1997 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II

Main article: 1997 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone

The Asia/Oceania Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1997.

In the Asia/Oceania Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams compete against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group II advanced to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group I. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group II, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group III in 1998. ^[1]

Participating nations

•   Chinese Taipei
•   Hong Kong
•   Iran
•   Lebanon
•   Pakistan
•   Saudi Arabia
•   Singapore
•   Thailand

Draw

Relegation Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Taipei, Taiwan (indoor hard)

Chinese Taipei

5

Islamabad, Pakistan (clay)

Singapore

0

Tehran, Iran (clay)

Singapore

0

Chinese Taipei

1

Pakistan

5

Islamabad, Pakistan (clay)

Iran

4

Pakistan

2

Iran

3

Beirut, Lebanon (indoor hard)

Iran

1

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (hard)

Lebanon

4

Lebanon

5

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (hard)

Saudi Arabia

0

Beirut, Lebanon (indoor hard)

Saudi Arabia

1

Lebanon

5

Hong Kong

4

Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard)

Thailand

0

Hong Kong

0

Thailand

5

•   Singapore and   Saudi Arabia relegated to Group III in 1998.
•   Lebanon promoted to Group I in 1998.

First round

Chinese Taipei vs. Singapore

Chinese Taipei 5	Royal Ball Bay Club, Taipei, Taiwan [2] 21–23 February 1997 Hard (indoors)		Singapore 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Lien Yu-hui Chen Chee-yen 6 2 6 0 6 0       2 Tsai Chia-yen Ho Kuen-yiep 6 2 6 1 6 4       3 Chiang Jinn-yen  /  Lien Yu-hui Ho Kuen-yiep  /  Kho Tung-yi 6 2 6 3 6 2       4 Tsai Chia-yen Chen Chee-yen 6 2 6 2         5 Lien Yu-hui Tan Ee-wei 6 1 6 0

Pakistan vs. Iran

Pakistan 2	National Stadium, Islamabad, Pakistan [3] 21–23 February 1997 Clay		Iran 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Omer Rashid Mansour Bahrami 3 6 4 6 6 0 4 6     2 Hamed-ul-Haq Mohammed-Reza Tavakoli 77 62 3 6 6 2 6 4     3 Omer Rashid  /  Asim Shafik Mansour Bahrami  /  Ramin Raziani 3 6 5 7 63 77       4 Omer Rashid Ramin Raziani 6 4 3 6 2 6 4 6     5 Hamed-ul-Haq Mansour Bahrami 1 6 6 4 6 2

Saudi Arabia vs. Lebanon

Saudi Arabia 0	National Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia [4] 18–20 February 1997 Hard		Lebanon 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Othman Al-Anazi Ali Hamadeh 1 6 2 6 4 6       2 Bader Mohammed Almuqail Sean Karam 4 6 3 6 4 6       3 Othman Al-Anazi  /  Bader Mohammed Almuqail Ali Hamadeh  /  Sean Karam 4 6 1 6 3 6       4 Bader Mohammed Almuqail Ali Hamadeh 0 6 1 6         5 Tawfiq Moafa Toufiq Zhalan 5 7 3 6

Hong Kong vs. Thailand

Hong Kong 0	Victoria Park, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong [5] 14–16 February 1997 Hard		Thailand 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mark Ferreira Woraphol Thongkhamchu 3 6 2 6 0 6       2 Melvin Tong Vittaya Samrej 3 6 7 5 2 6 6 2 4 6   3 Mark Ferreira  /  Graeme Foster Narathorn Srichaphan  /  Tanakorn Srichaphan 1 6 2 6 3 6       4 Mark Ferreira Vittaya Samrej 2 6 2 6         5 Wayne Wong Woraphol Thongkhamchu 3 6 62 77

Second round

Iran vs. Chinese Taipei

Iran 4	Enghelab Sport Complex, Tehran, Iran [6] 4–6 April 1997 Clay		Chinese Taipei 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ramin Raziani Lien Yu-hui 4 6 2 6 77 65 6 4 6 3   2 Mansour Bahrami Chen Chih-jung 7 5 77 63 3 6 6 3     3 Mansour Bahrami  /  Ramin Raziani Chen Chih-jung  /  Lien Yu-hui 6 4 78 66 77 64       4 Ramin Raziani Chen Chih-jung 0 2         retired   5 Mansour Bahrami Tsai Chia-yen 6 0 77 62

Lebanon vs. Thailand

Lebanon 5	E.D.L. Club, Beirut, Lebanon [7] 4–6 April 1997 Hard (indoors)		Thailand 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jicham Zaatini Vittaya Samrej 3 6 6 3 6 3 6 2     2 Ali Hamadeh Narathorn Srichaphan 77 65 7 5 77 64       3 Ali Hamadeh  /  Jicham Zaatini Narathorn Srichaphan  /  Tanakorn Srichaphan 6 4 3 6 77 62 6 4     4 Ali Hamadeh Vittaya Samrej 6 3 3 6 77 65       5 Jicham Zaatini Tanakorn Srichaphan 6 4 6 1

Relegation play-offs

Pakistan vs. Singapore

Pakistan 5	National Stadium, Islamabad, Pakistan [8] 4–6 April 1997 Clay		Singapore 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Omer Rashid Ho Kuen-yiep 6 3 6 0 7 5       2 Hamed-ul-Haq Lim Yang-tat 6 4 6 2 6 1       3 Omer Rashid  /  Hamed-ul-Haq Ho Kuen-yiep  /  Lim Yang-tat 6 3 6 3 6 2       4 Asim Shafik Lim Yang-tat 6 1 6 4         5 Syed-Nasir Sherazi Jensen Hiu 6 1 6 3

Saudi Arabia vs. Hong Kong

Saudi Arabia 1	National Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia [9] 4–6 April 1997 Hard		Hong Kong 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Bader Mohammed Almuqail Wayne Wong 6 4 77 65 6 3       2 Farah Al-Somali Melvin Tong 2 6 0 6 0 6       3 Tawfik Al-Ibrahim  /  Bader Mohammed Almuqail Mark Ferreira  /  Melvin Tong 0 6 1 6 4 6       4 Bader Mohammed Almuqail Melvin Tong 5 7 2 6 3 6       5 Tawfiq Moafa Wayne Wong 2 6 3 6

Third round

Lebanon vs. Iran

Lebanon 4	E.D.L. Club, Beirut, Lebanon [10] 19–21 September 1997 Hard (indoors)		Iran 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ali Hamadeh Reza Nakhai 6 3 7 5 6 4       2 Jicham Zaatini Mohammed-Reza Tavakoli 6 2 6 1 6 3       3 Ali Hamadeh  /  Jicham Zaatini Reza Nakhai  /  Seyed Akbar Taheri Rahaghi 6 4 6 4 6 3       4 Jicham Zaatini Reza Nakhai 77 63 6 3         5 Toufiq Zhalan Mohammed-Reza Tavakoli 2 6 4 6

References

1. "1997 Asia/Oceania Group II". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
2. "Chinese Taipei v Singapore". daviscup.com.
3. "Pakistan v Iran". daviscup.com.
4. "Saudi Arabia v Lebanon". daviscup.com.
5. "Hong Kong v Thailand". daviscup.com.
6. "Iran v Chinese Taipei". daviscup.com.
7. "Lebanon v Thailand". daviscup.com.
8. "Pakistan v Singapore". daviscup.com.
9. "Saudi Arabia v Hong Kong". daviscup.com.
10. "Lebanon v Iran". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website