1996 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1996.

In the Europe/Africa Zone there were three different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group I advanced to the World Group qualifying round, along with losing teams from the World Group first round. Teams who lost in the first round competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group I, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 1997.[1]

Participating nations edit

Draw edit

Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
  Morocco
Casablanca, Morocco (clay)
bye
bye  Morocco4
  Zimbabwe  Zimbabwe1
bye
Harare, Zimbabwe (hard)
  Zimbabwe
  Zimbabwe4
  Finland1
  Romania
Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)
bye
bye  Romania3
  Finland  Finland2
bye
  Finland
  Ukraine
Dubrovnik, Croatia (indoor carpet)
bye
  Ukraine  Ukraine0
bye  Croatia5
bye
Kyiv, Ukraine (clay)
  Croatia
  Ukraine4
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
  Norway1
  Norway2
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
  Israel3
  Norway  Israel1
bye  Spain4
bye
  Spain

First round edit

Israel vs. Norway edit

 
Israel
3
Canada Centre, Ramat HaSharon, Israel[2]
9–12 February 1996
Hard
 
Norway
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Noam Behr
Christian Ruud
65
77
2
6
2
6
     
2  
 
Eyal Ran
Helge Koll-Frafjord
6
1
6
2
6
4
     
3  
 
Eyal Erlich / Eyal Ran
Helge Koll-Frafjord / Christian Ruud
3
6
65
77
7
5
6
3
6
4
 
4  
 
Eyal Ran
Christian Ruud
5
7
77
65
77
64
3
6
1
6
 
5  
 
Eyal Erlich
Helge Koll-Frafjord
6
4
1
6
6
4
77
64
   

Second round edit

Morocco vs. Zimbabwe edit

 
Morocco
4
Complexe Al Amal, Casablanca, Morocco[3]
5–7 April 1996
Clay
 
Zimbabwe
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Karim Alami
Wayne Black
5
7
6
3
5
7
6
1
2
6
 
2  
 
Hicham Arazi
Byron Black
6
3
6
2
6
1
     
3  
 
Karim Alami / Hicham Arazi
Byron Black / Wayne Black
6
1
3
6
77
65
64
77
6
3
 
4  
 
Karim Alami
Malcolm Birch
6
3
6
0
6
1
     
5  
 
Hicham Arazi
Wayne Black
6
3
77
65
       

Finland vs. Romania edit

 
Finland
2
Talin Tenniskeskus, Helsinki, Finland[4]
5–7 April 1996
Carpet (indoors)
 
Romania
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Tuomas Ketola
Andrei Pavel
4
6
2
6
4
6
     
2  
 
Kim Tiilikainen
Adrian Voinea
1
6
2
6
4
6
     
3  
 
Tuomas Ketola / Ville Liukko
George Cosac / Dinu Pescariu
2
6
4
6
63
77
     
4  
 
Tuomas Ketola
George Cosac
6
3
77
61
       
5  
 
Ville Liukko
Andrei Pavel
6
3
6
3
       

Croatia vs. Ukraine edit

 
Croatia
5
Športska dvorana, Dubrovnik, Croatia[5]
5–7 April 1996
Carpet (indoors)
 
Ukraine
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Goran Ivanišević
Andrei Rybalko
6
0
77
65
64
77
6
3
   
2  
 
Saša Hiršzon
Dimitri Poliakov
6
2
6
0
6
3
     
3  
 
Saša Hiršzon / Goran Ivanišević
Dimitri Poliakov / Andrei Rybalko
77
62
6
3
6
2
     
4  
 
Igor Šarić
Victor Trotsko
6
3
6
4
       
5  
 
Goran Orešić
Sergei Yaroshenko
6
1
712
610
       

Israel vs. Spain edit

 
Israel
1
Canada Centre, Ramat HaSharon, Israel[6]
5–7 April 1996
Hard
 
Spain
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Eyal Ran
Carlos Costa
6
3
3
6
4
6
0
2
  retired
 
2  
 
Eyal Erlich
Albert Costa
2
6
6
3
2
6
2
6
   
3  
 
Noam Behr / Eyal Erlich
Àlex Corretja / Emilio Sánchez
7
5
4
6
4
6
77
61
6
3
 
4  
 
Noam Behr
Albert Costa
4
6
4
6
2
6
     
5  
 
Eyal Erlich
Carlos Costa
61
77
1
6
       

Second round relegation play-offs edit

Zimbabwe vs. Finland edit

 
Zimbabwe
4
City Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe[7]
20–22 September 1996
Hard
 
Finland
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Wayne Black
Kim Tiilikainen
6
4
7
5
63
77
6
3
   
2  
 
Byron Black
Ville Liukko
6
3
6
3
6
4
     
3  
 
Byron Black / Wayne Black
Ville Liukko / Kim Tiilikainen
6
1
6
1
6
3
     
4  
 
Byron Black
Tapio Nurminen
67
79
6
4
6
3
     
5  
 
Genius Chidzikwe
Ville Liukko
1
6
61
77
       

Ukraine vs. Norway edit

 
Ukraine
4
Nauka Sports Club, Kyiv, Ukraine[8]
20–22 September 1996
Clay
 
Norway
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Andriy Medvedev
Jan Frode Andersen
6
2
6
2
6
0
     
2  
 
Andrei Rybalko
Christian Ruud
79
67
6
4
6
4
     
3  
 
Andriy Medvedev / Dimitri Poliakov
Helge Koll-Frafjord / Christian Ruud
6
0
0
6
6
0
6
1
   
4  
 
Andriy Medvedev
Christian Ruud
6
2
6
1
       
5  
 
Denis Yakimenko
Jan Frode Andersen
62
77
4
6
       

References edit

  1. ^ "1996 Europe/Africa Group I". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Israel v Norway". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Morocco v Zimbabwe". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Finland v Romania". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Croatia v Ukraine". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Israel v Spain". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Zimbabwe v Finland". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Ukraine v Norway". daviscup.com.

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