1980 Davis Cup Europe Zone

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The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1980 Davis Cup.

30 teams entered the Europe Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones. 26 teams entered the competition in the qualifying round, competing for 4 places in each sub-zone's main draw to join the 4 finalists from the 1979 Europe Zone. The winners of each sub-zone's main draw went on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the Americas Zone and Eastern Zone. ^[1]

Italy defeated Sweden in the Zone A final, and Czechoslovakia defeated Romania in the Zone B final, resulting in both Italy and Czechoslovakia progressing to the Inter-Zonal Zone. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Zone A

Pre-qualifying round

Draw

	Pre-qualifying round
	Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg
	Luxembourg		1
	Turkey		4

Results

Luxembourg vs. Turkey

Luxembourg 1	Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg [4] August 1979		Turkey 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Marc Klensch Bülent Altınkaya 1 6 2 6 6 4 2 6     2 Jan Jilemnicky Remzi Aydın 2 6 2 6 2 6       3 Pascal Genevo  /  Marc Klensch Bülent Altınkaya  /  Kemal Anbar 0 6 5 7 2 6       4 Marc Klensch Remzi Aydın 3 6 2 6 2 6       5 Jan Jilemnicky Bülent Altınkaya 11 9 6 4 4 6 6 4

Preliminary rounds

Draw

	First Round					Qualifying Round
	Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
	Israel		4
						Winterthur, Switzerland
	Monaco		1
						Israel		1
						Switzerland		4
	bye
	Switzerland
	Dublin, Ireland
	Ireland		2
						Sofia, Bulgaria
	Bulgaria		3
						Bulgaria		1
						Hungary		3
	bye
	Hungary
	Spain
						Seville, Spain
	bye
						Spain		4
	Hilversum, Netherlands (clay)
						Netherlands		1
	Netherlands		3
	Denmark		2
	West Germany
						Hanover, West Germany (clay)
	bye
						West Germany		4
	Oslo, Norway (clay)
						Norway		0
	Norway		4
	Turkey		1

First round

Israel vs. Monaco

Israel 4	Ramat HaSharon, Israel [5] 14–16 September 1979 Hard		Monaco 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Steve Krulevitz Louis Borfiga 6 2 6 1 3 6 6 2     2 Shlomo Glickstein Bernard Balleret 6 3 6 1 6 4       3 Shlomo Glickstein  /  Yair Wertheimer Bernard Balleret  /  Michel Borfiga 6 2 6 1 6 0       4 Haim Arlozorov Bernard Balleret 8 6 4 6 1 6 4 6     5 Shlomo Glickstein Louis Borfiga 6 3 6 1 6 0

Ireland vs. Bulgaria

Ireland 2	Dublin, Ireland [6] 14–16 September 1979		Bulgaria 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Sean Sorensen Ljuben Genov 6 4 3 6 6 4 6 3     2 Kevin Menton Lyubomir Petrov 2 6 2 6 2 6       3 James McArdle  /  Sean Sorensen Bozhidar Pampoulov  /  Matei Pampoulov 5 7 6 3 3 6 4 6     4 Kevin Menton Ljuben Genov 0 6 4 6 0 6       5 Sean Sorensen Lyubomir Petrov 6 4 6 4 4 6 6 1

Netherlands vs. Denmark

Netherlands 3	Hilversum, Netherlands [7] 14–16 September 1979 Clay		Denmark 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Louk Sanders Michael Mortensen 6 3 6 3 6 3       2 Rolf Thung Lars Elvstrøm 1 6 4 6 1 6       3 Theo Gorter  /  Paul van Min Lars Elvstrøm  /  Michael Mortensen 4 6 6 2 4 6 4 6     4 Rolf Thung Michael Mortensen 7 5 3 6 7 5 9 7     5 Louk Sanders Lars Elvstrøm 7 5 6 4 3 6 6 0

Norway vs. Turkey

Norway 4	Oslo, Norway [8] 14–16 September 1979 Clay		Turkey 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Thomas Randby Remzi Aydın 6 4 0 6 3 6 4 6     2 Per Hegna Arif Koçak 6 1 6 1 6 0       3 Per Hegna  /  Jan Munch-Søegaard Remzi Aydın  /  Arif Koçak 6 4 6 3 6 2       4 Per Hegna Remzi Aydın 6 1 6 3 6 1       5 Thomas Randby Arif Koçak 6 1 1 6 6 1 6 2

Qualifying round

Switzerland vs. Israel

Switzerland 4	Winterthur, Switzerland [9] 8–10 February 1980		Israel 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Roland Stadler Shlomo Glickstein 6 2 6 4 3 6 3 6 0 6   2 Heinz Günthardt Steve Krulevitz 6 1 6 3 3 6 6 3     3 Heinz Günthardt  /  Markus Günthardt Shlomo Glickstein  /  Steve Krulevitz 6 4 6 3 7 5       4 Roland Stadler Steve Krulevitz 5 7 6 2 6 2 8 6     5 Heinz Günthardt Shlomo Glickstein 6 3 6 3 6 1

Bulgaria vs. Hungary

Bulgaria 1	Sofia, Bulgaria [10] 8–10 February 1980		Hungary 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Julian Stamatov János Benyik 1 6 1 6 5 7       2 Matei Pampoulov Balázs Taróczy 1 6 1 6 3 6       3 Matei Pampoulov  /  Lyubomir Petrov Péter Szőke  /  Balázs Taróczy 3 6 4 6 6 3 6 8     4 Lyubomir Petrov János Benyik 3 6 5 7 6 3 7 5 6 3   5 Julian Stamatov Balázs Taróczy           not played

Spain vs. Netherlands

Spain 4	Real Club Pineda, Seville, Spain [11] 8–10 February 1980		Netherlands 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Fernando Luna Tom Okker 6 2 6 2 6 3       2 José Higueras Louk Sanders 6 2 6 4 6 3       3 Ángel Giménez  /  Manuel Orantes Huub van Boeckel  /  Tom Okker 6 8 6 2 3 6 11 9 6 8   4 Ángel Giménez Tom Okker 6 1 6 1         5 Fernando Luna Louk Sanders 6 4 6 1 6 4

West Germany vs. Norway

West Germany 4	Hanover, West Germany [12] 8–10 February 1980 Clay		Norway 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Rolf Gehring Jan Munch-Søegaard 6 1 6 1 6 1       2 Karl Meiler Per Hegna 6 1 6 3 6 1       3 Andreas Maurer  /  Karl Meiler Ragnar Felix  /  Jan Munch-Søegaard 7 5 6 2 6 1       4 Andreas Maurer Per Hegna 6 1 6 0 6 1       5 Rolf Gehring Jan Munch-Søegaard           not played

Main draw

Draw

Quarterfinals 7–9 March

Semifinals 10–15 June

Final 11–13 July

Italy

Turin, Italy (clay)

bye

Italy

5

Zürich, Switzerland

Switzerland

0

Switzerland

3

Rome, Italy (clay)

Hungary

2

Italy

4

Valencia, Spain

Sweden

1

Spain

2

Båstad, Sweden (clay)

West Germany

3

West Germany

1

Sweden

4

bye

Sweden

Quarterfinals

Switzerland vs. Hungary

Switzerland 3	Zürich, Switzerland [13] 7–9 March 1980		Hungary 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Heinz Günthardt János Benyik 3 6 7 5 6 4 4 6 6 1   2 Roland Stadler Zoltán Kuhárszky 6 3 4 6 3 6 8 6 4 6   3 Heinz Günthardt  /  Roland Stadler Róbert Machán  /  Péter Szőke 4 6 6 3 8 6 15 13     4 Roland Stadler János Benyik 5 7 5 7 5 7       5 Heinz Günthardt Zoltán Kuhárszky 6 1 6 2 6 4

Spain vs. West Germany

Spain 2	Club de Tenis Valencia, Valencia, Spain [14] 7–9 March 1980		West Germany 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Fernando Luna Ulrich Pinner 6 0 6 4 6 3       2 José Higueras Rolf Gehring 6 3 6 1 1 6 2 6 1 6   3 Ángel Giménez  /  José Higueras Rolf Gehring  /  Karl Meiler 7 5 6 4 11 9       4 José Higueras Ulrich Pinner 4 6 3 6 3 6       5 Fernando Luna Rolf Gehring 6 3 3 6 3 6 3 6

Semifinals

Italy vs. Switzerland

Italy 5	Turin, Italy [15] 13–15 June 1980 Clay		Switzerland 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Corrado Barazzutti Heinz Günthardt 6 4 6 1 6 4       2 Adriano Panatta Roland Stadler 6 4 10 8 6 1       3 Paolo Bertolucci  /  Adriano Panatta Heinz Günthardt  /  Markus Günthardt 7 9 10 8 1 6 6 4 6 2   4 Corrado Barazzutti Roland Stadler 6 3 6 4         5 Gianni Ocleppo Ivan Dupasquier 6 0 6 3

Sweden vs. West Germany

Sweden 4	Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden [16] 10–13 June 1980 Clay		West Germany 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Björn Borg Rolf Gehring 6 1 6 1 6 2       2 Kjell Johansson Klaus Eberhard 6 4 0 6 6 2 6 3     3 Per Hjertquist  /  Stefan Simonsson Rolf Gehring  /  Reinhart Probst 5 7 3 6 2 6       4 Björn Borg Klaus Eberhard 6 2 5 7 6 0 6 0     5 Stefan Simonsson Rolf Gehring 3 6 6 1 6 0

Final

Italy vs. Sweden

Italy 4	Foro Italico, Rome, Italy [2] 11–13 July 1980 Clay		Sweden 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Corrado Barazzutti Kjell Johansson 6 3 6 3 6 2       2 Adriano Panatta Stefan Simonsson 6 8 6 1 2 6 6 4 4 6   3 Paolo Bertolucci  /  Adriano Panatta Hans Simonsson  /  Stefan Simonsson 6 2 6 3 7 5       4 Adriano Panatta Kjell Johansson 3 6 6 3 6 4 1 6 6 4   5 Corrado Barazzutti Stefan Simonsson 8 6 6 1

Zone B

Pre-qualifying round

Draw

	Pre-qualifying round
	Paris, France (clay)
	Algeria		1
	Morocco		4

Results

Algeria vs. Morocco

Algeria 1	Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France [17] 14–16 September 1979 Clay		Morocco 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Djamel Boudjemline Mustapha Dislam 6 2 9 7 6 4       2 Yassine Amier Omar Laimina 2 6 5 7 1 6       3 Yassine Amier  /  Djamel Boudjemline Omar Laimina  /  Houcine Saber 2 6 4 6 3 6       4 Yassine Amier Mustapha Dislam 4 6 5 7 6 8       5 Djamel Boudjemline Omar Laimina 3 6 0 6 1 6

Preliminary rounds

Draw

	First Round					Qualifying Round
	Casablanca, Morocco
	Morocco		1
						Brussels, Belgium
	Belgium		4
						Belgium		2
						Austria		3
	bye
	Austria
	Belgrade, Yugoslavia (clay)
	Yugoslavia		5
						Zagreb, Yugoslavia (indoor hard)
	Portugal		0
						Yugoslavia		0
						Romania		5
	bye
	Romania
	France
						Montpellier, France (indoor carpet)
	bye
						France		3
	Athens, Greece
						Soviet Union		2
	Soviet Union		5
	Greece		0
	Poland
						Helsinki, Finland
	bye
						Poland		0
	Helsinki, Finland
						Finland		5
	Finland		5
	Egypt		0

First round

Morocco vs. Belgium

Morocco 1	Casablanca, Morocco [18] 27–29 October 1979		Belgium 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Houcine Saber Bernard Boileau 3 6 1 6 3 6       2 Omar Laimina Thierry Stevaux 7 9 6 3 6 1 0 6 8 6   3 Omar Laimina  /  Houcine Saber Bernard Boileau  /  Thierry Stevaux 3 6 0 6 8 10       4 Houcine Saber Thierry Stevaux 3 6 2 6 1 6       5 Omar Laimina Bernard Boileau 3 6 2 6 1 6

Yugoslavia vs. Portugal

Yugoslavia 5	Belgrade, Yugoslavia [19] 14–16 September 1979 Clay		Portugal 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Zoltan Ilin José Vilela 6 2 6 1 6 0       2 Željko Franulović José Manuel Cordeiro 6 1 6 0 6 0       3 Željko Franulović  /  Marko Ostoja José Manuel Cordeiro  /  Pedro Cordeiro 6 0 6 1 6 2       4 Zoltan Ilin José Manuel Cordeiro 6 0 6 1 6 2       5 Marko Ostoja José Vilela 2 6 7 5 6 4

Greece vs. Soviet Union

Greece 0	Athens, Greece [20] 14–16 September 1979		Soviet Union 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos Alexander Zverev 0 6 3 6 3 6       2 George Kalovelonis Alex Metreveli 1 6 4 6 4 6       3 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos  /  George Kalovelonis Alex Metreveli  /  Alexander Zverev 4 6 2 6 4 6       4 George Kalovelonis Alexander Zverev 1 6 4 6 4 6       5 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos Alex Metreveli 3 6 7 5 4 6 5 7

Finland vs. Egypt

Finland 5	Helsinki, Finland [21] 14–16 September 1979		Egypt 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Matti Timonen Tarek-Shawki El Sakka 6 1 6 3 6 3       2 Leo Palin Ahmed El-Mehelmy 6 0 6 2 6 3       3 Leo Palin  /  Matti Timonen Ahmed El-Mehelmy  /  Tarek-Shawki El Sakka 6 0 6 2 6 1       4 Matti Timonen Ahmed El-Mehelmy 6 2 6 1 6 0       5 Leo Palin Tarek-Shawki El Sakka 6 4 6 1 6 0

Qualifying round

Belgium vs. Austria

Belgium 2	Brussels, Belgium [22] 8–10 February 1980		Austria 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Patrick Hombergen Hans Kary 6 4 6 8 2 6 4 6     2 Bernard Boileau Peter Feigl 6 4 3 6 7 5 6 3     3 Bernard Boileau  /  Patrick Hombergen Peter Feigl  /  Hans Kary 3 6 6 3 13 15 13 15     4 Bernard Boileau Hans Kary 2 6 4 6 6 3 7 5 6 2   5 Patrick Hombergen Peter Feigl 5 7 3 6 4 6

Yugoslavia vs. Romania

Yugoslavia 0	Zagreb, Yugoslavia [23] 4–6 February 1980 Hard (indoors)		Romania 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Zoltan Ilin Ilie Năstase 10 12 3 6 6 4 3 6     2 Željko Franulović Florin Segărceanu 4 6 5 7 5 7       3 Željko Franulović  /  Zoltan Ilin Ilie Năstase  /  Florin Segărceanu 4 6 10 12 6 3 5 7     4 Zoltan Ilin Florin Segărceanu 6 2 4 6 3 6 2 6     5 Zoran Petković Ilie Năstase 2 6 1 6 2 6

France vs. Soviet Union

France 3	Palais des Sports, Montpellier, France [24] 8–10 February 1980 Carpet (indoors)		Soviet Union 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Yannick Noah Vadim Borisov 6 3 15 13 4 6 3 6 3 6   2 Pascal Portes Sergey Leonyuk 6 3 6 4 6 3       3 Yannick Noah  /  Pascal Portes Vadim Borisov  /  Teimuraz Kakulia 6 4 6 4 6 4       4 Yannick Noah Sergey Leonyuk 6 1 6 0 6 2       5 Pascal Portes Vadim Borisov 7 5 2 6 2 6 3 6

Finland vs. Poland

Finland 5	Helsinki, Finland [25] 8–10 February 1980		Poland 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Leo Palin Tadeusz Nowicki 6 3 6 3 7 5       2 Matti Timonen Henryk Drzymalski 6 3 6 1 6 1       3 Leo Palin  /  Matti Timonen Henryk Drzymalski  /  Tadeusz Nowicki 7 5 8 10 3 6 6 4 6 4   4 Matti Timonen Tadeusz Nowicki 6 3 6 3 3 6 6 3     5 Joakim Berner Andrzej Wisnieski 6 1 6 1

Main draw

Draw

Quarterfinals 7–9 March

Semifinals 13–16 June

Final 11–13 July

Great Britain

Bristol, United Kingdom (grass)

bye

Great Britain

2

Bucharest, Romania (indoor hard)

Romania

3

Austria

2

Bucharest, Romania (clay)

Romania

3

Romania

1

Toulouse, France (indoor carpet)

Czechoslovakia

4

France

3

Prague, Czechoslovakia

Finland

2

France

0

Czechoslovakia

5

bye

Czechoslovakia

Quarterfinals

Romania vs. Austria

Romania 3	Bucharest, Romania [26] 7–9 March 1980 Hard (indoors)		Austria 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ilie Năstase Hans Kary 6 1 7 5 6 4       2 Florin Segărceanu Robert Reininger 4 6 7 5 5 7 1 6     3 Ilie Năstase  /  Florin Segărceanu Hans Kary  /  Robert Reininger 8 6 6 4 6 3       4 Florin Segărceanu Hans Kary 1 6 6 3 6 2 13 15 5 7   5 Ilie Năstase Robert Reininger 6 3 6 3 6 3

France vs. Finland

France 3	Exhibition Park, Toulouse, France [27] 7–9 March 1980 Carpet (indoors)		Finland 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Pascal Portes Leo Palin 6 2 1 6 6 2 6 0     2 Jean-Louis Haillet Matti Timonen 6 1 6 1 6 4       3 Jean-Louis Haillet  /  Gilles Moretton George Berner  /  Leo Palin 0 6 6 1 6 4 6 4     4 Jean-Louis Haillet Leo Palin 5 7 2 6 8 6 6 3 7 9   5 Pascal Portes Matti Timonen 5 7 6 3 3 6

Semifinals

Great Britain vs. Romania

Great Britain 2	Bristol Lawn Tennis Club, Bristol, United Kingdom [28] 13–16 June 1980 Grass		Romania 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 John Feaver Andrei Dîrzu 6 1 6 4 3 6 6 8 4 6   2 Buster Mottram Ilie Năstase 3 6 2 6 4 6       3 David Lloyd  /  John Lloyd Andrei Dîrzu  /  Ilie Năstase 4 6 7 5 6 4 6 2     4 Buster Mottram Andrei Dîrzu 7 5 6 2 6 2       5 John Feaver Ilie Năstase 5 7 6 8 6 2 6 2 4 6

Czechoslovakia vs. France

Czechoslovakia 5	Doproavni Podniky Tennis Club, Prague, Czechoslovakia [29] 13–15 June 1980		France 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Tomáš Šmíd Christophe Roger-Vasselin 6 2 6 3 3 6 6 1     2 Ivan Lendl Pascal Portes 6 4 8 6 6 4       3 Pavel Složil  /  Tomáš Šmíd Dominique Bedel  /  Pascal Portes 6 3 7 5 6 3       4 Ivan Lendl Christophe Roger-Vasselin 4 6 7 5 6 4       5 Tomáš Šmíd Pascal Portes 6 4 3 6 6 2

Final

Romania vs. Czechoslovakia

Romania 1	Bucharest, Romania [3] 11–13 July 1980 Clay		Czechoslovakia 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Dumitru Hărădău Ivan Lendl 4 6 1 6 3 6       2 Florin Segărceanu Pavel Složil 3 6 3 6 1 6       3 Dumitru Hărădău  /  Florin Segărceanu Jan Kodeš  /  Ivan Lendl 3 6 2 6 4 6       4 Eduard Pană Pavel Složil 5 7 0 6         5 Florin Segărceanu Stanislav Birner 2 6 6 2 8 6

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