1997 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Zone A

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. The top two teams in Group III advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 1998, whereas the bottom two teams were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 1998.

Participating nations

• Armenia
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Ethiopia
• Luxembourg
• Macedonia
• San Marino
• Senegal
• Turkey

Draw

• Venue: Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal
• Date: 22–26 January

Group A

		MKD	TUR	SMR	ETH	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
	Macedonia		2–1	3–0	2–1	3–0	7–2 (78%)	15–5 (75%)	1
	Turkey	1–2		3–0	3–0	2–1	7–2 (78%)	14–5 (74%)	2
	San Marino	0–3	0–3		2–1	1–2	2–7 (22%)	5–14 (26%)	3
	Ethiopia	1–2	0–3	1–2		0–3	2–7 (22%)	5–15 (25%)	4

Group B

		SEN	LUX	BIH	ARM	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
	Senegal		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	8–1 (89%)	16–3 (84%)	1
	Luxembourg	1–2		2–1	3–0	2–1	6–3 (67%)	13–7 (65%)	2
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–3	1–2		3–0	1–2	4–5 (44%)	9–10 (47%)	3
	Armenia	0–3	0–3	0–3		0–3	0–9 (0%)	0–18 (0%)	4

1st to 4th place play-offs

3rd-4th play-off

Semifinals

Final

B1

Senegal

2

A2

Turkey

1

A2

Turkey

2

B1

Senegal

1

A1

Macedonia

1

B2

Luxembourg

2

A1

Macedonia

1

B2

Luxembourg

2

5th to 8th place play-offs

7th-8th play-off

5th-8th play-offs

5th-6th play-off

A3

San Marino

3

B4

Armenia

0

B4

Armenia

2

A3

San Marino

0

A4

Ethiopia

1

B3

Bosnia and Herzegovina

3

B3

Bosnia and Herzegovina

3

A4

Ethiopia

0

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	Luxembourg
2	Senegal
3	Turkey
4	Macedonia
5	Bosnia and Herzegovina
6	San Marino
7	Armenia
8	Ethiopia

• Luxembourg and Senegal promoted to Group II in 1998.
• Armenia and Ethiopia relegated to Group IV in 1998.

Round robin

Group A

Ethiopia vs. Turkey

Ethiopia 0	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal 22 January 1997		Turkey 3
1 2 3 1 Habtamu Gebrekidan Barış Ergün 0 6 77 65 3 6   2 Yohannes Setegnwandimu Erhan Oral 2 6 3 6     3 Yohannes Setegnwandimu / Samuel Woldegebriel Mustafa Azkara / Alaaddin Karagöz 0 6 3 6

Macedonia vs. San Marino

Macedonia 3	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal 22 January 1997		San Marino 0
1 2 3 1 Dragan Jovanovski Christian Rosti 6 1 2 6 6 3   2 Zoran Ševčenko Domenico Vicini 6 1 6 3     3 Lazar Magdinčev / Zoran Ševčenko Gabriel Francini / Domenico Vicini 6 1 77 65

Ethiopia vs. Macedonia

Ethiopia 1	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal 23 January 1997		Macedonia 2
1 2 3 1 Samuel Woldegebriel Dragan Jovanovski 2 6 6 4 6 0   2 Yohannes Setegnwandimu Zoran Ševčenko 0 6 0 6     3 Samuel Woldegebriel / Habtamu Gebrekidan Lazar Magdinčev / Zoran Ševčenko 2 6 1 6

San Marino vs. Turkey

San Marino 0	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal 23 January 1997		Turkey 3
1 2 3 1 Christian Rosti Barış Ergün 4 6 2 6     2 Domenico Vicini Erhan Oral 1 6 4 6     3 Gabriel Francini / Domenico Vicini Mustafa Azkara / Alaaddin Karagöz 3 6 3 6

Ethiopia vs. San Marino

Ethiopia 1	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal 24 January 1997		San Marino 2
1 2 3 1 Habtamu Gebrekidan Christian Rosti 4 6 1 6     2 Samuel Woldegebriel Domenico Vicini 2 6 4 6     3 Habtamu Gebrekidan / Yohannes Setegnwandimu Gabriel Francini / Massimiliano Rosti 6 3 77 64

Macedonia vs. Turkey

Macedonia 2	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal 24 January 1997		Turkey 1
1 2 3 1 Lazar Magdinčev Alaaddin Karagöz 4 6 4 6     2 Zoran Ševčenko Barış Ergün 6 4 6 0     3 Lazar Magdinčev / Zoran Ševčenko Mustafa Azkara / Erhan Oral 7 5 6 2

Group B

Senegal vs. Armenia

Senegal 3	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal 22 January 1997		Armenia 0
1 2 3 1 Jean-Noël Said Artek Aroutiounyan 6 3 6 4     2 Yahiya Doumbia Davit Babayan 6 0 6 0     3 Yahiya Doumbia / Thierno Ly Artek Aroutiounyan / Hayk Hakobyan 6 2 6 3

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Luxembourg

Bosnia and Herzegovina 1	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal 22 January 1997		Luxembourg 2
1 2 3 1 Eldar Mustafić Johny Goudenbour 3 6 3 6     2 Meride Zahirović Sacha Thoma 713 611 6 1     3 Eldar Mustafić / Meride Zahirović Johny Goudenbour / Pascal Schaul 6 4 3 6 4 6

Senegal vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina

Senegal 3	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal 23 January 1997		Bosnia and Herzegovina 0
1 2 3 1 Jean-Noël Said Haris Bašalić 77 64 6 3     2 Yahiya Doumbia Meride Zahirović 6 1 6 2     3 Yahiya Doumbia / Thierno Ly Haris Bašalić / Eldar Mustafić 6 3 6 4

Armenia vs. Luxembourg

Armenia 0	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal 23 January 1997		Luxembourg 3
1 2 3 1 Artek Aroutiounyan Adrian Graimprey 0 6 0 6     2 Davit Babayan Sacha Thoma 1 6 1 6     3 Artek Aroutiounyan / Anri Makichyan Johny Goudenbour / Pascal Schaul 2 6 3 6

Senegal vs. Luxembourg

Senegal 2	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal 24 January 1997		Luxembourg 1
1 2 3 1 Jean-Noël Said Pascal Schaul 4 6 4 6     2 Yahiya Doumbia Adrian Graimprey 5 7 6 4 6 2   3 Yahiya Doumbia / Thierno Ly Johny Goudenbour / Sacha Thoma 79 67 6 2

Armenia vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina

Armenia 0	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal 24 January 1997		Bosnia and Herzegovina 3
1 2 3 1 Artek Aroutiounyan Eldar Mustafić 3 6 3 6     2 Davit Babayan Meride Zahirović 2 6 1 6     3 Hayk Hakobyan / Anri Makichyan Eldar Mustafić / Meride Zahirović 4 6 2 6

1st to 4th place play-offs

Semifinals

Senegal vs. Turkey

Senegal 2	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal 25 January 1997		Turkey 1
1 2 3 1 Jean-Noël Said Barış Ergün 6 4 3 6 3 6   2 Yahiya Doumbia Erhan Oral 6 2 6 3     3 Yahiya Doumbia / Thierno Ly Barış Ergün / Alaaddin Karagöz 6 4 6 4

Macedonia vs. Luxembourg

Macedonia 1	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal 25 January 1997		Luxembourg 2
1 2 3 1 Lazar Magdinčev Johny Goudenbour 2 6 3 6     2 Zoran Ševčenko Sacha Thoma 6 1 6 4     3 Lazar Magdinčev / Zoran Ševčenko Johny Goudenbour / Adrian Graimprey 63 77 77 63 2 6

Final

Senegal vs. Luxembourg

Senegal 1	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal 26 January 1997		Luxembourg 2
1 2 3 1 Jean-Noël Said Pascal Schaul 2 6 4 6     2 Yahiya Doumbia Sacha Thoma 6 2 6 2     3 Yahiya Doumbia / Thierno Ly Johny Goudenbour / Adrian Graimprey 64 77 65 77

3rd to 4th play-off

Turkey vs. Macedonia

Turkey 2	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal 26 January 1997		Macedonia 1
1 2 3 1 Mustafa Azkara Goran Popov 6 4 6 1     2 Barış Ergün Zoran Ševčenko 77 64 2 6 6 8   3 Mustafa Azkara / Erhan Oral Lazar Magdinčev / Zoran Ševčenko 6 4 6 2

5th to 8th place play-offs

5th to 8th play-offs

San Marino vs. Armenia

San Marino 3	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal 25 January 1997		Armenia 0
1 2 3 1 Christian Rosti Anri Makichyan 6 1 6 2     2 Domenico Vicini Artek Aroutiounyan 5 7 7 5 6 3   3 Gabriel Francini / Christian Rosti Hayk Hakobyan / Anri Makichyan 6 4 6 2

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Ethiopia

Bosnia and Herzegovina 3	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal 25 January 1997		Ethiopia 0
1 2 3 1 Eldar Mustafić Samuel Woldegebriel 6 1 6 2     2 Meride Zahirović Yohannes Setegnwandimu 2 6 6 3 6 1   3 Haris Bašalić / Eldar Mustafić Habtamu Gebrekidan / Yohannes Setegnwandimu 6 0 6 0

5th to 6th play-off

San Marino vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina

San Marino 0	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal 26 January 1997		Bosnia and Herzegovina 3
1 2 3 1 Christian Rosti Eldar Mustafić 5 7 5 7     2 Domenico Vicini Meride Zahirović 63 77 65 77     3 Gabriel Francini / Domenico Vicini Haris Bašalić / Eldar Mustafić 2 6 0 6

7th to 8th play-off

Armenia vs. Ethiopia

Armenia 2	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal 26 January 1997		Ethiopia 1
1 2 3 1 Artek Aroutiounyan Samuel Woldegebriel 6 2 6 1     2 Davit Babayan Yohannes Setegnwandimu 4 6 3 6     3 Artek Aroutiounyan / Anri Makichyan Samuel Woldegebriel / Yohannes Setegnwandimu 6 4 6 2

External links

• Davis Cup official website