1997 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II

Main article: 1997 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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 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.

Participating nations

• Belarus
• Egypt
• Finland
• Georgia
• Ghana
• Greece
• Ireland
• Ivory Coast
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Nigeria
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Slovenia
• Yugoslavia

Draw

Relegation Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Snarøya, Norway (clay)

Norway

5

Tbilisi, Georgia (clay)

Nova Gorica, Slovenia (clay)

Nigeria

0

Nigeria

0

Norway

4

Tbilisi, Georgia (clay)

Georgia

5

Slovenia

1

Georgia

2

Porto, Portugal (clay)

Slovenia

3

Norway

3

Cairo, Egypt (clay)

Portugal

2

Egypt

0

Cairo, Egypt (clay)

Porto, Portugal (clay)

Portugal

5

Egypt

3

Portugal

3

Vilnius, Lithuania (indoor carpet)

Lithuania

2

Yugoslavia

2

Yugoslavia

3

Lithuania

2

Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard)

Latvia

0

Jūrmala, Latvia (clay)

Bytom, Poland (clay)

Ivory Coast

5

Latvia

4

Ivory Coast

1

Poznań, Poland (clay)

Ghana

1

Poland

4

Ghana

0

Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)

Poland

5

Poland

2

Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard)

Finland

3

Ireland

1

Dublin, Ireland (carpet)

Tampere, Finland (clay)

Belarus

4

Ireland

4

Belarus

2

Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)

Greece

1

Finland

3

Greece

2

Finland

3

• Nigeria, Lithuania, Ghana, and Greece relegated to Group III in 1998.
• Norway and Finland promoted to Group I in 1998.

First round

Norway vs. Nigeria

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

Georgia vs. Slovenia

Georgia 2	Leila Meskhi Tennis Academy, Tbilisi, Georgia 2–4 May 1997 Clay		Slovenia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Vladimir Margalitadze Iztok Božič 2 6 3 6 1 6       2 Vladimir Gabrichidze Borut Urh 6 3 7 5 1 6 3 6 6 4   3 Vladimir Gabrichidze / David Katcharava Marko Por / Borut Urh 66 78 5 7 77 62 2 6     4 Vladimir Margalitadze Borut Urh 2 6 2 6 0 6       5 Vladimir Gabrichidze Andrej Kraševec 4 6 77 62 6 2

Egypt vs. Portugal

Egypt 0	Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt 2–4 May 1997 Clay		Portugal 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Gehad El Deeb Nuno Marques 0 6 4 6 65 77       2 Amr Ghoneim Emanuel Couto 6 2 4 6 5 7 3 6     3 Adli El Shafei / Amr Ghoneim Emanuel Couto / Bernardo Mota 5 7 1 6 0 6       4 Amr Ghoneim João Cunha e Silva 4 6 3 6         5 Gehad El Deeb Emanuel Couto 4 6 5 7

Lithuania vs. Yugoslavia

Lithuania 2	Karolina Tennis Club, Vilnius, Lithuania 2–4 May 1997 Carpet (indoors)		Yugoslavia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Rolandas Muraška Nenad Zimonjić 3 6 1 6 3 6       2 Eugenius Cariovas Bojan Vujić 63 77 64 77 2 6       3 Eugenius Cariovas / Rolandas Muraška Dušan Vemić / Nenad Zimonjić 4 6 4 6 4 6       4 Rolandas Muraška Bojan Vujić 7 5 6 4         5 Eugenius Cariovas Vladimir Pavićević 77 65 4 6 6 3

Ivory Coast vs. Latvia

Ivory Coast 5	Hôtel Ivoire, Abidjan, Ivory Coast 2–4 May 1997 Hard		Latvia 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Claude N'Goran Ivo Lagzdiņš 6 1 6 2 6 0       2 Clément N'Goran Raimonds Sproga 6 4 6 0 6 2       3 Claude N'Goran / Clément N'Goran Ivo Lagzdiņš / Raimonds Sproga 6 1 6 2 7 5       4 Ilou Lonfo Raimonds Sproga 6 1 6 2         5 Valentin Sanon Oskars Vaskis 6 4 6 4

Poland vs. Ghana

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

Ireland vs. Belarus

Ireland 1	Riverview Club, Dublin, Ireland 2–4 May 1997 Hard (indoors)		Belarus 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Scott Barron Max Mirnyi 2 6 3 6 6 4 4 6     2 Owen Casey Alexander Shvets 6 2 4 6 6 3 4 6 7 5   3 Scott Barron / Tom Hamilton Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov 4 6 65 77 3 6       4 Scott Barron Alexander Shvets 1 6 2 6 64 77       5 Eoin Collins Max Mirnyi 5 7 3 6

Finland vs. Greece

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

Second round

Slovenia vs. Norway

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

Portugal vs. Yugoslavia

Portugal 3	Maia Tennis Complex, Porto, Portugal 11–13 July 1997 Clay		Yugoslavia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 João Cunha e Silva Nenad Zimonjić 2 6 6 4 6 4 6 4     2 Emanuel Couto Bojan Vujić 3 6 5 7 7 5 2 6     3 Emanuel Couto / Bernardo Mota Nebojša Đorđević / Nenad Zimonjić 6 4 6 4 6 4       4 João Cunha e Silva Bojan Vujić 4 6 3 6 6 3 6 4 3 6   5 Emanuel Couto Nenad Zimonjić 62 77 7 5 7 5 6 3

Poland vs. Ivory Coast

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

Finland vs. Belarus

Finland 3	Rosendahl Tennis Centre, Tampere, Finland 11–13 July 1997 Clay		Belarus 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Tuomas Ketola Vladimir Voltchkov 3 6 6 3 65 77 1 6     2 Tommi Lenho Alexander Shvets 7 5 6 1 4 6 4 6 6 3   3 Tuomas Ketola / Ville Liukko Alexander Shvets / Vladimir Voltchkov 3 6 6 4 6 1 6 1     4 Kim Tiilikainen Alexander Shvets 66 78 6 1 7 5 66 78 6 0   5 Ville Liukko Vladimir Voltchkov 1 6 6 4 5 7

Relegation play-offs

Georgia vs. Nigeria

Georgia 5	Leila Meskhi Tennis Academy, Tbilisi, Georgia 11–14 July 1997 Clay		Nigeria 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 David Katcharava Ganiyu Adenekan 6 1 6 2 6 1       2 Vladimir Gabrichidze Sule Ladipo 6 3 6 2 6 3       3 Vladimir Gabrichidze / David Katcharava Ganiyu Adenekan / Sule Ladipo 68 710 6 3 6 2 7 5     4 Givi Samkharadze Sule Ladipo 6 3           retired 5 Vladimir Gabrichidze Ganiyu Adenekan 6 1 6 2

Egypt vs. Lithuania

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

Latvia vs. Ghana

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

Ireland vs. Greece

Ireland 4	Riverview Club, Dublin, Ireland 11–13 July 1997 Carpet		Greece 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Owen Casey Solon Peppas 6 1 6 1 6 0       2 Scott Barron Konstantinos Economidis 6 2 6 2 3 6 2 6 4 6   3 Scott Barron / Owen Casey Konstantinos Economidis / Nikos Rovas 6 2 6 3 6 2       4 Scott Barron Solon Peppas 6 3 6 0 6 1       5 Owen Casey Konstantinos Economidis 6 1 6 4

Third round

Portugal vs. Norway

Portugal 2	Maia Tennis Complex, Porto, Portugal 19–21 September 1997 Clay		Norway 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Nuno Marques Jan Frode Andersen 5 7 1 6 6 1 3 6     2 Emanuel Couto Christian Ruud 1 6 1 6 1 6       3 Emanuel Couto / Bernardo Mota Helge Koll-Frafjord / Christian Ruud 6 4 77 61 4 6 6 2     4 Nuno Marques Christian Ruud 61 77 65 77 62 77       5 Bernardo Mota Helge Koll-Frafjord 6 2 6 3

Finland vs. Poland

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

External links

• Davis Cup official website