1997 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Zone B

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

Participating nations

Draw

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

Round robin

Group A

Bulgaria vs. Malta

Bulgaria
3		 Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria [1]
21 May 1997
Malta
0
1 2 3
1
Ivan Keskinov
Mark Schembri		 6
1		 6
1		    
2
Orlin Stanoytchev
Christopher Gatt		 6
4		 6
0		    
3
Ivo Bratanov / Ivaylo Traykov
Gordon Asciak / Mark Schembri		 710
68		 6
3		    

Estonia vs. Kenya

Estonia
2		 Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria [2]
21 May 1997
Kenya
1
1 2 3
1
Andrei Luzgin
Allan Cooper		 6
2		 6
1		    
2
Rene Busch
Paul Wekesa		 1
6 		2
6 		   
3
Andrei Luzgin / Gert Vilms
Allan Cooper / Paul Wekesa		 6
3		 6
4		    

Bulgaria vs. Estonia

Bulgaria
3		 Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria [3]
22 May 1997
Estonia
0
1 2 3
1
Ivan Keskinov
Andrei Luzgin		 6
3		 6
1		    
2
Orlin Stanoytchev
Rene Busch		 6
0		 6
2		    
3
Ivo Bratanov / Ivaylo Traykov
Raigo Saluste / Gert Vilms		 6
2		 6
4		    

Kenya vs. Malta

Kenya
2		 Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria [4]
22 May 1997
Malta
1
1 2 3
1
Norbert Oduor
Gordon Asciak		 3
6 		4
6 		   
2
Paul Wekesa
Christopher Gatt		 3
6 		6
4		 6
3		  
3
Allan Cooper / Norbert Oduor
Gordon Asciak / Mark Schembri		 6
4		 6
2		    

Bulgaria vs. Kenya

Bulgaria
3		 Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria [5]
23 May 1997
Kenya
0
1 2 3
1
Ivan Keskinov
Norbert Oduor		 6
2		 6
4		    
2
Orlin Stanoytchev
Allan Cooper		 6
2		 6
1		    
3
Ivo Bratanov / Ivaylo Traykov
Allan Cooper / Norbert Oduor		 6
3		 6
2		    

Estonia vs. Malta

Estonia
2		 Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria [6]
23 May 1997
Malta
1
1 2 3
1
Andrei Luzgin
Gordon Asciak		 3
6 		6
4		 6
3		  
2
Rene Busch
Christopher Gatt		 3
6 		3
6 		   
3
Andrei Luzgin / Gert Vilms
Gordon Asciak / Christopher Gatt		 6
2		 6
3		    

Group B

Algeria vs. Monaco

Algeria
1		 Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria [7]
21 May 1997
Monaco
2
1 2 3
1
Mohammed Mahmoudi
Christophe Bosio		 2
6 		64
77		    
2
Noureddine Mahmoudi
Sébastien Graeff		 4
6 		3
6 		   
3
Noujeim Hakimi / Noureddine Mahmoudi
Christophe Boggetti / Sébastien Graeff		 77
64		 78
66		    

Cameroon vs. Moldova

Cameroon
0		 Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria [8]
21 May 1997
Moldova
3
1 2 3
1
Angelin Mvogo
Oleg Sinic		 5
7 		6
3		 5
7 		 
2
Yann Auzoux
Iurie Gorban		 3
6 		0
6 		   
3
Lionel Kemajou / Joseph Oyebog
Iurie Gorban / Oleg Sinic		 3
6 		3
6 		   

Algeria vs. Moldova

Algeria
0		 Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria [9]
22 May 1997
Moldova
3
1 2 3
1
Noujeim Hakimi
Oleg Sinic		 4
6 		1
6 		   
2
Noureddine Mahmoudi
Iurie Gorban		 3
6 		3
6 		   
3
Noujeim Hakimi / Noureddine Mahmoudi
Iurie Gorban / Oleg Sinic		 3
6 		4
6 		   

Cameroon vs. Monaco

Cameroon
1		 Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria [10]
22 May 1997
Monaco
2
1 2 3
1
Joseph Oyebog
Christophe Bosio		 4
6 		6
3		 7
5		  
2
Angelin Mvogo
Sébastien Graeff		 1
6 		2
6 		   
3
Yann Auzoux / Joseph Oyebog
Christophe Boggetti / Sébastien Graeff		 4
6 		6
3		 14
16 		 

Algeria vs. Cameroon

Algeria
1		 Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria [11]
23 May 1997
Cameroon
2
1 2 3
1
Noujeim Hakimi
Joseph Oyebog		 0
6 		2
6 		   
2
Mohammed Mahmoudi
Yann Auzoux		 6
0		 6
4		    
3
Noujeim Hakimi / Mohammed Mahmoudi
Lionel Kemajou / Joseph Oyebog		 1
6 		4
6 		   

Moldova vs. Monaco

Moldova
0		 Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria [12]
23 May 1997
Monaco
3
1 2 3
1
Oleg Sinic
Christophe Bosio		 5
7 		7
5		 4
6 		 
2
Iurie Gorban
Sébastien Graeff		 4
6 		4
6 		   
3
Evgueni Plougarev / Maxim Savitski
Christophe Boggetti / Jacques Vinciléoni		 1
6 		1
6 		   

1st to 4th place play-offs

Semifinals

Bulgaria vs. Moldova

Bulgaria
3		 Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria [13]
24 May 1997
Moldova
0
1 2 3
1
Ivan Keskinov
Oleg Sinic		 6
2		 6
4		    
2
Orlin Stanoytchev
Iurie Gorban		 66
78		 6
4		 6
3		  
3
Ivo Bratanov / Ivaylo Traykov
Evgueni Plougarev / Maxim Savitski		 6
1		 6
3		    

Monaco vs. Estonia

Monaco
3		 Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria [14]
24 May 1997
Estonia
0
1 2 3
1
Christophe Bosio
Andrei Luzgin		 6
4		 6
4		    
2
Sébastien Graeff
Rene Busch		 7
5		 6
4		    
3
Christophe Boggetti / Jacques Vinciléoni
Raigo Saluste / Gert Vilms		 77
65		 77
65		    

Final

Bulgaria vs. Monaco

Bulgaria
3		 Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria [15]
25 May 1997
Monaco
0
1 2 3
1
Ivan Keskinov
Christophe Bosio		 7
5		 6
4		    
2
Orlin Stanoytchev
Sébastien Graeff		 6
3		 4
6 		6
3		  
3
Ivo Bratanov / Ivaylo Traykov
Christophe Boggetti / Sébastien Graeff		 66
78		 6
2		 6
1		  

3rd to 4th play-off

Moldova vs. Estonia

Moldova
1		 Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria [16]
25 May 1997
Estonia
2
1 2 3
1
Oleg Sinic
Gert Vilms		 6
1		 6
3		    
2
Iurie Gorban
Rene Busch		 6
3		 4
6 		1
6 		 
3
Iurie Gorban / Oleg Sinic
Andrei Luzgin / Gert Vilms		 2
6 		3
6 		   

5th to 8th place play-offs

5th to 8th play-offs

Kenya vs. Algeria

Kenya
2		 Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria [17]
24 May 1997
Algeria
1
1 2 3
1
Allan Cooper
Mohammed Mahmoudi		 6
4		 3
6 		3
6 		 
2
Paul Wekesa
Noureddine Mahmoudi		 6
3		 3
6 		6
3		  
3
Allan Cooper / Norbert Oduor
Noujeim Hakimi / Mohammed Mahmoudi		 5
7 		6
4		 6
4		  

Malta vs. Cameroon

Malta
2		 Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria [18]
24 May 1997
Cameroon
1
1 2 3
1
Mark Schembri
Joseph Oyebog		 711
69		 3
6 		6
4		  
2
Christopher Gatt
Angelin Mvogo		 3
6 		3
6 		   
3
Gordon Asciak / Mark Schembri
Yann Auzoux / Angelin Mvogo		 77
64		 6
3		    

5th to 6th play-off

Kenya vs. Malta

Kenya
2		 Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria [19]
25 May 1997
Malta
1
1 2 3
1
Allan Cooper
Gordon Asciak		 6
4		 6
2		    
2
Paul Wekesa
Mark Schembri		 6
3		 4
6 		6
2		  
3
Allan Cooper / Norbert Oduor
Gordon Asciak / Christopher Gatt		        
w/o

7th to 8th play-off

Algeria vs. Cameroon

Algeria
2		 Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria [20]
25 May 1997
Cameroon
1
1 2 3
1
Mohammed Mahmoudi
Angelin Mvogo		 0
6 		0
0		   retired
 
2
Noureddine Mahmoudi
Yann Auzoux		 6
0		 6
1		    
3
Noujeim Hakimi / Noureddine Mahmoudi
Yann Auzoux / Angelin Mvogo		 3
6 		79
67		 6
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