# 2005 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2005.
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. 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 2006.

## Participating nations

* Algeria
* Bulgaria
* Ivory Coast
* Estonia
* Finland
* Georgia
* Ghana
* Greece
* Hungary
* Latvia
* Monaco
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Slovenia
* Ukraine

### 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 |
| | | | Accra, Ghana (hard) | Accra, Ghana (hard) | Accra, Ghana (hard) | | | | | | |
| | | | | Ghana | 0 | | | | | | |
| Accra, Ghana (hard) | Accra, Ghana (hard) | Accra, Ghana (hard) | | Ghana | 0 | Helsinki, Finland (clay) | | | | | |
| Accra, Ghana (hard) | Accra, Ghana (hard) | Accra, Ghana (hard) | S | Finland | 5 | Helsinki, Finland (clay) | | | | | |
| Ghana | Ghana | 2 | S | Finland | 5 | S | Finland | 2 | | | |
| Ghana | Ghana | 2 | Sofia, Bulgaria (indoor carpet) | Sofia, Bulgaria (indoor carpet) | Sofia, Bulgaria (indoor carpet) | S | Finland | 2 | | | |
| Georgia | Georgia | 3 | Sofia, Bulgaria (indoor carpet) | Sofia, Bulgaria (indoor carpet) | Sofia, Bulgaria (indoor carpet) | S | Bulgaria | 3 | | | |
| Georgia | Georgia | 3 | S | Bulgaria | 4 | S | Bulgaria | 3 | | | |
| | | | S | Bulgaria | 4 | | | | Donetsk, Ukraine (hard) | Donetsk, Ukraine (hard) | Donetsk, Ukraine (hard) |
| | | | | Georgia | 1 | | | | Donetsk, Ukraine (hard) | Donetsk, Ukraine (hard) | Donetsk, Ukraine (hard) |
| | | | | Georgia | 1 | | | | S | Bulgaria | 1 |
| | | | Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary (ind. hard) | Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary (ind. hard) | Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary (ind. hard) | | | | S | Bulgaria | 1 |
| | | | Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary (ind. hard) | Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary (ind. hard) | Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary (ind. hard) | | | | S | Ukraine | 4 |
| | | | S | Hungary | 4 | | | | S | Ukraine | 4 |
| Oslo, Norway (clay) | Oslo, Norway (clay) | Oslo, Norway (clay) | S | Hungary | 4 | Donetsk, Ukraine (hard) | Donetsk, Ukraine (hard) | Donetsk, Ukraine (hard) | | | |
| Oslo, Norway (clay) | Oslo, Norway (clay) | Oslo, Norway (clay) | | Monaco | 1 | Donetsk, Ukraine (hard) | Donetsk, Ukraine (hard) | Donetsk, Ukraine (hard) | | | |
| Monaco | Monaco | 1 | | Monaco | 1 | S | Hungary | 2 | | | |
| Monaco | Monaco | 1 | Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet) | Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet) | Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet) | S | Hungary | 2 | | | |
| Norway | Norway | 4 | Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet) | Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet) | Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet) | S | Ukraine | 3 | | | |
| Norway | Norway | 4 | S | Ukraine | 4 | S | Ukraine | 3 | | | |
| | | | | Norway | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | Tallinn, Estonia (indoor carpet) | Tallinn, Estonia (indoor carpet) | Tallinn, Estonia (indoor carpet) | | | | | | |
| | | | | Estonia | 1 | | | | | | |
| Gdynia, Poland (clay) | Gdynia, Poland (clay) | Gdynia, Poland (clay) | | Estonia | 1 | Lisbon, Portugal (clay) | | | | | |
| Gdynia, Poland (clay) | Gdynia, Poland (clay) | Gdynia, Poland (clay) | S | Portugal | 4 | Lisbon, Portugal (clay) | | | | | |
| | Estonia | 0 | S | Portugal | 4 | S | Portugal | 3 | | | |
| | Estonia | 0 | Algiers, Algeria (clay) | Algiers, Algeria (clay) | Algiers, Algeria (clay) | S | Portugal | 3 | | | |
| S | Poland | 5 | Algiers, Algeria (clay) | Algiers, Algeria (clay) | Algiers, Algeria (clay) | | Algeria | 2 | | | |
| S | Poland | 5 | | Algeria | 3 | | Algeria | 2 | | | |
| | | | | Algeria | 3 | | | | Estoril, Portugal (clay) | Estoril, Portugal (clay) | Estoril, Portugal (clay) |
| | | | S | Poland | 2 | | | | Estoril, Portugal (clay) | Estoril, Portugal (clay) | Estoril, Portugal (clay) |
| | | | S | Poland | 2 | | | | S | Portugal | 4 |
| | | | Kranj, Slovenia (indoor hard) | Kranj, Slovenia (indoor hard) | Kranj, Slovenia (indoor hard) | | | | S | Portugal | 4 |
| | | | Kranj, Slovenia (indoor hard) | Kranj, Slovenia (indoor hard) | Kranj, Slovenia (indoor hard) | | | | S | Slovenia | 1 |
| | | | | Ivory Coast | 0 | | | | S | Slovenia | 1 |
| Athens, Greece (clay) | Athens, Greece (clay) | Athens, Greece (clay) | | Ivory Coast | 0 | Kranj, Slovenia (clay) | Kranj, Slovenia (clay) | Kranj, Slovenia (clay) | | | |
| Athens, Greece (clay) | Athens, Greece (clay) | Athens, Greece (clay) | S | Slovenia | 5 | Kranj, Slovenia (clay) | Kranj, Slovenia (clay) | Kranj, Slovenia (clay) | | | |
| | Ivory Coast | 0 | S | Slovenia | 5 | S | Slovenia | 5 | | | |
| | Ivory Coast | 0 | Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor carpet) | Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor carpet) | Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor carpet) | S | Slovenia | 5 | | | |
| S | Greece | 5 | Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor carpet) | Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor carpet) | Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor carpet) | | Latvia | 0 | | | |
| S | Greece | 5 | | Latvia | 4 | | Latvia | 0 | | | |
| | | | S | Greece | 1 | | | | | | |
* Georgia, Monaco, Estonia, and Côte d'Ivoire relegated to Group III in 2006.
* Ukraine and Portugal promoted to Group I in 2006.

## First round
### Ghana vs. Finland

| Ghana 0 | Accra Sports Stadium Tennis Court, Accra, Ghana 4–6 March 2005 Hard | Accra Sports Stadium Tennis Court, Accra, Ghana 4–6 March 2005 Hard | Finland 5 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Mohammed Salifu Jarkko Nieminen 1 6 2 6 1 6       2 Henry Adjei-Darko Tuomas Ketola 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 7 5 1 6 0 4   retired  3 Henry Adjei-Darko / Gunther Darkey Lauri Kiiski / Jarkko Nieminen 6 3 6$^3$ 7$^7$ 4 6 6$^5$ 7$^7$     4 Henry Adjei-Darko Jarkko Nieminen 2 6 4 6         5 Mohammed Salifu Tuomas Ketola 1 6 3 6 ||||

### Bulgaria vs. Georgia

| Bulgaria 4 | Sofia, Bulgaria 4–6 March 2005 Carpet (indoors) | Sofia, Bulgaria 4–6 March 2005 Carpet (indoors) | Georgia 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Ivaylo Traykov Lado Chikhladze 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 6 3 6$^3$ 7$^7$ 3 6     2 Todor Enev Irakli Ushangishvili 6 2 6 3 6 2       3 Yordan Kanev / Ilia Kushev Lado Chikhladze / Irakli Ushangishvili 6 4 3 6 6 4 6 4     4 Todor Enev Lado Chikhladze 6 1 6 2 5 7 6 4     5 Ivaylo Traykov David Kvernadze 6 2 6$^7$ 7$^9$ 7$^7$ 6$^0$ ||||

### Hungary vs. Monaco

| Hungary 4 | Hód TC, Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary 4–6 March 2005 Hard (indoors) | Hód TC, Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary 4–6 March 2005 Hard (indoors) | Monaco 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Gergely Kisgyörgy Benjamin Balleret 6 4 2 6 6 4 4 6 6 1   2 Sebő Kiss Emmanuel Heussner 7$^{10}$ 6$^8$ 5 7 6 2 7$^7$ 6$^2$     3 Gergely Kisgyörgy / Sebő Kiss Benjamin Balleret / Guillaume Couillard 6 1 6 4 6 0       4 Ádám Kellner Guillaume Couillard 6 4 4 6 3 6       5 Dénes Lukács Thomas Drouet 6 4 6 2 ||||

### Ukraine vs. Norway

| Ukraine 4 | International Tennis Club "NAUKA", Kyiv, Ukraine 4–6 March 2005 Carpet (indoors) | International Tennis Club "NAUKA", Kyiv, Ukraine 4–6 March 2005 Carpet (indoors) | Norway 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Sergei Bubka Jan Frode Andersen 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 3 6 5 7       2 Orest Tereshchuk Stian Boretti 7 5 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 6 4 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 6 2   3 Mikhail Filima / Orest Tereshchuk Jan Frode Andersen / Stian Boretti 6 1 6 3 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 4 6 10 8   4 Mikhail Filima Jan Frode Andersen 2 6 6$^2$ 7$^7$ 6 2 7$^8$ 6$^6$ 8 6   5 Sergei Bubka Marius Tangen 7 5 6 1 ||||

### Estonia vs. Portugal

| Estonia 1 | Kadrioru Tennisekeskus (Kadrioru Tennis Center), Tallinn, Estonia 4–6 March 2005 Carpet (indoors) | Kadrioru Tennisekeskus (Kadrioru Tennis Center), Tallinn, Estonia 4–6 March 2005 Carpet (indoors) | Portugal 4 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Mait Künnap Fred Gil 6$^7$ 7$^9$ 4 6 2 6       2 Alti Vahkal Leonardo Tavares 6 3 6 2 2 6 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 4 6   3 Mait Künnap / Alti Vahkal Fred Gil / Leonardo Tavares 3 6 4 6 4 6       4 Andrei Luzgin Rui Machado 5 7 6 4 6 3       5 Oskar Saarne Diogo Rocha 3 6 2 6 ||||

### Algeria vs. Poland

| Algeria 3 | Fosses Olympique du Complexe Mohamed Boudiaf, Algiers, Algeria 4–6 March 2005 Clay | Fosses Olympique du Complexe Mohamed Boudiaf, Algiers, Algeria 4–6 March 2005 Clay | Poland 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Lamine Ouahab Łukasz Kubot 2 6 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 1 6       2 Slimane Saoudi Mariusz Fyrstenberg 3 6 6 3 7$^7$ 6$^2$ 6 4     3 Lamine Ouahab / Slimane Saoudi Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski 7$^7$ 6$^2$ 6 4 3 6 6 3     4 Slimane Saoudi Łukasz Kubot 7 5 6 1 2 6 3 6 0 6   5 Lamine Ouahab Filip Urban 6 2 6 3 6 4 ||||

### Slovenia vs. Ivory Coast

| Slovenia 5 | Teniski Klub Triglav, Kranj, Slovenia 4–6 March 2005 Hard (indoors) | Teniski Klub Triglav, Kranj, Slovenia 4–6 March 2005 Hard (indoors) | Ivory Coast 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Grega Žemlja Valentin Sanon 6 4 6 4 7 5       2 Boštjan Ošabnik Claude N'Goran 6 1 6 0 2 6 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 6 2   3 Rok Jarc / Grega Žemlja Claude N'Goran / Valentin Sanon 6 2 6 2        retired 4 Luka Gregorc Valentin Sanon 6 4 6 3         5 Rok Jarc Terence Nugent 6 2 6 0 ||||

### Latvia vs. Greece

| Latvia 4 | Tennis Centre "Lielupe", Jūrmala, Latvia 4–6 March 2005 Carpet (indoors) | Tennis Centre "Lielupe", Jūrmala, Latvia 4–6 March 2005 Carpet (indoors) | Greece 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Andis Juška Konstantinos Economidis 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 7$^7$ 6$^2$ 2 6 6 2     2 Ernests Gulbis Vasilis Mazarakis 3 6 4 6 3 6       3 Andis Juška / Deniss Pavlovs Konstantinos Economidis / Vasilis Mazarakis 5 7 4 6 6 3 6 4 6 4   4 Andis Juška Vasilis Mazarakis 6 2 6 3 7 5       5 Deniss Pavlovs Alexandros Jakoubovits 6 1 6 2 ||||

## Second round
### Finland vs. Bulgaria

| Finland 2 | Taivallahti Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland 15–17 July 2005 Clay | Taivallahti Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland 15–17 July 2005 Clay | Bulgaria 3 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Tuomas Ketola Todor Enev 6 3 4 6 1 6 6 3 6 8   2 Jarkko Nieminen Radoslav Lukaev 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 6 3 6 2       3 Lauri Kiiski / Jarkko Nieminen Ilia Kushev / Radoslav Lukaev 5 7 3 6 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 3 6     4 Jarkko Nieminen Ilia Kushev 6 3 7 5 6 2       5 Tuomas Ketola Radoslav Lukaev 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 4 6 1 6 ||||

### Ukraine vs. Hungary

| Ukraine 3 | Tennis Club 'Viccourt', Donetsk, Ukraine 15–17 July 2005 Hard | Tennis Club 'Viccourt', Donetsk, Ukraine 15–17 July 2005 Hard | Hungary 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Sergei Yaroshenko Gergely Kisgyörgy 6 3 6 4 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 6 3     2 Orest Tereshchuk Kornél Bardóczky 6 4 6 2 3 6 2 6 6 3   3 Mikhail Filima / Orest Tereshchuk Kornél Bardóczky / Gergely Kisgyörgy 6$^3$ 7$^7$ 7$^7$ 6$^2$ 6 4 6 4     4 Mikhail Filima Kornél Bardóczky 6 3 6$^6$ 7$^8$ 6$^5$ 7$^7$       5 Oleksandr Nedovyesov Sebő Kiss 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 4 6 ||||

### Portugal vs. Algeria

| Portugal 3 | Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal 15–17 July 2005 Clay | Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal 15–17 July 2005 Clay | Algeria 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Rui Machado Slimane Saoudi 6 4 0 6 6 3 6$^3$ 7$^7$ 4 6   2 Fred Gil Lamine Ouahab 6$^2$ 7$^7$ 4 6 3 6       3 Fred Gil / Leonardo Tavares Abdelhak Hameurlaïne / Slimane Saoudi 6$^3$ 7$^7$ 6 3 6 1 7$^7$ 6$^3$     4 Rui Machado Lamine Ouahab 6 4 6 2 6 2       5 Fred Gil Slimane Saoudi 4 6 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 6 0 6 2 6 2 ||||

### Slovenia vs. Latvia

| Slovenia 5 | Teniski Klub Triglav, Kranj, Slovenia 15–17 July 2005 Clay | Teniski Klub Triglav, Kranj, Slovenia 15–17 July 2005 Clay | Latvia 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Marko Tkalec Andis Juška 6 1 6 3 6 4       2 Grega Žemlja Ernests Gulbis 5 7 6 3 6 1 6 4     3 Rok Jarc / Boštjan Ošabnik Ernests Gulbis / Andis Juška 6 2 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 4 6 6 2     4 Boštjan Ošabnik Deniss Pavlovs 6 1 3 6 6 0       5 Rok Jarc Jānis Skroderis 6 4 6 2 ||||

## Relegation play-offs
### Ghana vs. Georgia

| Ghana 2 | Ohene Djan Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana 15–17 July 2005 Hard | Ohene Djan Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana 15–17 July 2005 Hard | Georgia 3 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Gunther Darkey Irakli Labadze 2 6 2 6 1 6       2 Henry Adjei-Darko Lado Chikhladze 7$^9$ 6$^7$ 6 2 6 2       3 Henry Adjei-Darko / Gunther Darkey Lado Chikhladze / Irakli Labadze 6 4 3 6 3 6 4 6     4 Henry Adjei-Darko Irakli Labadze 4 6 3 6 1 6       5 Mohammed Salifu Irakli Ushangishvili 4 6 7 5 6 3 ||||

### Norway vs. Monaco

| Norway 4 | Oslo Tennisklubb, Oslo, Norway 15–17 July 2005 Clay | Oslo Tennisklubb, Oslo, Norway 15–17 July 2005 Clay | Monaco 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Stian Boretti Benjamin Balleret 3 6 2 6 6 3 5 7     2 Jan Frode Andersen Guillaume Couillard 6 2 6 4 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 7$^7$ 6$^5$     3 Jan Frode Andersen / Stian Boretti Thomas Drouet / Emmanuel Heussner 3 6 6 2 6 1 6 2     4 Jan Frode Andersen Benjamin Balleret 6 2 6 2 6 4       5 Stian Boretti Guillaume Couillard 6 4 6 1 ||||

### Poland vs. Estonia

| Poland 5 | Klub Tenisowy ARKA, Gdynia, Poland 15–17 July 2005 Clay | Klub Tenisowy ARKA, Gdynia, Poland 15–17 July 2005 Clay | Estonia 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Łukasz Kubot Jaak Põldma 6 0 6 1 7$^9$ 6$^7$       2 Adam Chadaj Mait Künnap 6 3 6 3 6 4       3 Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Łukasz Kubot Mihkel Koppel / Mait Künnap 6 3 6 4 6 3       4 Michał Przysiężny Mait Künnap 2 6 6 3 6 2       5 Adam Chadaj Mikk Irdoja 6 2 6 1 ||||

### Greece vs. Ivory Coast

| Greece 5 | Helioupolis Tennis Club, Athens, Greece 15–17 July 2005 Clay | Helioupolis Tennis Club, Athens, Greece 15–17 July 2005 Clay | Ivory Coast 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Konstantinos Economidis Valentin Sanon 6 4 6 3 6 2       2 Vasilis Mazarakis Claude N'Goran 6 2 7$^7$ 6$^1$ 6$^3$ 7$^7$ 6 0     3 Konstantinos Economidis / Vasilis Mazarakis Claude N'Goran / Valentin Sanon 3 6 6$^8$ 7$^{10}$ 6 0 6 3 6 4   4 Nikos Rovas Charles Irie 6 1 6 1         5 Alexandros Jakoubovits Terence Nugent 6 4 3 6 6 1 ||||

## Third round
### Ukraine vs. Bulgaria

| Ukraine 4 | Tennis Club 'Viccourt', Donetsk, Ukraine 23–25 September 2005 Hard | Tennis Club 'Viccourt', Donetsk, Ukraine 23–25 September 2005 Hard | Bulgaria 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Orest Tereshchuk Todor Enev 6 2 6 4 6 3       2 Sergei Yaroshenko Radoslav Lukaev 4 6 4 6 6$^4$ 7$^7$       3 Mikhail Filima / Orest Tereshchuk Ilia Kushev / Radoslav Lukaev 6 4 6 2 7$^7$ 6$^3$       4 Mikhail Filima Todor Enev 6 4 6 4 6 3       5 Sergei Bubka Yordan Kanev 6$^7$ 7$^9$ 6 4 6 3 ||||

### Portugal vs. Slovenia

| Portugal 4 | Clube de Ténis do Estoril, Estoril, Portugal 23–25 September 2005 Clay | Clube de Ténis do Estoril, Estoril, Portugal 23–25 September 2005 Clay | Slovenia 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Fred Gil Boštjan Ošabnik 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 6 1 6 1       2 Rui Machado Marko Tkalec 3 6 6 4 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 1 6 3 6   3 Fred Gil / Leonardo Tavares Rok Jarc / Grega Žemlja 6 4 6 2 6 4       4 Rui Machado Grega Žemlja 6 3 6 3 2 6 6 4     5 Leonardo Tavares Marko Tkalec 6 4 7 5 ||||