2006 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

International tennis competition 2006 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone The European and African Zone was one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2006. In the European and African Zone there were four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group. Participating teams BEL CZE GBR ISR ITA LUX MAR POR SCG UKR Draw y 175 2 5 Second Round Play-offs First Round Play-offs First round Second round 22–24 September 21–23 July 10–12 February 7–9 April 1 CZE bye MAR bye 3 ITA bye Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard) POR 1 LUX 4 Ramat Hasharon, Israel (hard) ISR 1 SCG 4 bye 4 GBR bye UKR bye 2 BEL Oujda, Morocco (clay) 1 CZE 5 MAR 0 Torre del Greco, Italy (clay) 3 ITA 5 LUX 0 Glasgow, UK (indoor carpet) SCG 3 4 GBR 2 Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet) UKR 1 2 BEL 4 MAR bye bye POR Eastbourne, UK (grass) ISR 3 4 GBR 2 UKR bye Marrakesh, Morocco (clay) MAR 2 POR 3 Odesa, Ukraine (clay) 4 GBR 3 UKR 2 Morocco and Ukraine relegated to Group II in 2007. Czech Republic, Italy, Serbia and Montenegro, and Belgium advance to World Group Play-off. First Round Matches Luxembourg vs. Portugal Luxembourg Portugal National Tennis Centre, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourghttp://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100007739 Luxembourg v Portugal daviscup.com 10–12 February 2006 Hard (indoor) 4 1 Laurent Bram 5 4 2 Rui Machado 7 6 6 Gilles Müller 6 6 6 Frederico Gil 2 1 4 Gilles Müller Mike Scheidweiler 4 6 7 6 Frederico Gil Leonardo Tavares 6 3 5 1 Gilles Müller 7 7 6 Rui Machado 6.025 6.015 1 Gilles Kremer 6.075 6 6 Gonçalo Nicau 7 4 4 Israel vs. Serbia and Montenegro Israel Serbia and Montenegro Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israelhttp://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100007740 Israel v Serbia and Montenegro daviscup.com 10–12 February 2006 Hard 1 4 Dudi Sela 6.025 6 0 4 Janko Tipsarević 7 2 6 6 Noam Okun 6.015 6.055 2 Novak Djokovic 7 7 6 Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram 6 6 6 Ilija Bozoljac Janko Tipsarević 3 2 4 Dudi Sela 1 2 6.025 Novak Djokovic 6 6 7 Noam Okun 6.095 4 Janko Tipsarević 7 6 Second Round Matches Morocco vs. Czech Republic Morocco Czech Republic Oujda, Moroccohttp://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100007744 Morocco v Czech Republic daviscup.com 7–9 April 2006 Clay 0 5 Mounir El Aarej 6 1 5 4 Tomáš Zíb 2 6 7 6 Mehdi Tahiri 3 1 2 Tomáš Berdych 6 6 6 Talal Ouahabi Mehdi Ziadi 3 2 3 Tomáš Berdych Lukáš Dlouhý 6 6 6 Mehdi Ziadi 2 1 Lukáš Dlouhý 6 6 Mehdi Tahiri 4 5 Tomáš Zíb 6 7 Italy vs. Luxembourg Italy Luxembourg Sporting Club Oplonti, Torre del Greco, Italyhttp://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100007745 Italy v Luxembourg daviscup.com 7–9 April 2006 Clay 5 0 Filippo Volandri 6 6 6 Gilles Kremer 2 1 2 Andreas Seppi 6 6 6 Laurent Bram 2 1 3 Daniele Bracciali Giorgio Galimberti 6 6 6 Laurent Bram Gilles Kremer 3 2 4 Filippo Volandri 6 6 Laurent Bram 3 1 Giorgio Galimberti 6 6 Gilles Kremer 1 3 Great Britain vs. Serbia and Montenegro Great Britain Serbia and Montenegro Braehead Arena, Glasgow, Great Britainhttp://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100007746 Great Britain v Serbia and Montenegro daviscup.com 7–9 April 2006 Carpet (indoor) 2 3 Greg Rusedski 6 6.015 7 7 Janko Tipsarević 3 7 5 5 Arvind Parmar 3 2 5 Novak Djokovic 6 6 7 Andy Murray Greg Rusedski 3 6 3 4 Ilija Bozoljac Nenad Zimonjić 6 3 6 6 Greg Rusedski 3 6 3 6.055 Novak Djokovic 6 4 6 7 Arvind Parmar 7 6 Ilija Bozoljac 5 4 Ukraine vs. Belgium Ukraine Belgium International Tennis Club, Kyiv, Ukrainehttp://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100007747 Ukraine v Belgium daviscup.com 7–9 April 2006 Carpet (indoor) 1 4 Orest Tereshchuk 3 1 2 Olivier Rochus 6 6 6 Sergiy Stakhovsky 3 3 6.045 Kristof Vliegen 6 6 7 Sergei Bubka Sergiy Stakhovsky 6.025 3 2 Olivier Rochus Kristof Vliegen 7 6 6 Sergiy Stakhovsky 3 6.015 Gilles Elseneer 6 7 Sergei Bubka 7 3 7 Stefan Wauters 6.045 6 6.075 First Round Play-offs Matches Israel vs. Great Britain Israel Great Britain International Lawn Tennis Centre, Eastbourne, Great Britain 21–23 July 2006 grass (outdoor) 3 2 Noam Okun 6 7 6 Alex Bogdanović 4 5 2 Andy Ram 6 6 5 2 3 Andy Murray 2 4 7 6 6 Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram 3 6 5 6 6 Jamie Delgado Andy Murray 6 3 7 3 4 Noam Okun 6 6 6.049 2 6 Jamie Delgado 3 4 7 6 3 Dekel Valtzer 2 1 Alan Mackin 6 6 Second Round Play-offs Matches Morocco vs. Portugal Morocco Portugal Royale Tennis Club de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Moroccohttp://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100007752 Morocco v Portugal daviscup.com 22–24 September 2006 Clay 2 3 Rabie Chaki 4 6 1 6 12 Gonçalo Nicau 6 3 6 3 10 Mehdi Tahiri 2 4 2 Frederico Gil 6 6 6 Mounir El Aarej Mehdi Ziadi 1 3 1 Frederico Gil Gonçalo Nicau 6 6 6 Rabie Chaki 6 5 1 6.045 Frederico Gil 1 7 6 7 Mehdi Tahiri 7 4 6 Pedro Sousa 6.015 6 2 Great Britain vs. Ukraine Great Britain Ukraine Lawn Tennis Club, Odesa, Ukraine 22–24 September 2006 Clay 3 2 Greg Rusedski 1 6 5 6 9 Sergiy Stakhovsky 6 3 7 4 7 Andy Murray 6 6 6 Oleksandr Dolgopolov 3 4 2 Jamie Delgado Andy Murray 3 3 3 Sergiy Stakhovsky Orest Tereshchuck 6 6 6 Andy Murray 6 6 7 Sergiy Stakhovsky 3 2 5 Jamie Baker 3 6.059 Sergei Bubka 6 7 References Main Draw Category:2006 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Category:Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone