2005 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II

Main article: 2005 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2005.

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 2006. ^[1]

Participating nations

•   Algeria
•   Bulgaria
•   Ivory Coast
•   Estonia
•   Finland
•   Georgia
•   Ghana
•   Greece
•   Hungary
•   Latvia
•   Monaco
•   Norway
•   Poland
•   Portugal
•   Slovenia
•   Ukraine

Draw

Relegation Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Accra, Ghana (hard)

Ghana

0

Accra, Ghana (hard)

Helsinki, Finland (clay)

S

Finland

5

Ghana

2

S

Finland

2

Sofia, Bulgaria (indoor carpet)

Georgia

3

S

Bulgaria

3

S

Bulgaria

4

Donetsk, Ukraine (hard)

Georgia

1

S

Bulgaria

1

Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary (ind. hard)

S

Ukraine

4

S

Hungary

4

Oslo, Norway (clay)

Donetsk, Ukraine (hard)

Monaco

1

Monaco

1

S

Hungary

2

Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet)

Norway

4

S

Ukraine

3

S

Ukraine

4

Norway

1

Tallinn, Estonia (indoor carpet)

Estonia

1

Gdynia, Poland (clay)

Lisbon, Portugal (clay)

S

Portugal

4

Estonia

0

S

Portugal

3

Algiers, Algeria (clay)

S

Poland

5

Algeria

2

Algeria

3

Estoril, Portugal (clay)

S

Poland

2

S

Portugal

4

Kranj, Slovenia (indoor hard)

S

Slovenia

1

Ivory Coast

0

Athens, Greece (clay)

Kranj, Slovenia (clay)

S

Slovenia

5

Ivory Coast

0

S

Slovenia

5

Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor carpet)

S

Greece

5

Latvia

0

Latvia

4

S

Greece

1

• Georgia, Monaco, Estonia, and Côte d'Ivoire relegated to Group III in 2006.
• Ukraine and Portugal promoted to Group I in 2006.

First round

Ghana vs. Finland

Ghana 0	Accra Sports Stadium Tennis Court, Accra, Ghana [2] 4–6 March 2005 Hard		Finland 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mohammed Salifu Jarkko Nieminen 1 6 2 6 1 6       2 Henry Adjei-Darko Tuomas Ketola 64 77 7 5 1 6 0 4   retired   3 Henry Adjei-Darko  /  Gunther Darkey Lauri Kiiski  /  Jarkko Nieminen 6 3 63 77 4 6 65 77     4 Henry Adjei-Darko Jarkko Nieminen 2 6 4 6         5 Mohammed Salifu Tuomas Ketola 1 6 3 6

Bulgaria vs. Georgia

Bulgaria 4	Sofia, Bulgaria [3] 4–6 March 2005 Carpet (indoors)		Georgia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ivaylo Traykov Lado Chikhladze 65 77 6 3 63 77 3 6     2 Todor Enev Irakli Ushangishvili 6 2 6 3 6 2       3 Yordan Kanev  /  Ilia Kushev Lado Chikhladze  /  Irakli Ushangishvili 6 4 3 6 6 4 6 4     4 Todor Enev Lado Chikhladze 6 1 6 2 5 7 6 4     5 Ivaylo Traykov David Kvernadze 6 2 67 79 77 60

Hungary vs. Monaco

Hungary 4	Hód TC, Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary [4] 4–6 March 2005 Hard (indoors)		Monaco 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Gergely Kisgyörgy Benjamin Balleret 6 4 2 6 6 4 4 6 6 1   2 Sebő Kiss Emmanuel Heussner 710 68 5 7 6 2 77 62     3 Gergely Kisgyörgy  /  Sebő Kiss Benjamin Balleret  /  Guillaume Couillard 6 1 6 4 6 0       4 Ádám Kellner Guillaume Couillard 6 4 4 6 3 6       5 Dénes Lukács Thomas Drouet 6 4 6 2

Ukraine vs. Norway

Ukraine 4	International Tennis Club "NAUKA", Kyiv, Ukraine [5] 4–6 March 2005 Carpet (indoors)		Norway 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Sergei Bubka Jan Frode Andersen 65 77 3 6 5 7       2 Orest Tereshchuk Stian Boretti 7 5 65 77 6 4 64 77 6 2   3 Mikhail Filima  /  Orest Tereshchuk Jan Frode Andersen  /  Stian Boretti 6 1 6 3 64 77 4 6 10 8   4 Mikhail Filima Jan Frode Andersen 2 6 62 77 6 2 78 66 8 6   5 Sergei Bubka Marius Tangen 7 5 6 1

Estonia vs. Portugal

Estonia 1	Kadrioru Tennisekeskus (Kadrioru Tennis Center), Tallinn, Estonia [6] 4–6 March 2005 Carpet (indoors)		Portugal 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mait Künnap Fred Gil 67 79 4 6 2 6       2 Alti Vahkal Leonardo Tavares 6 3 6 2 2 6 65 77 4 6   3 Mait Künnap  /  Alti Vahkal Fred Gil  /  Leonardo Tavares 3 6 4 6 4 6       4 Andrei Luzgin Rui Machado 5 7 6 4 6 3       5 Oskar Saarne Diogo Rocha 3 6 2 6

Algeria vs. Poland

Algeria 3	Fosses Olympique du Complexe Mohamed Boudiaf, Algiers, Algeria [7] 4–6 March 2005 Clay		Poland 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Lamine Ouahab Łukasz Kubot 2 6 64 77 1 6       2 Slimane Saoudi Mariusz Fyrstenberg 3 6 6 3 77 62 6 4     3 Lamine Ouahab  /  Slimane Saoudi Mariusz Fyrstenberg  /  Marcin Matkowski 77 62 6 4 3 6 6 3     4 Slimane Saoudi Łukasz Kubot 7 5 6 1 2 6 3 6 0 6   5 Lamine Ouahab Filip Urban 6 2 6 3 6 4

Slovenia vs. Ivory Coast

Slovenia 5	Teniski Klub Triglav, Kranj, Slovenia [8] 4–6 March 2005 Hard (indoors)		Ivory Coast 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Grega Žemlja Valentin Sanon 6 4 6 4 7 5       2 Boštjan Ošabnik Claude N'Goran 6 1 6 0 2 6 65 77 6 2   3 Rok Jarc  /  Grega Žemlja Claude N'Goran  /  Valentin Sanon 6 2 6 2         retired 4 Luka Gregorc Valentin Sanon 6 4 6 3         5 Rok Jarc Terence Nugent 6 2 6 0

Latvia vs. Greece

Latvia 4	Tennis Centre "Lielupe", Jūrmala, Latvia [9] 4–6 March 2005 Carpet (indoors)		Greece 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Andis Juška Konstantinos Economidis 77 63 77 62 2 6 6 2     2 Ernests Gulbis Vasilis Mazarakis 3 6 4 6 3 6       3 Andis Juška  /  Deniss Pavlovs Konstantinos Economidis  /  Vasilis Mazarakis 5 7 4 6 6 3 6 4 6 4   4 Andis Juška Vasilis Mazarakis 6 2 6 3 7 5       5 Deniss Pavlovs Alexandros Jakoubovits 6 1 6 2

Second round

Finland vs. Bulgaria

Finland 2	Taivallahti Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland [10] 15–17 July 2005 Clay		Bulgaria 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Tuomas Ketola Todor Enev 6 3 4 6 1 6 6 3 6 8   2 Jarkko Nieminen Radoslav Lukaev 77 64 6 3 6 2       3 Lauri Kiiski  /  Jarkko Nieminen Ilia Kushev  /  Radoslav Lukaev 5 7 3 6 77 65 3 6     4 Jarkko Nieminen Ilia Kushev 6 3 7 5 6 2       5 Tuomas Ketola Radoslav Lukaev 65 77 4 6 1 6

Ukraine vs. Hungary

Ukraine 3	Tennis Club 'Viccourt', Donetsk, Ukraine [11] 15–17 July 2005 Hard		Hungary 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Sergei Yaroshenko Gergely Kisgyörgy 6 3 6 4 64 77 6 3     2 Orest Tereshchuk Kornél Bardóczky 6 4 6 2 3 6 2 6 6 3   3 Mikhail Filima  /  Orest Tereshchuk Kornél Bardóczky  /  Gergely Kisgyörgy 63 77 77 62 6 4 6 4     4 Mikhail Filima Kornél Bardóczky 6 3 66 78 65 77       5 Oleksandr Nedovyesov Sebő Kiss 64 77 77 65 4 6

Portugal vs. Algeria

Portugal 3	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal [12] 15–17 July 2005 Clay		Algeria 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Rui Machado Slimane Saoudi 6 4 0 6 6 3 63 77 4 6   2 Fred Gil Lamine Ouahab 62 77 4 6 3 6       3 Fred Gil  /  Leonardo Tavares Abdelhak Hameurlaïne  /  Slimane Saoudi 63 77 6 3 6 1 77 63     4 Rui Machado Lamine Ouahab 6 4 6 2 6 2       5 Fred Gil Slimane Saoudi 4 6 65 77 6 0 6 2 6 2

Slovenia vs. Latvia

Slovenia 5	Teniski Klub Triglav, Kranj, Slovenia [13] 15–17 July 2005 Clay		Latvia 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Marko Tkalec Andis Juška 6 1 6 3 6 4       2 Grega Žemlja Ernests Gulbis 5 7 6 3 6 1 6 4     3 Rok Jarc  /  Boštjan Ošabnik Ernests Gulbis  /  Andis Juška 6 2 77 64 4 6 6 2     4 Boštjan Ošabnik Deniss Pavlovs 6 1 3 6 6 0       5 Rok Jarc Jānis Skroderis 6 4 6 2

Relegation play-offs

Ghana vs. Georgia

Ghana 2	Ohene Djan Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana [14] 15–17 July 2005 Hard		Georgia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Gunther Darkey Irakli Labadze 2 6 2 6 1 6       2 Henry Adjei-Darko Lado Chikhladze 79 67 6 2 6 2       3 Henry Adjei-Darko  /  Gunther Darkey Lado Chikhladze  /  Irakli Labadze 6 4 3 6 3 6 4 6     4 Henry Adjei-Darko Irakli Labadze 4 6 3 6 1 6       5 Mohammed Salifu Irakli Ushangishvili 4 6 7 5 6 3

Norway vs. Monaco

Norway 4	Oslo Tennisklubb, Oslo, Norway [15] 15–17 July 2005 Clay		Monaco 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Stian Boretti Benjamin Balleret 3 6 2 6 6 3 5 7     2 Jan Frode Andersen Guillaume Couillard 6 2 6 4 64 77 77 65     3 Jan Frode Andersen  /  Stian Boretti Thomas Drouet  /  Emmanuel Heussner 3 6 6 2 6 1 6 2     4 Jan Frode Andersen Benjamin Balleret 6 2 6 2 6 4       5 Stian Boretti Guillaume Couillard 6 4 6 1

Poland vs. Estonia

Poland 5	Klub Tenisowy ARKA, Gdynia, Poland [16] 15–17 July 2005 Clay		Estonia 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Łukasz Kubot Jaak Põldma 6 0 6 1 79 67       2 Adam Chadaj Mait Künnap 6 3 6 3 6 4       3 Mariusz Fyrstenberg  /  Łukasz Kubot Mihkel Koppel  /  Mait Künnap 6 3 6 4 6 3       4 Michał Przysiężny Mait Künnap 2 6 6 3 6 2       5 Adam Chadaj Mikk Irdoja 6 2 6 1

Greece vs. Ivory Coast

Greece 5	Helioupolis Tennis Club, Athens, Greece [17] 15–17 July 2005 Clay		Ivory Coast 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Konstantinos Economidis Valentin Sanon 6 4 6 3 6 2       2 Vasilis Mazarakis Claude N'Goran 6 2 77 61 63 77 6 0     3 Konstantinos Economidis  /  Vasilis Mazarakis Claude N'Goran  /  Valentin Sanon 3 6 68 710 6 0 6 3 6 4   4 Nikos Rovas Charles Irie 6 1 6 1         5 Alexandros Jakoubovits Terence Nugent 6 4 3 6 6 1

Third round

Ukraine vs. Bulgaria

Ukraine 4	Tennis Club 'Viccourt', Donetsk, Ukraine [18] 23–25 September 2005 Hard		Bulgaria 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Orest Tereshchuk Todor Enev 6 2 6 4 6 3       2 Sergei Yaroshenko Radoslav Lukaev 4 6 4 6 64 77       3 Mikhail Filima  /  Orest Tereshchuk Ilia Kushev  /  Radoslav Lukaev 6 4 6 2 77 63       4 Mikhail Filima Todor Enev 6 4 6 4 6 3       5 Sergei Bubka Yordan Kanev 67 79 6 4 6 3

Portugal vs. Slovenia

Portugal 4	Clube de Ténis do Estoril, Estoril, Portugal [19] 23–25 September 2005 Clay		Slovenia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Fred Gil Boštjan Ošabnik 77 63 6 1 6 1       2 Rui Machado Marko Tkalec 3 6 6 4 77 65 1 6 3 6   3 Fred Gil  /  Leonardo Tavares Rok Jarc  /  Grega Žemlja 6 4 6 2 6 4       4 Rui Machado Grega Žemlja 6 3 6 3 2 6 6 4     5 Leonardo Tavares Marko Tkalec 6 4 7 5

References

1. "2005 Europe/Africa Group II". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
2. "Ghana v Finland". daviscup.com.
3. "Bulgaria v Georgia". daviscup.com.
4. "Hungary v Monaco". daviscup.com.
5. "Ukraine v Norway". daviscup.com.
6. "Estonia v Portugal". daviscup.com.
7. "Algeria v Poland". daviscup.com.
8. "Slovenia v Ivory Coast". daviscup.com.
9. "Latvia v Greece". daviscup.com.
10. "Finland v Bulgaria". daviscup.com.
11. "Ukraine v Hungary". daviscup.com.
12. "Portugal v Algeria". daviscup.com.
13. "Slovenia v Latvia". daviscup.com.
14. "Ghana v Georgia". daviscup.com.
15. "Norway v Monaco". daviscup.com.
16. "Poland v Estonia". daviscup.com.
17. "Greece v Ivory Coast". daviscup.com.
18. "Ukraine v Bulgaria". daviscup.com.
19. "Portugal v Slovenia". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website