1997 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group IV – 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 Europe/Africa IV advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 1998. All other teams remained in Group IV.

Participating nations

•  Azerbaijan
•  Benin
•  Cyprus
•  Congo
•  Tunisia
•  Zambia

Draw

• Venue: Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus
• Date: 21–25 May

		TUN	CYP	BEN	ZAM	AZE	CGO	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
	Tunisia		2–1	3–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	5–0	13–2 (87%)	27–5 (84%)	1
	Cyprus	1–2		2–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	4–1	11–4 (73%)	23–8 (74%)	2
	Benin	0–3	1–2		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–2	9–6 (60%)	16–12 (57%)	3
	Zambia	1–2	1–2	1–2		3–0	3–0	2–3	9–6 (60%)	17–13 (57%)	4
	Azerbaijan	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3		2–1	1–4	2–13 (13%)	4–24 (14%)	5
	Congo	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–2		0–5	1–14 (7%)	3–28 (10%)	6

•  Tunisia and  Cyprus promoted to Group III in 1998.

Results

Cyprus vs. Congo

Cyprus 3	Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus [1] 21 May 1997		Congo 0
1 2 3 1 Marinos Baghdatis Chatrian Gnitou 6 4 6 0     2 Demetrios Leontis Alain Bemba 6 1 6 1     3 Demetrios Leontis / Neoclis Neocleous Martial Banguid / Chatrian Gnitou 6 2 6 1

Azerbaijan vs. Zambia

Azerbaijan 0	Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus [2] 21 May 1997		Zambia 3
1 2 3 1 Dmitri Zarubin Kachinga Sinkala 2 6 0 6     2 Igor Borisov Lighton Ndefwai-Muchinda 3 6 3 6     3 Raouf Eybazov / Dmitri Zarubin Sidney Bwalya / Lawrence Chileshe 0 6 0 1   retired

Benin vs. Tunisia

Benin 0	Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus [3] 21 May 1997		Tunisia 3
1 2 3 1 Alphonse Gandonou Sami Sidia 1 6 4 6     2 Christophe Pognon Walid Jallali 1 6 5 7     3 Alphonse Gandonou / Jean-Marie da Silva Walid Jallali / Sami Sidia 1 6 2 6

Cyprus vs. Zambia

Cyprus 2	Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus [4] 22 May 1997		Zambia 1
1 2 3 1 Marinos Baghdatis Kachinga Sinkala 6 4 6 4     2 Demetrios Leontis Lighton Ndefwai-Muchinda 6 3 6 4     3 Demetrios Leontis / Neoclis Neocleous Sidney Bwalya / Lighton Ndefwai-Muchinda 5 7 2 6

Azerbaijan vs. Tunisia

Azerbaijan 0	Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus [5] 22 May 1997		Tunisia 3
1 2 3 1 Dmitri Zarubin Sami Sidia 1 6 0 6     2 Igor Borisov Walid Jallali 2 6 1 6     3 Igor Borisov / Dmitri Zarubin Walid Jallali / Sami Sidia 1 6 2 6

Benin vs. Congo

Benin 3	Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus [6] 22 May 1997		Congo 0
1 2 3 1 Alphonse Gandonou Martial Banguid 6 2 6 0     2 Christophe Pognon Chatrian Gnitou 6 3 6 1     3 Alphonse Gandonou / Jean-Marie da Silva Alain Bemba / Chatrian Gnitou 6 4 6 1

Cyprus vs. Azerbaijan

Cyprus 3	Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus [7] 23 May 1997		Azerbaijan 0
1 2 3 1 Marinos Baghdatis Dmitri Zarubin 6 1 6 4     2 Demetrios Leontis Igor Borisov 6 2 6 1     3 Demetrios Leontis / Neoclis Neocleous Igor Borisov / Dmitri Zarubin 6 4 6 4

Benin vs. Zambia

Benin 2	Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus [8] 23 May 1997		Zambia 1
1 2 3 1 Alphonse Gandonou Kachinga Sinkala 6 4 6 1     2 Christophe Pognon Lighton Ndefwai-Muchinda 6 4 6 2     3 Alphonse Gandonou / Jean-Marie da Silva Sidney Bwalya / Lawrence Chileshe 3 6 5 7

Congo vs. Tunisia

Congo 0	Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus [9] 23 May 1997		Tunisia 3
1 2 3 1 Pagnol Madzou Sami Sidia 1 6 1 6     2 Martial Banguid Walid Jallali 0 6 1 6     3 Alain Bemba / Chatrian Gnitou Walid Jallali / Sami Sidia 0 6 1 6

Cyprus vs. Benin

Cyprus 2	Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus [10] 24 May 1997		Benin 1
1 2 3 1 Marinos Baghdatis Alphonse Gandonou 6 3 6 3     2 Demetrios Leontis Christophe Pognon 4 6 3 6     3 Demetrios Leontis / Neoclis Neocleous Alphonse Gandonou / Jean-Marie da Silva 6 3 7^8 6^6

Azerbaijan vs. Congo

Azerbaijan 2	Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus [11] 24 May 1997		Congo 1
1 2 3 1 Dmitri Zarubin Martial Banguid 3 6 6 1 6 0   2 Igor Borisov Alain Bemba 2 6 1 6     3 Igor Borisov / Dmitri Zarubin Martial Banguid / Alain Bemba 6 2 6 3

Tunisia vs. Zambia

Tunisia 2	Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus [12] 24 May 1997		Zambia 1
1 2 3 1 Sami Sidia Sidney Bwalya 6 2 7 5     2 Walid Jallali Lighton Ndefwai-Muchinda 6 1 6 3     3 Selim Ben Hadjali / Walid Jallali Sidney Bwalya / Kachinga Sinkala 6 4 4 6 4 6

Cyprus vs. Tunisia

Cyprus 1	Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus [13] 25 May 1997		Tunisia 2
1 2 3 1 Marinos Baghdatis Sami Sidia 6 1 4 6 4 6   2 Demetrios Leontis Walid Jallali 6 3 6 1     3 Demetrios Leontis / Neoclis Neocleous Walid Jallali / Sami Sidia 4 6 3 6

Azerbaijan vs. Benin

Azerbaijan 0	Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus [14] 25 May 1997		Benin 3
1 2 3 1 Farid Jafarov Alphonse Gandonou 0 6 0 6     2 Dmitri Zarubin Christophe Pognon 1 6 3 6     3 Igor Borisov / Raouf Eybazov Alphonse Gandonou / Jean-Marie da Silva         w/o

Congo vs. Zambia

Congo 0	Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus [15] 25 May 1997		Zambia 3
1 2 3 1 Pagnol Madzou Sidney Bwalya 0 6 0 6     2 Chatrian Gnitou Lighton Ndefwai-Muchinda 0 6 1 6     3 Martial Banguid / Chatrian Gnitou Lawrence Chileshe / Kachinga Sinkala 2 6 4 6

References

1. "Cyprus v Congo". daviscup.com.
2. "Azerbaijan v Zambia". daviscup.com.
3. "Benin v Tunisia". daviscup.com.
4. "Cyprus v Zambia". daviscup.com.
5. "Azerbaijan v Tunisia". daviscup.com.
6. "Benin v Congo". daviscup.com.
7. "Cyprus v Azerbaijan". daviscup.com.
8. "Benin v Zambia". daviscup.com.
9. "Congo v Tunisia". daviscup.com.
10. "Cyprus v Benin". daviscup.com.
11. "Azerbaijan v Congo". daviscup.com.
12. "Tunisia v Zambia". daviscup.com.
13. "Cyprus v Tunisia". daviscup.com.
14. "Azerbaijan v Benin". daviscup.com.
15. "Congo v Zambia". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website