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1997 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 1997.

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 1998.[1]

Participating nations

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Draw

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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
 Belgium
Brussels, Belgium (clay)
bye
bye Belgium3
Aalborg, Denmark (indoor carpet)
 Hungary Denmark2
 Denmark5
Budapest, Hungary (clay)
 Hungary0
 Hungary2
 Ukraine3
 Great Britain
Kyiv, Ukraine (clay)London, England (indoor carpet)
bye
 Great Britain3 Great Britain1
Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)
 Ukraine2 Zimbabwe4
 Ukraine0
 Zimbabwe5
 Israel
Bratislava, Slovakia (clay)
bye
 Israel Israel1
bye Slovakia3
bye
 Slovakia
 Israelw/o
Osijek, Croatia (indoor carpet)
 Morocco
 Morocco1
Graz, Austria (indoor clay)
 Croatia4
 Morocco Croatia2
bye Austria3
bye
 Austria

First round

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Denmark vs. Hungary

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Denmark
5
Aalborg Stadium, Aalborg, Denmark[2]
7–9 February 1997
Carpet (indoors)

Hungary
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Denmark
Hungary
Frederik Fetterlein
József Krocskó
6
4
6
2
7
5
     
2 Denmark
Hungary
Kenneth Carlsen
Attila Sávolt
6
4
6
4
77
63
     
3 Denmark
Hungary
Kenneth Carlsen / Frederik Fetterlein
László Markovits / Attila Sávolt
77
64
77
62
6
4
     
4 Denmark
Hungary
Kenneth Carlsen
József Krocskó
6
3
65
77
6
3
     
5 Denmark
Hungary
Frederik Fetterlein
Attila Sávolt
5
7
6
3
6
4
     

Zimbabwe vs. Ukraine

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Zimbabwe
5
City Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe[3]
7–9 February 1997
Hard (indoors)

Ukraine
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Zimbabwe
Ukraine
Wayne Black
Andriy Medvedev
6
4
6
3
4
6
6
4
   
2 Zimbabwe
Ukraine
Byron Black
Andrei Rybalko
5
7
6
2
77
62
6
3
   
3 Zimbabwe
Ukraine
Byron Black / Wayne Black
Andriy Medvedev / Dimitri Poliakov
68
710
7
5
4
6
6
1
6
4
 
4 Zimbabwe
Ukraine
Byron Black
Denis Yakimenko
6
4
6
4
       
5 Zimbabwe
Ukraine
Wayne Black
Andrei Rybalko
77
63
6
3
       

Croatia vs. Morocco

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Croatia
4
Zrinjevac Sport Hall, Osijek, Croatia[4]
7–9 February 1997
Carpet (indoors)

Morocco
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Croatia
Morocco
Saša Hiršzon
Karim Alami
6
4
6
1
6
3
     
2 Croatia
Morocco
Goran Ivanišević
Hicham Arazi
6
2
6
2
64
77
6
2
   
3 Croatia
Morocco
Saša Hiršzon / Goran Ivanišević
Karim Alami / Hicham Arazi
6
2
6
3
6
3
     
4 Croatia
Morocco
Goran Ivanišević
Karim Alami
6
2
7
5
       
5 Croatia
Morocco
Saša Hiršzon
Hicham Arazi
1
6
4
6
       

Second round

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Belgium vs. Denmark

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Belgium
3
Royal Léopold Club, Brussels, Belgium[5]
4–6 April 1997
Clay

Denmark
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Belgium
Denmark
Filip Dewulf
Kenneth Carlsen
6
4
6
0
6
1
     
2 Belgium
Denmark
Johan Van Herck
Frederik Fetterlein
65
77
6
2
2
6
1
6
   
3 Belgium
Denmark
Filip Dewulf / Libor Pimek
Kenneth Carlsen / Frederik Fetterlein
3
6
5
7
6
1
4
6
   
4 Belgium
Denmark
Johan Van Herck
Kenneth Carlsen
6
4
6
1
7
5
     
5 Belgium
Denmark
Filip Dewulf
Frederik Fetterlein
6
0
6
4
3
6
2
6
6
1
 

Great Britain vs. Zimbabwe

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Great Britain
1
Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London, England[6]
4–6 April 1997
Carpet (indoors)

Zimbabwe
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 United Kingdom
Zimbabwe
Jamie Delgado
Wayne Black
6
2
3
6
1
6
3
6
   
2 United Kingdom
Zimbabwe
Andrew Richardson
Byron Black
3
6
6
4
1
6
6
4
6
4
 
3 United Kingdom
Zimbabwe
Neil Broad / Mark Petchey
Byron Black / Wayne Black
6
3
1
6
4
6
78
66
3
6
 
4 United Kingdom
Zimbabwe
Jamie Delgado
Byron Black
0
6
0
6
2
6
     
5 United Kingdom
Zimbabwe
Andrew Richardson
Wayne Black
3
6
77
65
62
77
     

Slovakia vs. Israel

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Slovakia
3
Slovan Kerametal Tennis Club, Bratislava, Slovakia[7]
4–6 April 1997
Clay

Israel
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Slovakia
Israel
Dominik Hrbatý
Eyal Ran
6
3
4
6
6
3
6
4
   
2 Slovakia
Israel
Karol Kučera
Noam Behr
6
1
6
3
6
0
     
3 Slovakia
Israel
Dominik Hrbatý / Karol Kučera
Noam Behr / Eyal Erlich
4
6
6
3
3
6
64
77
   
4 Slovakia
Israel
Karol Kučera
Eyal Ran
6
2
6
3
6
2
     
5 Slovakia
Israel
Dominik Hrbatý
Noam Behr
          not
played

Austria vs. Croatia

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Austria
3
Liebenauer Stadium, Graz, Austria[8]
4–6 April 1997
Clay (indoors)

Croatia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Austria
Croatia
Gilbert Schaller
Goran Ivanišević
6
3
6
4
63
77
2
6
3
1
 
retired
2 Austria
Croatia
Thomas Muster
Saša Hiršzon
6
0
6
4
3
6
6
1
   
3 Austria
Croatia
Thomas Muster / Udo Plamberger
Saša Hiršzon / Goran Ivanišević
5
7
2
6
2
6
     
4 Austria
Croatia
Thomas Muster
Goran Ivanišević
77
65
5
7
77
65
2
6
5
7
 
5 Austria
Croatia
Gilbert Schaller
Saša Hiršzon
6
3
6
3
7
5
     

First round relegation play-offs

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Ukraine vs. Great Britain

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Ukraine
2
Nauka Sports Club, Kyiv, Ukraine[9]
11–13 July 1997
Clay

Great Britain
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Ukraine
United Kingdom
Andrei Rybalko
Tim Henman
6
3
4
6
3
6
6
4
4
6
 
2 Ukraine
United Kingdom
Andriy Medvedev
Greg Rusedski
6
1
6
1
2
6
6
2
   
3 Ukraine
United Kingdom
Andriy Medvedev / Dimitri Poliakov
Tim Henman / Greg Rusedski
1
6
4
6
65
77
     
4 Ukraine
United Kingdom
Andriy Medvedev
Tim Henman
65
77
6
3
6
4
6
4
   
5 Ukraine
United Kingdom
Andrei Rybalko
Greg Rusedski
5
7
3
6
3
6
     

Second round relegation play-offs

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Hungary vs. Ukraine

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Hungary
2
Római Tennis Academy, Budapest, Hungary[10]
19–21 September 1997
Clay

Ukraine
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Hungary
Ukraine
Kornél Bardóczky
Andriy Medvedev
2
6
2
6
2
6
     
2 Hungary
Ukraine
Attila Sávolt
Andrei Rybalko
6
4
6
2
2
6
6
2
   
3 Hungary
Ukraine
Gergely Kisgyörgy / Attila Sávolt
Andriy Medvedev / Dimitri Poliakov
2
6
3
6
1
6
     
4 Hungary
Ukraine
Attila Sávolt
Andriy Medvedev
1
6
77
61
3
6
7
5
2
6
 
5 Hungary
Ukraine
Kornél Bardóczky
Andrei Rybalko
6
0
6
4
       

References

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  1. ^ "1997 Europe/Africa Group I". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Denmark v Hungary". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Zimbabwe v Ukraine". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Croatia v Morocco". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Belgium v Denmark". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Great Britain v Zimbabwe". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Slovakia v Israel". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Austria v Croatia". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Ukraine v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Hungary v Ukraine". daviscup.com.
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