1996 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

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

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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

Draw

Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Casablanca, Morocco (clay)
bye
byeFlag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 4
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1
bye
Harare, Zimbabwe (hard)
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 4
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)
bye
byeFlag of Romania.svg  Romania 3
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2
bye
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Dubrovnik, Croatia (indoor carpet)
bye
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 0
byeFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 5
bye
Kyiv, Ukraine (clay)
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 4
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 3
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1
byeFlag of Spain.svg  Spain 4
bye
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain

First round

Israel vs. Norway

Flag of Israel.svg
Israel
3
Canada Centre, Ramat HaSharon, Israel [2]
9–12 February 1996
Hard
Flag of Norway.svg
Norway
2
12345
1 Flag of Israel.svg
Flag of Norway.svg
Noam Behr
Christian Ruud
65
77
2
6
2
6
   
2 Flag of Israel.svg
Flag of Norway.svg
Eyal Ran
Helge Koll-Frafjord
6
1
6
2
6
4
   
3 Flag of Israel.svg
Flag of Norway.svg
Eyal Erlich  /  Eyal Ran
Helge Koll-Frafjord  /  Christian Ruud
3
6
65
77
7
5
6
3
6
4
 
4 Flag of Israel.svg
Flag of Norway.svg
Eyal Ran
Christian Ruud
5
7
77
65
77
64
3
6
1
6
 
5 Flag of Israel.svg
Flag of Norway.svg
Eyal Erlich
Helge Koll-Frafjord
6
4
1
6
6
4
77
64
  

Second round

Morocco vs. Zimbabwe

Flag of Morocco.svg
Morocco
4
Complexe Al Amal, Casablanca, Morocco [3]
5–7 April 1996
Clay
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
Zimbabwe
1
12345
1 Flag of Morocco.svg
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
Karim Alami
Wayne Black
5
7
6
3
5
7
6
1
2
6
 
2 Flag of Morocco.svg
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
Hicham Arazi
Byron Black
6
3
6
2
6
1
   
3 Flag of Morocco.svg
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
Karim Alami  /  Hicham Arazi
Byron Black  /  Wayne Black
6
1
3
6
77
65
64
77
6
3
 
4 Flag of Morocco.svg
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
Karim Alami
Malcolm Birch
6
3
6
0
6
1
   
5 Flag of Morocco.svg
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
Hicham Arazi
Wayne Black
6
3
77
65
    

Finland vs. Romania

Flag of Finland.svg
Finland
2
Talin Tenniskeskus, Helsinki, Finland [4]
5–7 April 1996
Carpet (indoors)
Flag of Romania.svg
Romania
3
12345
1 Flag of Finland.svg
Flag of Romania.svg
Tuomas Ketola
Andrei Pavel
4
6
2
6
4
6
   
2 Flag of Finland.svg
Flag of Romania.svg
Kim Tiilikainen
Adrian Voinea
1
6
2
6
4
6
   
3 Flag of Finland.svg
Flag of Romania.svg
Tuomas Ketola  /  Ville Liukko
George Cosac  /  Dinu Pescariu
2
6
4
6
63
77
   
4 Flag of Finland.svg
Flag of Romania.svg
Tuomas Ketola
George Cosac
6
3
77
61
    
5 Flag of Finland.svg
Flag of Romania.svg
Ville Liukko
Andrei Pavel
6
3
6
3
    

Croatia vs. Ukraine

Flag of Croatia.svg
Croatia
5
Športska dvorana, Dubrovnik, Croatia [5]
5–7 April 1996
Carpet (indoors)
Flag of Ukraine.svg
Ukraine
0
12345
1 Flag of Croatia.svg
Flag of Ukraine.svg
Goran Ivanišević
Andrei Rybalko
6
0
77
65
64
77
6
3
  
2 Flag of Croatia.svg
Flag of Ukraine.svg
Saša Hiršzon
Dimitri Poliakov
6
2
6
0
6
3
   
3 Flag of Croatia.svg
Flag of Ukraine.svg
Saša Hiršzon  /  Goran Ivanišević
Dimitri Poliakov  /  Andrei Rybalko
77
62
6
3
6
2
   
4 Flag of Croatia.svg
Flag of Ukraine.svg
Igor Šarić
Victor Trotsko
6
3
6
4
    
5 Flag of Croatia.svg
Flag of Ukraine.svg
Goran Orešić
Sergei Yaroshenko
6
1
712
610
    

Israel vs. Spain

Flag of Israel.svg
Israel
1
Canada Centre, Ramat HaSharon, Israel [6]
5–7 April 1996
Hard
Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
4
12345
1 Flag of Israel.svg
Flag of Spain.svg
Eyal Ran
Carlos Costa
6
3
3
6
4
6
0
2
 retired
 
2 Flag of Israel.svg
Flag of Spain.svg
Eyal Erlich
Albert Costa
2
6
6
3
2
6
2
6
  
3 Flag of Israel.svg
Flag of Spain.svg
Noam Behr  /  Eyal Erlich
Àlex Corretja  /  Emilio Sánchez
7
5
4
6
4
6
77
61
6
3
 
4 Flag of Israel.svg
Flag of Spain.svg
Noam Behr
Albert Costa
4
6
4
6
2
6
   
5 Flag of Israel.svg
Flag of Spain.svg
Eyal Erlich
Carlos Costa
61
77
1
6
    

Second round relegation play-offs

Zimbabwe vs. Finland

Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
Zimbabwe
4
City Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe [7]
20–22 September 1996
Hard
Flag of Finland.svg
Finland
1
12345
1 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
Flag of Finland.svg
Wayne Black
Kim Tiilikainen
6
4
7
5
63
77
6
3
  
2 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
Flag of Finland.svg
Byron Black
Ville Liukko
6
3
6
3
6
4
   
3 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
Flag of Finland.svg
Byron Black  /  Wayne Black
Ville Liukko  /  Kim Tiilikainen
6
1
6
1
6
3
   
4 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
Flag of Finland.svg
Byron Black
Tapio Nurminen
67
79
6
4
6
3
   
5 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
Flag of Finland.svg
Genius Chidzikwe
Ville Liukko
1
6
61
77
    

Ukraine vs. Norway

Flag of Ukraine.svg
Ukraine
4
Nauka Sports Club, Kyiv, Ukraine [8]
20–22 September 1996
Clay
Flag of Norway.svg
Norway
1
12345
1 Flag of Ukraine.svg
Flag of Norway.svg
Andriy Medvedev
Jan Frode Andersen
6
2
6
2
6
0
   
2 Flag of Ukraine.svg
Flag of Norway.svg
Andrei Rybalko
Christian Ruud
79
67
6
4
6
4
   
3 Flag of Ukraine.svg
Flag of Norway.svg
Andriy Medvedev  /  Dimitri Poliakov
Helge Koll-Frafjord  /  Christian Ruud
6
0
0
6
6
0
6
1
  
4 Flag of Ukraine.svg
Flag of Norway.svg
Andriy Medvedev
Christian Ruud
6
2
6
1
    
5 Flag of Ukraine.svg
Flag of Norway.svg
Denis Yakimenko
Jan Frode Andersen
62
77
4
6
    

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References

  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.