1997 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Zone A

International tennis competition 1997 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1997. In the Europe/Africa Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. The top two teams in Group III advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 1998, whereas the bottom two teams were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 1998. Participating nations 30em ARM BIH 1992 ETH 1996 LUX MKD Macedonia SMR 1862 SEN TUR Draw Venue: Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegal Date: 22–26 January Group A   RRW–L MatchW–L SetW–L Standings MKD MKD Macedonia 3–0 7–2 (78%) 15–5 (75%) 1 TUR TUR 2–1 7–2 (78%) 14–5 (74%) 2 SMR 1862 SMR 1862 1–2 2–7 (22%) 5–14 (26%) 3 ETH 1996 ETH 1996 0–3 2–7 (22%) 5–15 (25%) 4 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–2 3–0 3–0 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–2 0–3 1–2 Group B   RRW–L MatchW–L SetW–L Standings SEN SEN 3–0 8–1 (89%) 16–3 (84%) 1 LUX LUX 2–1 6–3 (67%) 13–7 (65%) 2 BIH 1992 BIH 1992 1–2 4–5 (44%) 9–10 (47%) 3 ARM ARM 0–3 0–9 (0%) 0–18 (0%) 4 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 0–3 1–2 3–0 0–3 0–3 0–3 1st to 4th place play-offs 200 y 3rd-4th play-off Semifinals Final B1 SEN 2 A2 TUR 1 A1 MKD Macedonia 1 B2 LUX 2 B1 SEN 1 B2 LUX 2 A2 TUR 2 A1 MKD Macedonia 1 5th to 8th place play-offs 200 y 7th-8th play-off 5th-8th play-offs 5th-6th play-off A3 SMR 1862 3 B4 ARM 0 B3 BIH 1992 3 A4 ETH 1996 0 A3 SMR 1862 0 B3 BIH 1992 3 B4 ARM 2 A4 ETH 1996 1 Final standings Rank Team1LUX2SEN3TUR4MKD Macedonia5BIH 19926SMR 18627ARM8ETH 1996 LUX and SEN promoted to Group II in 1998. ARM and ETH 1996 relegated to Group IV in 1998. Round robin Group A Ethiopia vs. Turkey Ethiopia 1996 Turkey Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegalhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G3-EA-A-A-M-ETH-TUR-01 Ethiopia v Turkey daviscup.com 22 January 1997 0 3 Habtamu Gebrekidan 0 7 3 Barış Ergün 6 6.049 6 Yohannes Setegnwandimu 2 3 Erhan Oral 6 6 Yohannes Setegnwandimu Samuel Woldegebriel 0 3 Mustafa Azkara Alaaddin Karagöz 6 6 Macedonia vs. San Marino North Macedonia Macedonia San Marino 1862 Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegalhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G3-EA-A-A-M-MKD-SMR-01 Macedonia v San Marino daviscup.com 22 January 1997 3 0 Dragan Jovanovski 6 2 6 Christian Rosti 1 6 3 Zoran Ševčenko 6 6 Domenico Vicini 1 3 Lazar Magdinčev Zoran Ševčenko 6 7 Gabriel Francini Domenico Vicini 1 6.049 Ethiopia vs. Macedonia Ethiopia 1996 North Macedonia Macedonia Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegalhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G3-EA-A-A-M-ETH-MKD-01 Ethiopia v Macedonia daviscup.com 23 January 1997 1 2 Samuel Woldegebriel 2 6 6 Dragan Jovanovski 6 4 0 Yohannes Setegnwandimu 0 0 Zoran Ševčenko 6 6 Samuel Woldegebriel Habtamu Gebrekidan 2 1 Lazar Magdinčev Zoran Ševčenko 6 6 San Marino vs. Turkey San Marino 1862 Turkey Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegalhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G3-EA-A-A-M-SMR-TUR-01 San Marino v Turkey daviscup.com 23 January 1997 0 3 Christian Rosti 4 2 Barış Ergün 6 6 Domenico Vicini 1 4 Erhan Oral 6 6 Gabriel Francini Domenico Vicini 3 3 Mustafa Azkara Alaaddin Karagöz 6 6 Ethiopia vs. San Marino Ethiopia 1996 San Marino 1862 Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegalhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G3-EA-A-A-M-ETH-SMR-01 Ethiopia v San Marino daviscup.com 24 January 1997 1 2 Habtamu Gebrekidan 4 1 Christian Rosti 6 6 Samuel Woldegebriel 2 4 Domenico Vicini 6 6 Habtamu Gebrekidan Yohannes Setegnwandimu 6 7 Gabriel Francini Massimiliano Rosti 3 6.039 Macedonia vs. Turkey North Macedonia Macedonia Turkey Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegalhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G3-EA-A-A-M-MKD-TUR-01 Macedonia v Turkey daviscup.com 24 January 1997 2 1 Lazar Magdinčev 4 4 Alaaddin Karagöz 6 6 Zoran Ševčenko 6 6 Barış Ergün 4 0 Lazar Magdinčev Zoran Ševčenko 7 6 Mustafa Azkara Erhan Oral 5 2 Group B Senegal vs. Armenia Senegal Armenia Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegalhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G3-EA-A-B-M-SEN-ARM-01 Senegal v Armenia daviscup.com 22 January 1997 3 0 Jean-Noël Said 6 6 Artek Aroutiounyan 3 4 Yahiya Doumbia 6 6 Davit Babayan 0 0 Yahiya Doumbia Thierno Ly 6 6 Artek Aroutiounyan Hayk Hakobyan 2 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Luxembourg Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992 Luxembourg Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegalhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G3-EA-A-B-M-BIH-LUX-01 Bosnia and Herzegovina v Luxembourg daviscup.com 22 January 1997 1 2 Eldar Mustafić 3 3 Johny Goudenbour 6 6 Meride Zahirović 7 6 Sacha Thoma 6.109 1 Eldar Mustafić Meride Zahirović 6 3 4 Johny Goudenbour Pascal Schaul 4 6 6 Senegal vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina Senegal Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992 Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegalhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G3-EA-A-B-M-SEN-BIH-01 Senegal v Bosnia and Herzegovina daviscup.com 23 January 1997 3 0 Jean-Noël Said 7 6 Haris Bašalić 6.039 3 Yahiya Doumbia 6 6 Meride Zahirović 1 2 Yahiya Doumbia Thierno Ly 6 6 Haris Bašalić Eldar Mustafić 3 4 Armenia vs. Luxembourg Armenia Luxembourg Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegalhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G3-EA-A-B-M-ARM-LUX-01 Armenia v Luxembourg daviscup.com 23 January 1997 0 3 Artek Aroutiounyan 0 0 Adrian Graimprey 6 6 Davit Babayan 1 1 Sacha Thoma 6 6 Artek Aroutiounyan Anri Makichyan 2 3 Johny Goudenbour Pascal Schaul 6 6 Senegal vs. Luxembourg Senegal Luxembourg Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegalhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G3-EA-A-B-M-SEN-LUX-01 Senegal v Luxembourg daviscup.com 24 January 1997 2 1 Jean-Noël Said 4 4 Pascal Schaul 6 6 Yahiya Doumbia 5 6 6 Adrian Graimprey 7 4 2 Yahiya Doumbia Thierno Ly 7 6 Johny Goudenbour Sacha Thoma 6.069 2 Armenia vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina Armenia Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992 Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegalhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G3-EA-A-B-M-ARM-BIH-01 Armenia v Bosnia and Herzegovina daviscup.com 24 January 1997 0 3 Artek Aroutiounyan 3 3 Eldar Mustafić 6 6 Davit Babayan 2 1 Meride Zahirović 6 6 Hayk Hakobyan Anri Makichyan 4 2 Eldar Mustafić Meride Zahirović 6 6 1st to 4th place play-offs Semifinals Senegal vs. Turkey Senegal Turkey Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegalhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G3-EA-A-M-SEN-TUR-01 Senegal v Turkey daviscup.com 25 January 1997 2 1 Jean-Noël Said 6 3 3 Barış Ergün 4 6 6 Yahiya Doumbia 6 6 Erhan Oral 2 3 Yahiya Doumbia Thierno Ly 6 6 Barış Ergün Alaaddin Karagöz 4 4 Macedonia vs. Luxembourg North Macedonia Macedonia Luxembourg Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegalhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G3-EA-A-M-MKD-LUX-01 Macedonia v Luxembourg daviscup.com 25 January 1997 1 2 Lazar Magdinčev 2 3 Johny Goudenbour 6 6 Zoran Ševčenko 6 6 Sacha Thoma 1 4 Lazar Magdinčev Zoran Ševčenko 6.029 7 2 Johny Goudenbour Adrian Graimprey 7 6.029 6 Final Senegal vs. Luxembourg Senegal Luxembourg Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegalhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G3-EA-A-M-SEN-LUX-01 Senegal v Luxembourg daviscup.com 26 January 1997 1 2 Jean-Noël Said 2 4 Pascal Schaul 6 6 Yahiya Doumbia 6 6 Sacha Thoma 2 2 Yahiya Doumbia Thierno Ly 6.039 6.049 Johny Goudenbour Adrian Graimprey 7 7 3rd to 4th play-off Turkey vs. Macedonia Turkey North Macedonia Macedonia Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegalhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G3-EA-A-PP3-4-TUR-MKD-01 Turkey v Macedonia daviscup.com 26 January 1997 2 1 Mustafa Azkara 6 6 Goran Popov 4 1 Barış Ergün 7 2 6 Zoran Ševčenko 6.039 6 8 Mustafa Azkara Erhan Oral 6 6 Lazar Magdinčev Zoran Ševčenko 4 2 5th to 8th place play-offs 5th to 8th play-offs San Marino vs. Armenia San Marino 1862 Armenia Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegalhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G3-EA-A-PP5-8-SMR-ARM-01 San Marino v Armenia daviscup.com 25 January 1997 3 0 Christian Rosti 6 6 Anri Makichyan 1 2 Domenico Vicini 5 7 6 Artek Aroutiounyan 7 5 3 Gabriel Francini Christian Rosti 6 6 Hayk Hakobyan Anri Makichyan 4 2 Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Ethiopia Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992 Ethiopia 1996 Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegalhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G3-EA-A-PP5-8-BIH-ETH-01 Bosnia and Herzegovina v Ethiopia daviscup.com 25 January 1997 3 0 Eldar Mustafić 6 6 Samuel Woldegebriel 1 2 Meride Zahirović 2 6 6 Yohannes Setegnwandimu 6 3 1 Haris Bašalić Eldar Mustafić 6 6 Habtamu Gebrekidan Yohannes Setegnwandimu 0 0 5th to 6th play-off San Marino vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina San Marino 1862 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992 Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegalhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G3-EA-A-PP5-8-SMR-BIH-01 San Marino v Bosnia and Herzegovina daviscup.com 26 January 1997 0 3 Christian Rosti 5 5 Eldar Mustafić 7 7 Domenico Vicini 6.029 6.049 Meride Zahirović 7 7 Gabriel Francini Domenico Vicini 2 0 Haris Bašalić Eldar Mustafić 6 6 7th to 8th play-off Armenia vs. Ethiopia Armenia Ethiopia 1996 Dakar Olympic Club, Dakar, Senegalhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1997-G3-EA-A-PP7-8-ARM-ETH-01 Armenia v Ethiopia daviscup.com 26 January 1997 2 1 Artek Aroutiounyan 6 6 Samuel Woldegebriel 2 1 Davit Babayan 4 3 Yohannes Setegnwandimu 6 6 Artek Aroutiounyan Anri Makichyan 6 6 Samuel Woldegebriel Yohannes Setegnwandimu 4 2 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 III