1996 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II

International tennis competition 1996 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone 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 II advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group II, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 1997.https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/historic-format/group-ii/europe-africa.aspx#/1996 1996 Europe/Africa Group II DavisCup.com 11 June 2020 Participating nations 30em ALG BLR 1995 EGY GHA GBR CIV LAT LUX MKD Macedonia MLT NGR POL POR SLO SVK FRY Yugoslavia Draw y 175 3 6 Relegation Play-offs First Round Second Round Third Round 12–14 July 1–5 May 12–14 July 20–22 September Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (ind. carpet) SLO 1 GBR 4 Accra, Ghana (hard) GHA 5 MLT 0 Cairo, Egypt (clay) EGY 5 MKD Macedonia 0 Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor hard) CIV 3 LAT 2 Warsaw, Poland (clay) POL 4 NGR 1 Esch-sur-Alzette, Lux. (indoor carpet) BLR 1995 4 LUX 1 Budva, Yugoslavia (clay) FRY Yugoslavia 1 SVK 4 Algiers, Algeria (clay) ALG 0 POR 5 Novo Mesto, Slovenia (clay) SLO 5 MLT 0 Skopje, Macedonia (clay) MKD Macedonia 2 LAT 3 NGR LUX Novi Sad, Yugoslavia (carpet) FRY Yugoslavia 5 ALG 0 Accra, Ghana (hard) GBR 5 GHA 0 Cairo, Egypt (clay) EGY 3 CIV 2 Poznań, Poland (clay) POL 4 BLR 1995 1 Trnava, Slovakia (indoor carpet) SVK 5 POR 0 Wimbledon, United Kingdom (grass) GBR 5 EGY 0 Trnava, Slovakia (indoor carpet) POL 1 SVK 4 MLT, MKD Macedonia, NGR, and ALG relegated to Group III in 1997. GBR and SVK promoted to Group I in 1997. First round Great Britain vs. Slovenia Great Britain Slovenia Castle Farm, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdomhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1996-G2-EA-M-SLO-GBR-01 Great Britain v Slovenia daviscup.com 3–5 May 1996 Carpet (indoors) 4 1 Greg Rusedski 6 6 6.00 6 Borut Urh 1 4 7 3 Mark Petchey 4 4 6 2 Iztok Božič 6 6 4 6 Neil Broad Greg Rusedski 7 6 6 Gregor Krušič Borut Urh 6.059 2 3 Greg Rusedski 6 6 6 Iztok Božič 1 2 2 Nick Gould 6 2 6 Borut Urh 4 6 4 Ghana vs. Malta Ghana Malta Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghanahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1996-G2-EA-M-GHA-MLT-01 Ghana v Malta daviscup.com 3–5 May 1996 Hard 5 0 Franklyn Ofori 6 6 7 Daryl Delicata 0 4 6.019 Isaac Donkor 6 6 6.049 6 Mark Schembri 4 3 7 1 Isaac Donkor Franklyn Ofori 6 7 6 Daryl Delicata Mark Schembri 1 6.049 5 Franklyn Ofori 6 6 Mark Schembri 4 4 Isaac Tetteh-Quaye 6 4 7 Daryl Delicata 4 6 6.009 Egypt vs. Macedonia Egypt North Macedonia Macedonia Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypthttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1996-G2-EA-M-EGY-MKD-01 Egypt v Macedonia daviscup.com 3–5 May 1996 Clay 5 0 Amr Ghoneim 6 6 6 Ognen Nikolovski 0 2 3 Tamer El-Sawy 6 6 6 Lazar Magdinčev 2 3 0 Tamer El-Sawy Hisham Hemeda 6 6 6 Dragan Jovanovski Ognen Nikolovski 1 4 2 Hisham Hemeda 4 6 6 Ognen Nikolovski 6 1 0 Amr Ghoneim 6 6 Lazar Magdinčev 2 1 Latvia vs. Ivory Coast Latvia Ivory Coast National Tennis Centre Lielupe, Jūrmala, Latviahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1996-G2-EA-M-CIV-LAT-01 Latvia v Ivory Coast daviscup.com 3–5 May 1996 Hard (indoors) 2 3 Armand Strombach 3 1 3 Claude N'Goran 6 6 6 Ģirts Dzelde 7 6 6 Clément N'Goran 5 4 1 Andris Fiļimonovs Ģirts Dzelde 6.049 5 3 Claude N'Goran Clément N'Goran 7 7 6 Ģirts Dzelde 7 3 1 2 Claude N'Goran 6.009 6 6 6 Andris Fiļimonovs 7 6 Clément N'Goran 6.009 3 Poland vs. Nigeria Poland Nigeria KS Warszawianka, Warsaw, Polandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1996-G2-EA-M-POL-NGR-01 Poland v Nigeria daviscup.com 3–5 May 1996 Clay 4 1 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski 6 6 6 Ganiyu Adenekan 1 1 3 Adam Skrzypczak 3 4 3 Sule Ladipo 6 6 6 Michał Chmela Bartłomiej Dąbrowski 6 7 6 Sule Ladipo Godwin Omuta 4 6.009 2 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski 6 2 7 6 Sule Ladipo 1 6 6.049 1 Adam Skrzypczak 6 6 Ganiyu Adenekan 0 4 Luxembourg vs. Belarus Luxembourg Belarus 1995 Centre National de Tennis, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourghttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1996-G2-EA-M-BLR-LUX-01 Luxembourg v Belarus daviscup.com 3–5 May 1996 Carpet (indoors) 1 4 Pascal Schaul 2 6.009 1 Alexander Shvets 6 7 6 Sacha Thoma 1 7 7 7 Vladimir Voltchkov 6 5 6.069 6.039 Johny Goudenbour Alberto Paris 6.049 2 7 6.019 Max Mirnyi Vladimir Voltchkov 7 6 6.009 7 Sacha Thoma 5 2 6 6 3 Alexander Shvets 7 6 3 2 6 Pascal Schaul 3 2 Vladimir Voltchkov 6 6 Yugoslavia vs. Slovakia FR Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Slovakia Centar Budvanska Rivijera, Budva, Yugoslaviahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1996-G2-EA-M-YUG-SVK-01 Yugoslavia v Slovakia daviscup.com 3–5 May 1996 Clay 1 4 Nebojša Đorđević 1 3 5 Karol Kučera 6 6 7 Bojan Vujić 6 0 2 3 Ján Krošlák 4 6 6 6 Dušan Vemić Nenad Zimonjić 7 6 2 2 6 Ján Krošlák Karol Kučera 5 4 6 6 3 Bojan Vujić 5 1 4 Karol Kučera 7 6 6 Nebojša Đorđević 2 6 4 Ján Krošlák 6 2 6 Algeria vs. Portugal Algeria Portugal Olympic Complex, Algiers, Algeriahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1996-G2-EA-M-ALG-POR-01 Algeria v Portugal daviscup.com 1–3 May 1996 Clay 0 5 Ouassel Hared 3 0 1 Emanuel Couto 6 6 6 Abdelhak Hameurlaine 2 1 1 Bernardo Mota 6 6 6 Noujeim Hakimi Abdelhak Hameurlaine 3 1 0 Emanuel Couto Bernardo Mota 6 6 6 Mohammed Mahmoudi 4 4 Bruno Fragoso 6 6 Ouassel Hared 1 0 Bernardo Mota 6 6 Second round Ghana vs. Great Britain Ghana Great Britain Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghanahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1996-G2-EA-M-GBR-GHA-01 Ghana v Great Britain daviscup.com 12–14 July 1996 Hard 0 5 Isaac Donkor 2 0 2 Tim Henman 6 6 6 Franklyn Ofori 1 6 4 2 Luke Milligan 6 3 6 6 Isaac Donkor Franklyn Ofori 1 4 1 Neil Broad Mark Petchey 6 6 6 Daniel Omaboe 3 6 0 Tim Henman 6 4 6 Isaac Donkor 4 3 Luke Milligan 6 6 Egypt vs. Ivory Coast Egypt Ivory Coast Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypthttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1996-G2-EA-M-EGY-CIV-01 Egypt v Ivory Coast daviscup.com 12–14 July 1996 Clay 3 2 Tamer El-Sawy 6 7 6 Clément N'Goran 2 5 2 Amr Ghoneim 3 6 6 4 6 Claude N'Goran 6 3 1 6 3 Tamer El-Sawy Hisham Hemeda 1 1 3 Claude N'Goran Clément N'Goran 6 6 6 Tamer El-Sawy 6 6 6 Claude N'Goran 4 2 1 Amr Ghoneim 3 4 Clément N'Goran 6 6 Poland vs. Belarus Poland Belarus 1995 Olimpia Poznań, Poznań, Polandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1996-G2-EA-M-POL-BLR-01 Poland v Belarus daviscup.com 12–14 July 1996 Clay 4 1 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski 7 6 6 Alexander Shvets 5 2 4 Adam Skrzypczak 6 6 6 Max Mirnyi 3 2 3 Michał Chmela Bartłomiej Dąbrowski 4 6 3 2 Max Mirnyi Vladimir Voltchkov 6 4 6 6 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski 6 7 6 Max Mirnyi 4 5 1 Adam Skrzypczak 7 6 Vladimir Voltchkov 6.009 3 Slovakia vs. Portugal Slovakia Portugal Městská hala, Trnava, Slovakiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1996-G2-EA-M-SVK-POR-01 Slovakia v Portugal daviscup.com 12–14 July 1996 Carpet (indoors) 5 0 Ján Krošlák 6 6 6 Emanuel Couto 0 4 1 Karol Kučera 7 2 6 6 Nuno Marques 6.019 6 4 4 Ján Krošlák Karol Kučera 6 6 6 Emanuel Couto Bernardo Mota 3 2 2 Ján Krošlák 6 6 Nuno Marques 2 3 Karol Kučera 6 6 Emanuel Couto 4 1 Relegation play-offs Slovenia vs. Malta Slovenia Malta Teniški klub Krka, Novo Mesto, Sloveniahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1996-G2-EA-REL-SLO-MLT-01 Slovenia v Malta daviscup.com 12–14 July 1996 Clay 5 0 Borut Urh 6 6 6 Mark Schembri 0 0 1 Iztok Božič 6 6 6 Maurizio Cappello 0 1 1 Andrej Kraševec Gregor Krušič 6 6 6 Maurizio Cappello Mark Schembri 1 3 2 Iztok Božič 6 6 Mark Schembri 1 1 Borut Urh 6 6 Maurizio Cappello 2 1 Macedonia vs. Latvia North Macedonia Macedonia Latvia Tennis Club Jug, Skopje, Macedoniahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1996-G2-EA-REL-MKD-LAT-01 Macedonia v Latvia daviscup.com 12–14 July 1996 Clay 2 3 Ognen Nikolovski 2 3 1 Andris Fiļimonovs 6 6 6 Zoran Ševčenko 6 6 1 6 Ģirts Dzelde 3 2 6 1 Goran Popov Zoran Ševčenko 4 4 4 Andris Fiļimonovs Ģirts Dzelde 6 6 6 Goran Popov 2 3 2 Ģirts Dzelde 6 6 6 Zoran Ševčenko 7 7 Andris Fiļimonovs 5 5 Yugoslavia vs. Algeria FR Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Algeria SD Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Yugoslaviahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1996-G2-EA-REL-YUG-ALG-01 Yugoslavia v Algeria daviscup.com 12–14 July 1996 Carpet 5 0 Srđan Muškatirović 6 6 6 Abdelhak Hameurlaine 1 2 1 Nenad Zimonjić 7 7 6 Noujeim Hakimi 6.049 6.049 2 Dušan Vemić Nenad Zimonjić 7 6 7 Noujeim Hakimi Abdelhak Hameurlaine 5 4 6.049 Nenad Zimonjić 3 6 6 Abdelhak Hameurlaine 6 3 4 Dušan Vemić 6 6 Sofiane Rais-Ali 2 1 Third round Great Britain vs. Egypt Great Britain Egypt All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon, United Kingdomhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1996-G2-EA-M-GBR-EGY-01 Great Britain v Egypt daviscup.com 20–22 September 1996 Grass 5 0 Greg Rusedski 6 6 7 Tamer El-Sawy 2 4 5 Tim Henman 6 6 7 Amr Ghoneim 0 4 5 Neil Broad Mark Petchey 3 6 6 6 Tamer El-Sawy Amr Ghoneim 6 4 3 4 Tim Henman 6.039 6 6 Tamer El-Sawy 7 2 2 Greg Rusedski 6 6 Amr Ghoneim 4 2 Slovakia vs. Poland Slovakia Poland Zimný štadión, Trnava, Slovakiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1996-G2-EA-M-POL-SVK-01 Slovakia v Poland daviscup.com 20–22 September 1996 Carpet (indoors) 4 1 Ján Krošlák 7 6 6 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski 6.069 3 3 Karol Kučera 6 6 6 Adam Skrzypczak 1 1 1 Ján Krošlák Karol Kučera 6 6 6.049 6 Michał Chmela Michał Gawłowski 1 4 7 0 Karol Kučera 6.019 6 6 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski 7 3 4 Dominik Hrbatý 7 3 5 Michał Gawłowski 6.009 6 7 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 II