Botswana at the 2000 Federation Cup

The Federation Cup is among the foremost women’s tennis tournaments held annually. They are contested between teams from different nations. The 2000 Federation Cup was the 38th edition of the tournament. Altogether there were 100 nations contesting this tournament. Botswana at the 2000 Federation Cup participated from the group II of the Europe/Africa zone. They made their first appearance in this tournament in the year 1995. They gave a terrible performance in the tournament last year. They went on to loose all the ties they played in their group.

However they did not face any relegation and were positioned in the same group as they were in the tournament last year.

Botswana at the 2000 Federation Cup could not make any advancement beyond the round robin league matches of their group. Their first match of the group was against Tunisia. They lost the tie by a margin of 0-3. Their next clash was against Denmark. They again lost the tie by a huge margin of 0-3. Their third clash was against Bosnia/Herzegovina, which they lost by a margin of 0-3. Their next tie was against Liechtenstein. They went on to loose this one also by a huge margin of 0-3. The drought at the score board however ended with their tie against Iceland. They managed to pull off a victory against Iceland by a margin of 1-0.

Botswana at the 2000 Federation Cup faired very poorly. They won just one tie among the five ties they have played. Their players were not at par with the international standard. However they did not face relegation. They continued to play in the same group in the next year of the tournament.