1990 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

Main article: 1990 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1990.

In the Europe/Africa Zone there were two 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 IIs in 1991.

Participating nations

•   Belgium
•   Denmark
•   Finland
•   Ghana
•   Great Britain
•   Hungary
•   Ireland
•   Nigeria
•   Portugal
•   Romania
•   Soviet Union

Draw

	First Round					Second Round
	Soviet Union
						Kyiv, Soviet Union (indoor clay)
	bye
						Soviet Union		4
	Accra, Ghana (hard)
						Portugal		1
	Portugal		5
	Ghana		0
	Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet)
	Ireland		2
						Bucharest, Romania (clay)
	Romania		3
						Romania		2
						Great Britain		3
	bye
	Great Britain
	Hungary
						Brussels, Belgium (clay)
	bye
						Hungary		1
						Belgium		4
	bye
	Belgium
	Lagos, Nigeria (hard)
	Finland		4
						Aarhus, Denmark (indoor carpet)
	Nigeria		1
						Finland		3
						Denmark		2
	bye
	Denmark

•   Soviet Union,   Great Britain,   Belgium and   Finland advance to World Group qualifying round.

	Relegation Play-off
	Accra, Ghana (hard)
	Ghana		2
	Ireland		3

•   Ghana and   Nigeria relegated to Group II in 1991.

First round

Ghana vs. Portugal

Ghana 0	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana [1] 2–4 February 1990 Hard		Portugal 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Kojo Atiso João Cunha e Silva 4 6 4 6 0 6       2 Franklyn Ofori Nuno Marques 64 77 4 6 3 6       3 Kojo Atiso  /  Franklyn Ofori Nuno Marques  /  João Cunha e Silva 3 6 4 6 3 6       4 Franklyn Ofori João Cunha e Silva 6 4 66 78 13 15       5 Kojo Atiso Nuno Marques 1 6 5 7

Ireland vs. Romania

Ireland 2	Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland [2] 2–4 February 1990 Carpet (indoors)		Romania 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Eoin Collins George Cosac 6 4 6 4 3 6 3 6 9 7   2 Peter Wright Adrian Marcu 6 4 2 6 6 3 77 65     3 Owen Casey  /  Peter Wright George Cosac  /  Florin Segărceanu 1 6 66 78 6 4 66 78     4 Eoin Collins Adrian Marcu 610 712 77 65 1 6 4 6     5 Peter Wright George Cosac 6 3 6 4 3 6 4 6 3 6

Nigeria vs. Finland

Nigeria 1	Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, Lagos, Nigeria [3] 2–4 February 1990 Hard		Finland 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Segun Akinloye Veli Paloheimo 0 6 3 6 3 6       2 Nduka Odizor Aki Rahunen 63 77 1 6 0 6       3 Nduka Odizor  /  Yakubu Suleiman Veli Paloheimo  /  Olli Rahnasto 3 6 6 2 77 64 4 6 4 6   4 Segun Akinloye Aki Rahunen 64 77 3 6         5 Nduka Odizor Veli Paloheimo 2 6 6 2 6 2

Second round

Soviet Union vs. Portugal

Soviet Union 4	Nauka Tennis and Sports Complex, Kyiv, Soviet Union [4] 4–6 May 1990 Clay (indoors)		Portugal 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Andrei Cherkasov Nuno Marques 77 64 6 2 2 6 3 6 4 6   2 Andrei Chesnokov João Cunha e Silva 6 3 6 2 7 5       3 Andrei Chesnokov  /  Dimitri Poliakov Nuno Marques  /  João Cunha e Silva 79 67 6 3 77 63       4 Andrei Chesnokov Nuno Marques 6 4 3 6 6 3 6 4     5 Andrei Cherkasov João Cunha e Silva 6 2 6 2

Romania vs. Great Britain

Romania 2	Club Sportiv Progresul, Bucharest, Romania [5] 4–6 May 1990 Clay		Great Britain 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 George Cosac Danny Sapsford 6 4 1 6 2 6 3 6     2 Florin Segărceanu Jeremy Bates 7 5 6 1 6 1       3 George Cosac  /  Florin Segărceanu Jeremy Bates  /  Andrew Castle 3 6 3 6 2 6       4 George Cosac Jeremy Bates 6 3 1 6 2 6 2 6     5 Florin Segărceanu Danny Sapsford 6 3 4 6 6 3

Belgium vs. Hungary

Belgium 4	Royal Primerose Tennis Club, Brussels, Belgium [6] 4–6 May 1990 Clay		Hungary 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Eduardo Masso Sándor Noszály 64 77 6 2 6 4 77 62     2 Bart Wuyts András Lányi 6 1 6 1 6 2       3 Xavier Daufresne  /  Denis Langaskens András Lányi  /  László Markovits 4 6 3 6 6 4 63 77     4 Eduardo Masso András Lányi 6 2 4 6 7 5 6 3     5 Bart Wuyts Sándor Noszály 6 1 6 1

Denmark vs. Finland

Denmark 2	Aarhus Idrætspark, Aarhus, Denmark [7] 4–6 May 1990 Carpet (indoors)		Finland 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Morten Christensen Aki Rahunen 5 7 64 77 3 6       2 Michael Tauson Veli Paloheimo 6 1 7 5 3 6 4 6 6 3   3 Michael Mortensen  /  Michael Tauson Veli Paloheimo  /  Olli Rahnasto 4 6 4 6 4 6       4 Morten Christensen Veli Paloheimo 6 1 6 4 3 6 5 7 4 6   5 Michael Tauson Aki Rahunen 6 3 6 2

Relegation play-offs

Ghana vs. Ireland

Ghana 2	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana [8] 5–7 May 1990 Hard		Ireland 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Kenneth Dowuona Peter Wright 4 6 77 62 3 6 1 6     2 Franklyn Ofori Eoin Collins 66 78 64 77 6 3 3 6     3 Kenneth Dowuona  /  Franklyn Ofori Eoin Collins  /  Peter Wright 6 1 7 5 2 6 2 6 9 11   4 Franklyn Ofori Peter Wright 6 2 6 3         5 Kenneth Dowuona Michael Nugent 6 4 6 1

References

1. "Ghana v Portugal". daviscup.com.
2. "Ireland v Romania". daviscup.com.
3. "Nigeria v Finland". daviscup.com.
4. "Soviet Union v Portugal". daviscup.com.
5. "Romania v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
6. "Belgium v Hungary". daviscup.com.
7. "Denmark v Finland". daviscup.com.
8. "Ghana v Ireland". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website