# 2006 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group IV

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2006.
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. The Group IV tournament was held July 19–23, in Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta, on outdoor hard courts.

## Format

Senegal withdrew from the tournament. The seven remaining teams were split into two groups and played in a round-robin format. The top two teams of each group were promoted to the Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2007. They were placed in the promotion pool to determine places 1–4. The remaining teams in each group from the preliminary round were placed in a second pool to determine places 5–7.

## Pool A

| | Pool A | ISL | SMR | MLT | UGA |
| 1 | Iceland (3–0) | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | San Marino (2–1) | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Malta (1–2) | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 2–1 |
| 4 | Uganda (0–3) | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |

### Iceland vs. San Marino

| Iceland 2 | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta 19 July 2006 Hard | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta 19 July 2006 Hard | San Marino 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Andri Jonsson Domenico Vicini 1 6 5 7     2 Arnar Sigurðsson Diego Zonzini 6 4 6 2     3 Andri Jonsson / Arnar Sigurðsson Christian Rosti / Domenico Vicini 2 6 6 1 6 2 ||||

### Malta vs. Uganda

| Malta 2 | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta 19 July 2006 Hard | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta 19 July 2006 Hard | Uganda 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Matthew Asciak Patrick Olobo 6 1 7 5     2 Daniel Ceross Patrick Ochan 3 6 6$^4$ 7$^7$     3 Matthew Asciak / Daniel Ceross Patrick Ochan / Patrick Olobo 6$^6$ 7$^8$ 7 5 6 3 ||||

### Iceland vs. Malta

| Iceland 2 | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta 20 July 2006 Hard | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta 20 July 2006 Hard | Malta 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Andri Jonsson Matthew Asciak 0 6 2 6     2 Arnar Sigurðsson Daniel Ceross 6 2 6 1     3 Andri Jonsson / Arnar Sigurðsson Gordon Asciak / Matthew Asciak 6 4 7$^7$ 6$^3$ ||||

### San Marino vs. Uganda

| San Marino 2 | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta 20 July 2006 Hard | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta 20 July 2006 Hard | Uganda 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Domenico Vicini Patrick Olobo 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 6 2     2 Diego Zonzini Patrick Ochan 2 6 2 6     3 Christian Rosti / Domenico Vicini Cedric Babu / Patrick Ochan 6 2 7$^7$ 6$^5$ ||||

### Iceland vs. Uganda

| Iceland 2 | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta 21 July 2006 Hard | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta 21 July 2006 Hard | Uganda 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Jón Axel Jónsson Godfrey Uzunga 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 0 6 2 6   2 Arnar Sigurðsson Patrick Ochan 6 1 6 0     3 Arnar Sigurðsson / Jón Axel Jónsson Cedric Babu / Patrick Olobo 6 2 6 2 ||||

### San Marino vs. Malta

| San Marino 2 | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta 21 July 2006 Hard | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta 21 July 2006 Hard | Malta 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Christian Rosti Matthew Asciak 1 6 4 6     2 Domenico Vicini Daniel Ceross 6 4 5 7 6 2   3 Christian Rosti / Domenico Vicini Matthew Asciak / Daniel Ceross 7 5 4 6 6 1 ||||

## Pool B

| | Pool B | MRI | MAD | AZE |
| 1 | Mauritius (2–0) | | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Madagascar (1–1) | 1–2 | | 3–0 |
| 3 | Azerbaijan (0–2) | 1–2 | 0–3 | |

### Azerbaijan vs. Madagascar

| Azerbaijan 0 | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta 19 July 2006 Hard | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta 19 July 2006 Hard | Madagascar 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Farid Shirinov Thierry Rajaobelina 0 6 2 6     2 Emin Ağayev Jacob Rasolondrazana 2 6 4 6     3 Emin Ağayev / Fakhraddin Shirinov Antso Rakotondramanga / Vatsy Rakotondramanga 4 6 6 2 4 6 ||||

### Madagascar vs. Mauritius

| Madagascar 1 | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta 20 July 2006 Hard | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta 20 July 2006 Hard | Mauritius 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Thierry Rajaobelina Kamil Patel 5 7 6 0 6 1   2 Jacob Rasolondrazana Bruno Gorayah 3 6 6 4 4 6   3 Thierry Rajaobelina / Antso Rakotondramanga Bruno Gorayah / Kamil Patel 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 2 6 ||||

### Azerbaijan vs. Mauritius

| Azerbaijan 1 | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta 21 July 2006 Hard | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta 21 July 2006 Hard | Mauritius 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Fakhraddin Shirinov Kamil Patel 0 6 7$^8$ 6$^6$ 5 7   2 Emin Ağayev Bruno Gorayah 6$^1$ 7$^7$ 6$^6$ 7$^8$     3 Emin Ağayev / Ramin Hajiyev Alexandre Daruty / Bruno Gorayah 6 3 6 2 ||||

## Promotion pool

The top two teams from each of Pools A and B advanced to the Promotion pool. Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward.
(scores in italics carried over from Groups)
| | 1st–4th Play-off | MRI | MAD | ISL | SMR |
| 1 | Mauritius (3–0) | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Madagascar (2–1) | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Iceland (1–2) | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 2–1 |
| 4 | San Marino (0–3) | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | |
Mauritius, Madagascar, Iceland, and San Marino promoted to Group III in 2007.

### Iceland vs. Madagascar

| Iceland 1 | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta 22 July 2006 Hard | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta 22 July 2006 Hard | Madagascar 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Andri Jonsson Thierry Rajaobelina 0 6 1 6     2 Arnar Sigurðsson Jacob Rasolondrazana 6 2 6 1     3 Magnús Gunnarsson / Jón Axel Jónsson Thierry Rajaobelina / Jacob Rasolondrazana 2 6 0 6 ||||

### San Marino vs. Mauritius

| San Marino 1 | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta 22 July 2006 Hard | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta 22 July 2006 Hard | Mauritius 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Diego Zonzini Kamil Patel 1 6 1 6     2 William Forcellini Alexandre Daruty 6 3 1 6 6 2   3 Christian Rosti / Domenico Vicini Bruno Gorayah / Kamil Patel 5 7 6 2 3 6 ||||

### Iceland vs. Mauritius

| Iceland 0 | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta 23 July 2006 Hard | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta 23 July 2006 Hard | Mauritius 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Magnús Gunnarsson Kamil Patel 0 6 0 6     2 Jón Axel Jónsson Bruno Gorayah 1 6 2 6     3 Magnús Gunnarsson / Jón Axel Jónsson Bruno Gorayah / Kamil Patel 1 6 1 6 ||||

### San Marino vs. Madagascar

| San Marino 0 | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta 23 July 2006 Hard | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta 23 July 2006 Hard | Madagascar 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Diego Zonzini Thierry Rajaobelina 2 6 3 6     2 William Forcellini Antso Rakotondramanga 0 6 4 6     3 Domenico Vicini / Diego Zonzini Vatsy Rakotondramanga / Jacob Rasolondrazana 3 6 3 6 ||||

## Placement pool

The bottom two teams from Pool A and the bottom team from Pool B were placed in the placement pool to determine places 5–7. Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward.
(scores in italics carried over from Groups)
| | 5th–7th Play-off | MLT | AZE | UGA |
| 1 | Malta (2–0) | | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Azerbaijan (1–1) | 1–2 | | 3–0 |
| 3 | Uganda (0–2) | 1–2 | 0–3 | |

### Azerbaijan vs. Malta

| Azerbaijan 1 | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta 22 July 2006 Hard | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta 22 July 2006 Hard | Malta 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Ramin Hajiyev Phillip Zarb Mizzi 5 7 1 6     2 Fakhraddin Shirinov Daniel Ceross 3 6 6 1    retired 3 Emin Ağayev / Fakhraddin Shirinov Gordon Asciak / Matthew Asciak 0 6 1 6 ||||

### Azerbaijan vs. Uganda

| Azerbaijan 3 | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta 23 July 2006 Hard | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta 23 July 2006 Hard | Uganda 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Ramin Hajiyev N.A.       w/o  2 Fakhraddin Shirinov N.A.       w/o  3 Ramin Hajiyev / Fakhraddin Shirinov N.A. / N.A.       w/o ||||

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Mauritius |
| 2 | Madagascar |
| 3 | Iceland |
| 4 | San Marino |
| 5 | Malta |
| 6 | Azerbaijan |
| 7 | Uganda |
* Mauritius, Madagascar, Iceland, and San Marino promoted to Group III in 2007.
* Senegal withdrew from the tournament.