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.[1]

Participating nations

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Draw

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Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
  Sweden
Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)
bye
bye  Sweden3
  Finland  Finland2
bye
Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)
  Finland
  Finland4
  Hungary1
  Romania
Bucharest, Romania (indoor carpet)
bye
bye  Romania3
  Hungary  Hungary2
bye
  Hungary
  Belarus
Minsk, Belarus (indoor carpet)
bye
bye  Belarus4
  South Africa  South Africa1
bye
Maia, Portugal (clay)
  South Africa
  South Africa2
Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet)
  Portugal3
  Portugal1
Casablanca, Morocco (clay)
  Ukraine4
  Portugal  Ukraine2
bye  Morocco3
bye
  Morocco

First round

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Ukraine vs. Portugal

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Ukraine
4
Meridian Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine[2]
4–6 February 2000
Carpet (indoors)
 
Portugal
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Andrei Dernovskiy
João Cunha e Silva
78
66
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
65
77
     

Second round

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Finland vs. Sweden

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Finland
2
Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland[3]
7–9 April 2000
Hard (indoors)
 
Sweden
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Ville Liukko
Magnus Norman
3
6
6
4
1
6
67
79
   
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

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Romania
3
Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest, Romania[4]
7–9 April 2000
Carpet (indoors)
 
Hungary
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Andrei Pavel
Gergely Kisgyörgy
6
2
77
65
5
7
68
710
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
63
77
6
4
   

Belarus vs. South Africa

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Belarus
4
National Centre, Minsk, Belarus[5]
7–9 April 2000
Carpet (indoors)
 
South Africa
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Vladimir Voltchkov
Neville Godwin
6
2
77
62
7
5
     
2  
 
Max Mirnyi
Jeff Coetzee
6
3
6
2
6
4
     
3  
 
Sergei Samoseiko / Alexander Shvets
David Adams / John-Laffnie de Jager
62
77
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

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Morocco
3
Club Olympique, Casablanca, Morocco[6]
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

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Finland vs. Hungary

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Finland
4
Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland[7]
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
77
65
6
0
   
3  
 
Tuomas Ketola / Ville Liukko
Gábor Köves / Attila Sávolt
6
4
65
77
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

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Portugal
3
Maia Tennis Club, Maia, Portugal[8]
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
79
67
6
3
3
6
8
6
 
4  
 
Bernardo Mota
Wayne Ferreira
3
6
2
6
6
4
3
6
   
5  
 
Emanuel Couto
Justin Bower
77
64
4
6
4
6
78
66
6
4
 

References

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  1. ^ "2000 Europe/Africa Group I". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Ukraine v Portugal". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Finland v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Romania v Hungary". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Belarus v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Morocco v Ukraine". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Finland v Hungary". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Portugal v South Africa". daviscup.com.
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