# 1997 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II

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. 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 1998.

## Participating nations

* Belarus
* Egypt
* Finland
* Georgia
* Ghana
* Greece
* Ireland
* Ivory Coast
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Nigeria
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Slovenia
* 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 |
| | | | Snarøya, Norway (clay) | Snarøya, Norway (clay) | Snarøya, Norway (clay) | | | | | | |
| | | | Norway | Norway | 5 | | | | | | |
| Tbilisi, Georgia (clay) | Tbilisi, Georgia (clay) | Tbilisi, Georgia (clay) | Norway | Norway | 5 | Nova Gorica, Slovenia (clay) | | | | | |
| Tbilisi, Georgia (clay) | Tbilisi, Georgia (clay) | Tbilisi, Georgia (clay) | Nigeria | Nigeria | 0 | Nova Gorica, Slovenia (clay) | | | | | |
| Nigeria | Nigeria | 0 | Nigeria | Nigeria | 0 | Norway | Norway | 4 | | | |
| Nigeria | Nigeria | 0 | Tbilisi, Georgia (clay) | Tbilisi, Georgia (clay) | Tbilisi, Georgia (clay) | Norway | Norway | 4 | | | |
| Georgia | Georgia | 5 | Tbilisi, Georgia (clay) | Tbilisi, Georgia (clay) | Tbilisi, Georgia (clay) | Slovenia | Slovenia | 1 | | | |
| Georgia | Georgia | 5 | Georgia | Georgia | 2 | Slovenia | Slovenia | 1 | | | |
| | | | Georgia | Georgia | 2 | | | | Porto, Portugal (clay) | Porto, Portugal (clay) | Porto, Portugal (clay) |
| | | | Slovenia | Slovenia | 3 | | | | Porto, Portugal (clay) | Porto, Portugal (clay) | Porto, Portugal (clay) |
| | | | Slovenia | Slovenia | 3 | | | | Norway | Norway | 3 |
| | | | Cairo, Egypt (clay) | Cairo, Egypt (clay) | Cairo, Egypt (clay) | | | | Norway | Norway | 3 |
| | | | Cairo, Egypt (clay) | Cairo, Egypt (clay) | Cairo, Egypt (clay) | | | | Portugal | Portugal | 2 |
| | | | Egypt | Egypt | 0 | | | | Portugal | Portugal | 2 |
| Cairo, Egypt (clay) | Cairo, Egypt (clay) | Cairo, Egypt (clay) | Egypt | Egypt | 0 | Porto, Portugal (clay) | Porto, Portugal (clay) | Porto, Portugal (clay) | | | |
| Cairo, Egypt (clay) | Cairo, Egypt (clay) | Cairo, Egypt (clay) | Portugal | Portugal | 5 | Porto, Portugal (clay) | Porto, Portugal (clay) | Porto, Portugal (clay) | | | |
| Egypt | Egypt | 3 | Portugal | Portugal | 5 | Portugal | Portugal | 3 | | | |
| Egypt | Egypt | 3 | Vilnius, Lithuania (indoor carpet) | Vilnius, Lithuania (indoor carpet) | Vilnius, Lithuania (indoor carpet) | Portugal | Portugal | 3 | | | |
| Lithuania | Lithuania | 2 | Vilnius, Lithuania (indoor carpet) | Vilnius, Lithuania (indoor carpet) | Vilnius, Lithuania (indoor carpet) | Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 2 | | | |
| Lithuania | Lithuania | 2 | Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 3 | Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 2 | | | |
| | | | Lithuania | Lithuania | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard) | Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard) | Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard) | | | | | | |
| | | | Latvia | Latvia | 0 | | | | | | |
| Jūrmala, Latvia (clay) | Jūrmala, Latvia (clay) | Jūrmala, Latvia (clay) | Latvia | Latvia | 0 | Bytom, Poland (clay) | | | | | |
| Jūrmala, Latvia (clay) | Jūrmala, Latvia (clay) | Jūrmala, Latvia (clay) | Ivory Coast | Ivory Coast | 5 | Bytom, Poland (clay) | | | | | |
| Latvia | Latvia | 4 | Ivory Coast | Ivory Coast | 5 | Ivory Coast | Ivory Coast | 1 | | | |
| Latvia | Latvia | 4 | Poznań, Poland (clay) | Poznań, Poland (clay) | Poznań, Poland (clay) | Ivory Coast | Ivory Coast | 1 | | | |
| Ghana | Ghana | 1 | Poznań, Poland (clay) | Poznań, Poland (clay) | Poznań, Poland (clay) | Poland | Poland | 4 | | | |
| Ghana | Ghana | 1 | Ghana | Ghana | 0 | Poland | Poland | 4 | | | |
| | | | Ghana | Ghana | 0 | | | | Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard) | Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard) | Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard) |
| | | | Poland | Poland | 5 | | | | Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard) | Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard) | Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard) |
| | | | Poland | Poland | 5 | | | | Poland | Poland | 2 |
| | | | Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard) | Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard) | Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard) | | | | Poland | Poland | 2 |
| | | | Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard) | Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard) | Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard) | | | | Finland | Finland | 3 |
| | | | Ireland | Ireland | 1 | | | | Finland | Finland | 3 |
| Dublin, Ireland (carpet) | Dublin, Ireland (carpet) | Dublin, Ireland (carpet) | Ireland | Ireland | 1 | Tampere, Finland (clay) | Tampere, Finland (clay) | Tampere, Finland (clay) | | | |
| Dublin, Ireland (carpet) | Dublin, Ireland (carpet) | Dublin, Ireland (carpet) | Belarus | Belarus | 4 | Tampere, Finland (clay) | Tampere, Finland (clay) | Tampere, Finland (clay) | | | |
| Ireland | Ireland | 4 | Belarus | Belarus | 4 | Belarus | Belarus | 2 | | | |
| Ireland | Ireland | 4 | Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard) | Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard) | Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard) | Belarus | Belarus | 2 | | | |
| Greece | Greece | 1 | Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard) | Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard) | Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard) | Finland | Finland | 3 | | | |
| Greece | Greece | 1 | Greece | Greece | 2 | Finland | Finland | 3 | | | |
| | | | Finland | Finland | 3 | | | | | | |
* Nigeria, Lithuania, Ghana, and Greece relegated to Group III in 1998.
* Norway and Finland promoted to Group I in 1998.

## First round
### Norway vs. Nigeria

| Norway 5 | Snarøya Tennis Club, Snarøya, Norway 2–4 May 1997 Clay | Snarøya Tennis Club, Snarøya, Norway 2–4 May 1997 Clay | Nigeria 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Jan Frode Andersen Sule Ladipo 6 1 6 0 6 4       2 Christian Ruud Ganiyu Adenekan 6 0 6 1 6 0       3 Helge Koll-Frafjord / Christian Ruud Ganiyu Adenekan / Sule Ladipo 6 2 4 6 6 1 7$^7$ 6$^5$     4 Christian Ruud Dickson Ogu 6 0 6 0         5 Thomas Heyerdahl Ganiyu Adenekan 7 5 6 3 ||||

### Georgia vs. Slovenia

| Georgia 2 | Leila Meskhi Tennis Academy, Tbilisi, Georgia 2–4 May 1997 Clay | Leila Meskhi Tennis Academy, Tbilisi, Georgia 2–4 May 1997 Clay | Slovenia 3 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Vladimir Margalitadze Iztok Božič 2 6 3 6 1 6       2 Vladimir Gabrichidze Borut Urh 6 3 7 5 1 6 3 6 6 4   3 Vladimir Gabrichidze / David Katcharava Marko Por / Borut Urh 6$^6$ 7$^8$ 5 7 7$^7$ 6$^2$ 2 6     4 Vladimir Margalitadze Borut Urh 2 6 2 6 0 6       5 Vladimir Gabrichidze Andrej Kraševec 4 6 7$^7$ 6$^2$ 6 2 ||||

### Egypt vs. Portugal

| Egypt 0 | Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt 2–4 May 1997 Clay | Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt 2–4 May 1997 Clay | Portugal 5 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Gehad El Deeb Nuno Marques 0 6 4 6 6$^5$ 7$^7$       2 Amr Ghoneim Emanuel Couto 6 2 4 6 5 7 3 6     3 Adli El Shafei / Amr Ghoneim Emanuel Couto / Bernardo Mota 5 7 1 6 0 6       4 Amr Ghoneim João Cunha e Silva 4 6 3 6         5 Gehad El Deeb Emanuel Couto 4 6 5 7 ||||

### Lithuania vs. Yugoslavia

| Lithuania 2 | Karolina Tennis Club, Vilnius, Lithuania 2–4 May 1997 Carpet (indoors) | Karolina Tennis Club, Vilnius, Lithuania 2–4 May 1997 Carpet (indoors) | Yugoslavia 3 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Rolandas Muraška Nenad Zimonjić 3 6 1 6 3 6       2 Eugenius Cariovas Bojan Vujić 6$^3$ 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 2 6       3 Eugenius Cariovas / Rolandas Muraška Dušan Vemić / Nenad Zimonjić 4 6 4 6 4 6       4 Rolandas Muraška Bojan Vujić 7 5 6 4         5 Eugenius Cariovas Vladimir Pavićević 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 4 6 6 3 ||||

### Ivory Coast vs. Latvia

| Ivory Coast 5 | Hôtel Ivoire, Abidjan, Ivory Coast 2–4 May 1997 Hard | Hôtel Ivoire, Abidjan, Ivory Coast 2–4 May 1997 Hard | Latvia 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Claude N'Goran Ivo Lagzdiņš 6 1 6 2 6 0       2 Clément N'Goran Raimonds Sproga 6 4 6 0 6 2       3 Claude N'Goran / Clément N'Goran Ivo Lagzdiņš / Raimonds Sproga 6 1 6 2 7 5       4 Ilou Lonfo Raimonds Sproga 6 1 6 2         5 Valentin Sanon Oskars Vaskis 6 4 6 4 ||||

### Poland vs. Ghana

| Poland 5 | Olimpia Tennis Club, Poznań, Poland 2–4 May 1997 Clay | Olimpia Tennis Club, Poznań, Poland 2–4 May 1997 Clay | Ghana 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski Daniel Omaboe 6 0 6 2 6 2       2 Filip Anioła Franklyn Ofori 6 1 6 3 6 0       3 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski / Bernard Kaczorowski Nortey Dowuona / Franklyn Ofori 6 1 6 2 7$^7$ 6$^5$       4 Krystian Pfeiffer Nortey Dowuona 6 1 6 1         5 Filip Anioła Alexander Ofori 6 1 6 0 ||||

### Ireland vs. Belarus

| Ireland 1 | Riverview Club, Dublin, Ireland 2–4 May 1997 Hard (indoors) | Riverview Club, Dublin, Ireland 2–4 May 1997 Hard (indoors) | Belarus 4 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Scott Barron Max Mirnyi 2 6 3 6 6 4 4 6     2 Owen Casey Alexander Shvets 6 2 4 6 6 3 4 6 7 5   3 Scott Barron / Tom Hamilton Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov 4 6 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 3 6       4 Scott Barron Alexander Shvets 1 6 2 6 6$^4$ 7$^7$       5 Eoin Collins Max Mirnyi 5 7 3 6 ||||

### Finland vs. Greece

| Finland 3 | Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland 2–4 May 1997 Hard (indoors) | Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland 2–4 May 1997 Hard (indoors) | Greece 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Tuomas Ketola Anastasios Vasiliadis 2 6 6 1 7$^8$ 6$^6$ 4 6 4 6   2 Kim Tiilikainen Konstantinos Economidis 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 5 7 4 6 1 6     3 Tuomas Ketola / Ville Liukko Konstantinos Economidis / Anastasios Vasiliadis 6 3 7$^8$ 6$^6$ 6 4       4 Ville Liukko Konstantinos Economidis 6 3 6 4 6 4       5 Kim Tiilikainen Anastasios Vasiliadis 6 3 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 7$^7$ 6$^3$ ||||

## Second round
### Slovenia vs. Norway

| Slovenia 1 | Perla Stadium, Nova Gorica, Slovenia 11–13 July 1997 Clay | Perla Stadium, Nova Gorica, Slovenia 11–13 July 1997 Clay | Norway 4 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Iztok Božič Christian Ruud 6 4 2 6 4 6 3 6     2 Blaž Trupej Jan Frode Andersen 6 4 4 6 3 6 1 6     3 Andrej Kraševec / Marko Por Helge Koll-Frafjord / Christian Ruud 6 2 6 3 5 7 1 6 6 2   4 Iztok Božič Jan Frode Andersen 3 6 6 1 3 6 2 6     5 Blaž Trupej Christian Ruud 4 6 4 6 ||||

### Portugal vs. Yugoslavia

| Portugal 3 | Maia Tennis Complex, Porto, Portugal 11–13 July 1997 Clay | Maia Tennis Complex, Porto, Portugal 11–13 July 1997 Clay | Yugoslavia 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 João Cunha e Silva Nenad Zimonjić 2 6 6 4 6 4 6 4     2 Emanuel Couto Bojan Vujić 3 6 5 7 7 5 2 6     3 Emanuel Couto / Bernardo Mota Nebojša Đorđević / Nenad Zimonjić 6 4 6 4 6 4       4 João Cunha e Silva Bojan Vujić 4 6 3 6 6 3 6 4 3 6   5 Emanuel Couto Nenad Zimonjić 6$^2$ 7$^7$ 7 5 7 5 6 3 ||||

### Poland vs. Ivory Coast

| Poland 4 | Górnik Sports Club, Bytom, Poland 11–13 July 1997 Clay | Górnik Sports Club, Bytom, Poland 11–13 July 1997 Clay | Ivory Coast 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Michał Chmela Claude N'Goran 4 6 7 5 2 6 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 4 6   2 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski Jean-Christophe Nabi 7$^7$ 6$^1$ 6 1 6 4       3 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski / Michał Gawłowski Ilou Lonfo / Claude N'Goran 6 4 7$^9$ 6$^7$ 3 6 6 2     4 Bartłomiej Dąbrowski Claude N'Goran 6 4 6 1 6 0       5 Michał Chmela Nouhoun Sangaré 6 1 6 2 ||||

### Finland vs. Belarus

| Finland 3 | Rosendahl Tennis Centre, Tampere, Finland 11–13 July 1997 Clay | Rosendahl Tennis Centre, Tampere, Finland 11–13 July 1997 Clay | Belarus 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Tuomas Ketola Vladimir Voltchkov 3 6 6 3 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 1 6     2 Tommi Lenho Alexander Shvets 7 5 6 1 4 6 4 6 6 3   3 Tuomas Ketola / Ville Liukko Alexander Shvets / Vladimir Voltchkov 3 6 6 4 6 1 6 1     4 Kim Tiilikainen Alexander Shvets 6$^6$ 7$^8$ 6 1 7 5 6$^6$ 7$^8$ 6 0   5 Ville Liukko Vladimir Voltchkov 1 6 6 4 5 7 ||||

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

| Georgia 5 | Leila Meskhi Tennis Academy, Tbilisi, Georgia 11–14 July 1997 Clay | Leila Meskhi Tennis Academy, Tbilisi, Georgia 11–14 July 1997 Clay | Nigeria 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 David Katcharava Ganiyu Adenekan 6 1 6 2 6 1       2 Vladimir Gabrichidze Sule Ladipo 6 3 6 2 6 3       3 Vladimir Gabrichidze / David Katcharava Ganiyu Adenekan / Sule Ladipo 6$^8$ 7$^{10}$ 6 3 6 2 7 5     4 Givi Samkharadze Sule Ladipo 6 3          retired 5 Vladimir Gabrichidze Ganiyu Adenekan 6 1 6 2 ||||

### Egypt vs. Lithuania

| Egypt 3 | Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt 11–14 July 1997 Clay | Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt 11–14 July 1997 Clay | Lithuania 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Gehad El Deeb Rolandas Muraška 6 4 4 6 2 6 0 6     2 Amr Ghoneim Eugenius Cariovas 3 6 6 2 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 6 4     3 Amr Ghoneim / Hisham Hemeda Eugenius Cariovas / Rolandas Muraška 7$^7$ 6$^1$ 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 4 6 7$^7$ 6$^4$     4 Amr Ghoneim Rolandas Muraška 1 6 6 3 6 4 3 6 3 6   5 Hisham Hemeda Eugenius Cariovas 6 2 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 5 7 11 9 ||||

### Latvia vs. Ghana

| Latvia 4 | National Tennis Center Lielupe, Jūrmala, Latvia 11–13 July 1997 Clay | National Tennis Center Lielupe, Jūrmala, Latvia 11–13 July 1997 Clay | Ghana 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Ģirts Dzelde Gunther Darkey 6 2 6 1 6 1       2 Andris Fiļimonovs Franklyn Ofori 6 1 6 2 6 2       3 Ģirts Dzelde / Andris Fiļimonovs Franklyn Ofori / Isaac Tetteh-Quaye 6 1 6 1 6 0       4 Ģirts Dzelde Franklyn Ofori 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 4 6         5 Andris Fiļimonovs Gunther Darkey 6 3 6 2 ||||

### Ireland vs. Greece

| Ireland 4 | Riverview Club, Dublin, Ireland 11–13 July 1997 Carpet | Riverview Club, Dublin, Ireland 11–13 July 1997 Carpet | Greece 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Owen Casey Solon Peppas 6 1 6 1 6 0       2 Scott Barron Konstantinos Economidis 6 2 6 2 3 6 2 6 4 6   3 Scott Barron / Owen Casey Konstantinos Economidis / Nikos Rovas 6 2 6 3 6 2       4 Scott Barron Solon Peppas 6 3 6 0 6 1       5 Owen Casey Konstantinos Economidis 6 1 6 4 ||||

## Third round
### Portugal vs. Norway

| Portugal 2 | Maia Tennis Complex, Porto, Portugal 19–21 September 1997 Clay | Maia Tennis Complex, Porto, Portugal 19–21 September 1997 Clay | Norway 3 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Nuno Marques Jan Frode Andersen 5 7 1 6 6 1 3 6     2 Emanuel Couto Christian Ruud 1 6 1 6 1 6       3 Emanuel Couto / Bernardo Mota Helge Koll-Frafjord / Christian Ruud 6 4 7$^7$ 6$^1$ 4 6 6 2     4 Nuno Marques Christian Ruud 6$^1$ 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 6$^2$ 7$^7$       5 Bernardo Mota Helge Koll-Frafjord 6 2 6 3 ||||

### Finland vs. Poland

| Finland 3 | Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland 19–21 September 1997 Hard (indoors) | Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland 19–21 September 1997 Hard (indoors) | Poland 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Ville Liukko Bartłomiej Dąbrowski 6 4 5 7 5 7 1 6     2 Tuomas Ketola Michał Chmela 6 3 2 6 6 2 4 6 4 6   3 Tuomas Ketola / Ville Liukko Michał Chmela / Bartłomiej Dąbrowski 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 6$^9$ 7$^{11}$ 6 0 4 6 6 3   4 Tuomas Ketola Bartłomiej Dąbrowski 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 6 1 7$^7$ 6$^4$       5 Ville Liukko Michał Chmela 3 6 3 6 6 4 6 3 6 4 ||||