1997 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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

Main article: 1997 Fed Cup

Group I
  • Venue: Bari T.C., Bari, Italy (outdoor clay)
  • Date: 22–26 April

The fifteen teams were divided into three pools of four and one pool of three teams. The top teams of each pool play-off in a two-round knockout stage to decide which nation progresses to World Group II play-offs. The two nations winning the least rubbers were relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II for 1998.

Pools
Pool A RUS GRE BUL
1  Russia (2–0) 3–0 2–1
2  Greece (1–1) 0–3 2–1
3  Bulgaria (0–2) 1–2 1–2
Pool B ITA SWE ROU UKR
1  Italy (3–0) 3–0 2–1 3–0
2  Sweden (2–1) 0–3 3–0 2–1
3  Romania (1–2) 1–2 0–3 3–0
4  Ukraine (0–3) 0–3 1–2 0–3
Pool C BLR HUN POL FIN
1  Belarus (3–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0
2  Hungary (2–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0
3  Poland (1–2) 0–3 0–3 3–0
4  Finland (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3
Pool D SLO ISR LAT GEO
1  Slovenia (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Israel (2–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0
3  Latvia (1–2) 0–3 1–2 3–0
4  Georgia (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3

Knockout Stage
Main article: 1997 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Knockout Stage
  First round
27 April		 Quarterfinals
28 April
                 
  Russia 2  
  Israel 1  
    Russia 3
    Belarus 0
  Sweden 1
  Belarus 2  
  Italy 3  
  Greece 0  
    Italy 2
    Hungary 1
  Hungary 2
  Slovenia 1  

Group II

The twenty-five teams were divided into three pools of six and one pool of seven. The top teams from each pool advanced to Group I for 1998.

Pools
Pool A GBR DEN EST ARM LIT EGY
1  Great Britain (5–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Denmark (4–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
3  Estonia (3–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–0
4  Armenia (2–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2 3–0 3–0
5  Lithuania (1–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 3–0
6  Egypt (0–5) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3
Pool B YUG IRL TUN ALG CMR ISL
1  FR Yugoslavia (5–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Ireland (4–1) 0–3 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0
3  Tunisia (3–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0
4  Algeria (2–3) 0–3 1–2 1–2 3–0 3–0
5  Cameroon (1–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–1
6  Iceland (0–5) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2
Pool C POR TUR BIH NOR SMR ETH
1  Portugal (5–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Turkey (4–1) 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0
3  Bosnia and Herzegovina (3–2) 0–3 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0
4  Norway (2–3) 0–3 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1
5  San Marino (1–4) 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 3–0
6  Ethiopia (0–5) 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3
Pool D MAD MLT LUX MKD LIE BOT CYP
1  Madagascar (6–0) 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Malta (5–1) 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
3  Luxembourg (4–2) 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–0
4  Macedonia (3–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–0
5  Liechtenstein (2–4) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 3–0 2–1
6  Botswana (1–5) 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3 0–3 2–1
7  Cyprus (0–6) 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2

See also
  • Fed Cup structure

References
  1. "Russia v South Korea". fedcup.com.
  2. "Italy v Indonesia". fedcup.com.
  3. "Finland v Botswana". fedcup.com.
  4. "Georgia v Moldova". fedcup.com.
  5. "Great Britain v Madagascar". fedcup.com.
  6. "Ukraine v Yugoslavia". fedcup.com.
  7. "Portugal v Madagascar". fedcup.com.
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