Macedonia at the 2001 Federation Cup

Macedonia F.Y.R.at the 2001 Federation Cup was playing from the Group I of the European/African zone and it was the team’s 7th year in the competition. The Macedonian team’s best performance had taken place in the last year’s competition when the team had earned a promotion in the Group I of their zone. Before 1992 the players from the team used to play from the team of Yugoslavia. The Macedonian team was eager to perform more successfully in the 2001 competition.

Macedonia F.Y.R.at the 2001 Federation Cup was playing from the Group I of their zone and the team had to play three Round Robin ties in the competition. All the ties of the Macedonian team were conducted on the outdoor clay surface in Spain from 24th April to 26th April. The first tie was contested against the team of the Netherlands in the tie the Macedonian players failed utterly in all the matches and lost the round by 0-3. Then in the second round the Macedonian players took on the team of Yugoslavia which was again a very nightmarish round for the team, the Yugoslav team defeated the Macedonian team by a score of 0-3 again. In their third round the Macedonian team took on the challenging team of Poland and this team also was more than a match for the Macedonian team, the team lost their final tie by the same score in their last two rounds and thus the team performed in a very disappointing manner. The not only lost all their three ties but also was relegated in the lower group in their zone.

The performance of Macedonia F.Y.R.at the 2001 Federation Cup was really disastrous and the team instead of progressing further was relegated back in the Group II of the Europe/Africa zone.