2005 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Main article: 2005 Davis Cup

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three groups of Davis Cup competition in 2005.

Group I

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First round

Second round

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Great Britain

Ramat Hasharon, Israel (hard)

bye

Israel

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Great Britain

3

bye

Israel

2

Israel

Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)

bye

Israel

4

Zimbabwe

1

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Belgium

Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro (clay)

bye

bye

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Belgium

3

Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro (indoor clay)

Zimbabwe

Serbia and Montenegro

2

Serbia and Montenegro

5

Zimbabwe

0

Luxembourg City, Lux. (indoor hard)

Italy

5

Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard)

Rome, Italy (clay)

Luxembourg

0

Luxembourg

3

Italy

4

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Morocco

2

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Morocco

1

bye

Khemisset, Morocco (clay)

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Morocco

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Morocco

4

South Africa

1

bye

Doornfontein, South Africa (indoor hard)

South Africa

South Africa

South Africa

2

bye

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Germany

3

bye

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Germany

• Zimbabwe and South Africa relegated to Group II in 2006.
• Great Britain, Belgium, Italy, and Germany advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Accra, Ghana (hard)

Ghana

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Accra, Ghana (hard)

Helsinki, Finland (clay)

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Finland

5

Ghana

2

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Finland

2

Sofia, Bulgaria (indoor carpet)

Georgia

3

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Bulgaria

3

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Bulgaria

4

Donetsk, Ukraine (hard)

Georgia

1

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Bulgaria

1

Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary (ind. hard)

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Ukraine

4

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Hungary

4

Oslo, Norway (clay)

Donetsk, Ukraine (hard)

Monaco

1

Monaco

1

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Hungary

2

Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet)

Norway

4

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Ukraine

3

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Ukraine

4

Norway

1

Tallinn, Estonia (indoor carpet)

Estonia

1

Gdynia, Poland (clay)

Lisbon, Portugal (clay)

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Portugal

4

Estonia

0

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Portugal

3

Algiers, Algeria (clay)

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Poland

5

Algeria

2

Algeria

3

Estoril, Portugal (clay)

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Poland

2

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Portugal

4

Kranj, Slovenia (indoor hard)

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Slovenia

1

Ivory Coast

0

Athens, Greece (clay)

Kranj, Slovenia (clay)

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Slovenia

5

Ivory Coast

0

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Slovenia

5

Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor carpet)

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Greece

5

Latvia

0

Latvia

4

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Greece

1

• Georgia, Monaco, Estonia, and Côte d'Ivoire relegated to Group III in 2006.
• Ukraine and Portugal promoted to Group I in 2006.

Group III

Venue 1

Venue: Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt (clay)
Date: 27 April – 1 May

	Pool A	MKD	DEN	NAM	KEN
1	Macedonia (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Denmark (2–1)	0–3		3–0	3–0
3	Namibia (1–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1
4	Kenya (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

	Pool B	EGY	BIH	LTU	MAD
1	Egypt (3–0)		3–0	2–1	3–0
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina (2–1)	0–3		2–1	2–1
3	Lithuania (1–2)	1–2	1–2		3–0
4	Madagascar (0–2)	0–3	1–2	0–3

(scores in italics carried over)

	1st–4th Play-off	MKD	EGY	DEN	BIH
1	Macedonia (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Egypt (2–1)	1–2		2–0	3–0
3	Denmark (1–2)	0–3	0–2		2–1
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

	5th–8th Play-off	LTU	NAM	MAD	KEN
1	Lithuania (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Namibia (2–1)	1–2		2–1	2–1
3	Madagascar (1–2)	0–3	1–2		3–0
4	Kenya (0–3)	0–3	1–2	0–3

• FYR Macedonia and Egypt promoted to Group II in 2006.
• Madagascar and Kenya relegated to Group IV in 2006.

Venue 2

Venue: Fitzwilliam Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland (grass)
Date: 13–17 July

	Pool A	IRL	ARM	NGR	ISL
1	Ireland (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Armenia (2–1)	0–3		2–1	2–1
3	Nigeria (1–2)	0–3	1–2		3–0
4	Iceland (0–3)	0–3	1–2	0–3

	Pool B	CYP	TUN	TUR	SMR
1	Cyprus (3–0)		3–0	2–1	3–0
2	Tunisia (2–1)	0–3		2–1	3–0
3	Turkey (1–2)	1–2	1–2		3–0
4	San Marino (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

(scores in italics carried over)

	1st–4th Play-off	CYP	IRL	ARM	TUN
1	Cyprus (3–0)		2–1	2–1	2–1
2	Ireland (2–1)	1–2		3–0	3–0
3	Armenia (1–2)	1–2	0–3		2–1
4	Tunisia (0–3)	1–2	0–3	1–2

	5th–8th Play-off	NGR	TUR	ISL	SMR
1	Nigeria (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Turkey (2–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0
3	Iceland (1–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1
4	San Marino (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

• Cyprus and Ireland promoted to Group II in 2006.
• Iceland and San Marino relegated to Group IV in 2006.

Group IV

Venue: Lugogo Tennis Club, Kampala, Uganda (clay)
Date: Week of 28 February

	Pool A	MDA	BOT	BEN	MLT	DJI
1	Moldova (4–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Botswana (3–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0	3–0
3	Benin (2–2)	0–3	1–2		3–0	3–0
4	Malta (1–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3		3–0
5	Djibouti (0–4)	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3

	Pool B	AND	RWA	AZE	SEN	UGA	MRI
1	Andorra (5–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Rwanda (3–2)	1–2		1–2	2–1	2–1	3–0
3	Azerbaijan (3–2)	0–3	2–1		1–2	2–1	3–0
4	Senegal (3–2)	0–3	1–2	2–1		2–1	2–1
5	Uganda (1–4)	0–3	1–2	1–2	1–2		2–1
6	Mauritius (0–5)	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–2	1–2

• Moldova, Andorra, Botswana and Rwanda promoted to Group III in 2006.

See also

• Davis Cup structure