2001 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

Main article: 2001 Davis Cup

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2001.

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.

Group I

Further information: 2001 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

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 2002.

Participating nations

• Austria
• Belarus
• Croatia
• Finland
• Great Britain
• Italy
• Portugal
• Slovenia
• Ukraine
• Zimbabwe

Draw

Ninth place

Consolation semifinals

Consolation quarterfinals

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Great Britain

5

Portugal

0

Great Britain

bye

Eleventh place

Ukraine

2

Portugal

3

Austria

1

Croatia

4

Thirteenth place

13th–16th classification

Belarus

3

Zimbabwe

2

Austria

bye

Finland

2

Italy

3

Fifteenth place

bye

Croatia

Group II

Further information: 2001 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II

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 2002.

Participating nations

• Armenia
• Denmark
• Estonia
• Greece
• Hungary
• Ireland
• Israel
• Ivory Coast
• Luxembourg
• Moldova
• Monaco
• Norway
• Poland
• South Africa
• Turkey
• Yugoslavia

Draw

Ninth place

Consolation semifinals

Consolation quarterfinals

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Denmark

2

Greece

3

Hungary

2

Denmark

3

Luxembourg

1

Israel

4

Hungary

5

Monaco

0

Eleventh place

Ireland

2

Denmark

3

Greece

5

Armenia

0

Thirteenth place

13th–16th classification

Norway

2

Luxembourg

3

Greece

5

Turkey

0

Israel

3

South Africa

2

Fifteenth place

Armenia

3

Moldova

2

Group III

The top two teams in each Group III sub-zone advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2002, whereas the bottom two teams in each sub-zone were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 2002.

Participating nations

• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Botswana
• Bulgaria
• Egypt
• Georgia
• Ghana
• Iceland
• Kenya
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Macedonia
• Madagascar
• Mauritius
• Namibia
• Togo

Zone A

Further information: 2001 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Zone A

Draw

• Venue: National Centre, Gaborone, Botswana
• Date: 16–20 May

Group A

		LAT	MAD	GEO	KEN	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
	Latvia		3–0	3–0	2–1	3–0	8–1 (89%)	26–5 (84%)	1
	Madagascar	0–3		2–1	3–0	2–1	5–4 (56%)	17–14 (55%)	2
	Georgia	0–3	1–2		3–0	1–2	4–5 (44%)	12–17 (41%)	3
	Kenya	1–2	0–3	0–3		0–3	1–8 (11%)	5–24 (17%)	4

Group B

		GHA	LTU	ISL	BOT	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
	Ghana		2–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	6–3 (67%)	21–13 (62%)	1
	Lithuania	1–2		3–0	2–1	2–1	6–3 (67%)	20–12 (63%)	2
	Iceland	1–2	0–3		2–1	1–2	3–6 (33%)	13–21 (38%)	3
	Botswana	1–2	1–2	1–2		0–3	3–6 (33%)	11–19 (37%)	4

1st to 4th place play-offs

	Third place					Final
						A1	Latvia	3
						B1	Ghana	0
	A1	Latvia	2
	B2	Lithuania	1

5th to 8th place play-offs

	Third place					Final
						B4	Botswana	2
						B3	Iceland	1
	A3	Georgia	1
	B4	Botswana	2

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	Latvia
2	Ghana
3	Lithuania
4	Madagascar
5	Botswana
6	Iceland
7	Georgia
8	Kenya

• Latvia and Ghana promoted to Group II in 2002.
• Georgia and Kenya relegated to Group IV in 2002.

Zone B

Further information: 2001 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Zone B

Draw

• Venue: Rose Hill Club, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius
• Date: 23–27 May

Group A

		BUL	MKD	NAM	TOG	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
	Bulgaria		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	9–0 (100%)	27–6 (82%)	1
	Macedonia	0–3		3–0	2–1	2–1	5–4 (56%)	21–14 (60%)	2
	Namibia	0–3	0–3		2–1	1–2	2–7 (22%)	9–21 (30%)	3
	Togo	0–3	1–2	1–2		0–3	2–7 (22%)	7–23 (23%)	4

Group B

		EGY	BIH	MRI	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
	Egypt		2–1	3–0	2–0	5–1 (83%)	16–5 (76%)	1
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–2		3–0	1–1	4–2 (67%)	13–9 (59%)	2
	Mauritius	0–3	0–3		0–2	0–6 (0%)	3–18 (14%)	3

1st to 4th place play-offs

	Third place					Final
						A1	Bulgaria	2
						B1	Egypt	1
	A1	Bulgaria	3
	B2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0

Relegation play-offs

		MRI	NAM	TOG	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
B3	Mauritius		3–0	2–1	2–0	5–1 (83%)	14–4 (78%)	1
A3	Namibia	0–3		2–1	1–1	2–4 (33%)	6–10 (38%)	2
A4	Togo	1–2	1–2		0–2	2–4 (33%)	7–13 (35%)	3

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	Bulgaria
2	Egypt
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina
4	Macedonia
5	Mauritius
6	Namibia
7	Togo

• Bulgaria and Egypt promoted to Group II in 2002.
• Togo relegated to Group IV in 2002.

Group IV

The top two teams in each Group IV sub-zone advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2002. All other teams remained in Group IV.

Participating nations

• Algeria
• Andorra
• Angola
• Azerbaijan
• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Cyprus
• Djibouti
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Lesotho
• Libya
• Mali
• Malta
• Rwanda
• San Marino
• Senegal
• Sudan
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• Zambia

Zone A

Further information: 2001 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group IV – Zone A

Draw

• Venue: Nicosia Tennis Club, Nicosia, Cyprus
• Date: 16–20 May

Group A

		CYP	ALG	BEN	RWA	LES	SUD	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
	Cyprus		3–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	5–0	14–1 (93%)	43–13 (77%)	1
	Algeria	0–3		3–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	4–1	11–4 (73%)	40–16 (71%)	2
	Benin	1–2	0–3		3–0	2–1	3–0	3–2	9–6 (60%)	32–20 (62%)	3
	Rwanda	0–3	1–2	0–3		2–1	2–1	2–3	5–10 (33%)	18–33 (35%)	4
	Lesotho	0–3	0–3	1–2	1–2		3–0	1–4	5–10 (33%)	17–32 (35%)	5
	Sudan	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–2	0–3		0–5	1–14 (7%)	6–42 (13%)	6

Group B

		TUN	AZE	SMR	BUR	GAB	UGA	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
	Tunisia		2–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	5–0	13–2 (87%)	44–13 (77%)	1
	Azerbaijan	1–2		2–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	4–1	10–5 (67%)	36–24 (60%)	2
	San Marino	1–2	1–2		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–2	10–5 (67%)	37–21 (64%)	3
	Burkina Faso	0–3	1–2	1–2		3–0	2–1	2–3	7–8 (47%)	25–29 (46%)	4
	Gabon	0–3	1–2	0–3	0–3		3–0	1–4	4–11 (27%)	16–37 (30%)	5
	Uganda	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–2	0–3		0–5	1–14 (7%)	9–43 (17%)	6

• Cyprus and Tunisia promoted to Group III in 2002.

Zone B

Further information: 2001 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group IV – Zone B

Draw

• Venue: Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta
• Date: 9–13 May

Group A

		AND	ANG	MLT	ETH	LBA	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
	Andorra		2–1	2–1	3–0	2–0	4–0	9–2 (82%)	19–4 (83%)	1
	Angola	1–2		2–0	2–0	3–0	3–1	8–2 (80%)	16–6 (73%)	2
	Malta	1–2	0–2		3–0	3–0	2–2	7–4 (64%)	14–10 (58%)	3
	Ethiopia	0–3	0–2	0–3		2–0	1–3	2–8 (20%)	5–15 (25%)	4
	Libya	0–2	0–3	0–3	0–2		0–4	0–10 (0%)	1–20 (5%)	5

Group B

		ZAM	MLI	SEN	DJI	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
	Zambia		2–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	7–2 (78%)	15–5 (75%)	1
	Mali	1–2		3–0	3–0	2–1	7–2 (78%)	15–4 (79%)	2
	Senegal	1–2	0–3		3–0	1–2	4–5 (44%)	8–11 (42%)	3
	Djibouti	0–3	0–3	0–3		0–3	0–9 (0%)	0–18 (0%)	4

• Andorra and Zambia promoted to Group III in 2002.

External links

• Davis Cup official website