1997 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II

Main article: 1997 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Snarøya, Norway (clay)
 Norway5
Tbilisi, Georgia (clay)Nova Gorica, Slovenia (clay)
 Nigeria0
 Nigeria0 Norway4
Tbilisi, Georgia (clay)
 Georgia5 Slovenia1
 Georgia2
Porto, Portugal (clay)
 Slovenia3
 Norway3
Cairo, Egypt (clay)
 Portugal2
 Egypt0
Cairo, Egypt (clay)Porto, Portugal (clay)
 Portugal5
 Egypt3 Portugal3
Vilnius, Lithuania (indoor carpet)
 Lithuania2 Yugoslavia2
 Yugoslavia3
 Lithuania2
Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard)
 Latvia0
Jūrmala, Latvia (clay)Bytom, Poland (clay)
 Ivory Coast5
 Latvia4 Ivory Coast1
Poznań, Poland (clay)
 Ghana1 Poland4
 Ghana0
Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)
 Poland5
 Poland2
Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard)
 Finland3
 Ireland1
Dublin, Ireland (carpet)Tampere, Finland (clay)
 Belarus4
 Ireland4 Belarus2
Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)
 Greece1 Finland3
 Greece2
 Finland3

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 		 

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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