1997 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group IV – Zone B

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 Europe/Africa IV advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 1998. All other teams remained in Group IV.

Participating nations

Draw

Venue: Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus
Date: 21–25 May

	TUN	CYP	BEN	ZAM	AZE	CGO	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
Tunisia		2–1	3–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	5–0	13–2 (87%)	27–5 (84%)	1
Cyprus	1–2		2–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	4–1	11–4 (73%)	23–8 (74%)	2
Benin	0–3	1–2		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–2	9–6 (60%)	16–12 (57%)	3
Zambia	1–2	1–2	1–2		3–0	3–0	2–3	9–6 (60%)	17–13 (57%)	4
Azerbaijan	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3		2–1	1–4	2–13 (13%)	4–24 (14%)	5
Congo	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–2		0–5	1–14 (7%)	3–28 (10%)	6

Tunisia and Cyprus promoted to Group III in 1998.

Results

Cyprus vs. Congo

Cyprus
3

Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus^[1]
21 May 1997

Congo
0

		1	2
1	Marinos Baghdatis Chatrian Gnitou	6 4	6 0
2	Demetrios Leontis Alain Bemba	6 1	6 1
3	Demetrios Leontis / Neoclis Neocleous Martial Banguid / Chatrian Gnitou	6 2	6 1

Azerbaijan vs. Zambia

Azerbaijan
0

Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus^[2]
21 May 1997

Zambia
3

		1	2
1	Dmitri Zarubin Kachinga Sinkala	2 6	0 6
2	Igor Borisov Lighton Ndefwai-Muchinda	3 6	3 6
3	Raouf Eybazov / Dmitri Zarubin Sidney Bwalya / Lawrence Chileshe	0 6	0 1	retired

Benin vs. Tunisia

Benin
0

Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus^[3]
21 May 1997

Tunisia
3

		1	2
1	Alphonse Gandonou Sami Sidia	1 6	4 6
2	Christophe Pognon Walid Jallali	1 6	5 7
3	Alphonse Gandonou / Jean-Marie da Silva Walid Jallali / Sami Sidia	1 6	2 6

Cyprus vs. Zambia

Cyprus
2

Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus^[4]
22 May 1997

Zambia
1

		1	2
1	Marinos Baghdatis Kachinga Sinkala	6 4	6 4
2	Demetrios Leontis Lighton Ndefwai-Muchinda	6 3	6 4
3	Demetrios Leontis / Neoclis Neocleous Sidney Bwalya / Lighton Ndefwai-Muchinda	5 7	2 6

Azerbaijan vs. Tunisia

Azerbaijan
0

Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus^[5]
22 May 1997

Tunisia
3

		1	2
1	Dmitri Zarubin Sami Sidia	1 6	0 6
2	Igor Borisov Walid Jallali	2 6	1 6
3	Igor Borisov / Dmitri Zarubin Walid Jallali / Sami Sidia	1 6	2 6

Benin vs. Congo

Benin
3

Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus^[6]
22 May 1997

Congo
0

		1	2
1	Alphonse Gandonou Martial Banguid	6 2	6 0
2	Christophe Pognon Chatrian Gnitou	6 3	6 1
3	Alphonse Gandonou / Jean-Marie da Silva Alain Bemba / Chatrian Gnitou	6 4	6 1

Cyprus vs. Azerbaijan

Cyprus
3

Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus^[7]
23 May 1997

Azerbaijan
0

		1	2
1	Marinos Baghdatis Dmitri Zarubin	6 1	6 4
2	Demetrios Leontis Igor Borisov	6 2	6 1
3	Demetrios Leontis / Neoclis Neocleous Igor Borisov / Dmitri Zarubin	6 4	6 4

Benin vs. Zambia

Benin
2

Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus^[8]
23 May 1997

Zambia
1

		1	2
1	Alphonse Gandonou Kachinga Sinkala	6 4	6 1
2	Christophe Pognon Lighton Ndefwai-Muchinda	6 4	6 2
3	Alphonse Gandonou / Jean-Marie da Silva Sidney Bwalya / Lawrence Chileshe	3 6	5 7

Congo vs. Tunisia

Congo
0

Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus^[9]
23 May 1997

Tunisia
3

		1	2
1	Pagnol Madzou Sami Sidia	1 6	1 6
2	Martial Banguid Walid Jallali	0 6	1 6
3	Alain Bemba / Chatrian Gnitou Walid Jallali / Sami Sidia	0 6	1 6

Cyprus vs. Benin

Cyprus
2

Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus^[10]
24 May 1997

Benin
1

		1	2
1	Marinos Baghdatis Alphonse Gandonou	6 3	6 3
2	Demetrios Leontis Christophe Pognon	4 6	3 6
3	Demetrios Leontis / Neoclis Neocleous Alphonse Gandonou / Jean-Marie da Silva	6 3	7⁸ 6⁶

Azerbaijan vs. Congo

Azerbaijan
2

Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus^[11]
24 May 1997

Congo
1

		1	2	3
1	Dmitri Zarubin Martial Banguid	3 6	6 1	6 0
2	Igor Borisov Alain Bemba	2 6	1 6
3	Igor Borisov / Dmitri Zarubin Martial Banguid / Alain Bemba	6 2	6 3

Tunisia vs. Zambia

Tunisia
2

Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus^[12]
24 May 1997

Zambia
1

		1	2	3
1	Sami Sidia Sidney Bwalya	6 2	7 5
2	Walid Jallali Lighton Ndefwai-Muchinda	6 1	6 3
3	Selim Ben Hadjali / Walid Jallali Sidney Bwalya / Kachinga Sinkala	6 4	4 6	4 6

Cyprus vs. Tunisia

Cyprus
1

Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus^[13]
25 May 1997

Tunisia
2

		1	2	3
1	Marinos Baghdatis Sami Sidia	6 1	4 6	4 6
2	Demetrios Leontis Walid Jallali	6 3	6 1
3	Demetrios Leontis / Neoclis Neocleous Walid Jallali / Sami Sidia	4 6	3 6

Azerbaijan vs. Benin

Azerbaijan
0

Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus^[14]
25 May 1997

Benin
3

		1	2
1	Farid Jafarov Alphonse Gandonou	0 6	0 6
2	Dmitri Zarubin Christophe Pognon	1 6	3 6
3	Igor Borisov / Raouf Eybazov Alphonse Gandonou / Jean-Marie da Silva			w/o

Congo vs. Zambia

Congo
0

Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus^[15]
25 May 1997

Zambia
3

		1	2
1	Pagnol Madzou Sidney Bwalya	0 6	0 6
2	Chatrian Gnitou Lighton Ndefwai-Muchinda	0 6	1 6
3	Martial Banguid / Chatrian Gnitou Lawrence Chileshe / Kachinga Sinkala	2 6	4 6

References

^ "Cyprus v Congo". daviscup.com.
^ "Azerbaijan v Zambia". daviscup.com.
^ "Benin v Tunisia". daviscup.com.
^ "Cyprus v Zambia". daviscup.com.
^ "Azerbaijan v Tunisia". daviscup.com.
^ "Benin v Congo". daviscup.com.
^ "Cyprus v Azerbaijan". daviscup.com.
^ "Benin v Zambia". daviscup.com.
^ "Congo v Tunisia". daviscup.com.
^ "Cyprus v Benin". daviscup.com.
^ "Azerbaijan v Congo". daviscup.com.
^ "Tunisia v Zambia". daviscup.com.
^ "Cyprus v Tunisia". daviscup.com.
^ "Azerbaijan v Benin". daviscup.com.
^ "Congo v Zambia". daviscup.com.

External links

Davis Cup official website

[1] "Cyprus v Congo". daviscup.com.

[2] "Azerbaijan v Zambia". daviscup.com.

[3] "Benin v Tunisia". daviscup.com.

[4] "Cyprus v Zambia". daviscup.com.

[5] "Azerbaijan v Tunisia". daviscup.com.

[6] "Benin v Congo". daviscup.com.

[7] "Cyprus v Azerbaijan". daviscup.com.

[8] "Benin v Zambia". daviscup.com.

[9] "Congo v Tunisia". daviscup.com.

[10] "Cyprus v Benin". daviscup.com.

[11] "Azerbaijan v Congo". daviscup.com.

[12] "Tunisia v Zambia". daviscup.com.

[13] "Cyprus v Tunisia". daviscup.com.

[14] "Azerbaijan v Benin". daviscup.com.

[15] "Congo v Zambia". daviscup.com.

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