2004 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three groups of Davis Cup competition in 2004.

Group I

  Second Round Play-offs
23–26 September
First Round Play-offs
First Round
6–8 February
Second Round
9–11 April
                                     
 
    S   Germany  
     bye     Alsdorf, Germany (indoor hard)
    Israel       S   Germany 5
   bye       Israel 0
    Israel
  Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)      bye  
    Israel 3  
    Finland 2    
    S   Great Britain  
     bye     Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard)
 bye       S   Great Britain 4
    Finland   Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard)     Luxembourg 1
    Finland 1
      Luxembourg 4  
  Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)
      Greece 2  
      Zimbabwe 3     Tournai, Belgium (indoor clay)
    Greece         Zimbabwe 1
   bye     S   Belgium 4
   bye
  Pretoria, South Africa (hard)     S   Belgium  
    Greece 1  
    South Africa 4    
     bye  
      South Africa     Johannesburg, South Africa (grass)
 bye         South Africa 2
    South Africa     S   Slovakia 3
   bye
    S   Slovakia  
Finland and Greece
relegated to Group II in 2005.
Germany, Great Britain, Belgium, and Slovakia
advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II

  Play-offs
16–18 July
First Round
9–11 April
Second Round
16–18 July
Third Round
24–26 September
                                     
  Cagliari, Italy (clay)
    S   Italy 3  
  Tbilisi, Georgia (clay)     Georgia 2     Teramo, Italy (clay)
  Georgia 3       S   Italy 5  
  Egypt 2   Sofia, Bulgaria (indoor carpet)   S   Bulgaria 0  
  S   Bulgaria 5
      Egypt 0     Livorno, Italy (clay)
    S   Italy 3
  Algiers, Algeria (clay)       Poland 2
    S   Denmark  
  Slovenia     Algeria w/o     Gdynia, Poland (clay)
S   Denmark         Algeria 1
S   Slovenia w/o   Portorož, Slovenia (clay)     Poland 4  
  S   Slovenia 2
      Poland 3  
  Tunis, Tunisia (hard)
      Tunisia 2  
  Liepāja, Latvia (clay)   S   Portugal 3     Maia, Portugal (clay)
  Tunisia 2       S   Portugal 0  
S   Latvia 3   Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro (indoor carpet)   S   Serbia and Montenegro 5  
    Latvia 0
    S   Serbia and Montenegro 5     Szeged, Hungary (clay)
    S   Serbia and Montenegro 3
  Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet)       Hungary 0
      Hungary 4  
  Donetsk, Ukraine (hard)   S   Ireland 1     Szeged, Hungary (clay)
S   Ireland 1         Hungary 3
  Ukraine 4   Oslo, Norway (indoor hard)   S   Norway 2  
    Ukraine 2
    S   Norway 3  
Egypt, Denmark, Tunisia, and Ireland
relegated to Group III in 2005.
Italy and Serbia and Montenegro
promoted to Group I in 2005.

Group III

Venue 1

Venue: Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania (indoor carpet)
Date: 2–8 February

Pool A EST LTU CYP
1  Estonia (1-1) 2-1 1-2
2  Lithuania (1-1) 1-2 2-1
3  Cyprus (1-1) 2-1 1-2
Pool B MON MKD ISL AND
1  Monaco (3-0) 2-1 2-1 3-0
2  Macedonia (2-1) 1-2 3-0 2-1
3  Iceland (1-2) 1-2 0-3 3-0
4  Andorra (0-2) 0-3 1-2 0-3

(scores in italics carried over)

1st-4th Play-off MON EST MKD LTU
1  Monaco (2-1) 3-0 2-1 1-2
2  Estonia (2-1) 0-3 2-1 2-1
3  Macedonia (1-2) 1-2 1-2 2-1
4  Lithuania (1-2) 2-1 1-2 1-2
5th-7th Play-off ISL CYP AND
1  Iceland (2-0) 2-1 3-0
2  Cyprus (1-1) 1-2 2-1
3  Andorra (2-0) 0-3 1-2
  • Monaco and Estonia promoted to Group II in 2005.
  • Cyprus and Andorra relegated to Group IV in 2005.

Venue 2

Venue: National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia (hard)
Date: 12–16 May

Pool A CIV TUR KEN
1  Ivory Coast 2-1 3-0
2  Turkey 1-2 3-0
3  Kenya 0-3 0-3
Pool B GHA NAM MAD
1  Ghana 2-1 2-1
2  Namibia 1-2 3-0
3  Madagascar 1-2 0-3

(scores in italics carried over)

1st-4th Play-off CIV GHA TUR NAM
1  Ivory Coast (3-0) 2-1 2-1 3-0
2  Ghana (2-1) 1-2 2-1 2-1
3  Turkey (1-2) 1-2 1-2 3-0
4  Namibia (0-3) 0-3 1-2 0-3
5th-6th Play-off KEN MAD
1  Kenya (1-0) 3-0
2  Madagascar (0-1) 0-3
  • Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana promoted to Group II in 2005.
  • Kenya and Madagascar relegated to Group IV in 2005.

Group IV

Venue 1

Venue: Olympique Club de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal (hard)
Date: 2–8 February

NGR SMR SEN MLI GAB
1  Nigeria (4-0) 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0
2  San Marino (3-1) 0-3 3-0 3-0 3-0
3  Senegal (2-2) 0-3 0-3 2-1 3-0
4  Mali (1-3) 0-3 0-3 1-2 3-0
5  Gabon (0-4) 0-3 0-3 0-3 0-3
  • Nigeria and San Marino promoted to Group III in 2005.

Venue 2

Venue: Tennis Club Ali-Ten, Chişinău, Moldova (clay)
Date: 12–18 July

Pool A ARM MRI BOT MLT
1  Armenia (3-0) 3-0 3-0 3-0
2  Mauritius (2-1) 0-3 2-1 3-0
3  Botswana (1-2) 0-3 1-2 2-1
4  Malta (0-3) 0-3 0-3 1-2
Pool B BIH MDA RWA UGA
1  Bosnia and Herzegovina (3-0) 2-1 3-0 3-0
2  Moldova (2-1) 1-2 3-0 3-0
3  Rwanda (1-2) 0-3 0-3 3-0
4  Uganda (0-3) 0-3 0-3 0-3

(scores in italics carried over)

1st-4th Play-off BIH ARM MDA MRI
1  Bosnia and Herzegovina (3-0) 3-0 2-1 3-0
2  Armenia (2-1) 0-3 2-1 3-0
3  Moldova (1-2) 1-2 1-2 3-0
4  Mauritius (0-3) 0-3 0-3 0-3
5th-8th Play-off RWA BOT UGA MLT
1  Rwanda (3-0) 2-1 3-0 2-1
2  Botswana (2-1) 1-2 3-0 2-1
3  Uganda (1-2) 0-3 0-3 3-0
4  Malta (0-3) 1-2 1-2 0-3
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina and Armenia promoted to Group III in 2005.

See also

  • Davis Cup structure
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