1996 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I
The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1996.
In the Europe/Africa Zone there were three 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 II in 1997.[1]
Participating nations[edit]
Draw[edit]
| Second Round Play-offs | First Round Play-offs | First Round | Second Round | |||||||||||||||
 Morocco | ||||||||||||||||||
| Casablanca, Morocco (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
| bye | ||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Morocco | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
 Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| bye | ||||||||||||||||||
| Harare, Zimbabwe (hard) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
 Finland | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
 Romania | ||||||||||||||||||
| Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) | ||||||||||||||||||
| bye | ||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Romania | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | Finland | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| bye | ||||||||||||||||||
| Finland | ||||||||||||||||||
 Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dubrovnik, Croatia (indoor carpet) | ||||||||||||||||||
| bye | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | Ukraine | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| bye |  Croatia | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| bye | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kyiv, Ukraine (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Croatia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) | ||||||||||||||||||
 Norway | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Norway | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) | ||||||||||||||||||
 Israel | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Norway | Israel | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| bye |  Spain | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| bye | ||||||||||||||||||
| Spain | ||||||||||||||||||
Finland and 
Norway relegated to Group II in 1997.
Morocco, 
Romania, 
Croatia, and 
Spain advance to World Group qualifying round.
First round[edit]
Israel vs. Norway[edit]
 Israel 3 |
Canada Centre, Ramat HaSharon, Israel[2] 9–12 February 1996 Hard |
 Norway 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Second round[edit]
Morocco vs. Zimbabwe[edit]
 Morocco 4 |
Complexe Al Amal, Casablanca, Morocco[3] 5–7 April 1996 Clay |
 Zimbabwe 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Finland vs. Romania[edit]
 Finland 2 |
Talin Tenniskeskus, Helsinki, Finland[4] 5–7 April 1996 Carpet (indoors) |
 Romania 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Croatia vs. Ukraine[edit]
 Croatia 5 |
Športska dvorana, Dubrovnik, Croatia[5] 5–7 April 1996 Carpet (indoors) |
 Ukraine 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Israel vs. Spain[edit]
Israel 1 |
Canada Centre, Ramat HaSharon, Israel[6] 5–7 April 1996 Hard |
 Spain 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Second round relegation play-offs[edit]
Zimbabwe vs. Finland[edit]
Zimbabwe 4 |
City Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe[7] 20–22 September 1996 Hard |
Finland 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ukraine vs. Norway[edit]
Ukraine 4 |
Nauka Sports Club, Kyiv, Ukraine[8] 20–22 September 1996 Clay |
Norway 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References[edit]
- ^ "1996 Europe/Africa Group I". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ^ "Israel v Norway". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Morocco v Zimbabwe". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Finland v Romania". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Croatia v Ukraine". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Israel v Spain". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Zimbabwe v Finland". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Ukraine v Norway". daviscup.com.