1997 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Zone A

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 Group III advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 1998, whereas the bottom two teams were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 1998.

Participating nations[]

Draw[]

• Venue: Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal
• Date: 22–26 January

Group A

		MKD	TUR	SMR	ETH	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
	Macedonia		2–1	3–0	2–1	3–0	7–2 (78%)	15–5 (75%)	1
	Turkey	1–2		3–0	3–0	2–1	7–2 (78%)	14–5 (74%)	2
	San Marino	0–3	0–3		2–1	1–2	2–7 (22%)	5–14 (26%)	3
	Ethiopia	1–2	0–3	1–2		0–3	2–7 (22%)	5–15 (25%)	4

Group B

		SEN	LUX	BIH	ARM	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
	Senegal		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	8–1 (89%)	16–3 (84%)	1
	Luxembourg	1–2		2–1	3–0	2–1	6–3 (67%)	13–7 (65%)	2
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–3	1–2		3–0	1–2	4–5 (44%)	9–10 (47%)	3
	Armenia	0–3	0–3	0–3		0–3	0–9 (0%)	0–18 (0%)	4

1st to 4th place play-offs

3rd-4th Play-Off

Semifinals

Final

B1

Senegal

2

A2

Turkey

1

A2

Turkey

2

B1

Senegal

1

A1

Macedonia

1

B2

Luxembourg

2

A1

Macedonia

1

B2

Luxembourg

2

5th to 8th place play-offs

7th-8th Play-Off

5th-8th Play-Offs

5th-6th Play-Off

A3

San Marino

3

B4

Armenia

0

B4

Armenia

2

A3

San Marino

0

A4

Ethiopia

1

B3

Bosnia and Herzegovina

3

B3

Bosnia and Herzegovina

3

A4

Ethiopia

0

Final standings[]

Rank	Team
1	Luxembourg
2	Senegal
3	Turkey
4	Macedonia
5	Bosnia and Herzegovina
6	San Marino
7	Armenia
8	Ethiopia

•  Luxembourg and  Senegal promoted to Group II in 1998.
•  Armenia and  Ethiopia relegated to Group IV in 1998.

Round robin[]

Group A[]

Ethiopia vs. Turkey[]

Ethiopia 0	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal[1] 22 January 1997		Turkey 3
1 2 3 1 0 6 77 65 3 6   2 2 6 3 6     3  /   /  0 6 3 6

Macedonia vs. San Marino[]

Macedonia 3	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal[2] 22 January 1997		San Marino 0
1 2 3 1 6 1 2 6 6 3   2 Domenico Vicini 6 1 6 3     3 Lazar Magdinčev /  Gabriel Francini / Domenico Vicini 6 1 77 65

Ethiopia vs. Macedonia[]

Ethiopia 1	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal[3] 23 January 1997		Macedonia 2
1 2 3 1 2 6 6 4 6 0   2 0 6 0 6     3  /  Lazar Magdinčev /  2 6 1 6

San Marino vs. Turkey[]

San Marino 0	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal[4] 23 January 1997		Turkey 3
1 2 3 1 4 6 2 6     2 Domenico Vicini 1 6 4 6     3 Gabriel Francini / Domenico Vicini  /  3 6 3 6

Ethiopia vs. San Marino[]

Ethiopia 1	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal[5] 24 January 1997		San Marino 2
1 2 3 1 4 6 1 6     2 Domenico Vicini 2 6 4 6     3  /  Gabriel Francini /  6 3 77 64

Macedonia vs. Turkey[]

Macedonia 2	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal[6] 24 January 1997		Turkey 1
1 2 3 1 Lazar Magdinčev 4 6 4 6     2 6 4 6 0     3 Lazar Magdinčev /   /  7 5 6 2

Group B[]

Senegal vs. Armenia[]

Senegal 3	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal[7] 22 January 1997		Armenia 0
1 2 3 1 6 3 6 4     2 Yahiya Doumbia 6 0 6 0     3 Yahiya Doumbia /   /  6 2 6 3

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Luxembourg[]

Bosnia and Herzegovina 1	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal[8] 22 January 1997		Luxembourg 2
1 2 3 1 3 6 3 6     2 713 611 6 1     3  /   /  6 4 3 6 4 6

Senegal vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina[]

Senegal 3	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal[9] 23 January 1997		Bosnia and Herzegovina 0
1 2 3 1 77 64 6 3     2 Yahiya Doumbia 6 1 6 2     3 Yahiya Doumbia /   /  6 3 6 4

Armenia vs. Luxembourg[]

Armenia 0	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal[10] 23 January 1997		Luxembourg 3
1 2 3 1 0 6 0 6     2 1 6 1 6     3  /   /  2 6 3 6

Senegal vs. Luxembourg[]

Senegal 2	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal[11] 24 January 1997		Luxembourg 1
1 2 3 1 4 6 4 6     2 Yahiya Doumbia 5 7 6 4 6 2   3 Yahiya Doumbia /   /  79 67 6 2

Armenia vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina[]

Armenia 0	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal[12] 24 January 1997		Bosnia and Herzegovina 3
1 2 3 1 3 6 3 6     2 2 6 1 6     3  /   /  4 6 2 6

1st to 4th place play-offs[]

Semifinals[]

Senegal vs. Turkey[]

Senegal 2	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal[13] 25 January 1997		Turkey 1
1 2 3 1 6 4 3 6 3 6   2 Yahiya Doumbia 6 2 6 3     3 Yahiya Doumbia /   /  6 4 6 4

Macedonia vs. Luxembourg[]

Macedonia 1	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal[14] 25 January 1997		Luxembourg 2
1 2 3 1 Lazar Magdinčev 2 6 3 6     2 6 1 6 4     3 Lazar Magdinčev /   /  63 77 77 63 2 6

Final[]

Senegal vs. Luxembourg[]

Senegal 1	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal[15] 26 January 1997		Luxembourg 2
1 2 3 1 2 6 4 6     2 Yahiya Doumbia 6 2 6 2     3 Yahiya Doumbia /   /  64 77 65 77

3rd to 4th play-off[]

Turkey vs. Macedonia[]

Turkey 2	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal[16] 26 January 1997		Macedonia 1
1 2 3 1 6 4 6 1     2 77 64 2 6 6 8   3  /  Lazar Magdinčev /  6 4 6 2

5th to 8th place play-offs[]

5th to 8th play-offs[]

San Marino vs. Armenia[]

San Marino 3	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal[17] 25 January 1997		Armenia 0
1 2 3 1 6 1 6 2     2 Domenico Vicini 5 7 7 5 6 3   3 Gabriel Francini /   /  6 4 6 2

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Ethiopia[]

Bosnia and Herzegovina 3	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal[18] 25 January 1997		Ethiopia 0
1 2 3 1 6 1 6 2     2 2 6 6 3 6 1   3  /   /  6 0 6 0

5th to 6th play-off[]

San Marino vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina[]

San Marino 0	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal[19] 26 January 1997		Bosnia and Herzegovina 3
1 2 3 1 5 7 5 7     2 Domenico Vicini 63 77 65 77     3 Gabriel Francini / Domenico Vicini  /  2 6 0 6

7th to 8th play-off[]

Armenia vs. Ethiopia[]

Armenia 2	Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal[20] 26 January 1997		Ethiopia 1
1 2 3 1 6 2 6 1     2 4 6 3 6     3  /   /  6 4 6 2

References[]

External links[]

• Davis Cup official website