2000 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

Main article: 2000 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2000.

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 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 2001. ^[1]

Participating nations

•   Belarus
•   Finland
•   Hungary
•   Morocco
•   Portugal
•   Romania
•   South Africa
•   Sweden
•   Ukraine

Draw

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

Sweden

Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)

bye

bye

Sweden

3

Finland

Finland

2

bye

Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)

Finland

Finland

4

Hungary

1

Romania

Bucharest, Romania (indoor carpet)

bye

bye

Romania

3

Hungary

Hungary

2

bye

Hungary

Belarus

Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet)

bye

bye

Belarus

4

South Africa

South Africa

1

bye

Maia, Portugal (clay)

South Africa

South Africa

2

Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet)

Portugal

3

Portugal

1

Casablanca, Morocco (clay)

Ukraine

4

Portugal

Ukraine

2

bye

Morocco

3

bye

Morocco

•   Hungary and   South Africa relegated to Group II in 2001.
•   Sweden,   Romania,   Belarus, and   Morocco advance to World Group qualifying round.

First round

Ukraine vs. Portugal

Ukraine 4	Meridian Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine [2] 4–6 February 2000 Carpet (indoors)		Portugal 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Andrei Dernovskiy João Cunha e Silva 78 66 6 4 3 6 3 6 6 4   2 Andriy Medvedev Bernardo Mota 6 1 6 3 4 6 6 2     3 Andriy Medvedev  /  Andrei Rybalko Emanuel Couto  /  João Cunha e Silva 7 5 6 4 6 4       4 Orest Tereshchuk João Cunha e Silva 6 3 6 4         5 Andrei Dernovskiy Bernardo Mota 5 7 6 3 65 77

Second round

Finland vs. Sweden

Finland 2	Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland [3] 7–9 April 2000 Hard (indoors)		Sweden 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ville Liukko Magnus Norman 3 6 6 4 1 6 67 79     2 Tuomas Ketola Mikael Tillström 6 3 3 6 4 6 6 4 6 3   3 Tuomas Ketola  /  Ville Liukko Nicklas Kulti  /  Mikael Tillström 1 6 1 6 4 6       4 Tuomas Ketola Magnus Norman 2 6 4 6 1 6       5 Jarkko Nieminen Mikael Tillström 6 1 6 4

Romania vs. Hungary

Romania 3	Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest, Romania [4] 7–9 April 2000 Carpet (indoors)		Hungary 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Andrei Pavel Gergely Kisgyörgy 6 2 77 65 5 7 68 710 6 2   2 Răzvan Sabău Attila Sávolt 4 6 3 6 2 6       3 Dinu Pescariu  /  Gabriel Trifu Gábor Köves  /  Attila Sávolt 1 6 7 5 3 6 6 3 5 7   4 Andrei Pavel Attila Sávolt 6 4 1 6 6 4 6 2     5 Dinu Pescariu Gergely Kisgyörgy 6 3 7 5 63 77 6 4

Belarus vs. South Africa

Belarus 4	National Centre, Minsk, Belarus [5] 7–9 April 2000 Carpet (indoors)		South Africa 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Vladimir Voltchkov Neville Godwin 6 2 77 62 7 5       2 Max Mirnyi Jeff Coetzee 6 3 6 2 6 4       3 Sergei Samoseiko  /  Alexander Shvets David Adams  /  John-Laffnie de Jager 62 77 1 6 3 6       4 Max Mirnyi Neville Godwin 6 4 6 3 6 4       5 Vladimir Voltchkov Jeff Coetzee 6 1 6 2

Morocco vs. Ukraine

Morocco 3	Club Olympique, Casablanca, Morocco [6] 7–9 April 2000 Clay		Ukraine 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Hicham Arazi Andriy Medvedev 4 6 6 1 2 6 6 3 5 7   2 Younes El Aynaoui Andrei Dernovskiy 6 2 6 2 6 3       3 Karim Alami  /  Hicham Arazi Andriy Medvedev  /  Andrei Rybalko 3 6 6 1 7 5 6 3     4 Younes El Aynaoui Andriy Medvedev 5 7 5 7 2 6       5 Hicham Arazi Orest Tereshchuk 6 4 6 0 6 1

Second round relegation play-offs

Finland vs. Hungary

Finland 4	Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland [7] 6–8 October 2000 Carpet (indoors)		Hungary 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ville Liukko Gergely Kisgyörgy 6 1 6 3 6 3       2 Jarkko Nieminen Attila Sávolt 6 2 1 6 77 65 6 0     3 Tuomas Ketola  /  Ville Liukko Gábor Köves  /  Attila Sávolt 6 4 65 77 4 6 5 7     4 Ville Liukko Attila Sávolt 2 6 5 7 6 4 6 4 6 4   5 Jarkko Nieminen Gergely Kisgyörgy 6 3 6 2

Portugal vs. South Africa

Portugal 3	Maia Tennis Club, Maia, Portugal [8] 6–8 October 2000 Clay		South Africa 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Bernardo Mota Justin Bower 6 4 6 1 7 5       2 Emanuel Couto Wayne Ferreira 1 6 4 6 4 6       3 Emanuel Couto  /  Nuno Marques John-Laffnie de Jager  /  Piet Norval 4 6 79 67 6 3 3 6 8 6   4 Bernardo Mota Wayne Ferreira 3 6 2 6 6 4 3 6     5 Emanuel Couto Justin Bower 77 64 4 6 4 6 78 66 6 4

References

1. "2000 Europe/Africa Group I". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
2. "Ukraine v Portugal". daviscup.com.
3. "Finland v Sweden". daviscup.com.
4. "Romania v Hungary". daviscup.com.
5. "Belarus v South Africa". daviscup.com.
6. "Morocco v Ukraine". daviscup.com.
7. "Finland v Hungary". daviscup.com.
8. "Portugal v South Africa". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website