1989 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Main article: 1989 Davis Cup

The Europe/Africa Zone is one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1989.

In the Europe/Africa Zone there are two different tiers, called groups, in which teams compete against each other to advance to the upper tier.

Group I

Further information: 1989 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

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 IIs in 1990.

Participating nations

•   Finland
•   Great Britain
•   Hungary
•   Ireland
•   Netherlands
•   Nigeria
•   Portugal
•   Romania
•   Senegal
•    Switzerland
•   Zimbabwe

Draw

	First Round					Second Round
	Switzerland
						Liestal, Switzerland (clay)
	bye
						Switzerland		4
						Romania		1
	bye
	Romania
	Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)
	Zimbabwe		1
						Budapest, Hungary (clay)
	Hungary		4
						Hungary		4
						Nigeria		1
	bye
	Nigeria
	Great Britain
						Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)
	bye
						Great Britain		4
	Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard)
						Finland		1
	Ireland		0
	Finland		5
	Porto, Portugal (indoor clay)
	Senegal		0
						Best, Netherlands (indoor carpet)
	Portugal		5
						Portugal		1
						Netherlands		4
	bye
	Netherlands

•    Switzerland,   Hungary,   Great Britain and   Netherlands advance to World Group qualifying round.

	Relegation Play-off
	Limerick, Ireland (carpet)
	Ireland		4
	Senegal		1

•   Zimbabwe and   Senegal relegated to Group II in 1990.

Group II Europe

Further information: 1989 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group II

The winner in the Europe Zone Group II advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I in 1990.

Participating nations

•   Belgium
•   Bulgaria
•   Cyprus
•   Greece
•   Luxembourg
•   Malta
•   Monaco
•   Norway
•   Poland
•   Turkey

Draw

First round 7–9 April

Second Round

Third Round

Fourth Round

Belgium

Liège, Belgium (clay)

bye

Belgium

5

Turkey

0

bye

Luxembourg City, Luxembourg (indoor hard)

Turkey

Belgium

5

Luxembourg

0

Norway

Luxembourg City, Luxembourg (indoor hard)

bye

Norway

2

Luxembourg City, Luxembourg (indoor hard)

Luxembourg

3

Luxembourg

5

Athens, Greece (clay)

Malta

0

Belgium

5

Greece

0

Poland

Warsaw, Poland (clay)

bye

Poland

2

Greece

3

bye

Athens, Greece (clay)

Greece

Greece

3

Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)

Monaco

2

Cyprus

0

Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)

Monaco

5

Monaco

3

Bulgaria

1

bye

Bulgaria

•   Belgium promoted to Group I in 1990.

Group II Africa

Further information: 1989 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group II

The winner in the Africa Zone Group II advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I in 1990.

Participating nations

•   Algeria
•   Cameroon
•   Egypt
•   Ghana
•   Ivory Coast
•   Kenya
•   Libya
•   Morocco
•   Tunisia

Draw

First round 3–5 February

Second Round

Third Round

Fourth Round

Egypt

Accra, Ghana (hard)

bye

Egypt

1

Ghana

4

bye

Accra, Ghana (hard)

Ghana

Ghana

4

Cameroon

1

Cameroon

Tripoli, Libya (hard)

bye

Cameroon

5

Libya

0

bye

Accra, Ghana (hard)

Libya

Ghana

4

Tunis, Tunisia (hard)

Morocco

1

Algeria

5

Algiers, Algeria (clay)

Tunisia

0

Algeria

1

Morocco

3

bye

Nairobi, Kenya (clay)

Morocco

Morocco

5

Kenya

0

Kenya

Nairobi, Kenya (clay)

bye

Kenya

3

Ivory Coast

2

bye

Ivory Coast

•   Ghana promoted to Group I in 1990.

External links

• Davis Cup official website