1990 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1990.

In the Europe/Africa Zone there were two different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group I advanced to the World Group qualifying round, along with losing teams from the World Group first round. Teams who lost in the first round competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group I, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group IIs in 1991.

Participating nations[edit]

Draw[edit]


First Round		Second Round



Soviet Union
		Kyiv, Soviet Union (indoor clay)
bye
		Soviet Union	4
Accra, Ghana (hard)
		Portugal	1
Portugal	5

Ghana	0

Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet)

Ireland	2
		Bucharest, Romania (clay)
Romania	3
		Romania	2

		Great Britain	3
bye

Great Britain



Hungary
		Brussels, Belgium (clay)
bye
		Hungary	1

		Belgium	4
bye

Belgium

Lagos, Nigeria (hard)

Finland	4
		Aarhus, Denmark (indoor carpet)
Nigeria	1
		Finland	3

		Denmark	2
bye

Denmark

Soviet Union, Great Britain, Belgium and Finland advance to World Group qualifying round.


	Relegation Play-off

	Accra, Ghana (hard)

	Ghana		2

	Ireland		3

Ghana and Nigeria relegated to Group II in 1991.

First round[edit]

Ghana vs. Portugal[edit]

Ghana
0

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana^[1]
2–4 February 1990
Hard

Portugal
5

		1	2	3
1	Kojo Atiso João Cunha e Silva	4 6	4 6	0 6
2	Franklyn Ofori Nuno Marques	6⁴ 7⁷	4 6	3 6
3	Kojo Atiso / Franklyn Ofori Nuno Marques / João Cunha e Silva	3 6	4 6	3 6
4	Franklyn Ofori João Cunha e Silva	6 4	6⁶ 7⁸	13 15
5	Kojo Atiso Nuno Marques	1 6	5 7

Ireland vs. Romania[edit]

Ireland
2

Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland^[2]
2–4 February 1990
Carpet (indoors)

Romania
3

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Eoin Collins George Cosac	6 4	6 4	3 6	3 6	9 7
2	Peter Wright Adrian Marcu	6 4	2 6	6 3	7⁷ 6⁵
3	Owen Casey / Peter Wright George Cosac / Florin Segărceanu	1 6	6⁶ 7⁸	6 4	6⁶ 7⁸
4	Eoin Collins Adrian Marcu	6¹⁰ 7¹²	7⁷ 6⁵	1 6	4 6
5	Peter Wright George Cosac	6 3	6 4	3 6	4 6	3 6

Nigeria vs. Finland[edit]

Nigeria
1

Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, Lagos, Nigeria^[3]
2–4 February 1990
Hard

Finland
4

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Segun Akinloye Veli Paloheimo	0 6	3 6	3 6
2	Nduka Odizor Aki Rahunen	6³ 7⁷	1 6	0 6
3	Nduka Odizor / Yakubu Suleiman Veli Paloheimo / Olli Rahnasto	3 6	6 2	7⁷ 6⁴	4 6	4 6
4	Segun Akinloye Aki Rahunen	6⁴ 7⁷	3 6
5	Nduka Odizor Veli Paloheimo	2 6	6 2	6 2

Second round[edit]

Soviet Union vs. Portugal[edit]

Soviet Union
4

Nauka Tennis and Sports Complex, Kyiv, Soviet Union^[4]
4–6 May 1990
Clay (indoors)

Portugal
1

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Andrei Cherkasov Nuno Marques	7⁷ 6⁴	6 2	2 6	3 6	4 6
2	Andrei Chesnokov João Cunha e Silva	6 3	6 2	7 5
3	Andrei Chesnokov / Dimitri Poliakov Nuno Marques / João Cunha e Silva	7⁹ 6⁷	6 3	7⁷ 6³
4	Andrei Chesnokov Nuno Marques	6 4	3 6	6 3	6 4
5	Andrei Cherkasov João Cunha e Silva	6 2	6 2

Romania vs. Great Britain[edit]

Romania
2

Club Sportiv Progresul, Bucharest, Romania^[5]
4–6 May 1990
Clay

Great Britain
3

		1	2	3	4
1	George Cosac Danny Sapsford	6 4	1 6	2 6	3 6
2	Florin Segărceanu Jeremy Bates	7 5	6 1	6 1
3	George Cosac / Florin Segărceanu Jeremy Bates / Andrew Castle	3 6	3 6	2 6
4	George Cosac Jeremy Bates	6 3	1 6	2 6	2 6
5	Florin Segărceanu Danny Sapsford	6 3	4 6	6 3

Belgium vs. Hungary[edit]

Belgium
4

Royal Primerose Tennis Club, Brussels, Belgium^[6]
4–6 May 1990
Clay

Hungary
1

		1	2	3	4
1	Eduardo Masso Sándor Noszály	6⁴ 7⁷	6 2	6 4	7⁷ 6²
2	Bart Wuyts András Lányi	6 1	6 1	6 2
3	Xavier Daufresne / Denis Langaskens András Lányi / László Markovits	4 6	3 6	6 4	6³ 7⁷
4	Eduardo Masso András Lányi	6 2	4 6	7 5	6 3
5	Bart Wuyts Sándor Noszály	6 1	6 1

Denmark vs. Finland[edit]

Denmark
2

Aarhus Idrætspark, Aarhus, Denmark^[7]
4–6 May 1990
Carpet (indoors)

Finland
3

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Morten Christensen Aki Rahunen	5 7	6⁴ 7⁷	3 6
2	Michael Tauson Veli Paloheimo	6 1	7 5	3 6	4 6	6 3
3	Michael Mortensen / Michael Tauson Veli Paloheimo / Olli Rahnasto	4 6	4 6	4 6
4	Morten Christensen Veli Paloheimo	6 1	6 4	3 6	5 7	4 6
5	Michael Tauson Aki Rahunen	6 3	6 2

Relegation play-offs[edit]

Ghana vs. Ireland[edit]

Ghana
2

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana^[8]
5–7 May 1990
Hard

Ireland
3

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Kenneth Dowuona Peter Wright	4 6	7⁷ 6²	3 6	1 6
2	Franklyn Ofori Eoin Collins	6⁶ 7⁸	6⁴ 7⁷	6 3	3 6
3	Kenneth Dowuona / Franklyn Ofori Eoin Collins / Peter Wright	6 1	7 5	2 6	2 6	9 11
4	Franklyn Ofori Peter Wright	6 2	6 3
5	Kenneth Dowuona Michael Nugent	6 4	6 1

References[edit]

^ "Ghana v Portugal". daviscup.com.
^ "Ireland v Romania". daviscup.com.
^ "Nigeria v Finland". daviscup.com.
^ "Soviet Union v Portugal". daviscup.com.
^ "Romania v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
^ "Belgium v Hungary". daviscup.com.
^ "Denmark v Finland". daviscup.com.
^ "Ghana v Ireland". daviscup.com.

External links[edit]

Davis Cup official website

[1] "Ghana v Portugal". daviscup.com.

[2] "Ireland v Romania". daviscup.com.

[3] "Nigeria v Finland". daviscup.com.

[4] "Soviet Union v Portugal". daviscup.com.

[5] "Romania v Great Britain". daviscup.com.

[6] "Belgium v Hungary". daviscup.com.

[7] "Denmark v Finland". daviscup.com.

[8] "Ghana v Ireland". daviscup.com.

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