1997 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group IV – Zone B

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 Europe/Africa IV advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 1998. All other teams remained in Group IV.

Participating nations

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Draw

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    TUN   CYP   BEN   ZAM   AZE   CGO RR
W–L
Match
W–L
Set
W–L
Standings
  Tunisia 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 5–0 13–2 (87%) 27–5 (84%) 1
  Cyprus 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 4–1 11–4 (73%) 23–8 (74%) 2
  Benin 0–3 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–2 9–6 (60%) 16–12 (57%) 3
  Zambia 1–2 1–2 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–3 9–6 (60%) 17–13 (57%) 4
  Azerbaijan 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–4 2–13 (13%) 4–24 (14%) 5
  Congo 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–5 1–14 (7%) 3–28 (10%) 6

Results

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Cyprus vs. Congo

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Cyprus
3
Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus[1]
21 May 1997
 
Congo
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Marinos Baghdatis
Chatrian Gnitou
6
4
6
0
   
2  
 
Demetrios Leontis
Alain Bemba
6
1
6
1
   
3  
 
Demetrios Leontis / Neoclis Neocleous
Martial Banguid / Chatrian Gnitou
6
2
6
1
   

Azerbaijan vs. Zambia

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Azerbaijan
0
Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus[2]
21 May 1997
 
Zambia
3
1 2 3
1  
 
Dmitri Zarubin
Kachinga Sinkala
2
6
0
6
   
2  
 
Igor Borisov
Lighton Ndefwai-Muchinda
3
6
3
6
   
3  
 
Raouf Eybazov / Dmitri Zarubin
Sidney Bwalya / Lawrence Chileshe
0
6
0
1
  retired
 

Benin vs. Tunisia

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Benin
0
Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus[3]
21 May 1997
 
Tunisia
3
1 2 3
1  
 
Alphonse Gandonou
Sami Sidia
1
6
4
6
   
2  
 
Christophe Pognon
Walid Jallali
1
6
5
7
   
3  
 
Alphonse Gandonou / Jean-Marie da Silva
Walid Jallali / Sami Sidia
1
6
2
6
   

Cyprus vs. Zambia

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Cyprus
2
Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus[4]
22 May 1997
 
Zambia
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Marinos Baghdatis
Kachinga Sinkala
6
4
6
4
   
2  
 
Demetrios Leontis
Lighton Ndefwai-Muchinda
6
3
6
4
   
3  
 
Demetrios Leontis / Neoclis Neocleous
Sidney Bwalya / Lighton Ndefwai-Muchinda
5
7
2
6
   

Azerbaijan vs. Tunisia

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Azerbaijan
0
Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus[5]
22 May 1997
 
Tunisia
3
1 2 3
1  
 
Dmitri Zarubin
Sami Sidia
1
6
0
6
   
2  
 
Igor Borisov
Walid Jallali
2
6
1
6
   
3  
 
Igor Borisov / Dmitri Zarubin
Walid Jallali / Sami Sidia
1
6
2
6
   

Benin vs. Congo

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Benin
3
Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus[6]
22 May 1997
 
Congo
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Alphonse Gandonou
Martial Banguid
6
2
6
0
   
2  
 
Christophe Pognon
Chatrian Gnitou
6
3
6
1
   
3  
 
Alphonse Gandonou / Jean-Marie da Silva
Alain Bemba / Chatrian Gnitou
6
4
6
1
   

Cyprus vs. Azerbaijan

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Cyprus
3
Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus[7]
23 May 1997
 
Azerbaijan
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Marinos Baghdatis
Dmitri Zarubin
6
1
6
4
   
2  
 
Demetrios Leontis
Igor Borisov
6
2
6
1
   
3  
 
Demetrios Leontis / Neoclis Neocleous
Igor Borisov / Dmitri Zarubin
6
4
6
4
   

Benin vs. Zambia

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Benin
2
Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus[8]
23 May 1997
 
Zambia
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Alphonse Gandonou
Kachinga Sinkala
6
4
6
1
   
2  
 
Christophe Pognon
Lighton Ndefwai-Muchinda
6
4
6
2
   
3  
 
Alphonse Gandonou / Jean-Marie da Silva
Sidney Bwalya / Lawrence Chileshe
3
6
5
7
   

Congo vs. Tunisia

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Congo
0
Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus[9]
23 May 1997
 
Tunisia
3
1 2 3
1  
 
Pagnol Madzou
Sami Sidia
1
6
1
6
   
2  
 
Martial Banguid
Walid Jallali
0
6
1
6
   
3  
 
Alain Bemba / Chatrian Gnitou
Walid Jallali / Sami Sidia
0
6
1
6
   

Cyprus vs. Benin

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Cyprus
2
Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus[10]
24 May 1997
 
Benin
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Marinos Baghdatis
Alphonse Gandonou
6
3
6
3
   
2  
 
Demetrios Leontis
Christophe Pognon
4
6
3
6
   
3  
 
Demetrios Leontis / Neoclis Neocleous
Alphonse Gandonou / Jean-Marie da Silva
6
3
78
66
   

Azerbaijan vs. Congo

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Azerbaijan
2
Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus[11]
24 May 1997
 
Congo
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Dmitri Zarubin
Martial Banguid
3
6
6
1
6
0
 
2  
 
Igor Borisov
Alain Bemba
2
6
1
6
   
3  
 
Igor Borisov / Dmitri Zarubin
Martial Banguid / Alain Bemba
6
2
6
3
   

Tunisia vs. Zambia

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Tunisia
2
Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus[12]
24 May 1997
 
Zambia
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Sami Sidia
Sidney Bwalya
6
2
7
5
   
2  
 
Walid Jallali
Lighton Ndefwai-Muchinda
6
1
6
3
   
3  
 
Selim Ben Hadjali / Walid Jallali
Sidney Bwalya / Kachinga Sinkala
6
4
4
6
4
6
 

Cyprus vs. Tunisia

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Cyprus
1
Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus[13]
25 May 1997
 
Tunisia
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Marinos Baghdatis
Sami Sidia
6
1
4
6
4
6
 
2  
 
Demetrios Leontis
Walid Jallali
6
3
6
1
   
3  
 
Demetrios Leontis / Neoclis Neocleous
Walid Jallali / Sami Sidia
4
6
3
6
   

Azerbaijan vs. Benin

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Azerbaijan
0
Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus[14]
25 May 1997
 
Benin
3
1 2 3
1  
 
Farid Jafarov
Alphonse Gandonou
0
6
0
6
   
2  
 
Dmitri Zarubin
Christophe Pognon
1
6
3
6
   
3  
 
Igor Borisov / Raouf Eybazov
Alphonse Gandonou / Jean-Marie da Silva
       
w/o

Congo vs. Zambia

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Congo
0
Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus[15]
25 May 1997
 
Zambia
3
1 2 3
1  
 
Pagnol Madzou
Sidney Bwalya
0
6
0
6
   
2  
 
Chatrian Gnitou
Lighton Ndefwai-Muchinda
0
6
1
6
   
3  
 
Martial Banguid / Chatrian Gnitou
Lawrence Chileshe / Kachinga Sinkala
2
6
4
6
   

References

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  1. ^ "Cyprus v Congo". daviscup.com.
  2. ^ "Azerbaijan v Zambia". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Benin v Tunisia". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Cyprus v Zambia". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Azerbaijan v Tunisia". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Benin v Congo". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Cyprus v Azerbaijan". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Benin v Zambia". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Congo v Tunisia". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Cyprus v Benin". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Azerbaijan v Congo". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Tunisia v Zambia". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Cyprus v Tunisia". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Azerbaijan v Benin". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "Congo v Zambia". daviscup.com.
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