2007 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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The Europe/Africa Zone is one of three zones of regional competition in the 2007 Davis Cup.

Group I[edit]

Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
S Slovakia
Skopje, Macedonia (clay)
bye
byeS Slovakia5
 Macedonia Macedonia0
 Macedonia
Esch-sur-Alzette, Lux. (ind. hard)
bye
 Macedonia3
 Luxembourg2
S Italy
Alghero, Italy (hard)Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
bye
S Italy4S Italy2
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
 Luxembourg1 Israel3
 Israel5
 Luxembourg0
Tbilisi, Georgia (indoor carpet)
 Georgia3
Belgrade, Serbia (indoor clay)
 Portugal2
 Portugal Georgia0
byeS Serbia5
bye
Rotterdam, Netherlands (indoor hard)
S Serbia
 Portugal0
S Netherlands5
bye
Birmingham, England (indoor hard)
 Great Britain
bye Great Britain4
S NetherlandsS Netherlands1
bye
S Netherlands
  • Luxembourg and Portugal relegated to Group II in 2008.
  • Slovakia, Israel, Serbia, and Great Britain advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II[edit]

Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Agdal, Morocco (clay)
S Morocco4
Hornbæk, Denmark (hard)Portorož, Slovenia (hard)
 Denmark1
 Denmark3S Morocco3
Tallinn, Estonia (indoor hard)
 Estonia0S Slovenia2
S Slovenia3
Puszczykowo, Poland (indoor carpet)
 Estonia2
S Morocco1
Ioannina, Greece (clay)
S Poland4
S Ukraine2
Abuja, Nigeria (hard)Thessaloniki, Greece (clay)
 Greece3
S Ukraine5 Greece0
Lagos, Nigeria (hard)
 Nigeria0S Poland5
S Poland5
 Nigeria0
Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor carpet)
 Latvia4
Nicosia, Cyprus (clay)Tampere, Finland (clay)
S Bulgaria1
S Bulgaria1 Latvia3
Nicosia, Cyprus (clay)
 Cyprus4S Finland2
 Cyprus2
Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor carpet)
S Finland3
 Latvia5
Algiers, Algeria (clay)
 Monaco0
 Monaco5
Svingvoll, Norway (hard)Budapest, Hungary (clay)
S Algeria0
S Algeria4 Monaco4
Oslo, Norway (indoor hard)
 Norway1S Hungary1
 Norway1
S Hungary4
  • Bulgaria, Norway, Latvia, and Poland relegated to Group III in 2008.
  • Estonia and Nigeria promoted to Group I in 2008.

Group III[edit]

Venue 1[edit]

Venue: Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt (clay)
Date: 9–13 May

Pool A IRL LTU MDA BIH
1  Ireland (3–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0
2  Lithuania (2–1) 1–2 2–1 2–1
3  Moldova (1–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1
4  Bosnia and Herzegovina (0–3) 0–3 1–2 1–2
Pool B EGY TUR SMR ISL
1  Egypt (3–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0
2  Turkey (2–1) 1–2 3–0 2–1
3  San Marino (1–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1
4  Iceland (0–3) 0–3 1–2 1–2

Top two teams advance to 1st–4th Play-off, bottom two teams advance to 5th–8th Play-off. Scores in italics carried over from pools.

1st–4th Play-off IRL EGY LTU TUR
1  Ireland (3–0) 3–0 2–1 2–1
2  Egypt (2–1) 0–3 2–1 2–1
3  Lithuania (1–2) 1–2 1–2 2–1
4  Turkey (0–3) 1–2 1–2 1–2
5th–8th Play-off MDA BIH SMR ISL
1  Moldova (3–0) 2–1 3–0 2–1
2  Bosnia and Herzegovina (2–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0
3  San Marino (1–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1
4  Iceland (0–3) 1–2 0–3 1–2
  • Ireland and Egypt promoted to Group II in 2008.
  • San Marino and Iceland relegated to Group IV in 2008.

Venue 2[edit]

Venue: Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia (clay)
Date: 9–13 May

Pool A RSA CIV MRI GHA
1  South Africa (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Ivory Coast (2–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0
3  Mauritius (1–2) 0–3 1–2 3–0
4  Ghana (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3
Pool B TUN MAD ZIM NAM
1  Tunisia (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Madagascar (2–1) 0–3 3–0 3–0
3  Zimbabwe (1–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1
4  Namibia (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2

Top two teams advance to 1st–4th Play-off, bottom two teams advance to 5th–8th Play-off. Scores in italics carried over from pools.

1st–4th Play-off RSA TUN CIV MAD
1  South Africa (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Tunisia (2–1) 0–3 3–0 3–0
3  Ivory Coast (1–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1
4  Madagascar (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2
5th–8th Play-off ZIM GHA MRI NAM
1  Zimbabwe (2–1, 7r) 1–2 3–0 2–1
2  Ghana (2–1, 5r, 11/16 s) 2–1 0–3 3–0
3  Mauritius (2–1, 5r, 5/13 s) 0–3 3–0 2–1
4  Namibia (0–3) 1–2 0–3 1–2

Note: Ghana/Mauritius tie broken on percentage of sets won.

  • South Africa and Tunisia promoted to Group II in 2008.
  • Mauritius and Namibia relegated to Group IV in 2008.

Group IV[edit]

Venue: Yerevan, Armenia (clay)
Date: Week of 6 August
Withdrawn: Azerbaijan, Benin, Gabon, Libya, Malta, Senegal, Uganda

Group IV MNE ARM BOT AND RWA
1  Montenegro (4–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Armenia (3–1) 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–1
3  Botswana (2–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1 2–1
4  Andorra (1–3) 0–3 1–2 1–2 3–0
5  Rwanda (0–4) 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–3
  • Montenegro, Armenia, Botswana and Andorra promoted to Group III in 2008.

See also[edit]