam-Hussain Kadhim 6 4 2 6 1 6   3 Wong-Kee Loong / Chok-Kah Rui Saddam-Hussain Kadhim / Hussain Rasheed 2 6 0 6 ||||

### Bahrain vs. Iraq

| Bahrain 2 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 22 March 2002 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 22 March 2002 | Iraq 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Abdul-Rahman Shehab Haidar Kadhim 7$^7$ 6$^2$ 4 6 6 4   2 Esam Abdulaal Saddam-Hussain Kadhim 3 6 6 2 6 4   3 Saeed Ismail / Abdul-Rahman Shehab Kadhim Kadhim / Hussain Rasheed 6$^6$ 7$^8$ 3 6 ||||

### Brunei vs. Kyrgyzstan

| Brunei 0 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 22 March 2002 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 22 March 2002 | Kyrgyzstan 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Tzannie Abu Bakar Ruslan Eshmuhamedov 0 6 0 6     2 Chok-Kah Rui Eduard Koifman 0 6 2 6     3 Tzannie Abu Bakar / Mohammed Ridzuan-Yunos Ernest Batirbekov / Ilia Sazonov 0 6 0 6 ||||

## Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA |
| Bangladesh | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| Oman | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Jordan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 |

### Sri Lanka vs. Jordan

| Sri Lanka 2 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 20 March 2002 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 20 March 2002 | Jordan 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Franklyn Emmanuel Fabio Badra 3 6 5 7     2 Rajeev Rajapakse Ahmed Ibrahim Ahmad Alhadid 4 6 6 2 3 0  retired 3 Harshana Godamanna / Rajeev Rajapakse Ahmed Ibrahim Ahmad Alhadid / Fabio Badra 6 2 6 4 ||||

### Bangladesh vs. Oman

| Bangladesh 3 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 20 March 2002 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 20 March 2002 | Oman 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Shibu Lal Khalid Al Nabhani 6 3 6 4     2 Hira Lal Mohammed Al Nabhani 6$^7$ 7$^9$ 6 2 6 0   3 Shibu Lal / Dilip Passia Khalid Al Nabhani / Mohammed Al Nabhani 6 4 4 6 7 5 ||||

### Sri Lanka vs. Oman

| Sri Lanka 1 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 21 March 2002 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 21 March 2002 | Oman 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Franklyn Emmanuel Mudrik Al Rawahi 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 2 6 4 6   2 Rajeev Rajapakse Khalid Al Nabhani 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 6 2     3 Franklyn Emmanuel / Rajeev Rajapakse Khalid Al Nabhani / Mohammed Al Nabhani 1 6 5 7 ||||

### Jordan vs. Bangladesh

| Jordan 0 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 21 March 2002 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 21 March 2002 | Bangladesh 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Fabio Badra Shibu Lal 4 6 1 6     2 Ahmed Ibrahim Ahmad Alhadid Hira Lal 2 6 0 1   retired  3 Fabio Badra / Tareq Talal Shkakwa Shibu Lal / Dilip Passia 3 6 1 6 ||||

### Sri Lanka vs. Bangladesh

| Sri Lanka 2 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 22 March 2002 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 22 March 2002 | Bangladesh 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Harshana Godamanna Shibu Lal 2 6 1 6     2 Rajeev Rajapakse Dilip Passia 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 6 2 6 1   3 Franklyn Emmanuel / Rajeev Rajapakse Shibu Lal / Dilip Passia 7$^8$ 6$^6$ 6 4 ||||

### Jordan vs. Oman

| Jordan 0 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 22 March 2002 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 22 March 2002 | Oman 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Tareq Talal Shkakwa Mudrik Al Rawahi 1 6 3 6     2 Fabio Badra Khalid Al Nabhani 6$^1$ 7$^7$ 5 7     3 Fabio Badra / Tareq Talal Shkakwa Khalid Al Nabhani / Mohammed Al Nabhani 1 6 2 6 ||||

## 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 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Bahrain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Bangladesh | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Oman | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |

### Bahrain vs. Bangladesh

| Bahrain 2 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 23 March 2002 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 23 March 2002 | Bangladesh 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Abdul-Rahman Shehab Shibu Lal 3 6 2 6     2 Esam Abdulaal Hira Lal 6 4 6 2     3 Esam Abdulaal / Abdul-Rahman Shehab Shibu Lal / Hira Lal 6 2 6 3 ||||

### Oman vs. Kyrgyzstan

| Oman 2 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 23 March 2002 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 23 March 2002 | Kyrgyzstan 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Khalid Al Nabhani Ruslan Eshmuhamedov 2 6 3 6     2 Mohammed Al Nabhani Eduard Koifman 6 2 4 6 6 4   3 Khalid Al Nabhani / Mohammed Al Nabhani Ruslan Eshmuhamedov / Eduard Koifman 6 0 7$^9$ 6$^7$ ||||

### Bahrain vs. Oman

| Bahrain 3 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 24 March 2002 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 24 March 2002 | Oman 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Abdul-Rahman Shehab Khalid Al Nabhani 6 2 6 1     2 Esam Abdulaal Mohammed Al Nabhani 6 4 6 4     3 Omar-Mohammed Ahmed / Saeed Ismail Mudrik Al Rawahi / Saleh Al Zadjali 6 0 6 2 ||||

### Bangladesh vs. Kyrgyzstan

| Bangladesh 0 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 24 March 2002 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 24 March 2002 | Kyrgyzstan 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Shibu Lal Ruslan Eshmuhamedov 2 6 4 6     2 Dilip Passia Eduard Koifman 1 6 1 6     3 Shibu Lal / Sree-Amol Roy Ruslan Eshmuhamedov / Eduard Koifman 4 6 6 1 1 6 ||||
Kyrgyzstan and Bahrain promoted to Group III for 2003.

## Placement pool

The bottom two teams from Pools A and B were placed in the placement group. Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward.
| Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Iraq | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Jordan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Brunei | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |

### Iraq vs. Jordan

| Iraq 2 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 23 March 2002 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 23 March 2002 | Jordan 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Hussain Rasheed Tareq Talal Shkakwa 6 1 6 1     2 Haidar Kadhim Fabio Badra 4 6 3 6     3 Haidar Kadhim / Hussain Rasheed Fabio Badra / Tareq Talal Shkakwa 6 2 6 3 ||||

### Sri Lanka vs. Brunei

| Sri Lanka 3 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 23 March 2002 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 23 March 2002 | Brunei 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Franklyn Emmanuel Chok-Kah Rui 6 2 6 3     2 Rajeev Rajapakse Wong-Kee Loong 6 1 6 2     3 Harshana Godamanna / Oshada Wijemanne Wong-Kee Loong / Chok-Kah Rui 6 3 6 0 ||||

### Iraq vs. Sri Lanka

| Iraq 1 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 24 March 2002 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 24 March 2002 | Sri Lanka 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Hussain Rasheed Franklyn Emmanuel 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 6 2     2 Haidar Kadhim Rajeev Rajapakse 3 6 0 6     3 Haidar Kadhim / Hussain Rasheed Franklyn Emmanuel / Rajeev Rajapakse 0 6 1 6 ||||

### Jordan vs. Brunei

| Jordan 3 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 24 March 2002 | National Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh 24 March 2002 | Brunei 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Tareq Talal Shkakwa Chok-Kah Rui 7 5 6 4     2 Fabio Badra Wong-Kee Loong 6 2 6 4     3 Fabio Badra / Tareq Talal Shkakwa Wong-Kee Loong / Chok-Kah Rui 7$^{10}$ 6$^8$ 6 4 ||||

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan |
| 2 | Bahrain |
| 3 | Bangladesh |
| 4 | Oman |
| 5 | Sri Lanka |
| 6 | Iraq |
| 7 | Jordan |
| 8 | Brunei |
* Kyrgyzstan and Bahrain promoted to Group III in 2003.