2006 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II

Main article: 2006 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The European and African Zone was one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2006.

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 2007.

Participating nations

• Algeria
• Bulgaria
• Cyprus
• Egypt
• Finland
• Georgia
• Greece
• Hungary
• Ireland
• Latvia
• North Macedonia
• Norway
• Poland
• Slovenia
• South Africa
• Zimbabwe

Draw

Play-offs

First round

Second round

Third round

Harare, Zimbabwe (hard)

S

Zimbabwe

1

Thessaloniki, Greece (clay)

Oslo, Norway (clay)

Norway

4

S

Zimbabwe

1

Norway

2

Athens, Greece (clay)

S

Greece

4

North Macedonia

3

S

Greece

1

Skopje, North Macedonia (clay)

North Macedonia

4

North Macedonia

3

Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)

S

Finland

2

S

Finland

3

Dublin, Ireland (grass)

Hanko, Finland (clay)

Ireland

2

Ireland

1

S

Finland

4

Algiers, Algeria (clay)

S

Slovenia

4

Algeria

1

S

Slovenia

2

Algeria

3

Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary (indoor hard)

Egypt

0

Cairo, Egypt (clay)

Plovdiv, Bulgaria (clay)

S

Hungary

5

Egypt

2

S

Hungary

3

Plovdiv, Bulgaria (clay)

Cyprus

3

S

Bulgaria

2

Cyprus

2

Budapest, Hungary (clay)

S

Bulgaria

3

S

Hungary

2

Poznań, Poland (indoor carpet)

Georgia

3

Latvia

0

Jūrmala, Latvia (clay)

Gdynia, Poland (clay)

S

Poland

5

Latvia

3

S

Poland

2

Tbilisi, Georgia (indoor carpet)

S

South Africa

2

Georgia

3

Georgia

3

S

South Africa

2

• Zimbabwe, Ireland, Egypt, and South Africa relegated to Group III in 2007.
• North Macedonia and Georgia promoted to Group I in 2007.

First round

Zimbabwe vs. Norway

Zimbabwe 1	Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe 7–9 April 2006 Hard		Norway 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Genius Chidzikwe Jan Frode Andersen 4 6 2 6 7 5 63 77     2 Gwinyai Tongoona Stian Boretti 0 6 3 6 3 6       3 Genius Chidzikwe / Gwinyai Tongoona Jan Frode Andersen / Stian Boretti 6 3 6 2 3 6 6 4     4 Genius Chidzikwe Stian Boretti 6 4 5 7 5 7 6 3 3 6   5 Stefan D'Almeida Carl Sundberg 3 6 1 6

Greece vs. North Macedonia

Greece 1	Athens Lawn Tennis Club, Athens, Greece 7–9 April 2006 Clay		North Macedonia 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Konstantinos Economidis Predrag Rusevski 77 65 5 7 6 4 65 77 6 4   2 Alexandros Jakupovic Lazar Magdinčev 64 77 0 6 2 6       3 Alexandros Jakupovic / Nikos Rovas Lazar Magdinčev / Predrag Rusevski 6 3 3 6 4 6 2 6     4 Nikos Rovas Lazar Magdinčev 2 6 63 77 1 6       5 Paris Gemouchidis Predrag Rusevski 1 6 63 77

Finland vs. Ireland

Finland 3	Tali Tennis Center, Helsinki, Finland 7–9 April 2006 Hard (indoors)		Ireland 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jarkko Nieminen Kevin Sorensen 6 4 6 4 6 2       2 Juho Paukku Louk Sorensen 4 6 2 6 3 6       3 Tuomas Ketola / Jarkko Nieminen Tristan Farron-Mahon / Kevin Sorensen 6 0 6 3 6 2       4 Jarkko Nieminen Louk Sorensen 6 4 6 1 6 0       5 Juho Paukku Kevin Sorensen 4 6 2 6

Algeria vs. Slovenia

Algeria 3	Office du complexe Olympique Mohamed Boudiaf, Algiers, Algeria 7–9 April 2006 Clay		Slovenia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Slimane Saoudi Rok Jarc 6 4 6 4 3 6 6 1     2 Lamine Ouahab Grega Žemlja 6 3 2 6 4 6 6 3 6 4   3 Lamine Ouahab / Slimane Saoudi Rok Jarc / Grega Žemlja 6 2 6 2 6 4       4 Slimane Saoudi Grega Žemlja 5 7 2 6         5 Rachid Baba-Aïssa Blaž Kavčič 0 6 1 6

Hungary vs. Egypt

Hungary 5	Hód TC, Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary 7–9 April 2006 Hard (indoors)		Egypt 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Sebő Kiss Karim Maamoun 6 3 6 4 6 1       2 Kornél Bardóczky Sherif Sabry 77 64 6 1 6 3       3 Kornél Bardóczky / Gergely Kisgyörgy Karim Maamoun / Mohamed Mamoun 6 4 77 65 6 4       4 Kornél Bardóczky Mohamed Mamoun 7 5 6 3         5 Sebő Kiss Sherif Sabry 6 4 6 3

Bulgaria vs. Cyprus

Bulgaria 3	TC Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 7–9 April 2006 Clay		Cyprus 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Yordan Kanev Marcos Baghdatis 1 6 2 6 2 6       2 Ilia Kushev Photos Kallias 6 3 6 2 7 5       3 Ilia Kushev / Ivaylo Traykov Marcos Baghdatis / Photos Kallias 4 6 6 3 2 6 77 61 6 0   4 Ilia Kushev Marcos Baghdatis 3 6 2 6 2 6       5 Todor Enev Photos Kallias 77 62 6 1 1 6 6 4

Poland vs. Latvia

Poland 5	Centrum Tenisowe ANGIE Sp.z.o.o., Puszczykowo, Poznań County, Poland 7–9 April 2006 Carpet (indoors)		Latvia 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Michał Przysiężny Ernests Gulbis 3 6 78 66 77 64 79 67     2 Łukasz Kubot Andis Juška 6 4 77 63 66 78 3 6 8 6   3 Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski Ernests Gulbis / Andis Juška 6 3 77 64 6 1       4 Mariusz Fyrstenberg Deniss Pavlovs 6 3 6 2         5 Michał Przysiężny Kārlis Lejnieks 6 2 77 61

Georgia vs. South Africa

Georgia 3	Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi, Georgia 7–9 April 2006 Carpet (indoors)		South Africa 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Irakli Labadze Izak van der Merwe 6 4 5 7 3 6 6 1 6 3   2 Lado Chikhladze Wesley Moodie 67 79 77 62 6 4 65 77 3 6   3 Lado Chikhladze / Irakli Labadze Jeff Coetzee / Wesley Moodie 6 4 6 4 77 64       4 Irakli Labadze Wesley Moodie 5 7 6 4 6 4 3 6 11 13   5 Lado Chikhladze Izak van der Merwe 6 2 6 4 6 3

Second round

Norway vs. North Macedonia

Norway 2	Oslo Tennisklubb, Oslo, Norway 21–23 July 2006 Clay		North Macedonia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Stian Boretti Predrag Rusevski 2 6 0 6 0 1     retired   2 Jan Frode Andersen Lazar Magdinčev 4 6 6 3 7 5 3 6 6 2   3 Jan Frode Andersen / Erling Tveit Lazar Magdinčev / Predrag Rusevski 4 6 65 77 3 6       4 Erling Tveit Lazar Magdinčev 4 6 7 5 2 6 77 64 2 6   5 Carl Sundberg Dimitar Grabuloski 77 64 6 4

Finland vs. Algeria

Finland 4	Hanko Tennis Stadion, Hanko, Finland 21–23 July 2006 Clay		Algeria 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Timo Nieminen Slimane Saoudi 78 66 77 65 6 3       2 Jarkko Nieminen Abdelhak Hameurlaïne 6 0 6 0 6 1       3 Tuomas Ketola / Jarkko Nieminen Abdelhak Hameurlaïne / Slimane Saoudi 6 1 3 6 6 2 6 4     4 Jarkko Nieminen Slimane Saoudi 6 2 6 1         5 Lauri Kiiski Abdelhak Hameurlaïne 4 6 2 6

Bulgaria vs. Hungary

Bulgaria 2	TC Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 21–23 July 2006 Clay		Hungary 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ilia Kushev Kornél Bardóczky 5 7 3 6 0 6       2 Ivaylo Traykov Sebő Kiss 3 6 3 6 3 6       3 Yordan Kanev / Ivaylo Traykov Kornél Bardóczky / Gergely Kisgyörgy 6 4 4 6 4 6 77 63 9 11   4 Todor Enev Dénes Lukács 6 3 7 5         5 Ilia Kushev Sebő Kiss 7 5 1 6 6 2

Poland vs. Georgia

Poland 2	Klub Tenisowy ARKA, Gdynia, Poland 21–23 July 2006 Clay		Georgia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Michał Przysiężny Irakli Labadze 6 3 3 6 4 6 4 6     2 Łukasz Kubot Lado Chikhladze 7 5 6 4 6 2       3 Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski Lado Chikhladze / Irakli Labadze 6 1 6 2 6 4       4 Łukasz Kubot Irakli Labadze 6 4 3 6 7 5 2 6 4 6   5 Mariusz Fyrstenberg Lado Chikhladze 5 7 63 77 66 78

Relegation play-offs

Greece vs. Zimbabwe

Greece 4	Salonica Counrty Club, Thessaloniki, Greece 21–23 July 2006 Clay		Zimbabwe 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Konstantinos Economidis Pfungwa Mahefu 6 2 6 0 6 0       2 Alexandros Jakupovic Genius Chidzikwe 63 77 6 1 7 5 6 2     3 Konstantinos Economidis / Alexandros Jakupovic Genius Chidzikwe / Gwinyai Tongoona 6 2 6 1 6 2       4 Paris Gemouchidis Genius Chidzikwe 2 6 4 6         5 Alexandros Jakupovic Gwinyai Tongoona 6 2 6 2

Ireland vs. Slovenia

Ireland 1	Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland 21–23 July 2006 Grass		Slovenia 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Kevin Sorensen Grega Žemlja 2 6 5 7 1 6       2 Conor Niland Marko Tkalec 6 4 2 6 6 4 4 6 3 6   3 James Cluskey / Kevin Sorensen Luka Gregorc / Grega Žemlja 79 67 3 6 6 3 3 6 5 7   4 Conor Niland Grega Žemlja 4 6 2 6         5 Stephen Nugent Martin Rmuš 1 6 711 69 6 1

Egypt vs. Cyprus

Egypt 2	Heliopolis Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt 21–23 July 2006 Clay		Cyprus 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Karim Maamoun Christopher Koutrouza 6 1 6 2 6 0       2 Mohamed Mamoun Marcos Baghdatis 4 6 3 6 4 6       3 Karim Maamoun / Mohamed Mamoun Marcos Baghdatis / Photos Kallias 3 6 3 6 4 6       4 Karim Maamoun Marcos Baghdatis 3 6 4 6 3 6       5 Sherif Sabry Petros Baghdatis 6 3 6 2

Latvia vs. South Africa

Latvia 3	Tennis Centre 'Lielupe', Jūrmala, Latvia 21–23 July 2006 Clay		South Africa 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Andis Juška Rik de Voest 63 77 6 1 6 4 6 2     2 Ernests Gulbis Fritz Wolmarans 7 5 6 2 6 4       3 Ernests Gulbis / Andis Juška Chris Haggard / Izak van der Merwe 6 2 4 6 6 3 6 2     4 Deniss Pavlovs Izak van der Merwe 3 6 4 6         5 Kārlis Lejnieks Fritz Wolmarans 0 6 0 6

Third round

North Macedonia vs. Finland

North Macedonia 3	Tennis Club JUG, Skopje, North Macedonia 22–24 September 2006 Clay		Finland 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Predrag Rusevski Jarkko Nieminen 6 4 1 6 3 6 6 3 4 6   2 Lazar Magdinčev Timo Nieminen 6 4 6 2 2 6 77 61     3 Lazar Magdinčev / Predrag Rusevski Tuomas Ketola / Jarkko Nieminen 6 3 6 2 3 6 1 6 6 2   4 Lazar Magdinčev Jarkko Nieminen 3 6 0 6 1 6       5 Predrag Rusevski Timo Nieminen 6 4 6 4 2 6 4 6 6 4

Hungary vs. Georgia

Hungary 2	Római Teniszakadémia, Budapest, Hungary 22–24 September 2006 Clay		Georgia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Sebő Kiss Irakli Labadze 6 1 6 3 2 6 6 4     2 Kornél Bardóczky Lado Chikhladze 6 4 64 77 6 1 6 2     3 Kornél Bardóczky / Gergely Kisgyörgy Lado Chikhladze / Irakli Labadze 6 4 0 6 3 6 2 6     4 Kornél Bardóczky Irakli Labadze 64 77 1 6 77 62 6 1 4 6   5 Sebő Kiss Lado Chikhladze 63 77 64 77 77 64 2 6

External links

• Davis Cup official website