1996 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II

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

Main article: 1996 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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. 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.[1]

Participating nations

Draw
  Relegation Play-offs
12–14 July		 First Round
1–5 May		 Second Round
12–14 July		 Third Round
20–22 September
                                     
  Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
(indoor carpet)
      Slovenia 1  
  Novo Mesto, Slovenia (clay)     Great Britain 4     Accra, Ghana (hard)
  Slovenia 5         Great Britain 5  
  Malta 0   Accra, Ghana (hard)     Ghana 0  
    Ghana 5
      Malta 0     Wimbledon, United Kingdom (grass)
      Great Britain 5
  Cairo, Egypt (clay)       Egypt 0
      Egypt 5  
  Skopje, Macedonia (clay)     Macedonia 0     Cairo, Egypt (clay)
  Macedonia 2         Egypt 3
  Latvia 3   Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor hard)     Ivory Coast 2  
    Ivory Coast 3
      Latvia 2  
  Warsaw, Poland (clay)
      Poland 4  
      Nigeria 1     Poznań, Poland (clay)
  Nigeria w/o         Poland 4  
  Luxembourg   Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor carpet)     Belarus 1  
    Belarus 4
      Luxembourg 1     Trnava, Slovakia (indoor carpet)
      Poland 1
  Budva, Yugoslavia (clay)       Slovakia 4
      Yugoslavia 1  
  Novi Sad, Yugoslavia (carpet)     Slovakia 4     Trnava, Slovakia (indoor carpet)
  Yugoslavia 5         Slovakia 5
  Algeria 0   Algiers, Algeria (clay)     Portugal 0  
    Algeria 0
      Portugal 5  
 Malta,  Macedonia,  Nigeria, and  Algeria
relegated to Group III in 1997.		  Great Britain and  Slovakia
promoted to Group I in 1997.

First round

Great Britain vs. Slovenia

Great Britain
4		 Castle Farm, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom [2]
3–5 May 1996
Carpet (indoors)
Slovenia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Greg Rusedski
Borut Urh		 6
1		 6
4		 60
77		 6
3		    
2
Mark Petchey
Iztok Božič		 4
6 		4
6 		6
4		 2
6 		   
3
Neil Broad / Greg Rusedski
Gregor Krušič / Borut Urh		 78
66		 6
2		 6
3		      
4
Greg Rusedski
Iztok Božič		 6
1		 6
2		 6
2		      
5
Nick Gould
Borut Urh		 6
4		 2
6 		6
4		      

Ghana vs. Malta

Ghana
5		 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana [3]
3–5 May 1996
Hard
Malta
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Franklyn Ofori
Daryl Delicata		 6
0		 6
4		 77
62		      
2
Isaac Donkor
Mark Schembri		 6
4		 6
3		 65
77		 6
1		    
3
Isaac Donkor / Franklyn Ofori
Daryl Delicata / Mark Schembri		 6
1		 77
65		 6
5		      
4
Franklyn Ofori
Mark Schembri		 6
4		 6
4		        
5
Isaac Tetteh-Quaye
Daryl Delicata		 6
4		 4
6 		77
61		      

Egypt vs. Macedonia

Egypt
5		 Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt [4]
3–5 May 1996
Clay
Macedonia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Amr Ghoneim
Ognen Nikolovski		 6
0		 6
2		 6
3		      
2
Tamer El-Sawy
Lazar Magdincev		 6
2		 6
3		 6
0		      
3
Tamer El-Sawy / Hisham Hemeda
Dragan Jovanovski / Ognen Nikolovski		 6
1		 6
4		 6
2		      
4
Hisham Hemeda
Ognen Nikolovski		 4
6 		6
1		 6
0		      
5
Amr Ghoneim
Lazar Magdincev		 6
2		 6
1		        

Latvia vs. Ivory Coast

Latvia
2		 National Tennis Centre Lielupe, Jūrmala, Latvia [5]
3–5 May 1996
Hard (indoors)
Ivory Coast
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Armand Strombach
Claude N'Goran		 3
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
2
Ģirts Dzelde
Clément N'Goran		 7
5		 6
4		 6
1		      
3
Andris Fiļimonovs / Ģirts Dzelde
Claude N'Goran / Clément N'Goran		 65
77		 5
7 		3
6 		     
4
Ģirts Dzelde
Claude N'Goran		 77
61		 3
6 		1
6 		2
6 		   
5
Andris Fiļimonovs
Clément N'Goran		 77
61		 6
3		        

Poland vs. Nigeria

Poland
4		 KS Warszawianka, Warsaw, Poland [6]
3–5 May 1996
Clay
Nigeria
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Bartłomiej Dąbrowski
Ganiyu Adenekan		 6
1		 6
1		 6
3		      
2
Adam Skrzypczak
Sule Ladipo		 3
6 		4
6 		3
6 		     
3
Michał Chmela / Bartłomiej Dąbrowski
Sule Ladipo / Godwin Omuta		 6
4		 77
61		 6
2		      
4
Bartłomiej Dąbrowski
Sule Ladipo		 6
1		 2
6 		77
65		 6
1		    
5
Adam Skrzypczak
Ganiyu Adenekan		 6
0		 6
4		        

Luxembourg vs. Belarus

Luxembourg
1		 Centre National de Tennis, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg [7]
3–5 May 1996
Carpet (indoors)
Belarus
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Pascal Schaul
Alexander Shvets		 2
6 		61
77		 1
6 		     
2
Sacha Thoma
Vladimir Voltchkov		 1
6 		7
5		 79
67		 77
64		    
3
Johny Goudenbour / Alberto Paris
Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov		 65
77		 2
6 		77
61		 62
77		    
4
Sacha Thoma
Alexander Shvets		 5
7 		2
6 		6
3		 6
2		 3
6 		 
5
Pascal Schaul
Vladimir Voltchkov		 3
6 		2
6 		       

Yugoslavia vs. Slovakia

Yugoslavia
1		 Centar Budvanska Rivijera, Budva, Yugoslavia [8]
3–5 May 1996
Clay
Slovakia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Nebojša Đorđević
Karol Kučera		 1
6 		3
6 		5
7 		     
2
Bojan Vujić
Ján Krošlák		 6
4		 0
6 		2
6 		3
6 		   
3
Dušan Vemić / Nenad Zimonjić
Ján Krošlák / Karol Kučera		 7
5		 6
4		 2
6 		2
6 		6
3		  
4
Bojan Vujić
Karol Kučera		 5
7 		1
6 		4
6 		     
5
Nebojša Đorđević
Ján Krošlák		 2
6 		6
2		 4
6 		     

Algeria vs. Portugal

Algeria
0		 Olympic Complex, Algiers, Algeria [9]
1–3 May 1996
Clay
Portugal
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ouassel Hared
Emanuel Couto		 3
6 		0
6 		1
6 		     
2
Abdelhak Hameurlaine
Bernardo Mota		 2
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
3
Noujeim Hakimi / Abdelhak Hameurlaine
Emanuel Couto / Bernardo Mota		 3
6 		1
6 		0
6 		     
4
Mohammed Mahmoudi
Bruno Fragoso		 4
6 		4
6 		       
5
Ouassel Hared
Bernardo Mota		 1
6 		0
6 		       

Second round

Ghana vs. Great Britain

Ghana
0		 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana [10]
12–14 July 1996
Hard
Great Britain
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Isaac Donkor
Tim Henman		 2
6 		0
6 		2
6 		     
2
Franklyn Ofori
Luke Milligan		 1
6 		6
3		 4
6 		2
6 		   
3
Isaac Donkor / Franklyn Ofori
Neil Broad / Mark Petchey		 1
6 		4
6 		1
6 		     
4
Daniel Omaboe
Tim Henman		 3
6 		6
4		 0
6 		     
5
Isaac Donkor
Luke Milligan		 4
6 		3
6 		       

Egypt vs. Ivory Coast

Egypt
3		 Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt [11]
12–14 July 1996
Clay
Ivory Coast
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Tamer El-Sawy
Clément N'Goran		 6
2		 7
5		 6
2		      
2
Amr Ghoneim
Claude N'Goran		 3
6 		6
3		 6
1		 4
6 		6
3		  
3
Tamer El-Sawy / Hisham Hemeda
Claude N'Goran / Clément N'Goran		 1
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
4
Tamer El-Sawy
Claude N'Goran		 6
4		 6
2		 6
1		      
5
Amr Ghoneim
Clément N'Goran		 3
6 		4
6 		       

Poland vs. Belarus

Poland
4		 Olimpia Poznań, Poznań, Poland [12]
12–14 July 1996
Clay
Belarus
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Bartłomiej Dąbrowski
Alexander Shvets		 7
5		 6
2		 6
4		      
2
Adam Skrzypczak
Max Mirnyi		 6
3		 6
2		 6
3		      
3
Michał Chmela / Bartłomiej Dąbrowski
Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov		 4
6 		6
4		 3
6 		2
6 		   
4
Bartłomiej Dąbrowski
Max Mirnyi		 6
4		 7
5		 6
1		      
5
Adam Skrzypczak
Vladimir Voltchkov		 77
61		 6
3		        

Slovakia vs. Portugal

Slovakia
5		 Městská hala, Trnava, Slovakia [13]
12–14 July 1996
Carpet (indoors)
Portugal
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ján Krošlák
Emanuel Couto		 6
0		 6
4		 6
1		      
2
Karol Kučera
Nuno Marques		 77
62		 2
6 		6
4		 6
4		    
3
Ján Krošlák / Karol Kučera
Emanuel Couto / Bernardo Mota		 6
3		 6
2		 6
2		      
4
Ján Krošlák
Nuno Marques		 6
2		 6
3		        
5
Karol Kučera
Emanuel Couto		 6
4		 6
1		        

Relegation play-offs

Slovenia vs. Malta

Slovenia
5		 Teniški klub Krka, Novo Mesto, Slovenia [14]
12–14 July 1996
Clay
Malta
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Borut Urh
Mark Schembri		 6
0		 6
0		 6
1		      
2
Iztok Božič
Maurizio Cappello		 6
0		 6
1		 6
1		      
3
Andrej Kraševec / Gregor Krušič
Maurizio Cappello / Mark Schembri		 6
1		 6
3		 6
2		      
4
Iztok Božič
Mark Schembri		 6
1		 6
1		        
5
Borut Urh
Maurizio Cappello		 6
2		 6
1		        

Macedonia vs. Latvia

Macedonia
2		 Tennis Club Jug, Skopje, Macedonia [15]
12–14 July 1996
Clay
Latvia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ognen Nikolovski
Andris Fiļimonovs		 2
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     
2
Zoran Ševčenko
Ģirts Dzelde		 6
3		 6
2		 1
6 		6
1		    
3
Goran Popov / Zoran Ševčenko
Andris Fiļimonovs / Ģirts Dzelde		 4
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
4
Goran Popov
Ģirts Dzelde		 2
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     
5
Zoran Ševčenko
Andris Fiļimonovs		 7
5		 7
5		        

Yugoslavia vs. Algeria

Yugoslavia
5		 SD Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia [16]
12–14 July 1996
Carpet
Algeria
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Srđan Muškatirović
Abdelhak Hameurlaine		 6
1		 6
2		 6
1		      
2
Nenad Zimonjić
Noujeim Hakimi		 77
65		 77
65		 6
2		      
3
Dušan Vemić / Nenad Zimonjić
Noujeim Hakimi / Abdelhak Hameurlaine		 7
5		 6
4		 77
65		      
4
Nenad Zimonjić
Abdelhak Hameurlaine		 3
6 		6
3		 6
4		      
5
Dušan Vemić
Sofiane Rais-Ali		 6
2		 6
1		        

Third round

Great Britain vs. Egypt

Great Britain
5		 All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon, United Kingdom [17]
20–22 September 1996
Grass
Egypt
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Greg Rusedski
Tamer El-Sawy		 6
2		 6
4		 7
5		      
2
Tim Henman
Amr Ghoneim		 6
0		 6
4		 7
5		      
3
Neil Broad / Mark Petchey
Tamer El-Sawy / Amr Ghoneim		 3
6 		6
4		 6
3		 6
4		    
4
Tim Henman
Tamer El-Sawy		 64
77		 6
2		 6
2		      
5
Greg Rusedski
Amr Ghoneim		 6
4		 6
2		        

Slovakia vs. Poland

Slovakia
4		 Zimný štadión, Trnava, Slovakia [18]
20–22 September 1996
Carpet (indoors)
Poland
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ján Krošlák
Bartłomiej Dąbrowski		 79
67		 6
3		 6
3		      
2
Karol Kučera
Adam Skrzypczak		 6
1		 6
1		 6
1		      
3
Ján Krošlák / Karol Kučera
Michał Chmela / Michał Gawłowski		 6
1		 6
4		 65
77		 6
0		    
4
Karol Kučera
Bartłomiej Dąbrowski		 62
77		 6
3		 6
4		      
5
Dominik Hrbatý
Michał Gawłowski		 77
61		 3
6 		5
7 		     
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References
  1. "1996 Europe/Africa Group II". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. "Great Britain v Slovenia". daviscup.com.
  3. "Ghana v Malta". daviscup.com.
  4. "Egypt v Macedonia". daviscup.com.
  5. "Latvia v Ivory Coast". daviscup.com.
  6. "Poland v Nigeria". daviscup.com.
  7. "Luxembourg v Belarus". daviscup.com.
  8. "Yugoslavia v Slovakia". daviscup.com.
  9. "Algeria v Portugal". daviscup.com.
  10. "Ghana v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  11. "Egypt v Ivory Coast". daviscup.com.
  12. "Poland v Belarus". daviscup.com.
  13. "Slovakia v Portugal". daviscup.com.
  14. "Slovenia v Malta". daviscup.com.
  15. "Macedonia v Latvia". daviscup.com.
  16. "Yugoslavia v Algeria". daviscup.com.
  17. "Great Britain v Egypt". daviscup.com.
  18. "Slovakia v Poland". daviscup.com.
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