# 1996 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1996.
In the Europe/Africa Zone there were three 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 1997.

### Participating nations

* Croatia
* Finland
* Israel
* Morocco
* Norway
* Romania
* Spain
* Ukraine
* Zimbabwe

#### Draw

| Second Round Play-offs | Second Round Play-offs | Second Round Play-offs | First Round Play-offs | First Round Play-offs | First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round |
| | | | | | Morocco | Morocco | | | | |
| | | | | | Morocco | Morocco | | Casablanca, Morocco (clay) | Casablanca, Morocco (clay) | Casablanca, Morocco (clay) |
| | | | | | bye | bye | | Casablanca, Morocco (clay) | Casablanca, Morocco (clay) | Casablanca, Morocco (clay) |
| | | | bye | bye | bye | bye | | Morocco | Morocco | 4 |
| | | | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | | | | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 1 |
| | | | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | bye | bye | | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 1 |
| Harare, Zimbabwe (hard) | Harare, Zimbabwe (hard) | Harare, Zimbabwe (hard) | | | bye | bye | | | | |
| Harare, Zimbabwe (hard) | Harare, Zimbabwe (hard) | Harare, Zimbabwe (hard) | | | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | | | | |
| Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 4 | | | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | | | | |
| Finland | Finland | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Finland | Finland | 1 | | | Romania | Romania | | | | |
| | | | | | Romania | Romania | | Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) | Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) |
| | | | | | bye | bye | | Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) | Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) |
| | | | bye | bye | bye | bye | | Romania | Romania | 3 |
| | | | Finland | Finland | | | | Finland | Finland | 2 |
| | | | Finland | Finland | bye | bye | | Finland | Finland | 2 |
| | | | | | Finland | Finland | | | |
| | | | | | Ukraine | Ukraine | | | |
| | | | | | Ukraine | Ukraine | | Dubrovnik, Croatia (indoor carpet) | Dubrovnik, Croatia (indoor carpet) | Dubrovnik, Croatia (indoor carpet) |
| | | | | | bye | bye | | Dubrovnik, Croatia (indoor carpet) | Dubrovnik, Croatia (indoor carpet) | Dubrovnik, Croatia (indoor carpet) |
| | | | Ukraine | Ukraine | bye | bye | | Ukraine | Ukraine | 0 |
| | | | bye | bye | | | | Croatia | Croatia | 5 |
| | | | bye | bye | bye | bye | | Croatia | Croatia | 5 |
| Kyiv, Ukraine (clay) | Kyiv, Ukraine (clay) | Kyiv, Ukraine (clay) | | | bye | bye | | | | |
| Kyiv, Ukraine (clay) | Kyiv, Ukraine (clay) | Kyiv, Ukraine (clay) | | | Croatia | Croatia | | | | |
| Ukraine | Ukraine | 4 | | | Croatia | Croatia | | | | |
| Ukraine | Ukraine | 4 | | | Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) | Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) | Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) | | | |
| Norway | Norway | 1 | | | Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) | Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) | Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) | | | |
| Norway | Norway | 1 | | | Norway | Norway | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | Norway | Norway | 2 | Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) | Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) |
| | | | | | Israel | Israel | 3 | Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) | Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) |
| | | | Norway | Norway | Israel | Israel | 3 | Israel | Israel | 1 |
| | | | bye | bye | | | | Spain | Spain | 4 |
| | | | bye | bye | bye | bye | | Spain | Spain | 4 |
| | | | | | Spain | Spain | | | | |
* Finland and Norway relegated to Group II in 1997.
* Morocco, Romania, Croatia, and Spain 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 1997.

### Participating nations

* Algeria
* Belarus
* Egypt
* Ghana
* Great Britain
* Ivory Coast
* Latvia
* Luxembourg
* Macedonia
* Malta
* Nigeria
* Poland
* Portugal
* Slovenia
* Slovakia
* Yugoslavia

#### Draw

| Relegation Play-offs | Relegation Play-offs | Relegation Play-offs | First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round |
| | | | Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (ind. carpet) | Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (ind. carpet) | Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (ind. carpet) | | | | | | |
| | | | Slovenia | Slovenia | 1 | | | | | | |
| Novo Mesto, Slovenia (clay) | Novo Mesto, Slovenia (clay) | Novo Mesto, Slovenia (clay) | Slovenia | Slovenia | 1 | Accra, Ghana (hard) | | | | | |
| Novo Mesto, Slovenia (clay) | Novo Mesto, Slovenia (clay) | Novo Mesto, Slovenia (clay) | Great Britain | Great Britain | 4 | Accra, Ghana (hard) | | | | | |
| Slovenia | Slovenia | 5 | Great Britain | Great Britain | 4 | Great Britain | Great Britain | 5 | | | |
| Slovenia | Slovenia | 5 | Accra, Ghana (hard) | Accra, Ghana (hard) | Accra, Ghana (hard) | Great Britain | Great Britain | 5 | | | |
| Malta | Malta | 0 | Accra, Ghana (hard) | Accra, Ghana (hard) | Accra, Ghana (hard) | Ghana | Ghana | 0 | | | |
| Malta | Malta | 0 | Ghana | Ghana | 5 | Ghana | Ghana | 0 | | | |
| | | | Ghana | Ghana | 5 | | | | Wimbledon, United Kingdom (grass) | Wimbledon, United Kingdom (grass) | Wimbledon, United Kingdom (grass) |
| | | | Malta | Malta | 0 | | | | Wimbledon, United Kingdom (grass) | Wimbledon, United Kingdom (grass) | Wimbledon, United Kingdom (grass) |
| | | | Malta | Malta | 0 | | | | Great Britain | Great Britain | 5 |
| | | | Cairo, Egypt (clay) | Cairo, Egypt (clay) | Cairo, Egypt (clay) | | | | Great Britain | Great Britain | 5 |
| | | | Cairo, Egypt (clay) | Cairo, Egypt (clay) | Cairo, Egypt (clay) | | | | Egypt | Egypt | 0 |
| | | | Egypt | Egypt | 5 | | | | Egypt | Egypt | 0 |
| Skopje, Macedonia (clay) | Skopje, Macedonia (clay) | Skopje, Macedonia (clay) | Egypt | Egypt | 5 | Cairo, Egypt (clay) | Cairo, Egypt (clay) | Cairo, Egypt (clay) | | | |
| Skopje, Macedonia (clay) | Skopje, Macedonia (clay) | Skopje, Macedonia (clay) | Macedonia | Macedonia | 0 | Cairo, Egypt (clay) | Cairo, Egypt (clay) | Cairo, Egypt (clay) | | | |
| Macedonia | Macedonia | 2 | Macedonia | Macedonia | 0 | Egypt | Egypt | 3 | | | |
| Macedonia | Macedonia | 2 | Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor hard) | Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor hard) | Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor hard) | Egypt | Egypt | 3 | | | |
| Latvia | Latvia | 3 | Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor hard) | Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor hard) | Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor hard) | Ivory Coast | Ivory Coast | 2 | | | |
| Latvia | Latvia | 3 | Ivory Coast | Ivory Coast | 3 | Ivory Coast | Ivory Coast | 2 | | | |
| | | | Latvia | Latvia | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | Warsaw, Poland (clay) | Warsaw, Poland (clay) | Warsaw, Poland (clay) | | | | | | |
| | | | Poland | Poland | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | Poland | Poland | 4 | Poznań, Poland (clay) | | | | | |
| | | | Nigeria | Nigeria | 1 | Poznań, Poland (clay) | | | | | |
| Nigeria | Nigeria | w/o | Nigeria | Nigeria | 1 | Poland | Poland | 4 | | | |
| Nigeria | Nigeria | w/o | Esch-sur-Alzette, Lux. (indoor carpet) | Esch-sur-Alzette, Lux. (indoor carpet) | Esch-sur-Alzette, Lux. (indoor carpet) | Poland | Poland | 4 | | | |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg | | Esch-sur-Alzette, Lux. (indoor carpet) | Esch-sur-Alzette, Lux. (indoor carpet) | Esch-sur-Alzette, Lux. (indoor carpet) | Belarus | Belarus | 1 | | | |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg | | Belarus | Belarus | 4 | Belarus | Belarus | 1 | | | |
| | | | Belarus | Belarus | 4 | | | | Trnava, Slovakia (indoor carpet) | Trnava, Slovakia (indoor carpet) | Trnava, Slovakia (indoor carpet) |
| | | | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 1 | | | | Trnava, Slovakia (indoor carpet) | Trnava, Slovakia (indoor carpet) | Trnava, Slovakia (indoor carpet) |
| | | | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 1 | | | | Poland | Poland | 1 |
| | | | Budva, Yugoslavia (clay) | Budva, Yugoslavia (clay) | Budva, Yugoslavia (clay) | | | | Poland | Poland | 1 |
| | | | Budva, Yugoslavia (clay) | Budva, Yugoslavia (clay) | Budva, Yugoslavia (clay) | | | | Slovakia | Slovakia | 4 |
| | | | Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 1 | | | | Slovakia | Slovakia | 4 |
| Novi Sad, Yugoslavia (carpet) | Novi Sad, Yugoslavia (carpet) | Novi Sad, Yugoslavia (carpet) | Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 1 | Trnava, Slovakia (indoor carpet) | Trnava, Slovakia (indoor carpet) | Trnava, Slovakia (indoor carpet) | | | |
| Novi Sad, Yugoslavia (carpet) | Novi Sad, Yugoslavia (carpet) | Novi Sad, Yugoslavia (carpet) | Slovakia | Slovakia | 4 | Trnava, Slovakia (indoor carpet) | Trnava, Slovakia (indoor carpet) | Trnava, Slovakia (indoor carpet) | | | |
| Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 5 | Slovakia | Slovakia | 4 | Slovakia | Slovakia | 5 | | | |
| Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 5 | Algiers, Algeria (clay) | Algiers, Algeria (clay) | Algiers, Algeria (clay) | Slovakia | Slovakia | 5 | | | |
| Algeria | Algeria | 0 | Algiers, Algeria (clay) | Algiers, Algeria (clay) | Algiers, Algeria (clay) | Portugal | Portugal | 0 | | | |
| Algeria | Algeria | 0 | Algeria | Algeria | 0 | Portugal | Portugal | 0 | | | |
| | | | Portugal | Portugal | 5 | | | | | | |
* Malta, Macedonia, Nigeria, and Algeria relegated to Group III in 1997.
* Great Britain and Slovakia promoted to Group I in 1997.

## Group III

Winners in Group III advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 1997. In a move to a four-tier system from 1997, the bottom teams were re-assigned to the new Group IV. All other teams remained in Group III.

### Participating nations

* Armenia
* Azerbaijan
* Benin
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Botswana
* Bulgaria
* Cameroon
* Congo
* Cyprus
* Djibouti
* Ethiopia
* Estonia
* Georgia
* Greece
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Kenya
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Moldova
* Monaco
* San Marino
* Senegal
* Sudan
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Turkey
* Zambia

### Zone A
#### Draw

* Venue: T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkey
* Date: 20–26 May
Group A
| | LTU | SEN | SMR | ETH | AZE | ISL | SUD | RR W–L | Match W–L | Set W–L | Standings |
| Lithuania | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 18–0 (100%) | 36–3 (92%) | 1 |
| Senegal | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 13–5 (72%) | 28–13 (68%) | 2 |
| San Marino | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 13–5 (72%) | 27–12 (69%) | 3 |
| Ethiopia | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 8–10 (44%) | 18–23 (44%) | 4 |
| Azerbaijan | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–14 (22%) | 12–30 (29%) | 5 |
| Iceland | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 1–5 | 5–13 (28%) | 13–26 (33%) | 6 |
| Sudan | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | | 0–6 | 2–16 (11%) | 6–33 (15%) | 7 |
Group B
| | GEO | TUR | ARM | BIH | LIE | TUN | BEN | RR W–L | Match W–L | Set W–L | Standings |
| Georgia | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 13–5 (72%) | 28–11 (72%) | 1 |
| Turkey | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 14–4 (78%) | 28–9 (76%) | 2 |
| Armenia | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 12–6 (67%) | 27–16 (63%) | 3 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 10–8 (56%) | 22–20 (52%) | 4 |
| Liechtenstein | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 7–11 (39%) | 16–24 (40%) | 5 |
| Tunisia | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 1–5 | 4–14 (22%) | 13–30 (30%) | 6 |
| Benin | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 0–6 | 3–15 (17%) | 7–31 (18%) | 7 |
* Lithuania and Georgia promoted to Group II in 1997.
* Azerbaijan, Iceland, Sudan, Liechtenstein, Tunisia and Benin assigned to Group IV in 1997.

### Zone B
#### Draw

* Venue: Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya
* Date: 8–14 January
Group A
| | IRL | CMR | EST | MDA | CYP | ZAM | DJI | RR W–L | Match W–L | Set W–L | Standings |
| Ireland | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 17–1 (94%) | 32–4 (89%) | 1 |
| Cameroon | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 13–5 (72%) | 26–12 (68%) | 2 |
| Estonia | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 12–6 (67%) | 25–15 (63%) | 3 |
| Moldova | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 9–9 (50%) | 21–19 (53%) | 4 |
| Cyprus | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 8–10 (44%) | 19–18 (51%) | 5 |
| Zambia | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 5–1 | 4–14 (22%) | 9–28 (24%) | 6 |
| Djibouti | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 6–0 | 0–18 (0%) | 0–36 (0%) | 7 |
Group B
| | GRE | BUL | MON | KEN | BOT | TOG | CGO | RR W–L | Match W–L | Set W–L | Standings |
| Greece | | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 16–2 (89%) | 33–7 (83%) | 1 |
| Bulgaria | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 15–3 (83%) | 30–10 (75%) | 2 |
| Monaco | 2–1 | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 13–5 (72%) | 27–14 (66%) | 3 |
| Kenya | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 10–8 (56%) | 25–18 (58%) | 4 |
| Botswana | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 6–12 (33%) | 14–25 (36%) | 5 |
| Togo | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 1–5 | 3–15 (17%) | 10–29 (26%) | 6 |
| Congo | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 0–6 | 0–18 (0%) | 0–36 (0%) | 7 |
* Ireland and Greece promoted to Group II in 1997.
* Cyprus, Zambia, Djibouti, Botswana, Togo and Congo assigned to Group IV in 1997.