# 2000 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2000.
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 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 2001.

## Participating nations

* Belarus
* Finland
* Hungary
* Morocco
* Portugal
* Romania
* South Africa
* Sweden
* Ukraine

### 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 |
| | | | | | Sweden | Sweden | | | | |
| | | | | | Sweden | Sweden | | Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard) | Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard) | Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard) |
| | | | | | bye | bye | | Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard) | Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard) | Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard) |
| | | | bye | bye | bye | bye | | Sweden | Sweden | 3 |
| | | | Finland | Finland | | | | Finland | Finland | 2 |
| | | | Finland | Finland | bye | bye | | Finland | Finland | 2 |
| Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) | Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) | Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) | | | bye | bye | | | | |
| Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) | Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) | Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) | | | Finland | Finland | | | | |
| Finland | Finland | 4 | | | Finland | Finland | | | | |
| Hungary | Hungary | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Hungary | Hungary | 1 | | | Romania | Romania | | | | |
| | | | | | Romania | Romania | | Bucharest, Romania (indoor carpet) | Bucharest, Romania (indoor carpet) |
| | | | | | bye | bye | | Bucharest, Romania (indoor carpet) | Bucharest, Romania (indoor carpet) |
| | | | bye | bye | bye | bye | | Romania | Romania | 3 |
| | | | Hungary | Hungary | | | | Hungary | Hungary | 2 |
| | | | Hungary | Hungary | bye | bye | | Hungary | Hungary | 2 |
| | | | | | Hungary | Hungary | | | |
| | | | | | Belarus | Belarus | | | |
| | | | | | Belarus | Belarus | | Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet) | Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet) | Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet) |
| | | | | | bye | bye | | Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet) | Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet) | Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet) |
| | | | bye | bye | bye | bye | | Belarus | Belarus | 4 |
| | | | South Africa | South Africa | | | | South Africa | South Africa | 1 |
| | | | South Africa | South Africa | bye | bye | | South Africa | South Africa | 1 |
| Maia, Portugal (clay) | Maia, Portugal (clay) | Maia, Portugal (clay) | | | bye | bye | | | | |
| Maia, Portugal (clay) | Maia, Portugal (clay) | Maia, Portugal (clay) | | | South Africa | South Africa | | | | |
| South Africa | South Africa | 2 | | | South Africa | South Africa | | | | |
| South Africa | South Africa | 2 | | | Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet) | Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet) | Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet) | | | |
| Portugal | Portugal | 3 | | | Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet) | Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet) | Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet) | | | |
| Portugal | Portugal | 3 | | | Portugal | Portugal | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | Portugal | Portugal | 1 | Casablanca, Morocco (clay) | Casablanca, Morocco (clay) |
| | | | | | Ukraine | Ukraine | 4 | Casablanca, Morocco (clay) | Casablanca, Morocco (clay) |
| | | | Portugal | Portugal | Ukraine | Ukraine | 4 | Ukraine | Ukraine | 2 |
| | | | bye | bye | | | | Morocco | Morocco | 3 |
| | | | bye | bye | bye | bye | | Morocco | Morocco | 3 |
| | | | | | Morocco | Morocco | | | | |
* Hungary and South Africa relegated to Group II in 2001.
* Sweden, Romania, Belarus, and Morocco advance to World Group qualifying round.

## First round
### Ukraine vs. Portugal

| Ukraine 4 | Meridian Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine 4–6 February 2000 Carpet (indoors) | Meridian Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine 4–6 February 2000 Carpet (indoors) | Portugal 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Andrei Dernovskiy João Cunha e Silva 7$^8$ 6$^6$ 6 4 3 6 3 6 6 4   2 Andriy Medvedev Bernardo Mota 6 1 6 3 4 6 6 2     3 Andriy Medvedev / Andrei Rybalko Emanuel Couto / João Cunha e Silva 7 5 6 4 6 4       4 Orest Tereshchuk João Cunha e Silva 6 3 6 4         5 Andrei Dernovskiy Bernardo Mota 5 7 6 3 6$^5$ 7$^7$ ||||

## Second round
### Finland vs. Sweden

| Finland 2 | Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland 7–9 April 2000 Hard (indoors) | Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland 7–9 April 2000 Hard (indoors) | Sweden 3 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Ville Liukko Magnus Norman 3 6 6 4 1 6 6$^7$ 7$^9$     2 Tuomas Ketola Mikael Tillström 6 3 3 6 4 6 6 4 6 3   3 Tuomas Ketola / Ville Liukko Nicklas Kulti / Mikael Tillström 1 6 1 6 4 6       4 Tuomas Ketola Magnus Norman 2 6 4 6 1 6       5 Jarkko Nieminen Mikael Tillström 6 1 6 4 ||||

### Romania vs. Hungary

| Romania 3 | Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest, Romania 7–9 April 2000 Carpet (indoors) | Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest, Romania 7–9 April 2000 Carpet (indoors) | Hungary 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Andrei Pavel Gergely Kisgyörgy 6 2 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 5 7 6$^8$ 7$^{10}$ 6 2   2 Răzvan Sabău Attila Sávolt 4 6 3 6 2 6       3 Dinu Pescariu / Gabriel Trifu Gábor Köves / Attila Sávolt 1 6 7 5 3 6 6 3 5 7   4 Andrei Pavel Attila Sávolt 6 4 1 6 6 4 6 2     5 Dinu Pescariu Gergely Kisgyörgy 6 3 7 5 6$^3$ 7$^7$ 6 4 ||||

### Belarus vs. South Africa

| Belarus 4 | National Centre, Minsk, Belarus 7–9 April 2000 Carpet (indoors) | National Centre, Minsk, Belarus 7–9 April 2000 Carpet (indoors) | South Africa 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Vladimir Voltchkov Neville Godwin 6 2 7$^7$ 6$^2$ 7 5       2 Max Mirnyi Jeff Coetzee 6 3 6 2 6 4       3 Sergei Samoseiko / Alexander Shvets David Adams / John-Laffnie de Jager 6$^2$ 7$^7$ 1 6 3 6       4 Max Mirnyi Neville Godwin 6 4 6 3 6 4       5 Vladimir Voltchkov Jeff Coetzee 6 1 6 2 ||||

### Morocco vs. Ukraine

| Morocco 3 | Club Olympique, Casablanca, Morocco 7–9 April 2000 Clay | Club Olympique, Casablanca, Morocco 7–9 April 2000 Clay | Ukraine 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Hicham Arazi Andriy Medvedev 4 6 6 1 2 6 6 3 5 7   2 Younes El Aynaoui Andrei Dernovskiy 6 2 6 2 6 3       3 Karim Alami / Hicham Arazi Andriy Medvedev / Andrei Rybalko 3 6 6 1 7 5 6 3     4 Younes El Aynaoui Andriy Medvedev 5 7 5 7 2 6       5 Hicham Arazi Orest Tereshchuk 6 4 6 0 6 1 ||||

## Second round relegation play-offs
### Finland vs. Hungary

| Finland 4 | Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland 6–8 October 2000 Carpet (indoors) | Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland 6–8 October 2000 Carpet (indoors) | Hungary 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Ville Liukko Gergely Kisgyörgy 6 1 6 3 6 3       2 Jarkko Nieminen Attila Sávolt 6 2 1 6 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 6 0     3 Tuomas Ketola / Ville Liukko Gábor Köves / Attila Sávolt 6 4 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 4 6 5 7     4 Ville Liukko Attila Sávolt 2 6 5 7 6 4 6 4 6 4   5 Jarkko Nieminen Gergely Kisgyörgy 6 3 6 2 ||||

### Portugal vs. South Africa

| Portugal 3 | Maia Tennis Club, Maia, Portugal 6–8 October 2000 Clay | Maia Tennis Club, Maia, Portugal 6–8 October 2000 Clay | South Africa 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Bernardo Mota Justin Bower 6 4 6 1 7 5       2 Emanuel Couto Wayne Ferreira 1 6 4 6 4 6       3 Emanuel Couto / Nuno Marques John-Laffnie de Jager / Piet Norval 4 6 7$^9$ 6$^7$ 6 3 3 6 8 6   4 Bernardo Mota Wayne Ferreira 3 6 2 6 6 4 3 6     5 Emanuel Couto Justin Bower 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 4 6 4 6 7$^8$ 6$^6$ 6 4 ||||