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

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

* Botswana
* Djibouti
* Iceland
* Liechtenstein
* Madagascar
* Sudan
* Togo
* Uganda

### Draw

* Venue: Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana
* Date: 19–23 March
Group A
| | TOG | LIE | UGA | SUD | RR W–L | Match W–L | Set W–L | Standings |
| Togo | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 9–0 (100%) | 18–0 (100%) | 1 |
| Liechtenstein | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 6–3 (67%) | 12–7 (63%) | 2 |
| Uganda | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–7 (22%) | 5–14 (26%) | 3 |
| Sudan | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 0–3 | 1–8 (11%) | 2–16 (11%) | 4 |
Group B
| | MAD | BOT | ISL | DJI | RR W–L | Match W–L | Set W–L | Standings |
| Madagascar | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 8–1 (89%) | 16–2 (89%) | 1 |
| Botswana | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 6–3 (67%) | 11–6 (65%) | 2 |
| Iceland | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–5 (44%) | 8–9 (47%) | 3 |
| Djibouti | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 0–3 | 0–9 (0%) | 0–18 (0%) | 4 |

#### 1st to 4th place play-offs

| 3rd-4th play-off | 3rd-4th play-off | 3rd-4th play-off | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | A1 | Togo | 2 | | | |
| | | | B2 | Botswana | 1 | |
| B2 | Botswana | 1 | B2 | Botswana | 1 | A1 | Togo | 1 |
| A2 | Liechtenstein | 2 | | | | B1 | Madagascar | 2 |
| A2 | Liechtenstein | 2 | A2 | Liechtenstein | 0 | B1 | Madagascar | 2 |
| | | | B1 | Madagascar | 3 | | | |
5th to 8th place play-offs
| 7th-8th play-off | 7th-8th play-off | 7th-8th play-off | 5th-8th play-offs | 5th-8th play-offs | 5th-8th play-offs | 5th-6th play-off | 5th-6th play-off | 5th-6th play-off |
| | | | A3 | Uganda | 3 | | | |
| | | | B4 | Djibouti | 0 | |
| B4 | Djibouti | 0 | B4 | Djibouti | 0 | A3 | Uganda | 2 |
| B3 | Iceland | 3 | | | | A4 | Sudan | 1 |
| B3 | Iceland | 3 | A4 | Sudan | 2 | A4 | Sudan | 1 |
| | | | B3 | Iceland | 1 | | | |

### Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Madagascar |
| 2 | Togo |
| 3 | Liechtenstein |
| 4 | Botswana |
| 5 | Uganda |
| 6 | Sudan |
| 7 | Iceland |
| 8 | Djibouti |
* Madagascar and Togo promoted to Group III in 1998.

## Round robin
### Group A
#### Liechtenstein vs. Sudan

| Liechtenstein 3 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 19 March 1997 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 19 March 1997 | Sudan 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Jürgen Tömördy Mandour Abdalla 6 2 6 3     2 Stephan Ritter Asim Omar El-Agraa 6 2 6 0     3 Hartmut Birkner / Roland Büchel Abbas Jeha / Abdullah Giha 6 3 6 3 ||||

#### Togo vs. Uganda

| Togo 3 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 19 March 1997 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 19 March 1997 | Uganda 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Kodjo Apeti Renato Sebbi 6 2 6 2     2 Jean-Kome Loglo John Oduke 6 1 6 4     3 Kossi Loglo / Midodji Segbeaya Christopher Bagala / Renato Sebbi 6 1 6 2 ||||

#### Liechtenstein vs. Uganda

| Liechtenstein 3 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 20 March 1997 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 20 March 1997 | Uganda 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Jürgen Tömördy Erick Ofuyulu 6 2 6 3     2 Stephan Ritter John Oduke 6 3 7 5     3 Hartmut Birkner / Roland Büchel Christopher Bagala / Renato Sebbi 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 4 6 10 8 ||||

#### Sudan vs. Togo

| Sudan 0 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 20 March 1997 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 20 March 1997 | Togo 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Mandour Abdalla Kodjo Apeti 5 7 1 6     2 Asim Omar El-Agraa Jean-Kome Loglo 2 6 0 6     3 Mandour Abdalla / Abbas Jeha Kossi Loglo / Midodji Segbeaya 1 6 5 7 ||||

#### Liechtenstein vs. Togo

| Liechtenstein 0 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 21 March 1997 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 21 March 1997 | Togo 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Roland Büchel Kodjo Apeti 0 6 0 6     2 Hartmut Birkner Jean-Kome Loglo 2 6 0 6     3 Hartmut Birkner / Roland Büchel Kossi Loglo / Midodji Segbeaya 4 6 3 6 ||||

#### Sudan vs. Uganda

| Sudan 1 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 21 March 1997 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 21 March 1997 | Uganda 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Mandour Abdalla Renato Sebbi 6 3 6 1     2 Asim Omar El-Agraa John Oduke 1 6 2 6     3 Mandour Abdalla / Asim Omar El-Agraa John Oduke / Renato Sebbi 5 7 3 6 ||||

### Group B
#### Botswana vs. Djibouti

| Botswana 3 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 19 March 1997 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 19 March 1997 | Djibouti 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Gavin Jeftha Omar-Awad Mohammed 6 0 6 0     2 Petrus Molefe Abdul-Kadar Moussa 6 0 6 0     3 Michael Judd / Thato Kgosimore Abdullah Aden / Chamsan Nasser-Saeed 6 2 6 1 ||||

#### Iceland vs. Madagascar

| Iceland 0 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 19 March 1997 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 19 March 1997 | Madagascar 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Einar Sigurgeirsson Harivony Andrianafetra 0 6 1 6     2 Gunnar Einarsson Thierry Rajaobelina 4 6 4 6     3 Stefán Pálsson / Ólafur Sveinsson Harivony Andrianafetra / Donne-Dubert Radison 2 6 0 6 ||||

#### Botswana vs. Madagascar

| Botswana 1 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 20 March 1997 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 20 March 1997 | Madagascar 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Gavin Jeftha Harivony Andrianafetra 2 6 4 6     2 Petrus Molefe Thierry Rajaobelina 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 7 5     3 Thato Kgosimore / Petrus Molefe Harivony Andrianafetra / Thierry Rajaobelina 1 6 3 6 ||||

#### Djibouti vs. Iceland

| Djibouti 0 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 20 March 1997 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 20 March 1997 | Iceland 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Abdullah Aden Einar Sigurgeirsson 0 6 0 6     2 Chamsan Nasser-Saeed Gunnar Einarsson 0 6 0 6     3 Omar-Awad Mohammed / Abdul-Kadar Moussa Gunnar Einarsson / Stefán Pálsson 2 6 1 6 ||||

#### Botswana vs. Iceland

| Botswana 2 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 21 March 1997 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 21 March 1997 | Iceland 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Gavin Jeftha Einar Sigurgeirsson 6 1 6 3     2 Petrus Molefe Gunnar Einarsson 7$^7$ 6$^4$      retired 3 Michael Judd / Thato Kgosimore Stefán Pálsson / Einar Sigurgeirsson 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 3 6 ||||

#### Djibouti vs. Madagascar

| Djibouti 0 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 21 March 1997 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 21 March 1997 | Madagascar 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Abdullah Aden Jean-Baptiste Rakotondravelo 0 6 0 6     2 Omar-Awad Mohammed Donne-Dubert Radison 0 6 2 6     3 Abdul-Kadar Moussa / Chamsan Nasser-Saeed Donne-Dubert Radison / Jean-Baptiste Rakotondravelo 0 6 0 6 ||||

## 1st to 4th place play-offs
### Semifinals
#### Botswana vs. Togo

| Botswana 1 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 22 March 1997 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 22 March 1997 | Togo 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Gavin Jeftha Kodjo Apeti 6 3 6 4     2 Petrus Molefe Jean-Kome Loglo 4 6 5 7     3 Michael Judd / Thato Kgosimore Kodjo Apeti / Jean-Kome Loglo 3 6 4 6 ||||

#### Liechtenstein vs. Madagascar

| Liechtenstein 0 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 22 March 1997 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 22 March 1997 | Madagascar 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Jürgen Tömördy Harivony Andrianafetra 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 1 6 2 6   2 Stephan Ritter Thierry Rajaobelina 4 6 3 6     3 Hartmut Birkner / Roland Büchel Donne-Dubert Radison / Jean-Baptiste Rakotondravelo 1 6 1 6 ||||

### Final
#### Togo vs. Madagascar

| Togo 1 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 23 March 1997 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 23 March 1997 | Madagascar 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Kodjo Apeti Harivony Andrianafetra 2 6 3 6     2 Jean-Kome Loglo Thierry Rajaobelina 6 2 6 3     3 Kodjo Apeti / Jean-Kome Loglo Harivony Andrianafetra / Thierry Rajaobelina 5 7 3 6 ||||

### 3rd to 4th play-off
#### Liechtenstein vs. Botswana

| Liechtenstein 2 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 23 March 1997 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 23 March 1997 | Botswana 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Jürgen Tömördy Thato Kgosimore 7 5 6 3     2 Stephan Ritter Petrus Molefe 6 3 3 6 0 6   3 Stephan Ritter / Jürgen Tömördy Gavin Jeftha / Michael Judd       w/o ||||

## 5th to 8th place play-offs
### 5th to 8th play-offs
#### Uganda vs. Djibouti

| Uganda 3 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 22 March 1997 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 22 March 1997 | Djibouti 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Renato Sebbi Abdullah Aden 6 0 6 1     2 John Oduke Omar-Awad Mohammed 6 0 6 0     3 John Oduke / Renato Sebbi Abdullah Aden / Omar-Awad Mohammed 6 0 6 1 ||||

#### Sudan vs. Iceland

| Sudan 2 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 22 March 1997 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 22 March 1997 | Iceland 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Mandour Abdalla Stefán Pálsson 6 2 6 4     2 Asim Omar El-Agraa Gunnar Einarsson 2 6 7 5 3 6   3 Mandour Abdalla / Abbas Jeha Stefán Pálsson / Einar Sigurgeirsson 3 6 6 2 7 5 ||||

### 5th to 6th play-off
#### Uganda vs. Sudan

| Uganda 2 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 23 March 1997 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 23 March 1997 | Sudan 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Renato Sebbi Mandour Abdalla 3 6 3 6     2 John Oduke Asim Omar El-Agraa 6 2 6 2     3 John Oduke / Renato Sebbi Mandour Abdalla / Abbas Jeha 6 4 3 6 6 4 ||||

### 7th to 8th play-off
#### Djibouti vs. Iceland

| Djibouti 0 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 23 March 1997 | Tennis Centre, Gaborone, Botswana 23 March 1997 | Iceland 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Abdullah Aden Einar Sigurgeirsson 0 6 2 6     2 Omar-Awad Mohammed Gunnar Einarsson 3 6 1 6     3 Abdullah Aden / Omar-Awad Mohammed Gunnar Einarsson / Einar Sigurgeirsson 1 6 1 6 ||||