The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1996.

In the Europe/Africa Zone there were three different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier.

Group I

Winners in Group I advanced to the World Group qualifying round, along with losing teams from the World Group first round. Teams who lost in the first round competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group I, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 1997.[1]

Participating nations

Draw

Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
 Morocco
Casablanca, Morocco (clay)
bye
bye Morocco4
 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe1
bye
Harare, Zimbabwe (hard)
 Zimbabwe
 Zimbabwe4
 Finland1
 Romania
Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)
bye
bye Romania3
 Finland Finland2
bye
 Finland
 Ukraine
Dubrovnik, Croatia (indoor carpet)
bye
 Ukraine Ukraine0
bye Croatia5
bye
Kyiv, Ukraine (clay)
 Croatia
 Ukraine4
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
 Norway1
 Norway2
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
 Israel3
 Norway Israel1
bye Spain4
bye
 Spain

Group II

Winners in Group II advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group II, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 1997.[2]

Participating nations

Draw

Group III

Winners in Group III advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 1997. In a move to a four-tier system from 1997, the bottom teams were re-assigned to the new Group IV. All other teams remained in Group III.

Participating nations

Zone A

Draw

Group A

   LTU  SEN  SMR  ETH  AZE  ISL  SUD RR
W–L		 Match
W–L		 Set
W–L		 Standings
 Lithuania 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 6–0 18–0 (100%) 36–3 (92%) 1
 Senegal 0–3 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 5–1 13–5 (72%) 28–13 (68%) 2
 San Marino 0–3 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 4–2 13–5 (72%) 27–12 (69%) 3
 Ethiopia 0–3 1–2 0–3 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–3 8–10 (44%) 18–23 (44%) 4
 Azerbaijan 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 4–14 (22%) 12–30 (29%) 5
 Iceland 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–5 5–13 (28%) 13–26 (33%) 6
 Sudan 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–3 0–6 2–16 (11%) 6–33 (15%) 7

Group B

   GEO  TUR  ARM  BIH  LIE  TUN  BEN RR
W–L		 Match
W–L		 Set
W–L		 Standings
 Georgia 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 6–0 13–5 (72%) 28–11 (72%) 1
 Turkey 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 5–1 14–4 (78%) 28–9 (76%) 2
 Armenia 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 4–2 12–6 (67%) 27–16 (63%) 3
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–3 10–8 (56%) 22–20 (52%) 4
 Liechtenstein 1–2 0–3 0–3 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–4 7–11 (39%) 16–24 (40%) 5
 Tunisia 1–2 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–5 4–14 (22%) 13–30 (30%) 6
 Benin 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–6 3–15 (17%) 7–31 (18%) 7

Zone B

Draw

Group A

   IRL  CMR  EST  MDA  CYP  ZAM  DJI RR
W–L		 Match
W–L		 Set
W–L		 Standings
 Ireland 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 6–0 17–1 (94%) 32–4 (89%) 1
 Cameroon 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 5–1 13–5 (72%) 26–12 (68%) 2
 Estonia 0–3 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 4–2 12–6 (67%) 25–15 (63%) 3
 Moldova 0–3 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–3 9–9 (50%) 21–19 (53%) 4
 Cyprus 0–3 1–2 0–3 1–2 3–0 3–0 4–2 8–10 (44%) 19–18 (51%) 5
 Zambia 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3 3–0 5–1 4–14 (22%) 9–28 (24%) 6
 Djibouti 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 6–0 0–18 (0%) 0–36 (0%) 7

Group B

   GRE  BUL  MON  KEN  BOT  TOG  CGO RR
W–L		 Match
W–L		 Set
W–L		 Standings
 Greece 3–0 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 5–1 16–2 (89%) 33–7 (83%) 1
 Bulgaria 0–3 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 5–1 15–3 (83%) 30–10 (75%) 2
 Monaco 2–1 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 5–1 13–5 (72%) 27–14 (66%) 3
 Kenya 0–3 0–3 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–3 10–8 (56%) 25–18 (58%) 4
 Botswana 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 3–0 3–0 2–4 6–12 (33%) 14–25 (36%) 5
 Togo 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 3–0 1–5 3–15 (17%) 10–29 (26%) 6
 Congo 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–6 0–18 (0%) 0–36 (0%) 7

References

  1. ↑ "1996 Europe/Africa Group I". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "1996 Europe/Africa Group II". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
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