1997 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group IV – Zone B

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1997.

Main article: 1997 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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. The top two teams in Europe/Africa IV advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 1998. All other teams remained in Group IV.

Participating nations

Draw
   TUN  CYP  BEN  ZAM  AZE  CGO RR
W–L		 Match
W–L		 Set
W–L		 Standings
 Tunisia 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 5–0 13–2 (87%) 27–5 (84%) 1
 Cyprus 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 4–1 11–4 (73%) 23–8 (74%) 2
 Benin 0–3 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–2 9–6 (60%) 16–12 (57%) 3
 Zambia 1–2 1–2 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–3 9–6 (60%) 17–13 (57%) 4
 Azerbaijan 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–4 2–13 (13%) 4–24 (14%) 5
 Congo 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–5 1–14 (7%) 3–28 (10%) 6

Results

Cyprus vs. Congo

Cyprus
3		 Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus[1]
21 May 1997
Congo
0
1 2 3
1 Cyprus
Republic of the Congo		 Marinos Baghdatis
Chatrian Gnitou		 6
4		 6
0		    
2 Cyprus
Republic of the Congo		 Demetrios Leontis
Alain Bemba		 6
1		 6
1		    
3 Cyprus
Republic of the Congo		 Demetrios Leontis / Neoclis Neocleous
Martial Banguid / Chatrian Gnitou		 6
2		 6
1		    

Azerbaijan vs. Zambia

Azerbaijan
0		 Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus[2]
21 May 1997
Zambia
3
1 2 3
1 Azerbaijan
Zambia		 Dmitri Zarubin
Kachinga Sinkala		 2
6 		0
6 		   
2 Azerbaijan
Zambia		 Igor Borisov
Lighton Ndefwai-Muchinda		 3
6 		3
6 		   
3 Azerbaijan
Zambia		 Raouf Eybazov / Dmitri Zarubin
Sidney Bwalya / Lawrence Chileshe		 0
6 		0
1		   retired
 

Benin vs. Tunisia

Benin
0		 Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus[3]
21 May 1997
Tunisia
3
1 2 3
1 Benin
Tunisia		 Alphonse Gandonou
Sami Sidia		 1
6 		4
6 		   
2 Benin
Tunisia		 Christophe Pognon
Walid Jallali		 1
6 		5
7 		   
3 Benin
Tunisia		 Alphonse Gandonou / Jean-Marie da Silva
Walid Jallali / Sami Sidia		 1
6 		2
6 		   

Cyprus vs. Zambia

Cyprus
2		 Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus[4]
22 May 1997
Zambia
1
1 2 3
1 Cyprus
Zambia		 Marinos Baghdatis
Kachinga Sinkala		 6
4		 6
4		    
2 Cyprus
Zambia		 Demetrios Leontis
Lighton Ndefwai-Muchinda		 6
3		 6
4		    
3 Cyprus
Zambia		 Demetrios Leontis / Neoclis Neocleous
Sidney Bwalya / Lighton Ndefwai-Muchinda		 5
7 		2
6 		   

Azerbaijan vs. Tunisia

Azerbaijan
0		 Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus[5]
22 May 1997
Tunisia
3
1 2 3
1 Azerbaijan
Tunisia		 Dmitri Zarubin
Sami Sidia		 1
6 		0
6 		   
2 Azerbaijan
Tunisia		 Igor Borisov
Walid Jallali		 2
6 		1
6 		   
3 Azerbaijan
Tunisia		 Igor Borisov / Dmitri Zarubin
Walid Jallali / Sami Sidia		 1
6 		2
6 		   

Benin vs. Congo

Benin
3		 Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus[6]
22 May 1997
Congo
0
1 2 3
1 Benin
Republic of the Congo		 Alphonse Gandonou
Martial Banguid		 6
2		 6
0		    
2 Benin
Republic of the Congo		 Christophe Pognon
Chatrian Gnitou		 6
3		 6
1		    
3 Benin
Republic of the Congo		 Alphonse Gandonou / Jean-Marie da Silva
Alain Bemba / Chatrian Gnitou		 6
4		 6
1		    

Cyprus vs. Azerbaijan

Cyprus
3		 Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus[7]
23 May 1997
Azerbaijan
0
1 2 3
1 Cyprus
Azerbaijan		 Marinos Baghdatis
Dmitri Zarubin		 6
1		 6
4		    
2 Cyprus
Azerbaijan		 Demetrios Leontis
Igor Borisov		 6
2		 6
1		    
3 Cyprus
Azerbaijan		 Demetrios Leontis / Neoclis Neocleous
Igor Borisov / Dmitri Zarubin		 6
4		 6
4		    

Benin vs. Zambia

Benin
2		 Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus[8]
23 May 1997
Zambia
1
1 2 3
1 Benin
Zambia		 Alphonse Gandonou
Kachinga Sinkala		 6
4		 6
1		    
2 Benin
Zambia		 Christophe Pognon
Lighton Ndefwai-Muchinda		 6
4		 6
2		    
3 Benin
Zambia		 Alphonse Gandonou / Jean-Marie da Silva
Sidney Bwalya / Lawrence Chileshe		 3
6 		5
7 		   

Congo vs. Tunisia

Congo
0		 Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus[9]
23 May 1997
Tunisia
3
1 2 3
1 Republic of the Congo
Tunisia		 Pagnol Madzou
Sami Sidia		 1
6 		1
6 		   
2 Republic of the Congo
Tunisia		 Martial Banguid
Walid Jallali		 0
6 		1
6 		   
3 Republic of the Congo
Tunisia		 Alain Bemba / Chatrian Gnitou
Walid Jallali / Sami Sidia		 0
6 		1
6 		   

Cyprus vs. Benin

Cyprus
2		 Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus[10]
24 May 1997
Benin
1
1 2 3
1 Cyprus
Benin		 Marinos Baghdatis
Alphonse Gandonou		 6
3		 6
3		    
2 Cyprus
Benin		 Demetrios Leontis
Christophe Pognon		 4
6 		3
6 		   
3 Cyprus
Benin		 Demetrios Leontis / Neoclis Neocleous
Alphonse Gandonou / Jean-Marie da Silva		 6
3		 78
66		    

Azerbaijan vs. Congo

Azerbaijan
2		 Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus[11]
24 May 1997
Congo
1
1 2 3
1 Azerbaijan
Republic of the Congo		 Dmitri Zarubin
Martial Banguid		 3
6 		6
1		 6
0		  
2 Azerbaijan
Republic of the Congo		 Igor Borisov
Alain Bemba		 2
6 		1
6 		   
3 Azerbaijan
Republic of the Congo		 Igor Borisov / Dmitri Zarubin
Martial Banguid / Alain Bemba		 6
2		 6
3		    

Tunisia vs. Zambia

Tunisia
2		 Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus[12]
24 May 1997
Zambia
1
1 2 3
1 Tunisia
Zambia		 Sami Sidia
Sidney Bwalya		 6
2		 7
5		    
2 Tunisia
Zambia		 Walid Jallali
Lighton Ndefwai-Muchinda		 6
1		 6
3		    
3 Tunisia
Zambia		 Selim Ben Hadjali / Walid Jallali
Sidney Bwalya / Kachinga Sinkala		 6
4		 4
6 		4
6 		 

Cyprus vs. Tunisia

Cyprus
1		 Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus[13]
25 May 1997
Tunisia
2
1 2 3
1 Cyprus
Tunisia		 Marinos Baghdatis
Sami Sidia		 6
1		 4
6 		4
6 		 
2 Cyprus
Tunisia		 Demetrios Leontis
Walid Jallali		 6
3		 6
1		    
3 Cyprus
Tunisia		 Demetrios Leontis / Neoclis Neocleous
Walid Jallali / Sami Sidia		 4
6 		3
6 		   

Azerbaijan vs. Benin

Azerbaijan
0		 Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus[14]
25 May 1997
Benin
3
1 2 3
1 Azerbaijan
Benin		 Farid Jafarov
Alphonse Gandonou		 0
6 		0
6 		   
2 Azerbaijan
Benin		 Dmitri Zarubin
Christophe Pognon		 1
6 		3
6 		   
3 Azerbaijan
Benin		 Igor Borisov / Raouf Eybazov
Alphonse Gandonou / Jean-Marie da Silva		        
w/o

Congo vs. Zambia

Congo
0		 Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus[15]
25 May 1997
Zambia
3
1 2 3
1 Republic of the Congo
Zambia		 Pagnol Madzou
Sidney Bwalya		 0
6 		0
6 		   
2 Republic of the Congo
Zambia		 Chatrian Gnitou
Lighton Ndefwai-Muchinda		 0
6 		1
6 		   
3 Republic of the Congo
Zambia		 Martial Banguid / Chatrian Gnitou
Lawrence Chileshe / Kachinga Sinkala		 2
6 		4
6 		   

References
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