2012 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

The Europe and Africa Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2012.

In the Europe and Africa Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.

Draw

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Draw

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Second-round play-offsFirst-round play-offsFirst roundSecond round
1  Israel
Israel
bye
bye1  Israel3
  Portugal  Portugal2
  Portugal
Slovak Republic
bye
  Portugal1
  Slovakia3
3  Belgium
Great Britain
bye
bye3  Belgium4
Great Britain
  Slovakia  Great Britain1
  Great Britain3
  Slovakia2
Netherlands
  Finland0
Cluj-Napoca, Romania (indoor)Netherlands
  Netherlands5
  Finland2  Netherlands5
4  Romania34  Romania0
bye
Finland
4  Romania
  Finland1
Slovenia
  Denmark4
  Denmark0
South Africa
  Slovenia5
  Denmark  Slovenia1
bye2  South Africa4
bye
2  South Africa

First round

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Great Britain vs. Slovakia

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Great Britain
3
Braehead Arena, Glasgow, Great Britain[1]
10–12 February 2012
hard (indoor)
 
Slovakia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Daniel Evans
Lukáš Lacko
6
3
7
5
7
5
     
2  
 
James Ward
Martin Kližan
2
6
6
4
4
6
64
77
   
3  
 
Colin Fleming / Ross Hutchins
Michal Mertiňák / Filip Polášek
6
3
77
64
0
6
6
3
   
4  
 
James Ward
Lukáš Lacko
69
711
1
6
3
6
     
5  
 
Daniel Evans
Martin Kližan
6
1
6
1
4
6
3
6
6
3
 

Finland vs. Netherlands

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Finland
0
Maaspoort Sports end Events, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands[2]
10–12 February 2012
hard (indoor)
 
Netherlands
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Juho Paukku
Robin Haase
1
6
1
6
1
6
     
2  
 
Timo Nieminen
Thiemo de Bakker
1
6
5
7
3
6
     
3  
 
Harri Heliövaara / Jarkko Nieminen
Robin Haase / Jean-Julien Rojer
2
6
64
77
2
6
     
4  
 
Harri Heliövaara
Jesse Huta Galung
2
6
4
6
       
5  
 
Juho Paukku
Thiemo de Bakker
6
3
3
6
2
6
     

Denmark vs. Slovenia

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Denmark
0
Rdeca Dvorana SRZ, Velenje, Slovenia[3]
10–12 February 2012
hard (indoor)
 
Slovenia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Kristian Pless
Grega Žemlja
0
6
1
6
4
6
     
2  
 
Frederik Nielsen
Blaž Kavčič
2
6
4
6
4
6
     
3  
 
Thomas Kromann / Frederik Nielsen
Blaž Kavčič / Grega Žemlja
4
6
77
65
4
6
5
7
   
4  
 
Thomas Kromann
Aljaž Bedene
3
6
6
3
4
6
     
5  
 
Kristian Pless
Janez Semrajc
65
77
3
6
       

Second round

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Israel vs. Portugal

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Israel
3
Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel[4]
6–8 April 2012
hard (outdoor)
 
Portugal
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Dudi Sela
Frederico Gil
6
3
6
4
6
4
     
2  
 
Amir Weintraub
Rui Machado
5
7
6
3
6
1
7
5
   
3  
 
Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram
Gastão Elias / João Sousa
6
4
6
4
6
3
     
4  
 
Andy Ram
João Sousa
5
7
0
6
       
5  
 
Amir Weintraub
Frederico Gil
6
3
3
6
63
77
     

Belgium vs. Great Britain

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Great Britain
1
Braehead Arena, Glasgow, Great Britain[5]
6–8 April 2012
hard (indoor)
 
Belgium
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Joshua Goodall
Steve Darcis
77
62
3
6
4
6
4
6
   
2  
 
Dan Evans
Olivier Rochus
6
3
4
6
67
79
4
6
   
3  
 
Colin Fleming / Ross Hutchins
Ruben Bemelmans / David Goffin
4
6
7
5
6
3
6
4
   
4  
 
Joshua Goodall
David Goffin
4
6
4
6
4
6
     
5  
 
Dan Evans
Ruben Bemelmans
4
6
4
6
       

Netherlands vs. Romania

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Netherlands
5
Sporthallen Zuid, Amsterdam, Netherlands[6]
6–8 April 2012
hard (indoor)
 
Romania
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Thomas Schoorel
Petru-Alexandru Luncanu
6
1
6
3
6
3
     
2  
 
Robin Haase
Andrei Dăescu
6
3
6
3
6
4
     
3  
 
Jean-Julien Rojer / Igor Sijsling
Andrei Dăescu / Florin Mergea
6
3
77
63
63
77
3
6
9
7
 
4  
 
Robin Haase
Petru-Alexandru Luncanu
7
5
6
2
       
5  
 
Thomas Schoorel
Darius Florin Brăguși
6
2
6
2
       

Slovenia vs. South Africa

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South Africa
4
Arthur Ashe Tennis Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa[7]
6–8 April 2012
hard (outdoor)
 
Slovenia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Ruan Roelofse
Blaž Kavčič
77
64
1
6
1
6
3
6
   
2  
 
Izak van der Merwe
Grega Žemlja
6
1
3
6
6
3
6
4
   
3  
 
Raven Klaasen / Izak van der Merwe
Blaž Kavčič / Grega Žemlja
65
77
77
64
6
1
6
4
   
4  
 
Izak van der Merwe
Blaž Kavčič
77
64
6
4
6
4
     
5  
 
Ruan Roelofse
Nik Razboršek
4
6
6
3
77
62
     

First-round play-off

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Romania vs. Finland

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Romania
3
Sala Sporturilor Horia Demian, Cluj-Napoca, Romania[8]
14–16 September 2012
hard (indoor)
 
Finland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Victor Crivoi
Jarkko Nieminen
5
7
1
6
2
6
     
2  
 
Marius Copil
Harri Heliövaara
3
6
6
4
6
2
6
4
   
3  
 
Florin Mergea / Horia Tecău
Jarkko Nieminen / Harri Heliövaara
6
4
77
64
6
1
     
4  
 
Marius Copil
Jarkko Nieminen
3
6
5
7
6
1
64
77
   
5  
 
Victor Crivoi
Harri Heliövaara
4
6
77
65
62
77
6
3
7
5
 

Second-round play-off

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Portugal vs. Slovak Republic

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Slovakia
3
Aegon Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia[9]
14–16 September 2012
hard (indoor)
 
Portugal
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Martin Kližan
Gastão Elias
3
6
6
2
77
64
6
2
   
2  
 
Lukáš Lacko
João Sousa
4
6
4
6
3
6
     
3  
 
Michal Mertiňák / Filip Polášek
Gastão Elias / Pedro Sousa
7
5
4
6
77
65
6
3
   
4  
 
Martin Kližan
João Sousa
6
2
7
5
69
711
6
1
   
5  
 
Lukáš Lacko
Gastão Elias
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Finland vs. Denmark

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Finland
1
Tali Tennis Center, Helsinki, Finland[10]
19–21 October 2012
hard (indoor)
 
Denmark
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Juho Paukku
Frederik Nielsen
4
6
712
610
77
64
77
65
   
2  
 
Timo Nieminen
Martin Pedersen
2
6
3
6
3
6
     
3  
 
Timo Nieminen / Juho Paukku
Thomas Kromann / Frederik Nielsen
4
6
2
6
4
6
     
4  
 
Timo Nieminen
Frederik Nielsen
3
6
3
6
6
3
6
2
1
6
 
5  
 
Herkko Pöllänen
Christoffer Konigsfeldt
3
6
67
79
       

References

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  1. ^ "Great Britain v Slovakia". daviscup.com.
  2. ^ "Finland v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Denmark v Slovenia". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Israel v Portugal". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Belgium v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Netherlands v Romania". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Slovenia v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Romania v Finland". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Slovak Republic v Portugal". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Finland v Denmark". daviscup.com.
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