2017 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 2016.

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 play-offs, along with losing teams from the World Group first round. Teams who lost their respective ties 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 2018.

Participating nations

Seeds: All seeds and Hungary received a bye into the second round.

1. Slovakia
2. Ukraine
3. Netherlands
4. Austria

Remaining nations:

• Belarus
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Hungary
• Israel

• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania

Draw

	Second Round Play-offs					First Round Play-offs					First Round					Second Round
											1	Slovakia
																Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)
												bye
						1	Slovakia									1	Slovakia	1
							bye										Hungary	3
											Hungary
	Bratislava, Slovakia (clay)
											bye
	1	Slovakia	4
		Poland	1
											3	Netherlands
																Zenica, Bosnia and Herz. (indoor hard)
												bye
						bye										3	Netherlands	3
											Zenica, Bosnia and Herz. (indoor hard)
						Poland											Bosnia and Herzegovina	1
											Poland		0
											Bosnia and Herzegovina		5
											Minsk, Belarus (indoor hard)
											Romania		2
						Wels, Austria (clay)										Minsk, Belarus (indoor hard)
											Belarus		3
							Romania	1									Belarus	3
						4	Austria	4								4	Austria	1
												bye
	Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
											4	Austria
	Romania		0
											Lisbon, Portugal (indoor clay)
	Israel		5
											Israel		0
						Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)										Lisbon, Portugal (indoor clay)
											Portugal		5
							Israel	0									Portugal	4
						2	Ukraine	5								2	Ukraine	1
												bye
											2	Ukraine

• Poland and Romania relegated to Group II in 2018.
• Hungary, Netherlands, Belarus, and Portugal advance to World Group Play-off.

First round

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Poland

Bosnia and Herzegovina 5	Arena Zenica, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–5 February 2017 Hard (i)		Poland 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mirza Bašić Kamil Majchrzak 6 4 6 3 0 0       retired 2 Damir Džumhur Hubert Hurkacz 77 61 7 5 7 5       3 Mirza Bašić / Tomislav Brkić Łukasz Kubot / Marcin Matkowski 77 65 77 65 3 6 4 6 6 3   4 Damir Džumhur Kamil Majchrzak           w/o   5 Tomislav Brkić Hubert Hurkacz 77 61 4 6 7 5

Belarus vs. Romania

Belarus 3	Republic Olympic Training Center, Minsk, Belarus 3–5 February 2017 Hard (i)		Romania 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ilya Ivashka Adrian Ungur 2 6 7 5 4 6 4 6     2 Egor Gerasimov Marius Copil 6 3 6 4 6 4       3 Max Mirnyi / Yaraslav Shyla Marius Copil / Horia Tecău 77 63 6 4 65 77 6 4     4 Ilya Ivashka Marius Copil 5 7 4 6 1 6       5 Egor Gerasimov Adrian Ungur 77 65 6 4 6 4

Portugal vs. Israel

Portugal 5	Club Internacional de Foot-ball, Lisbon, Portugal 3–5 February 2017 Clay (i)		Israel 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 João Sousa Yshai Oliel 6 1 6 1 6 2       2 Gastão Elias Dudi Sela 1 6 6 2 6 4 6 2     3 Gastão Elias / João Sousa Jonathan Erlich / Dudi Sela 7 5 64 77 4 6 6 2 6 4   4 Frederico Ferreira Silva Daniel Cukierman 6 2 6 0         5 Pedro Sousa Yshai Oliel 6 2 6 0

Second round

Slovakia vs. Hungary

Slovakia 1	Aegon Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia 3–5 February 2017 Hard (i)		Hungary 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Martin Kližan Attila Balázs 6 1 6 2 3 6 6 4     2 Jozef Kovalík Márton Fucsovics 2 6 77 64 3 6 4 6     3 Martin Kližan / Andrej Martin Attila Balázs / Márton Fucsovics 3 6 6 2 3 6 77 65 1 6   4 Martin Kližan Márton Fucsovics 6 3 3 6 3 6 5 7     5 Jozef Kovalík Attila Balázs           not played

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Netherlands

Bosnia and Herzegovina 1	Arena Zenica, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina 7–9 April 2017 Hard (i)		Netherlands 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mirza Bašić Robin Haase 4 6 2 6 7 5 3 6     2 Damir Džumhur Thiemo de Bakker 6 2 6 2 6 2       3 Mirza Bašić / Tomislav Brkić Robin Haase / Jean-Julien Rojer 3 6 6 3 3 6 2 6     4 Damir Džumhur Robin Haase 5 7 3 6 77 64 6 2 4 6   5 Mirza Bašić Thiemo de Bakker           not played

Belarus vs. Austria

Belarus 3	Republic Olympic Training Center, Minsk, Belarus 7–9 April 2017 Hard (i)		Austria 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Egor Gerasimov Gerald Melzer 6 3 6 3 6 3       2 Ilya Ivashka Jürgen Melzer 710 68 6 3 4 6 77 61     3 Max Mirnyi / Yaraslav Shyla Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer 4 6 66 78 77 63 4 6     4 Ilya Ivashka Gerald Melzer 77 63 3 6 6 3 6 1     5 Egor Gerasimov Jürgen Melzer           not played

Portugal vs. Ukraine

Portugal 4	Club Internacional de Foot-ball, Lisbon, Portugal 7–9 April 2017 Clay (i)		Ukraine 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Gastão Elias Artem Smirnov 6 4 77 61 66 78 3 6 6 1   2 João Sousa Nikita Mashtakov 6 0 6 3 6 0       3 Gastão Elias / João Sousa Denys Molchanov / Artem Smirnov 7 5 1 6 3 6 4 6     4 João Sousa Artem Smirnov 77 63 77 62 6 2       5 Pedro Sousa Illya Beloborodko 6 0 6 1

1st round play-offs

Austria vs. Romania

Austria 4	Union Tennis Club Wels, Wels, Austria 15–17 September 2017 Clay		Romania 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Gerald Melzer Dragoș Dima 6 1 6 1 3 6 6 1     2 Dominic Thiem Bogdan Borza 6 2 6 2 6 4       3 Philipp Oswald / Dominic Thiem Nicolae Frunză / Horia Tecău 61 77 2 6 77 65 3 6     4 Dominic Thiem Nicolae Frunză 77 62 77 63 6 3       5 Gerald Melzer Bogdan Borza 6 1 7 5

Israel vs. Ukraine

Israel 0	Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel 15–17 September 2017 Hard		Ukraine 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Dudi Sela Illya Marchenko 65 77 2 6 3 6       2 Edan Leshem Alexandr Dolgopolov 4 6 1 6 4 6       3 Jonathan Erlich / Dudi Sela Denys Molchanov / Sergiy Stakhovsky 5 7 66 78 6 1 6 4 64 77   4 Mor Bulis Alexandr Dolgopolov 3 6 2 6         5 Edan Leshem Illya Marchenko 1 6 3 6

2nd round play-offs

Slovakia vs. Poland

Slovakia 4	Aegon Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia 15–17 September 2017 Clay		Poland 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Norbert Gombos Hubert Hurkacz 6 2 6 2 3 6 6 4     2 Andrej Martin Kamil Majchrzak 7 5 4 6 6 3 6 3     3 Andrej Martin / Igor Zelenay Mateusz Kowalczyk / Łukasz Kubot 77 63 3 6 3 6 2 6     4 Norbert Gombos Kamil Majchrzak 6 1 6 2 6 4       5 Jozef Kovalík Hubert Hurkacz 6 4 7 5

Israel vs. Romania

Israel 5	Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel 27–29 October 2017 Hard		Romania 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Edan Leshem Dragoș Dima 6 3 5 7 6 2 3 6 6 3   2 Dudi Sela Nicolae Frunză 6 3 6 4 6 4       3 Jonathan Erlich / Dudi Sela Vasile Antonescu / Bogdan Borza 6 3 6 4 77 64       4 Mor Bulis Vasile Antonescu 77 64 6 3         5 Edan Leshem Nicolae Frunză 6 4 63 77 6 2

External links

• Official Website