1997 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II

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

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In the Europe/Africa Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group II advanced to the Europe/Africa 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 Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 1998. [1]

Participating nations

Draw

Relegation Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Snarøya, Norway (clay)
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 5
Tbilisi, Georgia (clay) Nova Gorica, Slovenia (clay)
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 0
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 0Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 4
Tbilisi, Georgia (clay)
Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg  Georgia 5Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1
Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg  Georgia 2
Porto, Portugal (clay)
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 3
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3
Cairo, Egypt (clay)
Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 2
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 0
Cairo, Egypt (clay) Porto, Portugal (clay)
Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 5
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 3Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 3
Vilnius, Lithuania (indoor carpet)
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 2Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  Yugoslavia 2
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  Yugoslavia 3
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 2
Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard)
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 0
Jūrmala, Latvia (clay) Bytom, Poland (clay)
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 5
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 4Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 1
Poznań, Poland (clay)
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 4
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 0
Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 5
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2
Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1
Dublin, Ireland (carpet) Tampere, Finland (clay)
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 4
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 4Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 2
Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3

First round

Norway vs. Nigeria

Flag of Norway.svg
Norway
5
Snarøya Tennis Club, Snarøya, Norway [2]
2–4 May 1997
Clay
Flag of Nigeria.svg
Nigeria
0
12345
1 Flag of Norway.svg
Flag of Nigeria.svg
Jan Frode Andersen
Sule Ladipo
6
1
6
0
6
4
   
2 Flag of Norway.svg
Flag of Nigeria.svg
Christian Ruud
Ganiyu Adenekan
6
0
6
1
6
0
   
3 Flag of Norway.svg
Flag of Nigeria.svg
Helge Koll-Frafjord  /  Christian Ruud
Ganiyu Adenekan  /  Sule Ladipo
6
2
4
6
6
1
77
65
  
4 Flag of Norway.svg
Flag of Nigeria.svg
Christian Ruud
Dickson Ogu
6
0
6
0
    
5 Flag of Norway.svg
Flag of Nigeria.svg
Thomas Heyerdahl
Ganiyu Adenekan
7
5
6
3
    

Georgia vs. Slovenia

Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg
Georgia
2
Leila Meskhi Tennis Academy, Tbilisi, Georgia [3]
2–4 May 1997
Clay
Flag of Slovenia.svg
Slovenia
3
12345
1 Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg
Flag of Slovenia.svg
Vladimir Margalitadze
Iztok Božič
2
6
3
6
1
6
   
2 Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg
Flag of Slovenia.svg
Vladimir Gabrichidze
Borut Urh
6
3
7
5
1
6
3
6
6
4
 
3 Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg
Flag of Slovenia.svg
Vladimir Gabrichidze  /  David Katcharava
Marko Por  /  Borut Urh
66
78
5
7
77
62
2
6
  
4 Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg
Flag of Slovenia.svg
Vladimir Margalitadze
Borut Urh
2
6
2
6
0
6
   
5 Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg
Flag of Slovenia.svg
Vladimir Gabrichidze
Andrej Kraševec
4
6
77
62
6
2
   

Egypt vs. Portugal

Flag of Egypt.svg
Egypt
0
Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt [4]
2–4 May 1997
Clay
Flag of Portugal (official).svg
Portugal
5
12345
1 Flag of Egypt.svg
Flag of Portugal (official).svg
Gehad El Deeb
Nuno Marques
0
6
4
6
65
77
   
2 Flag of Egypt.svg
Flag of Portugal (official).svg
Amr Ghoneim
Emanuel Couto
6
2
4
6
5
7
3
6
  
3 Flag of Egypt.svg
Flag of Portugal (official).svg
Adli El Shafei  /  Amr Ghoneim
Emanuel Couto  /  Bernardo Mota
5
7
1
6
0
6
   
4 Flag of Egypt.svg
Flag of Portugal (official).svg
Amr Ghoneim
João Cunha e Silva
4
6
3
6
    
5 Flag of Egypt.svg
Flag of Portugal (official).svg
Gehad El Deeb
Emanuel Couto
4
6
5
7
    

Lithuania vs. Yugoslavia

Flag of Lithuania.svg
Lithuania
2
Karolina Tennis Club, Vilnius, Lithuania [5]
2–4 May 1997
Carpet (indoors)
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg
Yugoslavia
3
12345
1 Flag of Lithuania.svg
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg
Rolandas Muraška
Nenad Zimonjić
3
6
1
6
3
6
   
2 Flag of Lithuania.svg
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg
Eugenius Cariovas
Bojan Vujić
63
77
64
77
2
6
   
3 Flag of Lithuania.svg
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg
Eugenius Cariovas  /  Rolandas Muraška
Dušan Vemić  /  Nenad Zimonjić
4
6
4
6
4
6
   
4 Flag of Lithuania.svg
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg
Rolandas Muraška
Bojan Vujić
7
5
6
4
    
5 Flag of Lithuania.svg
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg
Eugenius Cariovas
Vladimir Pavićević
77
65
4
6
6
3
   

Ivory Coast vs. Latvia

Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg
Ivory Coast
5
Hôtel Ivoire, Abidjan, Ivory Coast [6]
2–4 May 1997
Hard
Flag of Latvia.svg
Latvia
0
12345
1 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg
Flag of Latvia.svg
Claude N'Goran
Ivo Lagzdiņš
6
1
6
2
6
0
   
2 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg
Flag of Latvia.svg
Clément N'Goran
Raimonds Sproga
6
4
6
0
6
2
   
3 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg
Flag of Latvia.svg
Claude N'Goran  /  Clément N'Goran
Ivo Lagzdiņš  /  Raimonds Sproga
6
1
6
2
7
5
   
4 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg
Flag of Latvia.svg
Ilou Lonfo
Raimonds Sproga
6
1
6
2
    
5 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg
Flag of Latvia.svg
Valentin Sanon
Oskars Vaskis
6
4
6
4
    

Poland vs. Ghana

Flag of Poland.svg
Poland
5
Olimpia Tennis Club, Poznań, Poland [7]
2–4 May 1997
Clay
Flag of Ghana.svg
Ghana
0
12345
1 Flag of Poland.svg
Flag of Ghana.svg
Bartłomiej Dąbrowski
Daniel Omaboe
6
0
6
2
6
2
   
2 Flag of Poland.svg
Flag of Ghana.svg
Filip Anioła
Franklyn Ofori
6
1
6
3
6
0
   
3 Flag of Poland.svg
Flag of Ghana.svg
Bartłomiej Dąbrowski  /  Bernard Kaczorowski
Nortey Dowuona  /  Franklyn Ofori
6
1
6
2
77
65
   
4 Flag of Poland.svg
Flag of Ghana.svg
Krystian Pfeiffer
Nortey Dowuona
6
1
6
1
    
5 Flag of Poland.svg
Flag of Ghana.svg
Filip Anioła
Alexander Ofori
6
1
6
0
    

Ireland vs. Belarus

Flag of Ireland.svg
Ireland
1
Riverview Club, Dublin, Ireland [8]
2–4 May 1997
Hard (indoors)
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg
Belarus
4
12345
1 Flag of Ireland.svg
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg
Scott Barron
Max Mirnyi
2
6
3
6
6
4
4
6
  
2 Flag of Ireland.svg
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg
Owen Casey
Alexander Shvets
6
2
4
6
6
3
4
6
7
5
 
3 Flag of Ireland.svg
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg
Scott Barron  /  Tom Hamilton
Max Mirnyi  /  Vladimir Voltchkov
4
6
65
77
3
6
   
4 Flag of Ireland.svg
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg
Scott Barron
Alexander Shvets
1
6
2
6
64
77
   
5 Flag of Ireland.svg
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg
Eoin Collins
Max Mirnyi
5
7
3
6
    

Finland vs. Greece

Flag of Finland.svg
Finland
3
Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland [9]
2–4 May 1997
Hard (indoors)
Flag of Greece.svg
Greece
2
12345
1 Flag of Finland.svg
Flag of Greece.svg
Tuomas Ketola
Anastasios Vasiliadis
2
6
6
1
78
66
4
6
4
6
 
2 Flag of Finland.svg
Flag of Greece.svg
Kim Tiilikainen
Konstantinos Economidis
77
64
5
7
4
6
1
6
  
3 Flag of Finland.svg
Flag of Greece.svg
Tuomas Ketola  /  Ville Liukko
Konstantinos Economidis  /  Anastasios Vasiliadis
6
3
78
66
6
4
   
4 Flag of Finland.svg
Flag of Greece.svg
Ville Liukko
Konstantinos Economidis
6
3
6
4
6
4
   
5 Flag of Finland.svg
Flag of Greece.svg
Kim Tiilikainen
Anastasios Vasiliadis
6
3
77
63
77
63
   

Second round

Slovenia vs. Norway

Flag of Slovenia.svg
Slovenia
1
Perla Stadium, Nova Gorica, Slovenia [10]
11–13 July 1997
Clay
Flag of Norway.svg
Norway
4
12345
1 Flag of Slovenia.svg
Flag of Norway.svg
Iztok Božič
Christian Ruud
6
4
2
6
4
6
3
6
  
2 Flag of Slovenia.svg
Flag of Norway.svg
Blaž Trupej
Jan Frode Andersen
6
4
4
6
3
6
1
6
  
3 Flag of Slovenia.svg
Flag of Norway.svg
Andrej Kraševec  /  Marko Por
Helge Koll-Frafjord  /  Christian Ruud
6
2
6
3
5
7
1
6
6
2
 
4 Flag of Slovenia.svg
Flag of Norway.svg
Iztok Božič
Jan Frode Andersen
3
6
6
1
3
6
2
6
  
5 Flag of Slovenia.svg
Flag of Norway.svg
Blaž Trupej
Christian Ruud
4
6
4
6
    

Portugal vs. Yugoslavia

Flag of Portugal (official).svg
Portugal
3
Maia Tennis Complex, Porto, Portugal [11]
11–13 July 1997
Clay
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg
Yugoslavia
2
12345
1 Flag of Portugal (official).svg
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg
João Cunha e Silva
Nenad Zimonjić
2
6
6
4
6
4
6
4
  
2 Flag of Portugal (official).svg
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg
Emanuel Couto
Bojan Vujić
3
6
5
7
7
5
2
6
  
3 Flag of Portugal (official).svg
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg
Emanuel Couto  /  Bernardo Mota
Nebojša Đorđević  /  Nenad Zimonjić
6
4
6
4
6
4
   
4 Flag of Portugal (official).svg
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg
João Cunha e Silva
Bojan Vujić
4
6
3
6
6
3
6
4
3
6
 
5 Flag of Portugal (official).svg
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg
Emanuel Couto
Nenad Zimonjić
62
77
7
5
7
5
6
3
  

Poland vs. Ivory Coast

Flag of Poland.svg
Poland
4
Górnik Sports Club, Bytom, Poland [12]
11–13 July 1997
Clay
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg
Ivory Coast
1
12345
1 Flag of Poland.svg
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg
Michał Chmela
Claude N'Goran
4
6
7
5
2
6
77
64
4
6
 
2 Flag of Poland.svg
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg
Bartłomiej Dąbrowski
Jean-Christophe Nabi
77
61
6
1
6
4
   
3 Flag of Poland.svg
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg
Bartłomiej Dąbrowski  /  Michał Gawłowski
Ilou Lonfo  /  Claude N'Goran
6
4
79
67
3
6
6
2
  
4 Flag of Poland.svg
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg
Bartłomiej Dąbrowski
Claude N'Goran
6
4
6
1
6
0
   
5 Flag of Poland.svg
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg
Michał Chmela
Nouhoun Sangaré
6
1
6
2
    

Finland vs. Belarus

Flag of Finland.svg
Finland
3
Rosendahl Tennis Centre, Tampere, Finland [13]
11–13 July 1997
Clay
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg
Belarus
2
12345
1 Flag of Finland.svg
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg
Tuomas Ketola
Vladimir Voltchkov
3
6
6
3
65
77
1
6
  
2 Flag of Finland.svg
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg
Tommi Lenho
Alexander Shvets
7
5
6
1
4
6
4
6
6
3
 
3 Flag of Finland.svg
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg
Tuomas Ketola  /  Ville Liukko
Alexander Shvets  /  Vladimir Voltchkov
3
6
6
4
6
1
6
1
  
4 Flag of Finland.svg
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg
Kim Tiilikainen
Alexander Shvets
66
78
6
1
7
5
66
78
6
0
 
5 Flag of Finland.svg
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg
Ville Liukko
Vladimir Voltchkov
1
6
6
4
5
7
   

Relegation play-offs

Georgia vs. Nigeria

Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg
Georgia
5
Leila Meskhi Tennis Academy, Tbilisi, Georgia [14]
11–14 July 1997
Clay
Flag of Nigeria.svg
Nigeria
0
12345
1 Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg
Flag of Nigeria.svg
David Katcharava
Ganiyu Adenekan
6
1
6
2
6
1
   
2 Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg
Flag of Nigeria.svg
Vladimir Gabrichidze
Sule Ladipo
6
3
6
2
6
3
   
3 Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg
Flag of Nigeria.svg
Vladimir Gabrichidze  /  David Katcharava
Ganiyu Adenekan  /  Sule Ladipo
68
710
6
3
6
2
7
5
  
4 Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg
Flag of Nigeria.svg
Givi Samkharadze
Sule Ladipo
6
3
     
retired
5 Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg
Flag of Nigeria.svg
Vladimir Gabrichidze
Ganiyu Adenekan
6
1
6
2
    

Egypt vs. Lithuania

Flag of Egypt.svg
Egypt
3
Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt [15]
11–14 July 1997
Clay
Flag of Lithuania.svg
Lithuania
2
12345
1 Flag of Egypt.svg
Flag of Lithuania.svg
Gehad El Deeb
Rolandas Muraška
6
4
4
6
2
6
0
6
  
2 Flag of Egypt.svg
Flag of Lithuania.svg
Amr Ghoneim
Eugenius Cariovas
3
6
6
2
77
65
6
4
  
3 Flag of Egypt.svg
Flag of Lithuania.svg
Amr Ghoneim  /  Hisham Hemeda
Eugenius Cariovas  /  Rolandas Muraška
77
61
77
64
4
6
77
64
  
4 Flag of Egypt.svg
Flag of Lithuania.svg
Amr Ghoneim
Rolandas Muraška
1
6
6
3
6
4
3
6
3
6
 
5 Flag of Egypt.svg
Flag of Lithuania.svg
Hisham Hemeda
Eugenius Cariovas
6
2
77
64
65
77
5
7
11
9
 

Latvia vs. Ghana

Flag of Latvia.svg
Latvia
4
National Tennis Center Lielupe, Jūrmala, Latvia [16]
11–13 July 1997
Clay
Flag of Ghana.svg
Ghana
1
12345
1 Flag of Latvia.svg
Flag of Ghana.svg
Ģirts Dzelde
Gunther Darkey
6
2
6
1
6
1
   
2 Flag of Latvia.svg
Flag of Ghana.svg
Andris Fiļimonovs
Franklyn Ofori
6
1
6
2
6
2
   
3 Flag of Latvia.svg
Flag of Ghana.svg
Ģirts Dzelde  /  Andris Fiļimonovs
Franklyn Ofori  /  Isaac Tetteh-Quaye
6
1
6
1
6
0
   
4 Flag of Latvia.svg
Flag of Ghana.svg
Ģirts Dzelde
Franklyn Ofori
65
77
4
6
    
5 Flag of Latvia.svg
Flag of Ghana.svg
Andris Fiļimonovs
Gunther Darkey
6
3
6
2
    

Ireland vs. Greece

Flag of Ireland.svg
Ireland
4
Riverview Club, Dublin, Ireland [17]
11–13 July 1997
Carpet
Flag of Greece.svg
Greece
1
12345
1 Flag of Ireland.svg
Flag of Greece.svg
Owen Casey
Solon Peppas
6
1
6
1
6
0
   
2 Flag of Ireland.svg
Flag of Greece.svg
Scott Barron
Konstantinos Economidis
6
2
6
2
3
6
2
6
4
6
 
3 Flag of Ireland.svg
Flag of Greece.svg
Scott Barron  /  Owen Casey
Konstantinos Economidis  /  Nikos Rovas
6
2
6
3
6
2
   
4 Flag of Ireland.svg
Flag of Greece.svg
Scott Barron
Solon Peppas
6
3
6
0
6
1
   
5 Flag of Ireland.svg
Flag of Greece.svg
Owen Casey
Konstantinos Economidis
6
1
6
4
    

Third round

Portugal vs. Norway

Flag of Portugal (official).svg
Portugal
2
Maia Tennis Complex, Porto, Portugal [18]
19–21 September 1997
Clay
Flag of Norway.svg
Norway
3
12345
1 Flag of Portugal (official).svg
Flag of Norway.svg
Nuno Marques
Jan Frode Andersen
5
7
1
6
6
1
3
6
  
2 Flag of Portugal (official).svg
Flag of Norway.svg
Emanuel Couto
Christian Ruud
1
6
1
6
1
6
   
3 Flag of Portugal (official).svg
Flag of Norway.svg
Emanuel Couto  /  Bernardo Mota
Helge Koll-Frafjord  /  Christian Ruud
6
4
77
61
4
6
6
2
  
4 Flag of Portugal (official).svg
Flag of Norway.svg
Nuno Marques
Christian Ruud
61
77
65
77
62
77
   
5 Flag of Portugal (official).svg
Flag of Norway.svg
Bernardo Mota
Helge Koll-Frafjord
6
2
6
3
    

Finland vs. Poland

Flag of Finland.svg
Finland
3
Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland [19]
19–21 September 1997
Hard (indoors)
Flag of Poland.svg
Poland
2
12345
1 Flag of Finland.svg
Flag of Poland.svg
Ville Liukko
Bartłomiej Dąbrowski
6
4
5
7
5
7
1
6
  
2 Flag of Finland.svg
Flag of Poland.svg
Tuomas Ketola
Michał Chmela
6
3
2
6
6
2
4
6
4
6
 
3 Flag of Finland.svg
Flag of Poland.svg
Tuomas Ketola  /  Ville Liukko
Michał Chmela  /  Bartłomiej Dąbrowski
77
64
69
711
6
0
4
6
6
3
 
4 Flag of Finland.svg
Flag of Poland.svg
Tuomas Ketola
Bartłomiej Dąbrowski
77
64
6
1
77
64
   
5 Flag of Finland.svg
Flag of Poland.svg
Ville Liukko
Michał Chmela
3
6
3
6
6
4
6
3
6
4
 

References

  1. "1997 Europe/Africa Group II". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. "Norway v Nigeria". daviscup.com.
  3. "Georgia v Slovenia". daviscup.com.
  4. "Egypt v Portugal". daviscup.com.
  5. "Lithuania v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
  6. "Ivory Coast v Latvia". daviscup.com.
  7. "Poland v Ghana". daviscup.com.
  8. "Ireland v Belarus". daviscup.com.
  9. "Finland v Greece". daviscup.com.
  10. "Slovenia v Norway". daviscup.com.
  11. "Portugal v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
  12. "Poland v Ivory Coast". daviscup.com.
  13. "Finland v Belarus". daviscup.com.
  14. "Georgia v Nigeria". daviscup.com.
  15. "Egypt v Lithuania". daviscup.com.
  16. "Latvia v Ghana". daviscup.com.
  17. "Ireland v Greece". daviscup.com.
  18. "Portugal v Norway". daviscup.com.
  19. "Finland v Poland". daviscup.com.