2001 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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

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.[1]

Participating nations

Draw

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

Great Britain

Solihull, England (indoor carpet)

bye

Great Britain

5

Maia, Portugal (clay)

Ukraine

Portugal

0

Ukraine

2

Wels, Austria (indoor hard)

Portugal

3

Ukraine

1

Austria

4

Austria

Pula, Croatia (indoor carpet)

bye

Austria

1

bye

Croatia

4

bye

Croatia

Belarus

Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet)

bye

Belarus

3

Zimbabwe

2

bye

Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)

Zimbabwe

3

Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)

Slovenia

2

Slovenia

2

Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)

Finland

3

Slovenia

Finland

2

bye

Italy

3

bye

Italy

Ukraine and Slovenia relegated to Group II in 2001.
Great Britain, Croatia, Belarus, and Italy advance to World Group qualifying round.

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.[2]

Participating nations

Draw

Relegation Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Szeged, Hungary (clay)

Hungary

5

Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (clay)

Skagen, Denmark (hard)

Monaco

0

Monaco

1

Hungary

2

Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet)

Ireland

4

Denmark

3

Ireland

2

Athens, Greece (clay)

Denmark

3

Denmark

2

Istanbul, Turkey (hard)

Greece

3

Greece

5

Chișinău, Moldova (clay)

Athens, Greece (clay)

Turkey

0

Turkey

2

Greece

5

Chișinău, Moldova (indoor carpet)

Moldova

3

Armenia

0

Armenia

3

Moldova

2

Tallinn, Estonia (indoor carpet)

Norway

3

Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard)

Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg (clay)

Estonia

2

Estonia

2

Norway

2

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

Ivory Coast

3

Luxembourg

3

Luxembourg

3

Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg (clay)

Ivory Coast

2

Luxembourg

1

Bytom, Poland (clay)

Israel

4

Poland

2

Belgrade, Yugoslavia (clay)

Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)

Israel

3

Poland

2

Israel

3

Nelspruit, South Africa (hard)

3

2

0

5

Monaco, Turkey, Estonia, and Poland relegated to Group III in 2002.
Greece and Israel promoted to Group I in 2002.

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

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

3rd-4th Play-off

Semifinals

Final

A1

Latvia

2

B2

Lithuania

1

B2

Lithuania

2

A1

Latvia

3

A2

Madagascar

1

B1

Ghana

0

A2

Madagascar

0

B1

Ghana

3

5th to 8th place play-offs

7th-8th Play-off

5th-8th Play-offs

5th-6th Play-off

A3

Georgia

1

B4

Botswana

2

A3

Georgia

3

B4

Botswana

2

A4

Kenya

0

B3

Iceland

1

A4

Kenya

1

B3

Iceland

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

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

3rd-4th Play-off

Semifinals

Final

A1

Bulgaria

3

B2

Bosnia and Herzegovina

0

B2

Bosnia and Herzegovina

2

A1

Bulgaria

2

A2

Macedonia

1

B1

Egypt

1

A2

Macedonia

1

B1

Egypt

2

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

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

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.

References

"2001 Europe/Africa Group I". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
"2001 Europe/Africa Group II". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

External links

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[1] "2001 Europe/Africa Group I". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 12 June 2020.

[2] "2001 Europe/Africa Group II". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 15 June 2020.