1999 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 1999.

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 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 2000.[1]

Participating nations[]

Draw[]

  Second Round Play-offs
24–26 September 		First Round Play-offs
 First Round
12–14 February 		Second Round
2–4 April
                                     
 
      Romania  
     bye     Bucharest, Romania (clay)
   bye         Romania 3
    Croatia       Croatia 2
   bye
  Zagreb, Croatia (indoor carpet)       Croatia  
    Croatia 1  
    Portugal 4    
      Austria  
     bye     Wels, Austria (indoor clay)
 bye         Austria 4
    Portugal       Portugal 1
   bye
      Portugal  
 
      Israel  
     bye     Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)
    Israel         Israel 2
   bye       Finland 3
   bye
  Kyiv, Ukraine (clay)       Finland  
    Israel 2  
    Ukraine 3     Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet)
      Ukraine 2  
      Belarus 3     Cape Town, South Africa (hard)
  Ukraine         Belarus 1
   bye       South Africa 4
   bye
      South Africa  
 Croatia and  Israel
relegated to Group II in 2000. 		 Romania,  Austria,  Finland, and  South Africa
advance to World Group Qualifying Round.

First round[]

Ukraine vs. Belarus[]


Ukraine
2 		Meridian Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine[2]
12–14 February 1999
Carpet (indoors)
Belarus
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Ukraine
Belarus 		Andrei Rybalko
Vladimir Voltchkov 		2
6 		3
6 		5
7 		     
2 Ukraine
Belarus 		Andriy Medvedev
Max Mirnyi 		3
6 		6
3 		77
64 		7
5 		   
3 Ukraine
Belarus 		Andriy Medvedev / Orest Tereshchuk
Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov 		3
6 		1
6 		4
6 		     
4 Ukraine
Belarus 		Andriy Medvedev
Vladimir Voltchkov 		5
7 		6
3 		6
3 		6
3 		   
5 Ukraine
Belarus 		Andrei Rybalko
Max Mirnyi 		3
6 		0
6 		6
3 		3
6 		   

Second round[]

Romania vs. Croatia[]


Romania
3 		Arena Club, Bucharest, Romania[3]
2–4 April 1999
Clay
Croatia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Romania
Croatia 		Adrian Voinea
Ivan Ljubičić 		6
1 		6
4 		61
77 		77
65 		   
2 Romania
Croatia 		Andrei Pavel
Željko Krajan 		77
65 		6
2 		6
0 		     
3 Romania
Croatia 		Andrei Pavel / Gabriel Trifu
Ivan Ljubičić / Lovro Zovko 		77
65 		77
65 		7
5 		     
4 Romania
Croatia 		Ionuț Moldovan
Lovro Zovko 		7
5 		1
6 		2
6 		     
5 Romania
Croatia 		Gabriel Trifu
Ivan Beroš 		3
6 		2
6 		       

Austria vs. Portugal[]


Austria
4 		Messe Wels, Wels, Austria[4]
2–4 April 1999
Clay
Portugal
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Austria
Portugal 		Stefan Koubek
Nuno Marques 		6
3 		6
4 		6
4 		     
2 Austria
Portugal 		Markus Hipfl
João Cunha e Silva 		6
4 		6
2 		6
2 		     
3 Austria
Portugal 		Julian Knowle / Wolfgang Schranz
Emanuel Couto / Nuno Marques 		6
3 		2
6 		77
64 		4
6 		2
6 		 
4 Austria
Portugal 		Stefan Koubek
João Cunha e Silva 		6
3 		77
65 		6
0 		     
5 Austria
Portugal 		Markus Hipfl
Bruno Fragoso 		6
1 		6
2 		       

Finland vs. Israel[]


Finland
3 		Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland[5]
2–4 April 1999
Carpet (indoors)
Israel
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Finland
Israel 		Tuomas Ketola
Eyal Ran 		3
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
2 Finland
Israel 		Ville Liukko
Eyal Erlich 		6
1 		6
1 		6
3 		     
3 Finland
Israel 		Tuomas Ketola / Ville Liukko
Amir Hadad / Harel Levy 		0
6 		7
5 		62
77 		6
3 		8
6 		 
4 Finland
Israel 		Ville Liukko
Eyal Ran 		4
6 		78
66 		6
4 		6
4 		   
5 Finland
Israel 		Tapio Nurminen
Eyal Erlich 		2
6 		4
6 		       

South Africa vs. Belarus[]


South Africa
4 		Rondebosch Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa[6]
2–4 April 1999
Hard
Belarus
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 South Africa
Belarus 		David Nainkin
Vladimir Voltchkov 		6
3 		5
7 		4
6 		65
77 		   
2 South Africa
Belarus 		Wayne Ferreira
Max Mirnyi 		5
7 		6
4 		6
3 		66
78 		9
7 		 
3 South Africa
Belarus 		David Adams / John-Laffnie de Jager
Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov 		6
4 		6
3 		6
4 		     
4 South Africa
Belarus 		Wayne Ferreira
Vladimir Voltchkov 		6
0 		4
6 		3
6 		6
2 		6
4 		 
5 South Africa
Belarus 		David Nainkin
 6
2 		6
2 		       

Second round relegation play-offs[]

Croatia vs. Portugal[]


Croatia
1 		Dom Sportova, Zagreb, Croatia[7]
24–26 September 1999
Carpet (indoors)
Portugal
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Croatia
Portugal 		Ivan Ljubičić
Nuno Marques 		4
6 		4
6 		6
3 		3
6 		   
2 Croatia
Portugal 		Željko Krajan
João Cunha e Silva 		64
77 		2
6 		2
6 		     
3 Croatia
Portugal 		Ivan Ljubičić / Lovro Zovko
Emanuel Couto / Nuno Marques 		77
64 		6
4 		68
710 		4
6 		2
6 		 
4 Croatia
Portugal 		Mario Ančić
João Cunha e Silva 		4
6 		4
6 		       
5 Croatia
Portugal 		Lovro Zovko
Bernardo Mota 		64
77 		6
4 		6
4 		     

Ukraine vs. Israel[]


Ukraine
3 		Nauka Tennis Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine[8]
24–26 September 1999
Clay
Israel
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Ukraine
Israel 		Andrei Rybalko
Harel Levy 		2
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
2 Ukraine
Israel 		Andriy Medvedev
Noam Okun 		6
0 		6
4 		77
62 		     
3 Ukraine
Israel 		Andriy Medvedev / Andrei Rybalko
Harel Levy / Eyal Ran 		6
3 		6
4 		6
4 		     
4 Ukraine
Israel 		Andriy Medvedev
Harel Levy 		7
5 		4
6 		6
3 		6
2 		   
5 Ukraine
Israel 		Orest Tereshchuk
Noam Okun 		3
6 		5
7 		       

References[]

  1. ^ "1999 Europe/Africa Group I". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Ukraine v Belarus". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Romania v Croatia". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Austria v Portugal". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Finland v Israel". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "South Africa v Belarus". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Croatia v Portugal". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Ukraine v Israel". daviscup.com.

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