1997 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1997.

In the Europe/Africa Zone there were four 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 1998.^[1]

Participating nations

Draw

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

Belgium

Brussels, Belgium (clay)

bye

Belgium

3

Aalborg, Denmark (indoor carpet)

Hungary

Denmark

2

Denmark

5

Budapest, Hungary (clay)

Hungary

0

Hungary

2

Ukraine

3

Great Britain

Kyiv, Ukraine (clay)

London, England (indoor carpet)

bye

Great Britain

3

Great Britain

1

Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)

Ukraine

2

Zimbabwe

4

Ukraine

0

Zimbabwe

5

Israel

Bratislava, Slovakia (clay)

bye

Israel

1

bye

Slovakia

3

bye

Slovakia

Israel

w/o

Osijek, Croatia (indoor carpet)

Morocco

1

Graz, Austria (indoor clay)

Croatia

4

Morocco

Croatia

2

bye

Austria

3

bye

Austria

Hungary and Morocco relegated to Group II in 1998.
Belgium, Zimbabwe, Slovakia, and Austria advance to World Group qualifying round.

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 1998.^[2]

Participating nations

Draw

Relegation Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Snarøya, Norway (clay)

Norway

5

Tbilisi, Georgia (clay)

Nova Gorica, Slovenia (clay)

Nigeria

0

Nigeria

0

Norway

4

Tbilisi, Georgia (clay)

Georgia

5

Slovenia

1

Georgia

2

Porto, Portugal (clay)

Slovenia

3

Norway

3

Cairo, Egypt (clay)

Portugal

2

Egypt

0

Cairo, Egypt (clay)

Porto, Portugal (clay)

Portugal

5

Egypt

3

Portugal

3

Vilnius, Lithuania (indoor carpet)

2

2

3

2

Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard)

Latvia

0

Jūrmala, Latvia (clay)

Bytom, Poland (clay)

Ivory Coast

5

Latvia

4

Ivory Coast

1

Poznań, Poland (clay)

Ghana

1

Poland

4

Ghana

0

Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)

Poland

5

Poland

2

Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard)

Finland

3

Ireland

1

Dublin, Ireland (carpet)

Tampere, Finland (clay)

Belarus

4

Ireland

4

Belarus

2

Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)

Greece

1

Finland

3

Greece

2

Finland

3

Nigeria, Lithuania, Ghana, and Greece relegated to Group III in 1998.
Norway and Finland promoted to Group I in 1998.

Group III

The top two teams in each Group III sub-zone advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 1998, whereas the bottom two teams in each sub-zone were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 1998.

Participating nations

Zone A

Draw

Venue: Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal
Date: 22–26 January

Group A

	MKD	TUR	SMR	ETH	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
Macedonia		2–1	3–0	2–1	3–0	7–2 (78%)	15–5 (75%)	1
Turkey	1–2		3–0	3–0	2–1	7–2 (78%)	14–5 (74%)	2
San Marino	0–3	0–3		2–1	1–2	2–7 (22%)	5–14 (26%)	3
Ethiopia	1–2	0–3	1–2		0–3	2–7 (22%)	5–15 (25%)	4

Group B

	SEN	LUX	BIH	ARM	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
Senegal		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	8–1 (89%)	16–3 (84%)	1
Luxembourg	1–2		2–1	3–0	2–1	6–3 (67%)	13–7 (65%)	2
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–3	1–2		3–0	1–2	4–5 (44%)	9–10 (47%)	3
Armenia	0–3	0–3	0–3		0–3	0–9 (0%)	0–18 (0%)	4

1st to 4th place play-offs

3rd-4th play-off

Semifinals

Final

B1

Senegal

2

A2

Turkey

1

A2

Turkey

2

B1

Senegal

1

A1

Macedonia

1

B2

Luxembourg

2

A1

Macedonia

1

B2

Luxembourg

2

5th to 8th place play-offs

7th-8th play-off

5th-8th play-offs

5th-6th play-off

A3

San Marino

3

B4

Armenia

0

B4

Armenia

2

A3

San Marino

0

A4

Ethiopia

1

B3

Bosnia and Herzegovina

3

B3

Bosnia and Herzegovina

3

A4

Ethiopia

0

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	Luxembourg
2	Senegal
3	Turkey
4	Macedonia
5	Bosnia and Herzegovina
6	San Marino
7	Armenia
8	Ethiopia

Luxembourg and Senegal promoted to Group II in 1998.
Armenia and Ethiopia relegated to Group IV in 1998.

Zone B

Draw

Venue: Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Date: 21–25 May

Group A

	BUL	EST	KEN	MLT	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
Bulgaria		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	9–0 (100%)	18–0 (100%)	1
Estonia	0–3		2–1	2–1	2–1	4–5 (44%)	8–11 (42%)	2
Kenya	0–3	1–2		2–1	1–2	3–6 (33%)	6–13 (32%)	3
Malta	0–3	1–2	1–2		0–3	2–7 (22%)	6–14 (30%)	4

Group B

	MON	MDA	CMR	ALG	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
Monaco		3–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	7–2 (78%)	15–6 (71%)	1
Moldova	0–3		3–0	3–0	2–1	6–3 (67%)	13–7 (65%)	2
Cameroon	1–2	0–3		2–1	1–2	3–6 (33%)	8–13 (38%)	3
Algeria	1–2	0–3	1–2		0–3	2–7 (22%)	4–14 (22%)	4

1st to 4th place play-offs

3rd-4th play-off

Semifinals

Final

A1

Bulgaria

3

B2

Moldova

0

B2

Moldova

1

A1

Bulgaria

3

A2

Estonia

2

B1

Monaco

0

B1

Monaco

3

A2

Estonia

0

5th to 8th place play-offs

7th-8th play-off

5th-8th play-offs

5th-6th play-off

A3

Kenya

2

B4

Algeria

1

B4

Algeria

2

A3

Kenya

2

B3

Cameroon

1

A4

Malta

1

A4

Malta

2

B3

Cameroon

1

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	Bulgaria
2	Monaco
3	Estonia
4	Moldova
5	Kenya
6	Malta
7	Algeria
8	Cameroon

Bulgaria and Monaco promoted to Group II in 1998.
Algeria and Cameroon relegated to Group IV in 1998.

Group IV

The top two teams in each Group IV sub-zone advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 1998. All other teams remained in Group IV.

Participating nations

Zone A

Draw

Venue: Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana
Date: 19–23 March

Group A

	TOG	LIE	UGA	SUD	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
Togo		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	9–0 (100%)	18–0 (100%)	1
Liechtenstein	0–3		3–0	3–0	2–1	6–3 (67%)	12–7 (63%)	2
Uganda	0–3	0–3		2–1	1–2	2–7 (22%)	5–14 (26%)	3
Sudan	0–3	0–3	1–2		0–3	1–8 (11%)	2–16 (11%)	4

Group B

	MAD	BOT	ISL	DJI	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
Madagascar		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	8–1 (89%)	16–2 (89%)	1
Botswana	1–2		2–1	3–0	2–1	6–3 (67%)	11–6 (65%)	2
Iceland	0–3	1–2		3–0	1–2	4–5 (44%)	8–9 (47%)	3
Djibouti	0–3	0–3	0–3		0–3	0–9 (0%)	0–18 (0%)	4

1st to 4th place play-offs

3rd-4th play-off

Semifinals

Final

A1

Togo

2

B2

Botswana

1

B2

Botswana

1

A1

Togo

1

A2

Liechtenstein

2

B1

Madagascar

2

A2

Liechtenstein

0

B1

Madagascar

3

5th to 8th place play-offs

7th-8th play-off

5th-8th play-offs

5th-6th play-off

A3

Uganda

3

B4

Djibouti

0

B4

Djibouti

0

A3

Uganda

2

B3

Iceland

3

A4

Sudan

1

A4

Sudan

2

B3

Iceland

1

Zone B

Draw

Venue: Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus
Date: 21–25 May

	TUN	CYP	BEN	ZAM	AZE	CGO	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
Tunisia		2–1	3–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	5–0	13–2 (87%)	27–5 (84%)	1
Cyprus	1–2		2–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	4–1	11–4 (73%)	23–8 (74%)	2
Benin	0–3	1–2		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–2	9–6 (60%)	16–12 (57%)	3
Zambia	1–2	1–2	1–2		3–0	3–0	2–3	9–6 (60%)	17–13 (57%)	4
Azerbaijan	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3		2–1	1–4	2–13 (13%)	4–24 (14%)	5
Congo	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–2		0–5	1–14 (7%)	3–28 (10%)	6

Tunisia and Cyprus promoted to Group III in 1998.

References

↑ "1997 Europe/Africa Group I". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
↑ "1997 Europe/Africa Group II". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.

External links

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[1] "1997 Europe/Africa Group I". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.

[2] "1997 Europe/Africa Group II". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.

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