1996 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II

Main article: 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.^[1]

Participating nations

•  Algeria
•  Belarus
•  Egypt
•  Ghana
•  Great Britain
•  Ivory Coast
•  Latvia
•  Luxembourg
•  Macedonia
•  Malta
•  Nigeria
•  Poland
•  Portugal
•  Slovenia
•  Slovakia
•  Yugoslavia

Draw

Relegation Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (ind. carpet)

Slovenia

1

Novo Mesto, Slovenia (clay)

Accra, Ghana (hard)

Great Britain

4

Slovenia

5

Great Britain

5

Accra, Ghana (hard)

Malta

0

Ghana

0

Ghana

5

Wimbledon, United Kingdom (grass)

Malta

0

Great Britain

5

Cairo, Egypt (clay)

Egypt

0

Egypt

5

Skopje, Macedonia (clay)

Cairo, Egypt (clay)

Macedonia

0

Macedonia

2

Egypt

3

Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor hard)

Latvia

3

Ivory Coast

2

Ivory Coast

3

Latvia

2

Warsaw, Poland (clay)

Poland

4

Poznań, Poland (clay)

Nigeria

1

Nigeria

w/o

Poland

4

Esch-sur-Alzette, Lux. (indoor carpet)

Luxembourg

Belarus

1

Belarus

4

Trnava, Slovakia (indoor carpet)

Luxembourg

1

Poland

1

Budva, Yugoslavia (clay)

Slovakia

4

Yugoslavia

1

Novi Sad, Yugoslavia (carpet)

Trnava, Slovakia (indoor carpet)

Slovakia

4

Yugoslavia

5

Slovakia

5

Algiers, Algeria (clay)

Algeria

0

Portugal

0

Algeria

0

Portugal

5

•  Malta,  Macedonia,  Nigeria, and  Algeria relegated to Group III in 1997.
•  Great Britain and  Slovakia promoted to Group I in 1997.

First round

Great Britain vs. Slovenia

Great Britain 4	Castle Farm, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom[2] 3–5 May 1996 Carpet (indoors)		Slovenia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Greg Rusedski Borut Urh 6 1 6 4 60 77 6 3     2 Mark Petchey Iztok Božič 4 6 4 6 6 4 2 6     3 Neil Broad / Greg Rusedski Gregor Krušič / Borut Urh 78 66 6 2 6 3       4 Greg Rusedski Iztok Božič 6 1 6 2 6 2       5 Nick Gould Borut Urh 6 4 2 6 6 4

Ghana vs. Malta

Ghana 5	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana[3] 3–5 May 1996 Hard		Malta 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Franklyn Ofori Daryl Delicata 6 0 6 4 77 62       2 Isaac Donkor Mark Schembri 6 4 6 3 65 77 6 1     3 Isaac Donkor / Franklyn Ofori Daryl Delicata / Mark Schembri 6 1 77 65 6 5       4 Franklyn Ofori Mark Schembri 6 4 6 4         5 Isaac Tetteh-Quaye Daryl Delicata 6 4 4 6 77 61

Egypt vs. Macedonia

Egypt 5	Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt[4] 3–5 May 1996 Clay		Macedonia 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Amr Ghoneim Ognen Nikolovski 6 0 6 2 6 3       2 Tamer El-Sawy Lazar Magdinčev 6 2 6 3 6 0       3 Tamer El-Sawy / Hisham Hemeda Dragan Jovanovski / Ognen Nikolovski 6 1 6 4 6 2       4 Hisham Hemeda Ognen Nikolovski 4 6 6 1 6 0       5 Amr Ghoneim Lazar Magdinčev 6 2 6 1

Latvia vs. Ivory Coast

Latvia 2	National Tennis Centre Lielupe, Jūrmala, Latvia[5] 3–5 May 1996 Hard (indoors)		Ivory Coast 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Armand Strombach Claude N'Goran 3 6 1 6 3 6       2 Ģirts Dzelde Clément N'Goran 7 5 6 4 6 1       3 Andris Fiļimonovs / Ģirts Dzelde Claude N'Goran / Clément N'Goran 65 77 5 7 3 6       4 Ģirts Dzelde Claude N'Goran 77 61 3 6 1 6 2 6     5 Andris Fiļimonovs Clément N'Goran 77 61 6 3

Poland vs. Nigeria

Poland 4	KS Warszawianka, Warsaw, Poland[6] 3–5 May 1996 Clay		Nigeria 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski Ganiyu Adenekan 6 1 6 1 6 3       2 Adam Skrzypczak Sule Ladipo 3 6 4 6 3 6       3 Michał Chmela / Bartłomiej Dąbrowski Sule Ladipo / Godwin Omuta 6 4 77 61 6 2       4 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski Sule Ladipo 6 1 2 6 77 65 6 1     5 Adam Skrzypczak Ganiyu Adenekan 6 0 6 4

Luxembourg vs. Belarus

Luxembourg 1	Centre National de Tennis, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg[7] 3–5 May 1996 Carpet (indoors)		Belarus 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Pascal Schaul Alexander Shvets 2 6 61 77 1 6       2 Sacha Thoma Vladimir Voltchkov 1 6 7 5 79 67 77 64     3 Johny Goudenbour / Alberto Paris Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov 65 77 2 6 77 61 62 77     4 Sacha Thoma Alexander Shvets 5 7 2 6 6 3 6 2 3 6   5 Pascal Schaul Vladimir Voltchkov 3 6 2 6

Yugoslavia vs. Slovakia

Yugoslavia 1	Centar Budvanska Rivijera, Budva, Yugoslavia[8] 3–5 May 1996 Clay		Slovakia 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Nebojša Đorđević Karol Kučera 1 6 3 6 5 7       2 Bojan Vujić Ján Krošlák 6 4 0 6 2 6 3 6     3 Dušan Vemić / Nenad Zimonjić Ján Krošlák / Karol Kučera 7 5 6 4 2 6 2 6 6 3   4 Bojan Vujić Karol Kučera 5 7 1 6 4 6       5 Nebojša Đorđević Ján Krošlák 2 6 6 2 4 6

Algeria vs. Portugal

Algeria 0	Olympic Complex, Algiers, Algeria[9] 1–3 May 1996 Clay		Portugal 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ouassel Hared Emanuel Couto 3 6 0 6 1 6       2 Abdelhak Hameurlaine Bernardo Mota 2 6 1 6 1 6       3 Noujeim Hakimi / Abdelhak Hameurlaine Emanuel Couto / Bernardo Mota 3 6 1 6 0 6       4 Mohammed Mahmoudi Bruno Fragoso 4 6 4 6         5 Ouassel Hared Bernardo Mota 1 6 0 6

Second round

Ghana vs. Great Britain

Ghana 0	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana[10] 12–14 July 1996 Hard		Great Britain 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Isaac Donkor Tim Henman 2 6 0 6 2 6       2 Franklyn Ofori Luke Milligan 1 6 6 3 4 6 2 6     3 Isaac Donkor / Franklyn Ofori Neil Broad / Mark Petchey 1 6 4 6 1 6       4 Daniel Omaboe Tim Henman 3 6 6 4 0 6       5 Isaac Donkor Luke Milligan 4 6 3 6

Egypt vs. Ivory Coast

Egypt 3	Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt[11] 12–14 July 1996 Clay		Ivory Coast 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Tamer El-Sawy Clément N'Goran 6 2 7 5 6 2       2 Amr Ghoneim Claude N'Goran 3 6 6 3 6 1 4 6 6 3   3 Tamer El-Sawy / Hisham Hemeda Claude N'Goran / Clément N'Goran 1 6 1 6 3 6       4 Tamer El-Sawy Claude N'Goran 6 4 6 2 6 1       5 Amr Ghoneim Clément N'Goran 3 6 4 6

Poland vs. Belarus

Poland 4	Olimpia Poznań, Poznań, Poland[12] 12–14 July 1996 Clay		Belarus 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski Alexander Shvets 7 5 6 2 6 4       2 Adam Skrzypczak Max Mirnyi 6 3 6 2 6 3       3 Michał Chmela / Bartłomiej Dąbrowski Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov 4 6 6 4 3 6 2 6     4 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski Max Mirnyi 6 4 7 5 6 1       5 Adam Skrzypczak Vladimir Voltchkov 77 61 6 3

Slovakia vs. Portugal

Slovakia 5	Městská hala, Trnava, Slovakia[13] 12–14 July 1996 Carpet (indoors)		Portugal 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ján Krošlák Emanuel Couto 6 0 6 4 6 1       2 Karol Kučera Nuno Marques 77 62 2 6 6 4 6 4     3 Ján Krošlák / Karol Kučera Emanuel Couto / Bernardo Mota 6 3 6 2 6 2       4 Ján Krošlák Nuno Marques 6 2 6 3         5 Karol Kučera Emanuel Couto 6 4 6 1

Relegation play-offs

Slovenia vs. Malta

Slovenia 5	Teniški klub Krka, Novo Mesto, Slovenia[14] 12–14 July 1996 Clay		Malta 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Borut Urh Mark Schembri 6 0 6 0 6 1       2 Iztok Božič Maurizio Cappello 6 0 6 1 6 1       3 Andrej Kraševec / Gregor Krušič Maurizio Cappello / Mark Schembri 6 1 6 3 6 2       4 Iztok Božič Mark Schembri 6 1 6 1         5 Borut Urh Maurizio Cappello 6 2 6 1

Macedonia vs. Latvia

Macedonia 2	Tennis Club Jug, Skopje, Macedonia[15] 12–14 July 1996 Clay		Latvia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ognen Nikolovski Andris Fiļimonovs 2 6 3 6 1 6       2 Zoran Ševčenko Ģirts Dzelde 6 3 6 2 1 6 6 1     3 Goran Popov / Zoran Ševčenko Andris Fiļimonovs / Ģirts Dzelde 4 6 4 6 4 6       4 Goran Popov Ģirts Dzelde 2 6 3 6 2 6       5 Zoran Ševčenko Andris Fiļimonovs 7 5 7 5

Yugoslavia vs. Algeria

Yugoslavia 5	SD Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia[16] 12–14 July 1996 Carpet		Algeria 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Srđan Muškatirović Abdelhak Hameurlaine 6 1 6 2 6 1       2 Nenad Zimonjić Noujeim Hakimi 77 65 77 65 6 2       3 Dušan Vemić / Nenad Zimonjić Noujeim Hakimi / Abdelhak Hameurlaine 7 5 6 4 77 65       4 Nenad Zimonjić Abdelhak Hameurlaine 3 6 6 3 6 4       5 Dušan Vemić Sofiane Rais-Ali 6 2 6 1

Third round

Great Britain vs. Egypt

Great Britain 5	All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon, United Kingdom[17] 20–22 September 1996 Grass		Egypt 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Greg Rusedski Tamer El-Sawy 6 2 6 4 7 5       2 Tim Henman Amr Ghoneim 6 0 6 4 7 5       3 Neil Broad / Mark Petchey Tamer El-Sawy / Amr Ghoneim 3 6 6 4 6 3 6 4     4 Tim Henman Tamer El-Sawy 64 77 6 2 6 2       5 Greg Rusedski Amr Ghoneim 6 4 6 2

Slovakia vs. Poland

Slovakia 4	Zimný štadión, Trnava, Slovakia[18] 20–22 September 1996 Carpet (indoors)		Poland 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ján Krošlák Bartłomiej Dąbrowski 79 67 6 3 6 3       2 Karol Kučera Adam Skrzypczak 6 1 6 1 6 1       3 Ján Krošlák / Karol Kučera Michał Chmela / Michał Gawłowski 6 1 6 4 65 77 6 0     4 Karol Kučera Bartłomiej Dąbrowski 62 77 6 3 6 4       5 Dominik Hrbatý Michał Gawłowski 77 61 3 6 5 7