1996 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

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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-offs
20–22 September 		First Round Play-offs
 First Round
9–12 February 		Second Round
5–7 April
                                     
 
      Morocco  
     bye     Casablanca, Morocco (clay)
   bye         Morocco 4
    Zimbabwe       Zimbabwe 1
   bye
  Harare, Zimbabwe (hard)       Zimbabwe  
    Zimbabwe 4  
    Finland 1    
      Romania  
     bye     Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)
 bye         Romania 3
    Finland       Finland 2
   bye
      Finland  
 
      Ukraine  
     bye     Dubrovnik, Croatia (indoor carpet)
    Ukraine         Ukraine 0
   bye       Croatia 5
   bye
  Kyiv, Ukraine (clay)       Croatia  
    Ukraine 4  
    Norway 1     Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
      Norway 2  
      Israel 3     Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
  Norway         Israel 1
   bye       Spain 4
   bye
      Spain  
 Finland and  Norway
relegated to Group II in 1997. 		 Morocco,  Romania,  Croatia, and  Spain
advance to World Group Qualifying Round.

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 Israel
Norway 		Noam Behr
Christian Ruud 		65
77 		2
6 		2
6 		     
2 Israel
Norway 		Eyal Ran
Helge Koll-Frafjord 		6
1 		6
2 		6
4 		     
3 Israel
Norway 		Eyal Erlich / Eyal Ran
Helge Koll-Frafjord / Christian Ruud 		3
6 		65
77 		7
5 		6
3 		6
4 		 
4 Israel
Norway 		Eyal Ran
Christian Ruud 		5
7 		77
65 		77
64 		3
6 		1
6 		 
5 Israel
Norway 		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 Morocco
Zimbabwe 		Karim Alami
Wayne Black 		5
7 		6
3 		5
7 		6
1 		2
6 		 
2 Morocco
Zimbabwe 		Hicham Arazi
Byron Black 		6
3 		6
2 		6
1 		     
3 Morocco
Zimbabwe 		Karim Alami / Hicham Arazi
Byron Black / Wayne Black 		6
1 		3
6 		77
65 		64
77 		6
3 		 
4 Morocco
Zimbabwe 		Karim Alami
 6
3 		6
0 		6
1 		     
5 Morocco
Zimbabwe 		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 Finland
Romania 		Tuomas Ketola
Andrei Pavel 		4
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
2 Finland
Romania 		Kim Tiilikainen
Adrian Voinea 		1
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
3 Finland
Romania 		Tuomas Ketola / Ville Liukko
George Cosac / Dinu Pescariu 		2
6 		4
6 		63
77 		     
4 Finland
Romania 		Tuomas Ketola
George Cosac 		6
3 		77
61 		       
5 Finland
Romania 		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 Croatia
Ukraine 		Goran Ivanišević
Andrei Rybalko 		6
0 		77
65 		64
77 		6
3 		   
2 Croatia
Ukraine 		Saša Hiršzon
Dimitri Poliakov 		6
2 		6
0 		6
3 		     
3 Croatia
Ukraine 		Saša Hiršzon / Goran Ivanišević
Dimitri Poliakov / Andrei Rybalko 		77
62 		6
3 		6
2 		     
4 Croatia
Ukraine 		Igor Šarić
 6
3 		6
4 		       
5 Croatia
Ukraine 		Goran Orešić
 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 Israel
Spain 		Eyal Ran
Carlos Costa 		6
3 		3
6 		4
6 		0
2 		  retired
 
2 Israel
Spain 		Eyal Erlich
Albert Costa 		2
6 		6
3 		2
6 		2
6 		   
3 Israel
Spain 		Noam Behr / Eyal Erlich
Àlex Corretja / Emilio Sánchez 		7
5 		4
6 		4
6 		77
61 		6
3 		 
4 Israel
Spain 		Noam Behr
Albert Costa 		4
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
5 Israel
Spain 		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 Zimbabwe
Finland 		Wayne Black
Kim Tiilikainen 		6
4 		7
5 		63
77 		6
3 		   
2 Zimbabwe
Finland 		Byron Black
Ville Liukko 		6
3 		6
3 		6
4 		     
3 Zimbabwe
Finland 		Byron Black / Wayne Black
Ville Liukko / Kim Tiilikainen 		6
1 		6
1 		6
3 		     
4 Zimbabwe
Finland 		Byron Black
Tapio Nurminen 		67
79 		6
4 		6
3 		     
5 Zimbabwe
Finland 		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 Ukraine
Norway 		Andriy Medvedev
Jan Frode Andersen 		6
2 		6
2 		6
0 		     
2 Ukraine
Norway 		Andrei Rybalko
Christian Ruud 		79
67 		6
4 		6
4 		     
3 Ukraine
Norway 		Andriy Medvedev / Dimitri Poliakov
Helge Koll-Frafjord / Christian Ruud 		6
0 		0
6 		6
0 		6
1 		   
4 Ukraine
Norway 		Andriy Medvedev
Christian Ruud 		6
2 		6
1 		       
5 Ukraine
Norway
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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