1997 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II

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

Main article: 1997 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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. 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.[1]

Participating nations

Draw
  Relegation Play-offs
11–14 July		 First Round
2–4 May		 Second Round
11–13 July		 Third Round
19–21 September
                                     
  Snarøya, Norway (clay)
      Norway 5  
  Tbilisi, Georgia (clay)     Nigeria 0     Nova Gorica, Slovenia (clay)
  Nigeria 0         Norway 4  
  Georgia 5   Tbilisi, Georgia (clay)     Slovenia 1  
    Georgia 2
      Slovenia 3     Porto, Portugal (clay)
      Norway 3
  Cairo, Egypt (clay)       Portugal 2
      Egypt 0  
  Cairo, Egypt (clay)     Portugal 5     Porto, Portugal (clay)
  Egypt 3         Portugal 3
  Lithuania 2   Vilnius, Lithuania (indoor carpet)     Yugoslavia 2  
    Yugoslavia 3
      Lithuania 2  
  Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard)
      Latvia 0  
  Jūrmala, Latvia (clay)     Ivory Coast 5     Bytom, Poland (clay)
  Latvia 4         Ivory Coast 1  
  Ghana 1   Poznań, Poland (clay)     Poland 4  
    Ghana 0
      Poland 5     Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)
      Poland 2
  Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard)       Finland 3
      Ireland 1  
  Dublin, Ireland (carpet)     Belarus 4     Tampere, Finland (clay)
  Ireland 4         Belarus 2
  Greece 1   Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)     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.

First round

Norway vs. Nigeria

Norway
5		 Snarøya Tennis Club, Snarøya, Norway [2]
2–4 May 1997
Clay
Nigeria
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jan Frode Andersen
Sule Ladipo		 6
1		 6
0		 6
4		      
2
Christian Ruud
Ganiyu Adenekan		 6
0		 6
1		 6
0		      
3
Helge Koll-Frafjord / Christian Ruud
Ganiyu Adenekan / Sule Ladipo		 6
2		 4
6 		6
1		 77
65		    
4
Christian Ruud
Dickson Ogu		 6
0		 6
0		        
5
Thomas Heyerdahl
Ganiyu Adenekan		 7
5		 6
3		        

Georgia vs. Slovenia

Georgia
2		 Leila Meskhi Tennis Academy, Tbilisi, Georgia [3]
2–4 May 1997
Clay
Slovenia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Vladimir Margalitadze
Iztok Božič		 2
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     
2
Vladimir Gabrichidze
Borut Urh		 6
3		 7
5		 1
6 		3
6 		6
4		  
3
Vladimir Gabrichidze / David Katcharava
Marko Por / Borut Urh		 66
78		 5
7 		77
62		 2
6 		   
4
Vladimir Margalitadze
Borut Urh		 2
6 		2
6 		0
6 		     
5
Vladimir Gabrichidze
Andrej Kraševec		 4
6 		77
62		 6
2		      

Egypt vs. Portugal

Egypt
0		 Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt [4]
2–4 May 1997
Clay
Portugal
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Gehad El Deeb
Nuno Marques		 0
6 		4
6 		65
77		      
2
Amr Ghoneim
Emanuel Couto		 6
2		 4
6 		5
7 		3
6 		   
3
Adli El Shafei / Amr Ghoneim
Emanuel Couto / Bernardo Mota		 5
7 		1
6 		0
6 		     
4
Amr Ghoneim
João Cunha e Silva		 4
6 		3
6 		       
5
Gehad El Deeb
Emanuel Couto		 4
6 		5
7 		       

Lithuania vs. Yugoslavia

Lithuania
2		 Karolina Tennis Club, Vilnius, Lithuania [5]
2–4 May 1997
Carpet (indoors)
Yugoslavia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Rolandas Muraška
Nenad Zimonjić		 3
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
2
Eugenius Cariovas
Bojan Vujić		 63
77		 64
77		 2
6 		     
3
Eugenius Cariovas / Rolandas Muraška
Dušan Vemić / Nenad Zimonjić		 4
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
4
Rolandas Muraška
Bojan Vujić		 7
5		 6
4		        
5
Eugenius Cariovas
Vladimir Pavićević		 77
65		 4
6 		6
3		      

Ivory Coast vs. Latvia

Ivory Coast
5		 Hôtel Ivoire, Abidjan, Ivory Coast [6]
2–4 May 1997
Hard
Latvia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Claude N'Goran
Ivo Lagzdiņš		 6
1		 6
2		 6
0		      
2
Clément N'Goran
Raimonds Sproga		 6
4		 6
0		 6
2		      
3
Claude N'Goran / Clément N'Goran
Ivo Lagzdiņš / Raimonds Sproga		 6
1		 6
2		 7
5		      
4
Ilou Lonfo
Raimonds Sproga		 6
1		 6
2		        
5
Valentin Sanon
Oskars Vaskis		 6
4		 6
4		        

Poland vs. Ghana

Poland
5		 Olimpia Tennis Club, Poznań, Poland [7]
2–4 May 1997
Clay
Ghana
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Bartłomiej Dąbrowski
Daniel Omaboe		 6
0		 6
2		 6
2		      
2
Filip Anioła
Franklyn Ofori		 6
1		 6
3		 6
0		      
3
Bartłomiej Dąbrowski / Bernard Kaczorowski
Nortey Dowuona / Franklyn Ofori		 6
1		 6
2		 77
65		      
4
Krystian Pfeiffer
Nortey Dowuona		 6
1		 6
1		        
5
Filip Anioła
Alexander Ofori		 6
1		 6
0		        

Ireland vs. Belarus

Ireland
1		 Riverview Club, Dublin, Ireland [8]
2–4 May 1997
Hard (indoors)
Belarus
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Scott Barron
Max Mirnyi		 2
6 		3
6 		6
4		 4
6 		   
2
Owen Casey
Alexander Shvets		 6
2		 4
6 		6
3		 4
6 		7
5		  
3
Scott Barron / Tom Hamilton
Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov		 4
6 		65
77		 3
6 		     
4
Scott Barron
Alexander Shvets		 1
6 		2
6 		64
77		      
5
Eoin Collins
Max Mirnyi		 5
7 		3
6 		       

Finland vs. Greece

Finland
3		 Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland [9]
2–4 May 1997
Hard (indoors)
Greece
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Tuomas Ketola
Anastasios Vasiliadis		 2
6 		6
1		 78
66		 4
6 		4
6 		 
2
Kim Tiilikainen
Konstantinos Economidis		 77
64		 5
7 		4
6 		1
6 		   
3
Tuomas Ketola / Ville Liukko
Konstantinos Economidis / Anastasios Vasiliadis		 6
3		 78
66		 6
4		      
4
Ville Liukko
Konstantinos Economidis		 6
3		 6
4		 6
4		      
5
Kim Tiilikainen
Anastasios Vasiliadis		 6
3		 77
63		 77
63		      

Second round

Slovenia vs. Norway

Slovenia
1		 Perla Stadium, Nova Gorica, Slovenia [10]
11–13 July 1997
Clay
Norway
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Iztok Božič
Christian Ruud		 6
4		 2
6 		4
6 		3
6 		   
2
Blaž Trupej
Jan Frode Andersen		 6
4		 4
6 		3
6 		1
6 		   
3
Andrej Kraševec / Marko Por
Helge Koll-Frafjord / Christian Ruud		 6
2		 6
3		 5
7 		1
6 		6
2		  
4
Iztok Božič
Jan Frode Andersen		 3
6 		6
1		 3
6 		2
6 		   
5
Blaž Trupej
Christian Ruud		 4
6 		4
6 		       

Portugal vs. Yugoslavia

Portugal
3		 Maia Tennis Complex, Porto, Portugal [11]
11–13 July 1997
Clay
Yugoslavia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
João Cunha e Silva
Nenad Zimonjić		 2
6 		6
4		 6
4		 6
4		    
2
Emanuel Couto
Bojan Vujić		 3
6 		5
7 		7
5		 2
6 		   
3
Emanuel Couto / Bernardo Mota
Nebojša Đorđević / Nenad Zimonjić		 6
4		 6
4		 6
4		      
4
João Cunha e Silva
Bojan Vujić		 4
6 		3
6 		6
3		 6
4		 3
6 		 
5
Emanuel Couto
Nenad Zimonjić		 62
77		 7
5		 7
5		 6
3		    

Poland vs. Ivory Coast

Poland
4		 Górnik Sports Club, Bytom, Poland [12]
11–13 July 1997
Clay
Ivory Coast
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Michał Chmela
Claude N'Goran		 4
6 		7
5		 2
6 		77
64		 4
6 		 
2
Bartłomiej Dąbrowski
Jean-Christophe Nabi		 77
61		 6
1		 6
4		      
3
Bartłomiej Dąbrowski / Michał Gawłowski
Ilou Lonfo / Claude N'Goran		 6
4		 79
67		 3
6 		6
2		    
4
Bartłomiej Dąbrowski
Claude N'Goran		 6
4		 6
1		 6
0		      
5
Michał Chmela
Nouhoun Sangaré		 6
1		 6
2		        

Finland vs. Belarus

Finland
3		 Rosendahl Tennis Centre, Tampere, Finland [13]
11–13 July 1997
Clay
Belarus
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Tuomas Ketola
Vladimir Voltchkov		 3
6 		6
3		 65
77		 1
6 		   
2
Tommi Lenho
Alexander Shvets		 7
5		 6
1		 4
6 		4
6 		6
3		  
3
Tuomas Ketola / Ville Liukko
Alexander Shvets / Vladimir Voltchkov		 3
6 		6
4		 6
1		 6
1		    
4
Kim Tiilikainen
Alexander Shvets		 66
78		 6
1		 7
5		 66
78		 6
0		  
5
Ville Liukko
Vladimir Voltchkov		 1
6 		6
4		 5
7 		     

Relegation play-offs

Georgia vs. Nigeria

Georgia
5		 Leila Meskhi Tennis Academy, Tbilisi, Georgia [14]
11–14 July 1997
Clay
Nigeria
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
David Katcharava
Ganiyu Adenekan		 6
1		 6
2		 6
1		      
2
Vladimir Gabrichidze
Sule Ladipo		 6
3		 6
2		 6
3		      
3
Vladimir Gabrichidze / David Katcharava
Ganiyu Adenekan / Sule Ladipo		 68
710		 6
3		 6
2		 7
5		    
4
Givi Samkharadze
Sule Ladipo		 6
3		          
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5
Vladimir Gabrichidze
Ganiyu Adenekan		 6
1		 6
2		        

Egypt vs. Lithuania

Egypt
3		 Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt [15]
11–14 July 1997
Clay
Lithuania
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Gehad El Deeb
Rolandas Muraška		 6
4		 4
6 		2
6 		0
6 		   
2
Amr Ghoneim
Eugenius Cariovas		 3
6 		6
2		 77
65		 6
4		    
3
Amr Ghoneim / Hisham Hemeda
Eugenius Cariovas / Rolandas Muraška		 77
61		 77
64		 4
6 		77
64		    
4
Amr Ghoneim
Rolandas Muraška		 1
6 		6
3		 6
4		 3
6 		3
6 		 
5
Hisham Hemeda
Eugenius Cariovas		 6
2		 77
64		 65
77		 5
7 		11
9		  

Latvia vs. Ghana

Latvia
4		 National Tennis Center Lielupe, Jūrmala, Latvia [16]
11–13 July 1997
Clay
Ghana
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ģirts Dzelde
Gunther Darkey		 6
2		 6
1		 6
1		      
2
Andris Fiļimonovs
Franklyn Ofori		 6
1		 6
2		 6
2		      
3
Ģirts Dzelde / Andris Fiļimonovs
Franklyn Ofori / Isaac Tetteh-Quaye		 6
1		 6
1		 6
0		      
4
Ģirts Dzelde
Franklyn Ofori		 65
77		 4
6 		       
5
Andris Fiļimonovs
Gunther Darkey		 6
3		 6
2		        

Ireland vs. Greece

Ireland
4		 Riverview Club, Dublin, Ireland [17]
11–13 July 1997
Carpet
Greece
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Owen Casey
Solon Peppas		 6
1		 6
1		 6
0		      
2
Scott Barron
Konstantinos Economidis		 6
2		 6
2		 3
6 		2
6 		4
6 		 
3
Scott Barron / Owen Casey
Konstantinos Economidis / Nikos Rovas		 6
2		 6
3		 6
2		      
4
Scott Barron
Solon Peppas		 6
3		 6
0		 6
1		      
5
Owen Casey
Konstantinos Economidis		 6
1		 6
4		        

Third round

Portugal vs. Norway

Portugal
2		 Maia Tennis Complex, Porto, Portugal [18]
19–21 September 1997
Clay
Norway
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Nuno Marques
Jan Frode Andersen		 5
7 		1
6 		6
1		 3
6 		   
2
Emanuel Couto
Christian Ruud		 1
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
3
Emanuel Couto / Bernardo Mota
Helge Koll-Frafjord / Christian Ruud		 6
4		 77
61		 4
6 		6
2		    
4
Nuno Marques
Christian Ruud		 61
77		 65
77		 62
77		      
5
Bernardo Mota
Helge Koll-Frafjord		 6
2		 6
3		        

Finland vs. Poland

Finland
3		 Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland [19]
19–21 September 1997
Hard (indoors)
Poland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ville Liukko
Bartłomiej Dąbrowski		 6
4		 5
7 		5
7 		1
6 		   
2
Tuomas Ketola
Michał Chmela		 6
3		 2
6 		6
2		 4
6 		4
6 		 
3
Tuomas Ketola / Ville Liukko
Michał Chmela / Bartłomiej Dąbrowski		 77
64		 69
711		 6
0		 4
6 		6
3		  
4
Tuomas Ketola
Bartłomiej Dąbrowski		 77
64		 6
1		 77
64		      
5
Ville Liukko
Michał Chmela		 3
6 		3
6 		6
4		 6
3		 6
4		  
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References
  1. "1997 Europe/Africa Group II". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. "Norway v Nigeria". daviscup.com.
  3. "Georgia v Slovenia". daviscup.com.
  4. "Egypt v Portugal". daviscup.com.
  5. "Lithuania v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
  6. "Ivory Coast v Latvia". daviscup.com.
  7. "Poland v Ghana". daviscup.com.
  8. "Ireland v Belarus". daviscup.com.
  9. "Finland v Greece". daviscup.com.
  10. "Slovenia v Norway". daviscup.com.
  11. "Portugal v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
  12. "Poland v Ivory Coast". daviscup.com.
  13. "Finland v Belarus". daviscup.com.
  14. "Georgia v Nigeria". daviscup.com.
  15. "Egypt v Lithuania". daviscup.com.
  16. "Latvia v Ghana". daviscup.com.
  17. "Ireland v Greece". daviscup.com.
  18. "Portugal v Norway". daviscup.com.
  19. "Finland v Poland". daviscup.com.
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