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1989 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone
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International tennis competition
1989 Davis Cup
The Europe/Africa Zone is one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1989.
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
1989 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I
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 1990.
Participating nations
30em
FIN
GBR
HUN
IRL
NED
NGR
POR
ROU 1965
SEN
SUI
ZIM
Draw
2 y 3–5 February 5–7 May First Round Second Round SUI bye bye ROU 1965 Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard) ZIM 1 HUN 4 bye NGR GBR bye Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard) IRL 0 FIN 5 Porto, Portugal (indoor clay) SEN 0 POR 5 bye NED Liestal, Switzerland (clay) SUI 4 ROU 1965 1 Budapest, Hungary (clay) HUN 4 NGR 1 Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) GBR 4 FIN 1 Best, Netherlands (indoor carpet) POR 1 NED 4
SUI, HUN, GBR and NED advance to World Group qualifying round.
5–7 May Relegation Play-off Limerick, Ireland (carpet) IRL 4 SEN 1
ZIM and SEN relegated to Group II in 1990.
Group II Europe
1989 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group II
The winner in the Europe Zone Group II advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I in 1990.
Participating nations
30em
BEL
BUL 1971
CYP 1960
GRE
LUX
MLT
MON
NOR
POL
TUR
Draw
y 7–9 April 5–14 May 15–18 June 21–23 July Second Round Third Round Fourth Round BEL bye bye TUR NOR bye Luxembourg City, Luxembourg (indoor hard) LUX 5 MLT 0 POL bye bye GRE Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay) CYP 1960 0 MON 5 bye BUL 1971 Liège, Belgium (clay) BEL 5 TUR 0 Luxembourg City, Luxembourg (indoor hard) NOR 2 LUX 3 Warsaw, Poland (clay) POL 2 GRE 3 Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay) MON 3 BUL 1971 1 Luxembourg City, Luxembourg (indoor hard) BEL 5 LUX 0 Athens, Greece (clay) GRE 3 MON 2 Athens, Greece (clay) BEL 5 GRE 0
BEL promoted to Group I in 1990.
Group II Africa
1989 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group II
The winner in the Africa Zone Group II advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I in 1990.
Participating nations
30em
ALG
CMR
EGY
GHA
CIV
KEN
LBA 1977
MAR
TUN 1959
Draw
y 3–5 February 4–10 April 16–18 June 21–23 July Second Round Third Round Fourth Round EGY bye bye GHA CMR bye bye LBA 1977 Tunis, Tunisia (hard) ALG 5 TUN 1959 0 bye MAR KEN bye bye CIV Accra, Ghana (hard) EGY 1 GHA 4 Tripoli, Libya (hard) CMR 5 LBA 1977 0 Algiers, Algeria (clay) ALG 1 MAR 3 Nairobi, Kenya (clay) KEN 3 CIV 2 Accra, Ghana (hard) GHA 4 CMR 1 Nairobi, Kenya (clay) MAR 5 KEN 0 Accra, Ghana (hard) GHA 4 MAR 1
GHA promoted to Group I in 1990.
External links
Davis Cup official website https://web.archive.org/web/20101018182625/http://www.daviscup.com/ 2010-10-18
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