1996 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Zone A

Zone A of the 1996 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group III was one of two zones in the Europe/Africa Group III of the 1996 Davis Cup. 14 teams competed across two pools in a round robin competition, with the top team in each pool advancing to Group II in 1997. In a move to a four-tier system, the bottom three teams in each pool were reassigned to the new Group IV in 1997; all other teams remained in Group III.

Main article: 1996 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Participating nations

•  Armenia
•  Azerbaijan
•  Benin
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina
•  Ethiopia
•  Georgia
•  Iceland
•  Liechtenstein
•  Lithuania
•  San Marino
•  Senegal
•  Sudan
•  Tunisia
•  Turkey

Draw

• Venue: T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey
• Date: 20–26 May

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

•  Lithuania and  Georgia promoted to Group II in 1997.
•  Azerbaijan,  Iceland,  Sudan,  Liechtenstein,  Tunisia and  Benin assigned to Group IV in 1997.

Group A

Azerbaijan vs. Sudan

Azerbaijan 2	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [1] 20 May 1996		Sudan 1
1 2 3 1 Igor Borisov Abbas Jeha 6 2 6 4     2 Dmitri Zarubin Khalid Farid 7 5 6 1     3 Raouf Eybazov / Eldar Kafarov Asim Omar El-Agraa / Khalid Farid 2 6 1 6

Ethiopia vs. Senegal

Ethiopia 1	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [2] 20 May 1996		Senegal 2
1 2 3 1 Mikaile Asfaw Thierno Ly 4 6 2 6     2 Yohannes Setegnwandimu Abou Berthé 4 6 2 6     3 Mikaile Asfaw / Yohannes Setegnwandimu Mansour Diedhiou / Cheick Koita 4 6 7^7 6^2 6 4

Iceland vs. San Marino

Iceland 0	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [3] 20 May 1996		San Marino 3
1 2 3 1 Gunnar Einarsson Massimiliano Rosti 0 6 6^0 7^7     2 Einar Sigurgeirsson Domenico Vicini 4 6 3 6     3 Stefán Pálsson / Atli Þorbjörnsson Massimiliano Rosti / Domenico Vicini 6^4 7^7 4 6

Azerbaijan vs. Senegal

Azerbaijan 0	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [4] 21 May 1996		Senegal 3
1 2 3 1 Dmitri Zarubin Thierno Ly 6 3 1 6 4 6   2 Igor Borisov Abou Berthé 2 6 0 6     3 Raouf Eybazov / Dmitri Zarubin Abou Berthé / Thierno Ly 3 6 3 6

Ethiopia vs. Sudan

Ethiopia 2	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [5] 21 May 1996		Sudan 1
1 2 3 1 Samuel Woldegebriel Asim Omar El-Agraa 1 6 6 3 6 1   2 Yohannes Setegnwandimu Abbas Jeha 6 1 6 2     3 Mikaile Asfaw / Yohannes Setegnwandimu Asim Omar El-Agraa / Khalid Farid 6 1 5 7 3 6

Iceland vs. Lithuania

Iceland 0	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [6] 21 May 1996		Lithuania 3
1 2 3 1 Stefán Pálsson Gitanas Mažonas 3 6 1 6     2 Atli Þorbjörnsson Rolandas Muraška 1 6 1 6     3 Stefán Pálsson / Atli Þorbjörnsson Eugenius Cariovas / Denis Ivancovas 6^6 7^8 3 6

Azerbaijan vs. San Marino

Azerbaijan 0	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [7] 22 May 1996		San Marino 3
1 2 3 1 Dmitri Zarubin Gabriel Francini 1 6 1 6     2 Raouf Eybazov Massimiliano Rosti 0 6 0 6     3 Igor Borisov / Raouf Eybazov Christian Rosti / Domenico Vicini 2 6 7 5 1 6

Ethiopia vs. Lithuania

Ethiopia 0	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [8] 22 May 1996		Lithuania 3
1 2 3 1 Daniel Mebrahtu Gitanas Mažonas 1 6 0 6     2 Samuel Woldegebriel Rolandas Muraška 2 6 0 6     3 Mikaile Asfaw / Yohannes Setegnwandimu Eugenius Cariovas / Denis Ivancovas 6 3 3 6 1 6

Iceland vs. Sudan

Iceland 3	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [9] 22 May 1996		Sudan 0
1 2 3 1 Gunnar Einarsson Asim Omar El-Agraa 6 4 6 1     2 Einar Sigurgeirsson Khalid Farid 6 2 6 2     3 Gunnar Einarsson / Atli Þorbjörnsson Nour Abdalla / Khalid Farid 6 2 6 3

Ethiopia vs. Iceland

Ethiopia 2	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [10] 23 May 1996		Iceland 1
1 2 3 1 Mikaile Asfaw Gunnar Einarsson 3 6 1 6     2 Yohannes Setegnwandimu Einar Sigurgeirsson 6 2 6 2     3 Mikaile Asfaw / Yohannes Setegnwandimu Stefán Pálsson / Atli Þorbjörnsson 7 5 7^7 6^4

Lithuania vs. San Marino

Lithuania 3	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [11] 23 May 1996		San Marino 0
1 2 3 1 Gitanas Mažonas Massimiliano Rosti 6 3 7 5     2 Rolandas Muraška Domenico Vicini 6 4 6 4     3 Eugenius Cariovas / Denis Ivancovas Gabriel Francini / Domenico Vicini 6^3 7^7 6 3 6 4

Senegal vs. Sudan

Senegal 3	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [12] 23 May 1996		Sudan 0
1 2 3 1 Thierno Ly Khalid Farid 6 2 6 4     2 Abou Berthé Abbas Jeha 6 3 6 1     3 Mansour Diedhiou / Cheick Koita Asim Omar El-Agraa / Abbas Jeha 6 0 2 6 7 5

Azerbaijan vs. Lithuania

Azerbaijan 0	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [13] 24 May 1996		Lithuania 3
1 2 3 1 Dmitri Zarubin Eugenius Cariovas 6 4 2 6 0 6   2 Eldar Kafarov Rolandas Muraška 1 6 1 6     3 Igor Borisov / Eldar Kafarov Eugenius Cariovas / Rolandas Muraška 2 6 1 6

Iceland vs. Senegal

Iceland 0	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [14] 24 May 1996		Senegal 3
1 2 3 1 Gunnar Einarsson Thierno Ly 2 6 4 6     2 Einar Sigurgeirsson Abou Berthé 6 3 5 7 1 6   3 Stefán Pálsson / Einar Sigurgeirsson Abou Berthé / Thierno Ly 2 6 2 6

San Marino vs. Sudan

San Marino 3	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [15] 24 May 1996		Sudan 0
1 2 3 1 Christian Rosti Asim Omar El-Agraa 6 2 6 4     2 Gabriel Francini Abbas Jeha 6 1 6 0     3 Massimiliano Rosti / Domenico Vicini Asim Omar El-Agraa / Abbas Jeha 6 3 6 2

Azerbaijan vs. Ethiopia

Azerbaijan 0	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [16] 25 May 1996		Ethiopia 3
1 2 3 1 Dmitri Zarubin Samuel Woldegebriel 6 4 6^7 7^9 4 6   2 Igor Borisov Yohannes Setegnwandimu 4 6 3 6     3 Raouf Eybazov / Eldar Kafarov Mikaile Asfaw / Yohannes Setegnwandimu 0 6 2 6

Lithuania vs. Sudan

Lithuania 3	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [17] 25 May 1996		Sudan 0
1 2 3 1 Denis Ivancovas Asim Omar El-Agraa 6 2 6 1     2 Gitanas Mažonas Abbas Jeha 6 0 6 0     3 Eugenius Cariovas / Denis Ivancovas Asim Omar El-Agraa / Khalid Farid 6 2 6 2

San Marino vs. Senegal

San Marino 1	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [18] 25 May 1996		Senegal 2
1 2 3 1 Gabriel Francini Thierno Ly 5 7 4 6     2 Domenico Vicini Abou Berthé 6^4 7^7 7^8 6^6 13 11   3 Christian Rosti / Massimiliano Rosti Abou Berthé / Thierno Ly 3 6 4 6

Azerbaijan vs. Iceland

Azerbaijan 2	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [19] 26 May 1996		Iceland 1
1 2 3 1 Dmitri Zarubin Gunnar Einarsson 1 6 6 4 7 5   2 Igor Borisov Einar Sigurgeirsson 6 4 6^6 7^8 6 2   3 Igor Borisov / Dmitri Zarubin Stefán Pálsson / Atli Þorbjörnsson 1 6 3 6

Ethiopia vs. San Marino

Ethiopia 0	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [20] 26 May 1996		San Marino 3
1 2 3 1 Samuel Woldegebriel Massimiliano Rosti 0 6 1 6     2 Yohannes Setegnwandimu Domenico Vicini 4 6 2 6     3 Mikaile Asfaw / Yohannes Setegnwandimu Christian Rosti / Massimiliano Rosti 1 6 1 6

Lithuania vs. Senegal

Lithuania 3	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [21] 26 May 1996		Senegal 0
1 2 3 1 Gitanas Mažonas Thierno Ly 6 0 6 1     2 Rolandas Muraška Abou Berthé 6 1 6 2     3 Eugenius Cariovas / Denis Ivancovas Mansour Diedhiou / Cheick Koita 7^7 6^3 6 3

Group B

Turkey vs. Benin

Turkey 3	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [22] 20 May 1996		Benin 0
1 2 3 1 Erhan Oral Jean-Marie da Silva 6 4 6 0     2 Mustafa Azkara Alphonse Gandonou 6 2 6 3     3 Barış Ergün / Alaaddin Karagöz Jean-Marie da Silva / Alphonse Gandonou 6 0 6 2

Armenia vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina

Armenia 2	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [23] 20 May 1996		Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
1 2 3 1 Tsolak Gevorgyan Eldar Mustafić 3 6 6 1 6 4   2 Sargis Sargsian Meride Zahirović 2 6 6 3 4 6   3 Sargis Sargsian / Artur Tombakian Haris Bašalić / Meride Zahirović 6 4 6 4

Georgia vs. Tunisia

Georgia 2	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [24] 20 May 1996		Tunisia 1
1 2 3 1 David Katcharava Sami Sidia 6 4 7^7 6^4     2 Vladimir Gabrichidze Adel Lahdhiri 6 4 3 6 0 6   3 David Katcharava / Vladimir Margalitadze Walid Jallali / Sami Sidia 6 3 6 4

Turkey vs. Liechtenstein

Turkey 3	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [25] 21 May 1996		Liechtenstein 0
1 2 3 1 Barış Ergün Stephan Ritter 7 5 6 3     2 Alaaddin Karagöz Christoph Hoop 6 3 7^7 6^0     3 Mustafa Azkara / Erhan Oral Daniel Kieber / Jürgen Tömördy 6 3 6 2

Armenia vs. Georgia

Armenia 1	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [26] 21 May 1996		Georgia 2
1 2 3 1 Tsolak Gevorgyan David Katcharava 2 6 2 6     2 Sargis Sargsian Vladimir Gabrichidze 6 1 4 6 4 6   3 Sargis Sargsian / Artur Tombakian Irakli Kunchulia / Vladimir Margalitadze 6 2 6 3

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Tunisia

Bosnia and Herzegovina 2	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [27] 21 May 1996		Tunisia 1
1 2 3 1 Eldar Mustafić Walid Jallali 6 4 6^5 7^7 6 2   2 Meride Zahirović Adel Lahdhiri 6 2 6 0     3 Haris Bašalić / Eldar Mustafić Walid Jallali / Sami Sidia 5 7 1 6

Turkey vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina

Turkey 2	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [28] 22 May 1996		Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
1 2 3 1 Erhan Oral Eldar Mustafić 7^7 6^4 6 1     2 Alaaddin Karagöz Meride Zahirović 5 7 4 6     3 Mustafa Azkara / Erhan Oral Eldar Mustafić / Meride Zahirović 7 5 6 1

Armenia vs. Liechtenstein

Armenia 3	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [29] 22 May 1996		Liechtenstein 0
1 2 3 1 Tsolak Gevorgyan Daniel Kieber 6 2 6 2     2 Sargis Sargsian Jürgen Tömördy 6 0 6 0     3 Sargis Sargsian / Artur Tombakian Christoph Hoop / Stephan Ritter 6 3 6 1

Benin vs. Georgia

Benin 0	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [30] 22 May 1996		Georgia 3
1 2 3 1 Christophe Pognon David Katcharava 3 6 3 6     2 Alphonse Gandonou Vladimir Margalitadze 1 6 2 6     3 Jean-Marie da Silva / Toussaint Gandonou Irakli Kunchulia / Vladimir Margalitadze 3 6 2 6

Armenia vs. Tunisia

Armenia 3	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [31] 23 May 1996		Tunisia 0
1 2 3 1 Tsolak Gevorgyan Sami Sidia 6 4 3 6 6 4   2 Sargis Sargsian Adel Lahdhiri 4 6 6 0 6 1   3 Sargis Sargsian / Artur Tombakian Walid Jallali / Sami Sidia 6 1 4 6 6 3

Benin vs. Liechtenstein

Benin 1	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [32] 23 May 1996		Liechtenstein 2
1 2 3 1 Christophe Pognon Stephan Ritter 3 6 0 6     2 Alphonse Gandonou Christoph Hoop 6^5 7^7 3 6     3 Jean-Marie da Silva / Alphonse Gandonou Daniel Kieber / Jürgen Tömördy 7^7 6^4 6 3

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Georgia

Bosnia and Herzegovina 1	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [33] 23 May 1996		Georgia 2
1 2 3 1 Haris Bašalić Vladimir Margalitadze 3 6 4 6     2 Meride Zahirović Vladimir Gabrichidze 6 1 6 3     3 Eldar Mustafić / Meride Zahirović Vladimir Gabrichidze / David Katcharava 4 6 0 6

Turkey vs. Armenia

Turkey 2	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [34] 24 May 1996		Armenia 1
1 2 3 1 Erhan Oral Tsolak Gevorgyan 7 5 6 3     2 Mustafa Azkara Sargis Sargsian 1 6 1 6     3 Barış Ergün / Alaaddin Karagöz Sargis Sargsian / Artur Tombakian 6 3 7^7 6^2

Benin vs. Tunisia

Benin 1	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [35] 24 May 1996		Tunisia 2
1 2 3 1 Christophe Pognon Walid Jallali 1 6 6 1 6 8   2 Alphonse Gandonou Adel Lahdhiri 6^3 7^7 3 6     3 Jean-Marie da Silva / Alphonse Gandonou Walid Jallali / Haikel Kastelli 7 5 6 3

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Liechtenstein

Bosnia and Herzegovina 2	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [36] 24 May 1996		Liechtenstein 1
1 2 3 1 Eldar Mustafić Stephan Ritter 6 1 4 6 4 6   2 Meride Zahirović Christoph Hoop 6 3 4 6 6 1   3 Eldar Mustafić / Meride Zahirović Christoph Hoop / Stephan Ritter 6 1 4 6 6 3

Turkey vs. Georgia

Turkey 1	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [37] 25 May 1996		Georgia 2
1 2 3 1 Erhan Oral David Katcharava 0 6 5 7     2 Alaaddin Karagöz Vladimir Gabrichidze 6 4 3 6 7 5   3 Barış Ergün / Alaaddin Karagöz Vladimir Gabrichidze / David Katcharava 2 6 2 6

Armenia vs. Benin

Armenia 2	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [38] 25 May 1996		Benin 1
1 2 3 1 Artur Nesisian Christophe Pognon 7 5 4 6 1 6   2 Tsolak Gevorgyan Alphonse Gandonou 6 2 6 4     3 Tsolak Gevorgyan / Sargis Sargsian Jean-Marie da Silva / Alphonse Gandonou 6 1 6 0

Liechtenstein vs. Tunisia

Liechtenstein 3	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [39] 25 May 1996		Tunisia 0
1 2 3 1 Stephan Ritter Haikel Kastelli 6 4 6 0     2 Christoph Hoop Walid Jallali 6 2 7 5     3 Daniel Kieber / Jürgen Tömördy Walid Jallali / Haikel Kastelli 6 3 4 6 6 4

Turkey vs. Tunisia

Turkey 3	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [40] 26 May 1996		Tunisia 0
1 2 3 1 Erhan Oral Haikel Kastelli 6 3 6 0     2 Mustafa Azkara Walid Jallali 6 2 6 4     3 Mustafa Azkara / Erhan Oral Walid Jallali / Haikel Kastelli 6 0 6 3

Benin vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina

Benin 0	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [41] 26 May 1996		Bosnia and Herzegovina 3
1 2 3 1 Toussaint Gandonou Eldar Mustafić 0 6 0 6     2 Alphonse Gandonou Meride Zahirović 1 6 2 6     3 Alphonse Gandonou / Toussaint Gandonou Eldar Mustafić / Meride Zahirović 1 6 1 6

Georgia vs. Liechtenstein

Georgia 2	T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey [42] 26 May 1996		Liechtenstein 1
1 2 3 1 Irakli Kunchulia Stephan Ritter 6^6 7^8 0 6     2 Vladimir Margalitadze Christoph Hoop 7^7 6^5 6 3     3 Vladimir Gabrichidze / Vladimir Margalitadze Stephan Ritter / Jürgen Tömördy 6 2 6 2

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5. "Ethiopia v Sudan". daviscup.com.
6. "Iceland v Lithuania". daviscup.com.
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13. "Azerbaijan v Lithuania". daviscup.com.
14. "Iceland v Senegal". daviscup.com.
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16. "Azerbaijan v Ethiopia". daviscup.com.
17. "Lithuania v Sudan". daviscup.com.
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22. "Turkey v Benin". daviscup.com.
23. "Armenia v Bosnia and Herzegovina". daviscup.com.
24. "Georgia v Tunisia". daviscup.com.
25. "Turkey v Liechtenstein". daviscup.com.
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External links

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