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1996 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

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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.[1]

Participating nations

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Draw

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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
 Morocco
Casablanca, Morocco (clay)
bye
bye Morocco4
 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe1
bye
Harare, Zimbabwe (hard)
 Zimbabwe
 Zimbabwe4
 Finland1
 Romania
Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)
bye
bye Romania3
 Finland Finland2
bye
 Finland
 Ukraine
Dubrovnik, Croatia (indoor carpet)
bye
 Ukraine Ukraine0
bye Croatia5
bye
Kyiv, Ukraine (clay)
 Croatia
 Ukraine4
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
 Norway1
 Norway2
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
 Israel3
 Norway Israel1
bye Spain4
bye
 Spain

First round

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Israel vs. Norway

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Israel
3
Canada Centre, Ramat HaSharon, Israel[2]
9–12 February 1996
Hard

Norway
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Israel
Norway
Noam Behr
Christian Ruud
65
77
2
6
2
6
     
2 Israel
Norway
Eyal Ran
Helge Koll-Frafjord
6
1
6
2
6
4
     
3 Israel
Norway
Eyal Erlich / Eyal Ran
Helge Koll-Frafjord / Christian Ruud
3
6
65
77
7
5
6
3
6
4
 
4 Israel
Norway
Eyal Ran
Christian Ruud
5
7
77
65
77
64
3
6
1
6
 
5 Israel
Norway
Eyal Erlich
Helge Koll-Frafjord
6
4
1
6
6
4
77
64
   

Second round

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Morocco vs. Zimbabwe

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Morocco
4
Complexe Al Amal, Casablanca, Morocco[3]
5–7 April 1996
Clay

Zimbabwe
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Morocco
Zimbabwe
Karim Alami
Wayne Black
5
7
6
3
5
7
6
1
2
6
 
2 Morocco
Zimbabwe
Hicham Arazi
Byron Black
6
3
6
2
6
1
     
3 Morocco
Zimbabwe
Karim Alami / Hicham Arazi
Byron Black / Wayne Black
6
1
3
6
77
65
64
77
6
3
 
4 Morocco
Zimbabwe
Karim Alami
Malcolm Birch
6
3
6
0
6
1
     
5 Morocco
Zimbabwe
Hicham Arazi
Wayne Black
6
3
77
65
       

Finland vs. Romania

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Finland
2
Talin Tenniskeskus, Helsinki, Finland[4]
5–7 April 1996
Carpet (indoors)

Romania
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Finland
Romania
Tuomas Ketola
Andrei Pavel
4
6
2
6
4
6
     
2 Finland
Romania
Kim Tiilikainen
Adrian Voinea
1
6
2
6
4
6
     
3 Finland
Romania
Tuomas Ketola / Ville Liukko
George Cosac / Dinu Pescariu
2
6
4
6
63
77
     
4 Finland
Romania
Tuomas Ketola
George Cosac
6
3
77
61
       
5 Finland
Romania
Ville Liukko
Andrei Pavel
6
3
6
3
       

Croatia vs. Ukraine

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Croatia
5
Športska dvorana, Dubrovnik, Croatia[5]
5–7 April 1996
Carpet (indoors)

Ukraine
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Croatia
Ukraine
Goran Ivanišević
Andrei Rybalko
6
0
77
65
64
77
6
3
   
2 Croatia
Ukraine
Saša Hiršzon
Dimitri Poliakov
6
2
6
0
6
3
     
3 Croatia
Ukraine
Saša Hiršzon / Goran Ivanišević
Dimitri Poliakov / Andrei Rybalko
77
62
6
3
6
2
     
4 Croatia
Ukraine
Igor Šarić
Victor Trotsko
6
3
6
4
       
5 Croatia
Ukraine
Goran Orešić
Sergei Yaroshenko
6
1
712
610
       

Israel vs. Spain

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Israel
1
Canada Centre, Ramat HaSharon, Israel[6]
5–7 April 1996
Hard

Spain
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Israel
Spain
Eyal Ran
Carlos Costa
6
3
3
6
4
6
0
2
  retired
 
2 Israel
Spain
Eyal Erlich
Albert Costa
2
6
6
3
2
6
2
6
   
3 Israel
Spain
Noam Behr / Eyal Erlich
Àlex Corretja / Emilio Sánchez
7
5
4
6
4
6
77
61
6
3
 
4 Israel
Spain
Noam Behr
Albert Costa
4
6
4
6
2
6
     
5 Israel
Spain
Eyal Erlich
Carlos Costa
61
77
1
6
       

Second round relegation play-offs

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Zimbabwe vs. Finland

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Zimbabwe
4
City Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe[7]
20–22 September 1996
Hard

Finland
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Zimbabwe
Finland
Wayne Black
Kim Tiilikainen
6
4
7
5
63
77
6
3
   
2 Zimbabwe
Finland
Byron Black
Ville Liukko
6
3
6
3
6
4
     
3 Zimbabwe
Finland
Byron Black / Wayne Black
Ville Liukko / Kim Tiilikainen
6
1
6
1
6
3
     
4 Zimbabwe
Finland
Byron Black
Tapio Nurminen
67
79
6
4
6
3
     
5 Zimbabwe
Finland
Genius Chidzikwe
Ville Liukko
1
6
61
77
       

Ukraine vs. Norway

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Ukraine
4
Nauka Sports Club, Kyiv, Ukraine[8]
20–22 September 1996
Clay

Norway
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Ukraine
Norway
Andriy Medvedev
Jan Frode Andersen
6
2
6
2
6
0
     
2 Ukraine
Norway
Andrei Rybalko
Christian Ruud
79
67
6
4
6
4
     
3 Ukraine
Norway
Andriy Medvedev / Dimitri Poliakov
Helge Koll-Frafjord / Christian Ruud
6
0
0
6
6
0
6
1
   
4 Ukraine
Norway
Andriy Medvedev
Christian Ruud
6
2
6
1
       
5 Ukraine
Norway
Denis Yakimenko
Jan Frode Andersen
62
77
4
6
       

References

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  1. ^ "1996 Europe/Africa Group I". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Israel v Norway". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Morocco v Zimbabwe". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Finland v Romania". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Croatia v Ukraine". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Israel v Spain". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Zimbabwe v Finland". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Ukraine v Norway". daviscup.com.
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