1997 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II

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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. 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 1998.[1]

Participating nations[]

Draw[]

  Relegation Play-offs
11–14 July 		First Round
2–4 May 		Second Round
11–13 July 		Third Round
19–21 September
                                     
  Snarøya, Norway (clay)
      Norway 5  
  Tbilisi, Georgia (clay)     Nigeria 0     Nova Gorica, Slovenia (clay)
  Nigeria 0         Norway 4  
  Georgia 5   Tbilisi, Georgia (clay)     Slovenia 1  
    Georgia 2
      Slovenia 3     Porto, Portugal (clay)
      Norway 3
  Cairo, Egypt (clay)       Portugal 2
      Egypt 0  
  Cairo, Egypt (clay)     Portugal 5     Porto, Portugal (clay)
  Egypt 3         Portugal 3
  Lithuania 2   Vilnius, Lithuania (indoor carpet)     Yugoslavia 2  
    Yugoslavia 3
      Lithuania 2  
  Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard)
      Latvia 0  
  Jūrmala, Latvia (clay)     Ivory Coast 5     Bytom, Poland (clay)
  Latvia 4         Ivory Coast 1  
  Ghana 1   Poznań, Poland (clay)     Poland 4  
    Ghana 0
      Poland 5     Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)
      Poland 2
  Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard)       Finland 3
      Ireland 1  
  Dublin, Ireland (carpet)     Belarus 4     Tampere, Finland (clay)
  Ireland 4         Belarus 2
  Greece 1   Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)     Finland 3  
    Greece 2
      Finland 3  
 Nigeria,  Lithuania,  Ghana, and  Greece
relegated to Group III in 1998. 		 Norway and  Finland
promoted to Group I in 1998.

First round[]

Norway vs. Nigeria[]


Norway
5 		Snarøya Tennis Club, Snarøya, Norway[2]
2–4 May 1997
Clay
Nigeria
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Norway
Nigeria 		Jan Frode Andersen
Sule Ladipo 		6
1 		6
0 		6
4 		     
2 Norway
Nigeria 		Christian Ruud
 6
0 		6
1 		6
0 		     
3 Norway
Nigeria 		Helge Koll-Frafjord / Christian Ruud
 / Sule Ladipo 		6
2 		4
6 		6
1 		77
65 		   
4 Norway
Nigeria 		Christian Ruud
 6
0 		6
0 		       
5 Norway
Nigeria
7
5 		6
3 		       

Georgia vs. Slovenia[]


Georgia
2 		Leila Meskhi Tennis Academy, Tbilisi, Georgia[3]
2–4 May 1997
Clay
Slovenia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Georgia (country)
Slovenia
Iztok Božič 		2
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     
2 Georgia (country)
Slovenia 		Vladimir Gabrichidze
Borut Urh 		6
3 		7
5 		1
6 		3
6 		6
4 		 
3 Georgia (country)
Slovenia 		Vladimir Gabrichidze / 
 / Borut Urh 		66
78 		5
7 		77
62 		2
6 		   
4 Georgia (country)
Slovenia
Borut Urh 		2
6 		2
6 		0
6 		     
5 Georgia (country)
Slovenia 		Vladimir Gabrichidze
 4
6 		77
62 		6
2 		     

Egypt vs. Portugal[]


Egypt
0 		Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt[4]
2–4 May 1997
Clay
Portugal
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Egypt
Portugal
Nuno Marques 		0
6 		4
6 		65
77 		     
2 Egypt
Portugal 		Amr Ghoneim
Emanuel Couto 		6
2 		4
6 		5
7 		3
6 		   
3 Egypt
Portugal 		Adli El Shafei / Amr Ghoneim
Emanuel Couto / Bernardo Mota 		5
7 		1
6 		0
6 		     
4 Egypt
Portugal 		Amr Ghoneim
João Cunha e Silva 		4
6 		3
6 		       
5 Egypt
Portugal
Emanuel Couto 		4
6 		5
7 		       

Lithuania vs. Yugoslavia[]


Lithuania
2 		Karolina Tennis Club, Vilnius, Lithuania[5]
2–4 May 1997
Carpet (indoors)
Yugoslavia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Lithuania
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 		Rolandas Muraška
Nenad Zimonjić 		3
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
2 Lithuania
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Bojan Vujić 		63
77 		64
77 		2
6 		     
3 Lithuania
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 		 / Rolandas Muraška
Dušan Vemić / Nenad Zimonjić 		4
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
4 Lithuania
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 		Rolandas Muraška
Bojan Vujić 		7
5 		6
4 		       
5 Lithuania
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
77
65 		4
6 		6
3 		     

Ivory Coast vs. Latvia[]


Ivory Coast
5 		Hôtel Ivoire, Abidjan, Ivory Coast[6]
2–4 May 1997
Hard
Latvia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Ivory Coast
Latvia 		Claude N'Goran
 6
1 		6
2 		6
0 		     
2 Ivory Coast
Latvia 		Clément N'Goran
 6
4 		6
0 		6
2 		     
3 Ivory Coast
Latvia 		Claude N'Goran / Clément N'Goran
 /  		6
1 		6
2 		7
5 		     
4 Ivory Coast
Latvia
6
1 		6
2 		       
5 Ivory Coast
Latvia 		Valentin Sanon
 6
4 		6
4 		       

Poland vs. Ghana[]


Poland
5 		Olimpia Tennis Club, Poznań, Poland[7]
2–4 May 1997
Clay
Ghana
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Poland
Ghana 		Bartłomiej Dąbrowski
 6
0 		6
2 		6
2 		     
2 Poland
Ghana
Franklyn Ofori 		6
1 		6
3 		6
0 		     
3 Poland
Ghana 		Bartłomiej Dąbrowski / 
 / Franklyn Ofori 		6
1 		6
2 		77
65 		     
4 Poland
Ghana 		Krystian Pfeiffer
 6
1 		6
1 		       
5 Poland
Ghana
6
1 		6
0 		       

Ireland vs. Belarus[]


Ireland
1 		Riverview Club, Dublin, Ireland[8]
2–4 May 1997
Hard (indoors)
Belarus
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Republic of Ireland
Belarus 		Scott Barron
Max Mirnyi 		2
6 		3
6 		6
4 		4
6 		   
2 Republic of Ireland
Belarus 		Owen Casey
Alexander Shvets 		6
2 		4
6 		6
3 		4
6 		7
5 		 
3 Republic of Ireland
Belarus 		Scott Barron / 
Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov 		4
6 		65
77 		3
6 		     
4 Republic of Ireland
Belarus 		Scott Barron
Alexander Shvets 		1
6 		2
6 		64
77 		     
5 Republic of Ireland
Belarus 		Eoin Collins
Max Mirnyi 		5
7 		3
6 		       

Finland vs. Greece[]


Finland
3 		Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland[9]
2–4 May 1997
Hard (indoors)
Greece
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Finland
Greece 		Tuomas Ketola
Anastasios Vasiliadis 		2
6 		6
1 		78
66 		4
6 		4
6 		 
2 Finland
Greece 		Kim Tiilikainen
Konstantinos Economidis 		77
64 		5
7 		4
6 		1
6 		   
3 Finland
Greece 		Tuomas Ketola / Ville Liukko
Konstantinos Economidis / Anastasios Vasiliadis 		6
3 		78
66 		6
4 		     
4 Finland
Greece 		Ville Liukko
Konstantinos Economidis 		6
3 		6
4 		6
4 		     
5 Finland
Greece 		Kim Tiilikainen
Anastasios Vasiliadis 		6
3 		77
63 		77
63 		     

Second round[]

Slovenia vs. Norway[]


Slovenia
1 		Perla Stadium, Nova Gorica, Slovenia[10]
11–13 July 1997
Clay
Norway
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Slovenia
Norway 		Iztok Božič
Christian Ruud 		6
4 		2
6 		4
6 		3
6 		   
2 Slovenia
Norway 		Blaž Trupej
Jan Frode Andersen 		6
4 		4
6 		3
6 		1
6 		   
3 Slovenia
Norway 		 / 
Helge Koll-Frafjord / Christian Ruud 		6
2 		6
3 		5
7 		1
6 		6
2 		 
4 Slovenia
Norway 		Iztok Božič
Jan Frode Andersen 		3
6 		6
1 		3
6 		2
6 		   
5 Slovenia
Norway 		Blaž Trupej
Christian Ruud 		4
6 		4
6 		       

Portugal vs. Yugoslavia[]


Portugal
3 		Maia Tennis Complex, Porto, Portugal[11]
11–13 July 1997
Clay
Yugoslavia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Portugal
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 		João Cunha e Silva
Nenad Zimonjić 		2
6 		6
4 		6
4 		6
4 		   
2 Portugal
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 		Emanuel Couto
Bojan Vujić 		3
6 		5
7 		7
5 		2
6 		   
3 Portugal
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 		Emanuel Couto / Bernardo Mota
Nebojša Đorđević / Nenad Zimonjić 		6
4 		6
4 		6
4 		     
4 Portugal
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 		João Cunha e Silva
Bojan Vujić 		4
6 		3
6 		6
3 		6
4 		3
6 		 
5 Portugal
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 		Emanuel Couto
Nenad Zimonjić 		62
77 		7
5 		7
5 		6
3 		   

Poland vs. Ivory Coast[]


Poland
4 		Górnik Sports Club, Bytom, Poland[12]
11–13 July 1997
Clay
Ivory Coast
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Poland
Ivory Coast 		Michał Chmela
Claude N'Goran 		4
6 		7
5 		2
6 		77
64 		4
6 		 
2 Poland
Ivory Coast 		Bartłomiej Dąbrowski
 77
61 		6
1 		6
4 		     
3 Poland
Ivory Coast 		Bartłomiej Dąbrowski / Michał Gawłowski
 / Claude N'Goran 		6
4 		79
67 		3
6 		6
2 		   
4 Poland
Ivory Coast 		Bartłomiej Dąbrowski
Claude N'Goran 		6
4 		6
1 		6
0 		     
5 Poland
Ivory Coast 		Michał Chmela
 6
1 		6
2 		       

Finland vs. Belarus[]


Finland
3 		Rosendahl Tennis Centre, Tampere, Finland[13]
11–13 July 1997
Clay
Belarus
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Finland
Belarus 		Tuomas Ketola
Vladimir Voltchkov 		3
6 		6
3 		65
77 		1
6 		   
2 Finland
Belarus 		Tommi Lenho
Alexander Shvets 		7
5 		6
1 		4
6 		4
6 		6
3 		 
3 Finland
Belarus 		Tuomas Ketola / Ville Liukko
Alexander Shvets / Vladimir Voltchkov 		3
6 		6
4 		6
1 		6
1 		   
4 Finland
Belarus 		Kim Tiilikainen
Alexander Shvets 		66
78 		6
1 		7
5 		66
78 		6
0 		 
5 Finland
Belarus 		Ville Liukko
Vladimir Voltchkov 		1
6 		6
4 		5
7 		     

Relegation play-offs[]

Georgia vs. Nigeria[]


Georgia
5 		Leila Meskhi Tennis Academy, Tbilisi, Georgia[14]
11–14 July 1997
Clay
Nigeria
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Georgia (country)
Nigeria
6
1 		6
2 		6
1 		     
2 Georgia (country)
Nigeria 		Vladimir Gabrichidze
Sule Ladipo 		6
3 		6
2 		6
3 		     
3 Georgia (country)
Nigeria 		Vladimir Gabrichidze / 
 / Sule Ladipo 		68
710 		6
3 		6
2 		7
5 		   
4 Georgia (country)
Nigeria
Sule Ladipo 		6
3 		         
retired
5 Georgia (country)
Nigeria 		Vladimir Gabrichidze
 6
1 		6
2 		       

Egypt vs. Lithuania[]


Egypt
3 		Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt[15]
11–14 July 1997
Clay
Lithuania
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Egypt
Lithuania
Rolandas Muraška 		6
4 		4
6 		2
6 		0
6 		   
2 Egypt
Lithuania 		Amr Ghoneim
 3
6 		6
2 		77
65 		6
4 		   
3 Egypt
Lithuania 		Amr Ghoneim / Hisham Hemeda
 / Rolandas Muraška 		77
61 		77
64 		4
6 		77
64 		   
4 Egypt
Lithuania 		Amr Ghoneim
Rolandas Muraška 		1
6 		6
3 		6
4 		3
6 		3
6 		 
5 Egypt
Lithuania 		Hisham Hemeda
 6
2 		77
64 		65
77 		5
7 		11
9 		 

Latvia vs. Ghana[]


Latvia
4 		National Tennis Center Lielupe, Jūrmala, Latvia[16]
11–13 July 1997
Clay
Ghana
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Latvia
Ghana 		Ģirts Dzelde
 6
2 		6
1 		6
1 		     
2 Latvia
Ghana
Franklyn Ofori 		6
1 		6
2 		6
2 		     
3 Latvia
Ghana 		Ģirts Dzelde / 
Franklyn Ofori /  		6
1 		6
1 		6
0 		     
4 Latvia
Ghana 		Ģirts Dzelde
Franklyn Ofori 		65
77 		4
6 		       
5 Latvia
Ghana
6
3 		6
2 		       

Ireland vs. Greece[]


Ireland
4 		Riverview Club, Dublin, Ireland[17]
11–13 July 1997
Carpet
Greece
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Republic of Ireland
Greece 		Owen Casey
Solon Peppas 		6
1 		6
1 		6
0 		     
2 Republic of Ireland
Greece 		Scott Barron
Konstantinos Economidis 		6
2 		6
2 		3
6 		2
6 		4
6 		 
3 Republic of Ireland
Greece 		Scott Barron / Owen Casey
Konstantinos Economidis / Nikos Rovas 		6
2 		6
3 		6
2 		     
4 Republic of Ireland
Greece 		Scott Barron
Solon Peppas 		6
3 		6
0 		6
1 		     
5 Republic of Ireland
Greece 		Owen Casey
Konstantinos Economidis 		6
1 		6
4 		       

Third round[]

Portugal vs. Norway[]


Portugal
2 		Maia Tennis Complex, Porto, Portugal[18]
19–21 September 1997
Clay
Norway
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Portugal
Norway 		Nuno Marques
Jan Frode Andersen 		5
7 		1
6 		6
1 		3
6 		   
2 Portugal
Norway 		Emanuel Couto
Christian Ruud 		1
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
3 Portugal
Norway 		Emanuel Couto / Bernardo Mota
Helge Koll-Frafjord / Christian Ruud 		6
4 		77
61 		4
6 		6
2 		   
4 Portugal
Norway 		Nuno Marques
Christian Ruud 		61
77 		65
77 		62
77 		     
5 Portugal
Norway 		Bernardo Mota
Helge Koll-Frafjord 		6
2 		6
3 		       

Finland vs. Poland[]


Finland
3 		Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland[19]
19–21 September 1997
Hard (indoors)
Poland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Finland
Poland 		Ville Liukko
Bartłomiej Dąbrowski 		6
4 		5
7 		5
7 		1
6 		   
2 Finland
Poland 		Tuomas Ketola
Michał Chmela 		6
3 		2
6 		6
2 		4
6 		4
6 		 
3 Finland
Poland 		Tuomas Ketola / Ville Liukko
Michał Chmela / Bartłomiej Dąbrowski 		77
64 		69
711 		6
0 		4
6 		6
3 		 
4 Finland
Poland 		Tuomas Ketola
Bartłomiej Dąbrowski 		77
64 		6
1 		77
64 		     
5 Finland
Poland 		Ville Liukko
Michał Chmela 		3
6 		3
6 		6
4 		6
3 		6
4 		 

References[]

  1. ^ "1997 Europe/Africa Group II". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Norway v Nigeria". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Georgia v Slovenia". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Egypt v Portugal". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Lithuania v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Ivory Coast v Latvia". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Poland v Ghana". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Ireland v Belarus". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Finland v Greece". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Slovenia v Norway". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Portugal v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Poland v Ivory Coast". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Finland v Belarus". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Georgia v Nigeria". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "Egypt v Lithuania". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Latvia v Ghana". daviscup.com.
  17. ^ "Ireland v Greece". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ "Portugal v Norway". daviscup.com.
  19. ^ "Finland v Poland". daviscup.com.

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