1996 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

Main article: 1996 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1996.

In the Europe/Africa Zone there were three 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 1997.[1]

Participating nations

Draw

Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
 Morocco
Casablanca, Morocco (clay)
bye
bye Morocco4
 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe1
bye
Harare, Zimbabwe (hard)
 Zimbabwe
 Zimbabwe4
 Finland1
 Romania
Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)
bye
bye Romania3
 Finland Finland2
bye
 Finland
 Ukraine
Dubrovnik, Croatia (indoor carpet)
bye
 Ukraine Ukraine0
bye Croatia5
bye
Kyiv, Ukraine (clay)
 Croatia
 Ukraine4
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
 Norway1
 Norway2
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
 Israel3
 Norway Israel1
bye Spain4
bye
 Spain

First round

Israel vs. Norway


Israel
3 		Canada Centre, Ramat HaSharon, Israel[2]
9–12 February 1996
Hard
Norway
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Noam Behr
Christian Ruud 		65
77 		2
6 		2
6 		     
2
Eyal Ran
Helge Koll-Frafjord 		6
1 		6
2 		6
4 		     
3
Eyal Erlich / Eyal Ran
Helge Koll-Frafjord / Christian Ruud 		3
6 		65
77 		7
5 		6
3 		6
4 		 
4
Eyal Ran
Christian Ruud 		5
7 		77
65 		77
64 		3
6 		1
6 		 
5
Eyal Erlich
Helge Koll-Frafjord 		6
4 		1
6 		6
4 		77
64 		   

Second round

Morocco vs. Zimbabwe


Morocco
4 		Complexe Al Amal, Casablanca, Morocco[3]
5–7 April 1996
Clay
Zimbabwe
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Karim Alami
Wayne Black 		5
7 		6
3 		5
7 		6
1 		2
6 		 
2
Hicham Arazi
Byron Black 		6
3 		6
2 		6
1 		     
3
Karim Alami / Hicham Arazi
Byron Black / Wayne Black 		6
1 		3
6 		77
65 		64
77 		6
3 		 
4
Karim Alami
Malcolm Birch 		6
3 		6
0 		6
1 		     
5
Hicham Arazi
Wayne Black 		6
3 		77
65 		       

Finland vs. Romania


Finland
2 		Talin Tenniskeskus, Helsinki, Finland[4]
5–7 April 1996
Carpet (indoors)
Romania
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Tuomas Ketola
Andrei Pavel 		4
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
2
Kim Tiilikainen
Adrian Voinea 		1
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
3
Tuomas Ketola / Ville Liukko
George Cosac / Dinu Pescariu 		2
6 		4
6 		63
77 		     
4
Tuomas Ketola
George Cosac 		6
3 		77
61 		       
5
Ville Liukko
Andrei Pavel 		6
3 		6
3 		       

Croatia vs. Ukraine


Croatia
5 		Športska dvorana, Dubrovnik, Croatia[5]
5–7 April 1996
Carpet (indoors)
Ukraine
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Goran Ivanišević
Andrei Rybalko 		6
0 		77
65 		64
77 		6
3 		   
2
Saša Hiršzon
Dimitri Poliakov 		6
2 		6
0 		6
3 		     
3
Saša Hiršzon / Goran Ivanišević
Dimitri Poliakov / Andrei Rybalko 		77
62 		6
3 		6
2 		     
4
Igor Šarić
Victor Trotsko 		6
3 		6
4 		       
5
Goran Orešić
Sergei Yaroshenko 		6
1 		712
610 		       

Israel vs. Spain


Israel
1 		Canada Centre, Ramat HaSharon, Israel[6]
5–7 April 1996
Hard
Spain
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Eyal Ran
Carlos Costa 		6
3 		3
6 		4
6 		0
2 		  retired
 
2
Eyal Erlich
Albert Costa 		2
6 		6
3 		2
6 		2
6 		   
3
Noam Behr / Eyal Erlich
Àlex Corretja / Emilio Sánchez 		7
5 		4
6 		4
6 		77
61 		6
3 		 
4
Noam Behr
Albert Costa 		4
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
5
Eyal Erlich
Carlos Costa 		61
77 		1
6 		       

Second round relegation play-offs

Zimbabwe vs. Finland


Zimbabwe
4 		City Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe[7]
20–22 September 1996
Hard
Finland
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Wayne Black
Kim Tiilikainen 		6
4 		7
5 		63
77 		6
3 		   
2
Byron Black
Ville Liukko 		6
3 		6
3 		6
4 		     
3
Byron Black / Wayne Black
Ville Liukko / Kim Tiilikainen 		6
1 		6
1 		6
3 		     
4
Byron Black
Tapio Nurminen 		67
79 		6
4 		6
3 		     
5
Genius Chidzikwe
Ville Liukko 		1
6 		61
77 		       

Ukraine vs. Norway


Ukraine
4 		Nauka Sports Club, Kyiv, Ukraine[8]
20–22 September 1996
Clay
Norway
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Andriy Medvedev
Jan Frode Andersen 		6
2 		6
2 		6
0 		     
2
Andrei Rybalko
Christian Ruud 		79
67 		6
4 		6
4 		     
3
Andriy Medvedev / Dimitri Poliakov
Helge Koll-Frafjord / Christian Ruud 		6
0 		0
6 		6
0 		6
1 		   
4
Andriy Medvedev
Christian Ruud 		6
2 		6
1 		       
5
Denis Yakimenko
Jan Frode Andersen 		62
77 		4
6 		       

References

  1. ^ "1996 Europe/Africa Group I". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Israel v Norway". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Morocco v Zimbabwe". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Finland v Romania". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Croatia v Ukraine". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Israel v Spain". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Zimbabwe v Finland". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Ukraine v Norway". daviscup.com.
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