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

International tennis competition 1997 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones in the regional Davis Cup competition in 1997. Within the Europe/Africa Zone, there were four tiers, known as groups, where teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. The top two teams from Europe/Africa Zone Group IV advanced to Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 1998. All other teams remained in Group IV. Participating nations 30em AZE BEN CYP 1960 CGO TUN 1959 ZAM Draw Venue: Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus Date: 21–25 May   RRW–L MatchW–L SetW–L Standings TUN 1959 TUN 1959 5–0 13–2 (87%) 27–5 (84%) 1 CYP 1960 CYP 1960 4–1 11–4 (73%) 23–8 (74%) 2 BEN BEN 3–2 9–6 (60%) 16–12 (57%) 3 ZAM ZAM 2–3 9–6 (60%) 17–13 (57%) 4 AZE AZE 1–4 2–13 (13%) 4–24 (14%) 5 CGO CGO 0–5 1–14 (7%) 3–28 (10%) 6 CCFFCC 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 CCFFCC 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 0–3 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 3–0 3–0 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–1 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 TUN 1959 and CYP 1960 promoted to Group III in 1998. Results Cyprus vs. Congo Cyprus 1960 Congo Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprushttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G4-EA-B-M-CYP-CGO-01 Cyprus v Congo daviscup.com 21 May 1997 3 0 Marinos Baghdatis 6 6 Chatrian Gnitou 4 0 Demetrios Leontis 6 6 Alain Bemba 1 1 Demetrios Leontis Neoclis Neocleous 6 6 Martial Banguid Chatrian Gnitou 2 1 Azerbaijan vs. Zambia Azerbaijan Zambia Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprushttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G4-EA-B-M-AZE-ZAM-01 Azerbaijan v Zambia daviscup.com 21 May 1997 0 3 Dmitri Zarubin 2 0 Kachinga Sinkala 6 6 Igor Borisov 3 3 Lighton Ndefwai-Muchinda 6 6 Raouf Eybazov Dmitri Zarubin 0 0 Sidney Bwalya Lawrence Chileshe 6 1 2 Benin vs. Tunisia Benin Tunisia 1959 Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprushttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G4-EA-B-M-BEN-TUN-01 Benin v Tunisia daviscup.com 21 May 1997 0 3 Alphonse Gandonou 1 4 Sami Sidia 6 6 Christophe Pognon 1 5 Walid Jallali 6 7 Alphonse Gandonou Jean-Marie da Silva 1 2 Walid Jallali Sami Sidia 6 6 Cyprus vs. Zambia Cyprus 1960 Zambia Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprushttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G4-EA-B-M-CYP-ZAM-01 Cyprus v Zambia daviscup.com 22 May 1997 2 1 Marinos Baghdatis 6 6 Kachinga Sinkala 4 4 Demetrios Leontis 6 6 Lighton Ndefwai-Muchinda 3 4 Demetrios Leontis Neoclis Neocleous 5 2 Sidney Bwalya Lighton Ndefwai-Muchinda 7 6 Azerbaijan vs. Tunisia Azerbaijan Tunisia 1959 Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprushttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G4-EA-B-M-AZE-TUN-01 Azerbaijan v Tunisia daviscup.com 22 May 1997 0 3 Dmitri Zarubin 1 0 Sami Sidia 6 6 Igor Borisov 2 1 Walid Jallali 6 6 Igor Borisov Dmitri Zarubin 1 2 Walid Jallali Sami Sidia 6 6 Benin vs. Congo Benin Congo Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprushttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G4-EA-B-M-BEN-CGO-01 Benin v Congo daviscup.com 22 May 1997 3 0 Alphonse Gandonou 6 6 Martial Banguid 2 0 Christophe Pognon 6 6 Chatrian Gnitou 3 1 Alphonse Gandonou Jean-Marie da Silva 6 6 Alain Bemba Chatrian Gnitou 4 1 Cyprus vs. Azerbaijan Cyprus 1960 Azerbaijan Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprushttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G4-EA-B-M-CYP-AZE-01 Cyprus v Azerbaijan daviscup.com 23 May 1997 3 0 Marinos Baghdatis 6 6 Dmitri Zarubin 1 4 Demetrios Leontis 6 6 Igor Borisov 2 1 Demetrios Leontis Neoclis Neocleous 6 6 Igor Borisov Dmitri Zarubin 4 4 Benin vs. Zambia Benin Zambia Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprushttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G4-EA-B-M-BEN-ZAM-01 Benin v Zambia daviscup.com 23 May 1997 2 1 Alphonse Gandonou 6 6 Kachinga Sinkala 4 1 Christophe Pognon 6 6 Lighton Ndefwai-Muchinda 4 2 Alphonse Gandonou Jean-Marie da Silva 3 5 Sidney Bwalya Lawrence Chileshe 6 7 Congo vs. Tunisia Congo Tunisia 1959 Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprushttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G4-EA-B-M-CGO-TUN-01 Congo v Tunisia daviscup.com 23 May 1997 0 3 Pagnol Madzou 1 1 Sami Sidia 6 6 Martial Banguid 0 1 Walid Jallali 6 6 Alain Bemba Chatrian Gnitou 0 1 Walid Jallali Sami Sidia 6 6 Cyprus vs. Benin Cyprus 1960 Benin Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprushttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G4-EA-B-M-CYP-BEN-01 Cyprus v Benin daviscup.com 24 May 1997 2 1 Marinos Baghdatis 6 6 Alphonse Gandonou 3 3 Demetrios Leontis 4 3 Christophe Pognon 6 6 Demetrios Leontis Neoclis Neocleous 6 7 Alphonse Gandonou Jean-Marie da Silva 3 6.059 Azerbaijan vs. Congo Azerbaijan Congo Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprushttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G4-EA-B-M-AZE-CGO-01 Azerbaijan v Congo daviscup.com 24 May 1997 2 1 Dmitri Zarubin 3 6 6 Martial Banguid 6 1 0 Igor Borisov 2 1 Alain Bemba 6 6 Igor Borisov Dmitri Zarubin 6 6 Martial Banguid Alain Bemba 2 3 Tunisia vs. Zambia Tunisia 1959 Zambia Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprushttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G4-EA-B-M-TUN-ZAM-01 Tunisia v Zambia daviscup.com 24 May 1997 2 1 Sami Sidia 6 7 Sidney Bwalya 2 5 Walid Jallali 6 6 Lighton Ndefwai-Muchinda 1 3 Selim Ben Hadjali Walid Jallali 6 4 4 Sidney Bwalya Kachinga Sinkala 4 6 6 Cyprus vs. Tunisia Cyprus 1960 Tunisia 1959 Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprushttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G4-EA-B-M-CYP-TUN-01 Cyprus v Tunisia daviscup.com 25 May 1997 1 2 Marinos Baghdatis 6 4 4 Sami Sidia 1 6 6 Demetrios Leontis 6 6 Walid Jallali 3 1 Demetrios Leontis Neoclis Neocleous 4 3 Walid Jallali Sami Sidia 6 6 Azerbaijan vs. Benin Azerbaijan Benin Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprushttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G4-EA-B-M-AZE-BEN-01 Azerbaijan v Benin daviscup.com 25 May 1997 0 3 Farid Jafarov 0 0 Alphonse Gandonou 6 6 Dmitri Zarubin 1 3 Christophe Pognon 6 6 Igor Borisov Raouf Eybazov Alphonse Gandonou Jean-Marie da Silva 2 Congo vs. Zambia Congo Zambia Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprushttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G4-EA-B-M-CGO-ZAM-01 Congo v Zambia daviscup.com 25 May 1997 0 3 Pagnol Madzou 0 0 Sidney Bwalya 6 6 Chatrian Gnitou 0 1 Lighton Ndefwai-Muchinda 6 6 Martial Banguid Chatrian Gnitou 2 4 Lawrence Chileshe Kachinga Sinkala 6 6 References External links Davis Cup official website https://web.archive.org/web/20101018182625/http://www.daviscup.com/ 2010-10-18 Category:Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Europe Africa Zone Group IV