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.

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
         
retired
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
 
gollark: Not even *I* have accurate protocol docs.
gollark: I guess I could make `set_channels` have an `open_wildcard` parameter instead.
gollark: Oh, you *can* actually send on the wildcard channel, this might be a problem.
gollark: Anyway, if you have useful protocol change ideas please submit them somewhere so I can maybe implement them.
gollark: No, that would probably be hard to support and I don't really like them.

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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