# 1997 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group IV – Zone B

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1997.
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 top two teams in Europe/Africa IV advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 1998. All other teams remained in Group IV.

## Participating nations

* Azerbaijan
* Benin
* Cyprus
* Congo
* Tunisia
* Zambia

### Draw

* Venue: Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus
* Date: 21–25 May
| | TUN | CYP | BEN | ZAM | AZE | CGO | RR W–L | Match W–L | Set W–L | Standings |
| Tunisia | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 13–2 (87%) | 27–5 (84%) | 1 |
| Cyprus | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 11–4 (73%) | 23–8 (74%) | 2 |
| Benin | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 9–6 (60%) | 16–12 (57%) | 3 |
| Zambia | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 9–6 (60%) | 17–13 (57%) | 4 |
| Azerbaijan | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–13 (13%) | 4–24 (14%) | 5 |
| Congo | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 0–5 | 1–14 (7%) | 3–28 (10%) | 6 |
* Tunisia and Cyprus promoted to Group III in 1998.

## Results
### Cyprus vs. Congo

| Cyprus 3 | Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus 21 May 1997 | Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus 21 May 1997 | Congo 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Marinos Baghdatis Chatrian Gnitou 6 4 6 0     2 Demetrios Leontis Alain Bemba 6 1 6 1     3 Demetrios Leontis / Neoclis Neocleous Martial Banguid / Chatrian Gnitou 6 2 6 1 ||||

### Azerbaijan vs. Zambia

| Azerbaijan 0 | Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus 21 May 1997 | Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus 21 May 1997 | Zambia 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Dmitri Zarubin Kachinga Sinkala 2 6 0 6     2 Igor Borisov Lighton Ndefwai-Muchinda 3 6 3 6     3 Raouf Eybazov / Dmitri Zarubin Sidney Bwalya / Lawrence Chileshe 0 6 0 1   retired ||||

### Benin vs. Tunisia

| Benin 0 | Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus 21 May 1997 | Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus 21 May 1997 | Tunisia 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Alphonse Gandonou Sami Sidia 1 6 4 6     2 Christophe Pognon Walid Jallali 1 6 5 7     3 Alphonse Gandonou / Jean-Marie da Silva Walid Jallali / Sami Sidia 1 6 2 6 ||||

### Cyprus vs. Zambia

| Cyprus 2 | Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus 22 May 1997 | Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus 22 May 1997 | Zambia 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Marinos Baghdatis Kachinga Sinkala 6 4 6 4     2 Demetrios Leontis Lighton Ndefwai-Muchinda 6 3 6 4     3 Demetrios Leontis / Neoclis Neocleous Sidney Bwalya / Lighton Ndefwai-Muchinda 5 7 2 6 ||||

### Azerbaijan vs. Tunisia

| Azerbaijan 0 | Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus 22 May 1997 | Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus 22 May 1997 | Tunisia 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Dmitri Zarubin Sami Sidia 1 6 0 6     2 Igor Borisov Walid Jallali 2 6 1 6     3 Igor Borisov / Dmitri Zarubin Walid Jallali / Sami Sidia 1 6 2 6 ||||

### Benin vs. Congo

| Benin 3 | Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus 22 May 1997 | Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus 22 May 1997 | Congo 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Alphonse Gandonou Martial Banguid 6 2 6 0     2 Christophe Pognon Chatrian Gnitou 6 3 6 1     3 Alphonse Gandonou / Jean-Marie da Silva Alain Bemba / Chatrian Gnitou 6 4 6 1 ||||

### Cyprus vs. Azerbaijan

| Cyprus 3 | Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus 23 May 1997 | Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus 23 May 1997 | Azerbaijan 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Marinos Baghdatis Dmitri Zarubin 6 1 6 4     2 Demetrios Leontis Igor Borisov 6 2 6 1     3 Demetrios Leontis / Neoclis Neocleous Igor Borisov / Dmitri Zarubin 6 4 6 4 ||||

### Benin vs. Zambia

| Benin 2 | Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus 23 May 1997 | Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus 23 May 1997 | Zambia 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Alphonse Gandonou Kachinga Sinkala 6 4 6 1     2 Christophe Pognon Lighton Ndefwai-Muchinda 6 4 6 2     3 Alphonse Gandonou / Jean-Marie da Silva Sidney Bwalya / Lawrence Chileshe 3 6 5 7 ||||

### Congo vs. Tunisia

| Congo 0 | Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus 23 May 1997 | Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus 23 May 1997 | Tunisia 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Pagnol Madzou Sami Sidia 1 6 1 6     2 Martial Banguid Walid Jallali 0 6 1 6     3 Alain Bemba / Chatrian Gnitou Walid Jallali / Sami Sidia 0 6 1 6 ||||

### Cyprus vs. Benin

| Cyprus 2 | Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus 24 May 1997 | Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus 24 May 1997 | Benin 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Marinos Baghdatis Alphonse Gandonou 6 3 6 3     2 Demetrios Leontis Christophe Pognon 4 6 3 6     3 Demetrios Leontis / Neoclis Neocleous Alphonse Gandonou / Jean-Marie da Silva 6 3 7$^8$ 6$^6$ ||||

### Azerbaijan vs. Congo

| Azerbaijan 2 | Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus 24 May 1997 | Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus 24 May 1997 | Congo 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Dmitri Zarubin Martial Banguid 3 6 6 1 6 0   2 Igor Borisov Alain Bemba 2 6 1 6     3 Igor Borisov / Dmitri Zarubin Martial Banguid / Alain Bemba 6 2 6 3 ||||

### Tunisia vs. Zambia

| Tunisia 2 | Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus 24 May 1997 | Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus 24 May 1997 | Zambia 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Sami Sidia Sidney Bwalya 6 2 7 5     2 Walid Jallali Lighton Ndefwai-Muchinda 6 1 6 3     3 Selim Ben Hadjali / Walid Jallali Sidney Bwalya / Kachinga Sinkala 6 4 4 6 4 6 ||||

### Cyprus vs. Tunisia

| Cyprus 1 | Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus 25 May 1997 | Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus 25 May 1997 | Tunisia 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Marinos Baghdatis Sami Sidia 6 1 4 6 4 6   2 Demetrios Leontis Walid Jallali 6 3 6 1     3 Demetrios Leontis / Neoclis Neocleous Walid Jallali / Sami Sidia 4 6 3 6 ||||

### Azerbaijan vs. Benin

| Azerbaijan 0 | Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus 25 May 1997 | Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus 25 May 1997 | Benin 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Farid Jafarov Alphonse Gandonou 0 6 0 6     2 Dmitri Zarubin Christophe Pognon 1 6 3 6     3 Igor Borisov / Raouf Eybazov Alphonse Gandonou / Jean-Marie da Silva        w/o ||||

### Congo vs. Zambia

| Congo 0 | Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus 25 May 1997 | Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprus 25 May 1997 | Zambia 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Pagnol Madzou Sidney Bwalya 0 6 0 6     2 Chatrian Gnitou Lighton Ndefwai-Muchinda 0 6 1 6     3 Martial Banguid / Chatrian Gnitou Lawrence Chileshe / Kachinga Sinkala 2 6 4 6 ||||