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1997 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Main article: 1997 Fed Cup

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 1997 Fed Cup.

Group I edit

  • Venue: Bari T.C., Bari, Italy (outdoor clay)
  • Date: 22–26 April

The fifteen teams were divided into three pools of four and one pool of three teams. The top teams of each pool play-off in a two-round knockout stage to decide which nation progresses to World Group II play-offs. The two nations winning the least rubbers were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II for 1998.

Pools edit

Pool A RUS GRE BUL
1   Russia (2–0) 3–0 2–1
2   Greece (1–1) 0–3 2–1
3   Bulgaria (0–2) 1–2 1–2
Pool B ITA SWE ROU UKR
1   Italy (3–0) 3–0 2–1 3–0
2   Sweden (2–1) 0–3 3–0 2–1
3   Romania (1–2) 1–2 0–3 3–0
4   Ukraine (0–3) 0–3 1–2 0–3
Pool C BLR HUN POL FIN
1   Belarus (3–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0
2   Hungary (2–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0
3   Poland (1–2) 0–3 0–3 3–0
4   Finland (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3
Pool D SLO ISR LAT GEO
1   Slovenia (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2   Israel (2–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0
3   Latvia (1–2) 0–3 1–2 3–0
4   Georgia (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3

Knockout stage edit

Main article: 1997 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Knockout Stage
SemifinalsFinals
  Russia2
  Israel1
  Russia3
  Belarus0
  Sweden1
  Belarus2
  Italy3
  Greece0
  Italy2
  Hungary1
  Hungary2
  Slovenia1

Group II edit

The twenty-five teams were divided into three pools of six and one pool of seven. The top teams from each pool advanced to Group I for 1998.

Pools edit

Pool A GBR DEN EST ARM LIT EGY
1   Great Britain (5–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
2   Denmark (4–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
3   Estonia (3–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–0
4   Armenia (2–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2 3–0 3–0
5   Lithuania (1–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 3–0
6   Egypt (0–5) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3
Pool B YUG IRL TUN ALG CMR ISL
1   Yugoslavia (5–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
2   Ireland (4–1) 0–3 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0
3   Tunisia (3–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0
4   Algeria (2–3) 0–3 1–2 1–2 3–0 3–0
5   Cameroon (1–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–1
6   Iceland (0–5) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2
Pool C POR TUR BIH NOR SMR ETH
1   Portugal (5–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
2   Turkey (4–1) 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0
3   Bosnia and Herzegovina (3–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0
4   Norway (2–3) 0–3 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1
5   San Marino (1–4) 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 3–0
6   Ethiopia (0–5) 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3
Pool D MAD MLT LUX MKD LIE BOT CYP
1   Madagascar (6–0) 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
2   Malta (5–1) 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
3   Luxembourg (4–2) 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–0
4   Macedonia (3–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–0
5   Liechtenstein (2–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 3–0 2–1
6   Botswana (1–5) 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3 0–3 2–1
7   Cyprus (0–6) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Russia v South Korea". fedcup.com.
  2. ^ "Italy v Indonesia". fedcup.com.
  3. ^ "Finland v Botswana". fedcup.com.
  4. ^ "Georgia v Moldova". fedcup.com.
  5. ^ "Great Britain v Madagascar". fedcup.com.
  6. ^ "Ukraine v Yugoslavia". fedcup.com.
  7. ^ "Portugal v Madagascar". fedcup.com.

External links edit

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