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1997 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II

Main article: 1997 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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

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Draw

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Relegation Play-offsFirst RoundSecond RoundThird Round
Snarøya, Norway (clay)
  Norway5
Tbilisi, Georgia (clay)Nova Gorica, Slovenia (clay)
  Nigeria0
  Nigeria0  Norway4
Tbilisi, Georgia (clay)
  Georgia5  Slovenia1
  Georgia2
Porto, Portugal (clay)
  Slovenia3
  Norway3
Cairo, Egypt (clay)
  Portugal2
  Egypt0
Cairo, Egypt (clay)Porto, Portugal (clay)
  Portugal5
  Egypt3  Portugal3
Vilnius, Lithuania (indoor carpet)
  Lithuania2  Yugoslavia2
  Yugoslavia3
  Lithuania2
Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard)
  Latvia0
Jūrmala, Latvia (clay)Bytom, Poland (clay)
  Ivory Coast5
  Latvia4  Ivory Coast1
Poznań, Poland (clay)
  Ghana1  Poland4
  Ghana0
Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)
  Poland5
  Poland2
Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard)
  Finland3
  Ireland1
Dublin, Ireland (carpet)Tampere, Finland (clay)
  Belarus4
  Ireland4  Belarus2
Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)
  Greece1  Finland3
  Greece2
  Finland3

First round

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Norway vs. Nigeria

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

Georgia vs. Slovenia

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Georgia
2 		Leila Meskhi Tennis Academy, Tbilisi, Georgia[3]
2–4 May 1997
Clay 		 
Slovenia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Vladimir Margalitadze
Iztok Božič 		2
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     
2  
  		Vladimir Gabrichidze
Borut Urh 		6
3 		7
5 		1
6 		3
6 		6
4 		 
3  
  		Vladimir Gabrichidze / David Katcharava
Marko Por / Borut Urh 		66
78 		5
7 		77
62 		2
6 		   
4  
  		Vladimir Margalitadze
Borut Urh 		2
6 		2
6 		0
6 		     
5  
  		Vladimir Gabrichidze
Andrej Kraševec 		4
6 		77
62 		6
2 		     

Egypt vs. Portugal

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

Lithuania vs. Yugoslavia

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

Ivory Coast vs. Latvia

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Ivory Coast
5 		Hôtel Ivoire, Abidjan, Ivory Coast[6]
2–4 May 1997
Hard 		 
Latvia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Claude N'Goran
Ivo Lagzdiņš 		6
1 		6
2 		6
0 		     
2  
  		Clément N'Goran
Raimonds Sproga 		6
4 		6
0 		6
2 		     
3  
  		Claude N'Goran / Clément N'Goran
Ivo Lagzdiņš / Raimonds Sproga 		6
1 		6
2 		7
5 		     
4  
  		Ilou Lonfo
Raimonds Sproga 		6
1 		6
2 		       
5  
  		Valentin Sanon
Oskars Vaskis 		6
4 		6
4 		       

Poland vs. Ghana

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Poland
5 		Olimpia Tennis Club, Poznań, Poland[7]
2–4 May 1997
Clay 		 
Ghana
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Bartłomiej Dąbrowski
Daniel Omaboe 		6
0 		6
2 		6
2 		     
2  
  		Filip Anioła
Franklyn Ofori 		6
1 		6
3 		6
0 		     
3  
  		Bartłomiej Dąbrowski / Bernard Kaczorowski
Nortey Dowuona / Franklyn Ofori 		6
1 		6
2 		77
65 		     
4  
  		Krystian Pfeiffer
Nortey Dowuona 		6
1 		6
1 		       
5  
  		Filip Anioła
Alexander Ofori 		6
1 		6
0 		       

Ireland vs. Belarus

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

Finland vs. Greece

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

Second round

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Slovenia vs. Norway

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

Portugal vs. Yugoslavia

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

Poland vs. Ivory Coast

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

Finland vs. Belarus

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

Relegation play-offs

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Georgia vs. Nigeria

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Georgia
5 		Leila Meskhi Tennis Academy, Tbilisi, Georgia[14]
11–14 July 1997
Clay 		 
Nigeria
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		David Katcharava
Ganiyu Adenekan 		6
1 		6
2 		6
1 		     
2  
  		Vladimir Gabrichidze
Sule Ladipo 		6
3 		6
2 		6
3 		     
3  
  		Vladimir Gabrichidze / David Katcharava
Ganiyu Adenekan / Sule Ladipo 		68
710 		6
3 		6
2 		7
5 		   
4  
  		Givi Samkharadze
Sule Ladipo 		6
3 		         
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5  
  		Vladimir Gabrichidze
Ganiyu Adenekan 		6
1 		6
2 		       

Egypt vs. Lithuania

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

Latvia vs. Ghana

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Latvia
4 		National Tennis Center Lielupe, Jūrmala, Latvia[16]
11–13 July 1997
Clay 		 
Ghana
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Ģirts Dzelde
Gunther Darkey 		6
2 		6
1 		6
1 		     
2  
  		Andris Fiļimonovs
Franklyn Ofori 		6
1 		6
2 		6
2 		     
3  
  		Ģirts Dzelde / Andris Fiļimonovs
Franklyn Ofori / Isaac Tetteh-Quaye 		6
1 		6
1 		6
0 		     
4  
  		Ģirts Dzelde
Franklyn Ofori 		65
77 		4
6 		       
5  
  		Andris Fiļimonovs
Gunther Darkey 		6
3 		6
2 		       

Ireland vs. Greece

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

Third round

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Portugal vs. Norway

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

Finland vs. Poland

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

References

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  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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