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1988 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone
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International tennis competition
1988 Davis Cup
The Europe/Africa Zone is one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1988.
In the Europe/Africa Zone there are two different tiers, called groups, in which teams compete against each other to advance to the upper tier.
Group I
1988 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I
Winners in Group I were promoted to the following year's World Group. 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 1989.
Participating nations
30em
AUT
BEL
BUL 1971
FIN
GBR
HUN
NED
NGR
POR
ROU 1965
SEN
URS
Draw
1988 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I
Draw
Group II Europe
1988 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group II
The winner in the Europe Zone Group II advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I in 1989.
Participating nations
30em
CYP 1960
GRE
IRL
LUX
MLT
MON
NOR
POL
TUR
Draw
8–10 April 6–8 May 10–12 June 22–24 July Second Round Third Round Fourth Round POL bye bye LUX GRE bye bye TUR Stavanger, Norway (indoor hard) MLT 0 NOR 5 bye MON CYP 1960 bye bye IRL Warsaw, Poland (clay) POL 5 LUX 0 Athens, Greece (clay) GRE 4 TUR 1 Bergen, Norway (indoor carpet) NOR 4 MON 1 Cork, Ireland (indoor carpet) CYP 1960 0 IRL 5 Athens, Greece (clay) POL 1 GRE 3 Belfast, Northern Ireland (grass) NOR 2 IRL 3 Dublin, Ireland (grass) GRE 0 IRL 5
IRL are promoted to Group I in 1989.
Group II Africa
1988 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group II
The winner in the Africa Zone Group II advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I in 1989.
Participating nations
30em
ALG
CMR
EGY
GHA
CIV
KEN
MAR
TUN 1959
ZIM
Draw
5–7 February 8–10 April 6–8 May 22–24 July Second Round Third Round Fourth Round ZIM bye bye CMR ALG bye bye CIV TUN 1959 bye bye MAR Accra, Ghana (indoor carpet) GHA 1 KEN 4 bye EGY Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard) ZIM 5 CMR 0 Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard) ALG 2 CIV 3 Tunis, Tunisia (hard) TUN 0 MAR 5 Cairo, Egypt (clay) KEN 0 EGY 5 Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard) ZIM 3 CIV 2 Casablanca, Morocco (clay) MAR 2 EGY 3 Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard) ZIM 5 EGY 0
ZIM are promoted to Group I in 1989.
External links
Davis Cup official website https://web.archive.org/web/20101018182625/http://www.daviscup.com/ 2010-10-18
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