1996 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

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 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 II in 1997.https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/historic-format/group-i/europe-africa.aspx#/1996 1996 Europe/Africa Group I DavisCup.com 11 June 2020 Participating nations 30em CRO FIN ISR MAR NOR ROU ESP UKR ZIM Draw y 175 2 5 Second Round Play-offs First Round Play-offs First Round Second Round 20–22 September 9–12 February 5–7 April MAR bye bye ZIM ROU bye bye FIN UKR bye bye CRO Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) NOR 2 ISR 3 bye ESP bye ZIM bye FIN UKR bye NOR bye Casablanca, Morocco (clay) MAR 4 ZIM 1 Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) ROU 3 FIN 2 Dubrovnik, Croatia (indoor carpet) UKR 0 CRO 5 Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) ISR 1 ESP 4 Harare, Zimbabwe (hard) ZIM 4 FIN 1 Kyiv, Ukraine (clay) UKR 4 NOR 1 FIN and NOR relegated to Group II in 1997. MAR, ROU, CRO, and ESP advance to World Group qualifying round. First round Israel vs. Norway Israel Norway Canada Centre, Ramat HaSharon, Israelhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1996-G1-EA-M-NOR-ISR-01 Israel v Norway daviscup.com 9–12 February 1996 Hard 3 2 Noam Behr 6.049 2 2 Christian Ruud 7 6 6 Eyal Ran 6 6 6 Helge Koll-Frafjord 1 2 4 Eyal Erlich Eyal Ran 3 6.049 7 6 6 Helge Koll-Frafjord Christian Ruud 6 7 5 3 4 Eyal Ran 5 7 7 3 1 Christian Ruud 7 6.049 6.039 6 6 Eyal Erlich 6 1 6 7 Helge Koll-Frafjord 4 6 4 6.039 Second round Morocco vs. Zimbabwe Morocco Zimbabwe Complexe Al Amal, Casablanca, Moroccohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1996-G1-EA-M-MAR-ZIM-01 Morocco v Zimbabwe daviscup.com 5–7 April 1996 Clay 4 1 Karim Alami 5 6 5 6 2 Wayne Black 7 3 7 1 6 Hicham Arazi 6 6 6 Byron Black 3 2 1 Karim Alami Hicham Arazi 6 3 7 6.039 6 Byron Black Wayne Black 1 6 6.049 7 3 Karim Alami 6 6 6 Malcolm Birch 3 0 1 Hicham Arazi 6 7 Wayne Black 3 6.049 Finland vs. Romania Finland Romania Talin Tenniskeskus, Helsinki, Finlandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1996-G1-EA-M-ROU-FIN-01 Finland v Romania daviscup.com 5–7 April 1996 Carpet (indoors) 2 3 Tuomas Ketola 4 2 4 Andrei Pavel 6 6 6 Kim Tiilikainen 1 2 4 Adrian Voinea 6 6 6 Tuomas Ketola Ville Liukko 2 4 6.029 George Cosac Dinu Pescariu 6 6 7 Tuomas Ketola 6 7 George Cosac 3 6.009 Ville Liukko 6 6 Andrei Pavel 3 3 Croatia vs. Ukraine Croatia Ukraine Športska dvorana, Dubrovnik, Croatiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1996-G1-EA-M-UKR-CRO-01 Croatia v Ukraine daviscup.com 5–7 April 1996 Carpet (indoors) 5 0 Goran Ivanišević 6 7 6.039 6 Andrei Rybalko 0 6.049 7 3 Saša Hiršzon 6 6 6 Dimitri Poliakov 2 0 3 Saša Hiršzon Goran Ivanišević 7 6 6 Dimitri Poliakov Andrei Rybalko 6.019 3 2 Igor Šarić 6 6 Victor Trotsko 3 4 Goran Orešić 6 7 Sergei Yaroshenko 1 6.099 Israel vs. Spain Israel Spain Canada Centre, Ramat HaSharon, Israelhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1996-G1-EA-M-ISR-ESP-01 Israel v Spain daviscup.com 5–7 April 1996 Hard 1 4 Eyal Ran 6 3 4 0 Carlos Costa 3 6 6 2 4 Eyal Erlich 2 6 2 2 Albert Costa 6 3 6 6 Noam Behr Eyal Erlich 7 4 4 7 6 Àlex Corretja Emilio Sánchez 5 6 6 6.009 3 Noam Behr 4 4 2 Albert Costa 6 6 6 Eyal Erlich 6.009 1 Carlos Costa 7 6 Second round relegation play-offs Zimbabwe vs. Finland Zimbabwe Finland City Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwehttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1996-G1-EA-REL-ZIM-FIN-01 Zimbabwe v Finland daviscup.com 20–22 September 1996 Hard 4 1 Wayne Black 6 7 6.029 6 Kim Tiilikainen 4 5 7 3 Byron Black 6 6 6 Ville Liukko 3 3 4 Byron Black Wayne Black 6 6 6 Ville Liukko Kim Tiilikainen 1 1 3 Byron Black 6.069 6 6 Tapio Nurminen 7 4 3 Genius Chidzikwe 1 6.009 Ville Liukko 6 7 Ukraine vs. Norway Ukraine Norway Nauka Sports Club, Kyiv, Ukrainehttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1996-G1-EA-REL-UKR-NOR-01 Ukraine v Norway daviscup.com 20–22 September 1996 Clay 4 1 Andriy Medvedev 6 6 6 Jan Frode Andersen 2 2 0 Andrei Rybalko 7 6 6 Christian Ruud 6.069 4 4 Andriy Medvedev Dimitri Poliakov 6 0 6 6 Helge Koll-Frafjord Christian Ruud 0 6 0 1 Andriy Medvedev 6 6 Christian Ruud 2 1 Denis Yakimenko 6.019 4 Jan Frode Andersen 7 6 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 I