1997 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Pool B

Group B of the 1997 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I of the 1997 Fed Cup. Three teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage.

	ITA	SWE	ROU	UKR	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
Italy		3–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	16–5	117–71	1
Sweden	0–3		3–0	2–1	2–1	13–9	102–102	2
Romania	1–2	0–3		3–0	1–2	10–11	99–94	3
Ukraine	0–3	1–2	0–3		0–3	3–17	62–113	4

Italy vs. Romania

Italy
2

Bari T.C., Bari, Italy
22 April 1997
Red clay (outdoors)

Romania
1

		1	2	3
1	Gloria Pizzichini Alina Tecșor	2 6	2 6
2	Silvia Farina Raluca Sandu	3 6	7⁸ 6⁶	6 3
3	Giulia Casoni / Silvia Farina Alice Pirsu / Raluca Sandu	6 3	6 1

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Sweden vs. Ukraine

Sweden
2

Bari T.C., Bari, Italy
22 April 1997
Red clay (outdoors)

Ukraine
1

		1	2	3
1	Anna-Karin Svensson Natalia Nemchinova	6 4	6 1
2	Maria Strandlund Tatiana Kovalchuk	6 2	4 6	2 6
3	Maria Strandlund / Anna-Karin Svensson Tatiana Kovalchuk / Natalia Nemchinova	6 3	6 4

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Italy vs. Ukraine

Italy
3

Bari T.C., Bari, Italy
23 April 1997
Red clay (outdoors)

Ukraine
0

		1	2
1	Francesca Lubiani Natalia Nemchinova	6 2	6 2
2	Silvia Farina Tatiana Kovalchuk	6 2	6 4
3	Giulia Casoni / Gloria Pizzichini Tatiana Kovalchuk / Natalia Nemchinova	6 0	6 3

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Sweden vs. Romania

Sweden
3

Bari T.C., Bari, Italy
23 April 1997
Red clay (outdoors)

Romania
0

		1	2	3
1	Anna-Karin Svensson Alina Tecșor	6 1	7⁷ 6⁵
2	Maria Strandlund Raluca Sandu	7 5	1 6	6 3
3	Sofia Finér / Annica Lindstedt Raluca Sandu / Alina Tecșor	6 4	6 2

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Italy vs. Sweden

Italy
3

Bari T.C., Bari, Italy
24 April 1997
Red clay (outdoors)

Sweden
0

		1	2	3
1	Gloria Pizzichini Anna-Karin Svensson	6⁷ 7⁹	6 2	6 1
2	Silvia Farina Maria Strandlund	6⁵ 7⁷	6 1	6 1
3	Giulia Casoni / Francesca Lubiani Sofia Finér / Annica Lindstedt	6 2	7⁷ 6⁵

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Romania vs. Ukraine

Romania
3