1997 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Zone B

Main article: 1997 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

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 Group III advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 1998, whereas the bottom two teams were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 1998.

Participating nations

Draw

Group A

   BUL  EST  KEN  MLT RR
W–L 		Match
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Standings
 Bulgaria 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 9–0 (100%) 18–0 (100%) 1
 Estonia 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 4–5 (44%) 8–11 (42%) 2
 Kenya 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–6 (33%) 6–13 (32%) 3
 Malta 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–7 (22%) 6–14 (30%) 4

Group B

   MON  MDA  CMR  ALG RR
W–L 		Match
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Standings
 Monaco 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 7–2 (78%) 15–6 (71%) 1
 Moldova 0–3 3–0 3–0 2–1 6–3 (67%) 13–7 (65%) 2
 Cameroon 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–2 3–6 (33%) 8–13 (38%) 3
 Algeria 1–2 0–3 1–2 0–3 2–7 (22%) 4–14 (22%) 4
1st to 4th place play-offs
3rd-4th play-offSemifinalsFinal
A1 Bulgaria3
B2 Moldova0
B2 Moldova1A1 Bulgaria3
A2 Estonia2B1 Monaco0
B1 Monaco3
A2 Estonia0
5th to 8th place play-offs
7th-8th play-off5th-8th play-offs5th-6th play-off
A3 Kenya2
B4 Algeria1
B4 Algeria2A3 Kenya2
B3 Cameroon1A4 Malta1
A4 Malta2
B3 Cameroon1

Final standings

Rank Team
1  Bulgaria
2  Monaco
3  Estonia
4  Moldova
5  Kenya
6  Malta
7  Algeria
8  Cameroon

Round robin

Group A

Bulgaria vs. Malta


Bulgaria
3 		Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[1]
21 May 1997
Malta
0
1 2 3
1 Bulgaria
Malta 		Ivan Keskinov
Mark Schembri 		6
1 		6
1 		   
2 Bulgaria
Malta 		Orlin Stanoytchev
Christopher Gatt 		6
4 		6
0 		   
3 Bulgaria
Malta 		Ivo Bratanov / Ivaylo Traykov
Gordon Asciak / Mark Schembri 		710
68 		6
3 		   

Estonia vs. Kenya


Estonia
2 		Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[2]
21 May 1997
Kenya
1
1 2 3
1 Estonia
Kenya 		Andrei Luzgin
Allan Cooper 		6
2 		6
1 		   
2 Estonia
Kenya 		Rene Busch
Paul Wekesa 		1
6 		2
6 		   
3 Estonia
Kenya 		Andrei Luzgin / Gert Vilms
Allan Cooper / Paul Wekesa 		6
3 		6
4 		   

Bulgaria vs. Estonia


Bulgaria
3 		Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[3]
22 May 1997
Estonia
0
1 2 3
1 Bulgaria
Estonia 		Ivan Keskinov
Andrei Luzgin 		6
3 		6
1 		   
2 Bulgaria
Estonia 		Orlin Stanoytchev
Rene Busch 		6
0 		6
2 		   
3 Bulgaria
Estonia 		Ivo Bratanov / Ivaylo Traykov
Raigo Saluste / Gert Vilms 		6
2 		6
4 		   

Kenya vs. Malta


Kenya
2 		Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[4]
22 May 1997
Malta
1
1 2 3
1 Kenya
Malta 		Norbert Oduor
Gordon Asciak 		3
6 		4
6 		   
2 Kenya
Malta 		Paul Wekesa
Christopher Gatt 		3
6 		6
4 		6
3 		 
3 Kenya
Malta 		Allan Cooper / Norbert Oduor
Gordon Asciak / Mark Schembri 		6
4 		6
2 		   

Bulgaria vs. Kenya


Bulgaria
3 		Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[5]
23 May 1997
Kenya
0
1 2 3
1 Bulgaria
Kenya 		Ivan Keskinov
Norbert Oduor 		6
2 		6
4 		   
2 Bulgaria
Kenya 		Orlin Stanoytchev
Allan Cooper 		6
2 		6
1 		   
3 Bulgaria
Kenya 		Ivo Bratanov / Ivaylo Traykov
Allan Cooper / Norbert Oduor 		6
3 		6
2 		   

Estonia vs. Malta


Estonia
2 		Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[6]
23 May 1997
Malta
1
1 2 3
1 Estonia
Malta 		Andrei Luzgin
Gordon Asciak 		3
6 		6
4 		6
3 		 
2 Estonia
Malta 		Rene Busch
Christopher Gatt 		3
6 		3
6 		   
3 Estonia
Malta 		Andrei Luzgin / Gert Vilms
Gordon Asciak / Christopher Gatt 		6
2 		6
3 		   

Group B

Algeria vs. Monaco


Algeria
1 		Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[7]
21 May 1997
Monaco
2
1 2 3
1 Algeria
Monaco 		Mohammed Mahmoudi
Christophe Bosio 		2
6 		64
77 		   
2 Algeria
Monaco 		Noureddine Mahmoudi
Sébastien Graeff 		4
6 		3
6 		   
3 Algeria
Monaco 		Noujeim Hakimi / Noureddine Mahmoudi
Christophe Boggetti / Sébastien Graeff 		77
64 		78
66 		   

Cameroon vs. Moldova


Cameroon
0 		Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[8]
21 May 1997
Moldova
3
1 2 3
1 Cameroon
Moldova 		Angelin Mvogo
Oleg Sinic 		5
7 		6
3 		5
7 		 
2 Cameroon
Moldova 		Yann Auzoux
Iurie Gorban 		3
6 		0
6 		   
3 Cameroon
Moldova 		Lionel Kemajou / Joseph Oyebog
Iurie Gorban / Oleg Sinic 		3
6 		3
6 		   

Algeria vs. Moldova


Algeria
0 		Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[9]
22 May 1997
Moldova
3
1 2 3
1 Algeria
Moldova 		Noujeim Hakimi
Oleg Sinic 		4
6 		1
6 		   
2 Algeria
Moldova 		Noureddine Mahmoudi
Iurie Gorban 		3
6 		3
6 		   
3 Algeria
Moldova 		Noujeim Hakimi / Noureddine Mahmoudi
Iurie Gorban / Oleg Sinic 		3
6 		4
6 		   

Cameroon vs. Monaco


Cameroon
1 		Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[10]
22 May 1997
Monaco
2
1 2 3
1 Cameroon
Monaco 		Joseph Oyebog
Christophe Bosio 		4
6 		6
3 		7
5 		 
2 Cameroon
Monaco 		Angelin Mvogo
Sébastien Graeff 		1
6 		2
6 		   
3 Cameroon
Monaco 		Yann Auzoux / Joseph Oyebog
Christophe Boggetti / Sébastien Graeff 		4
6 		6
3 		14
16 		 

Algeria vs. Cameroon


Algeria
1 		Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[11]
23 May 1997
Cameroon
2
1 2 3
1 Algeria
Cameroon 		Noujeim Hakimi
Joseph Oyebog 		0
6 		2
6 		   
2 Algeria
Cameroon 		Mohammed Mahmoudi
Yann Auzoux 		6
0 		6
4 		   
3 Algeria
Cameroon 		Noujeim Hakimi / Mohammed Mahmoudi
Lionel Kemajou / Joseph Oyebog 		1
6 		4
6 		   

Moldova vs. Monaco


Moldova
0 		Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[12]
23 May 1997
Monaco
3
1 2 3
1 Moldova
Monaco 		Oleg Sinic
Christophe Bosio 		5
7 		7
5 		4
6 		 
2 Moldova
Monaco 		Iurie Gorban
Sébastien Graeff 		4
6 		4
6 		   
3 Moldova
Monaco 		Evgueni Plougarev / Maxim Savitski
Christophe Boggetti / Jacques Vinciléoni 		1
6 		1
6 		   

1st to 4th place play-offs

Semifinals

Bulgaria vs. Moldova


Bulgaria
3 		Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[13]
24 May 1997
Moldova
0
1 2 3
1 Bulgaria
Moldova 		Ivan Keskinov
Oleg Sinic 		6
2 		6
4 		   
2 Bulgaria
Moldova 		Orlin Stanoytchev
Iurie Gorban 		66
78 		6
4 		6
3 		 
3 Bulgaria
Moldova 		Ivo Bratanov / Ivaylo Traykov
Evgueni Plougarev / Maxim Savitski 		6
1 		6
3 		   

Monaco vs. Estonia


Monaco
3 		Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[14]
24 May 1997
Estonia
0
1 2 3
1 Monaco
Estonia 		Christophe Bosio
Andrei Luzgin 		6
4 		6
4 		   
2 Monaco
Estonia 		Sébastien Graeff
Rene Busch 		7
5 		6
4 		   
3 Monaco
Estonia 		Christophe Boggetti / Jacques Vinciléoni
Raigo Saluste / Gert Vilms 		77
65 		77
65 		   

Final

Bulgaria vs. Monaco


Bulgaria
3 		Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[15]
25 May 1997
Monaco
0
1 2 3
1 Bulgaria
Monaco 		Ivan Keskinov
Christophe Bosio 		7
5 		6
4 		   
2 Bulgaria
Monaco 		Orlin Stanoytchev
Sébastien Graeff 		6
3 		4
6 		6
3 		 
3 Bulgaria
Monaco 		Ivo Bratanov / Ivaylo Traykov
Christophe Boggetti / Sébastien Graeff 		66
78 		6
2 		6
1 		 

3rd to 4th play-off

Moldova vs. Estonia


Moldova
1 		Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[16]
25 May 1997
Estonia
2
1 2 3
1 Moldova
Estonia 		Oleg Sinic
Gert Vilms 		6
1 		6
3 		   
2 Moldova
Estonia 		Iurie Gorban
Rene Busch 		6
3 		4
6 		1
6 		 
3 Moldova
Estonia 		Iurie Gorban / Oleg Sinic
Andrei Luzgin / Gert Vilms 		2
6 		3
6 		   

5th to 8th place play-offs

5th to 8th play-offs

Kenya vs. Algeria


Kenya
2 		Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[17]
24 May 1997
Algeria
1
1 2 3
1 Kenya
Algeria 		Allan Cooper
Mohammed Mahmoudi 		6
4 		3
6 		3
6 		 
2 Kenya
Algeria 		Paul Wekesa
Noureddine Mahmoudi 		6
3 		3
6 		6
3 		 
3 Kenya
Algeria 		Allan Cooper / Norbert Oduor
Noujeim Hakimi / Mohammed Mahmoudi 		5
7 		6
4 		6
4 		 

Malta vs. Cameroon


Malta
2 		Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[18]
24 May 1997
Cameroon
1
1 2 3
1 Malta
Cameroon 		Mark Schembri
Joseph Oyebog 		711
69 		3
6 		6
4 		 
2 Malta
Cameroon 		Christopher Gatt
Angelin Mvogo 		3
6 		3
6 		   
3 Malta
Cameroon 		Gordon Asciak / Mark Schembri
Yann Auzoux / Angelin Mvogo 		77
64 		6
3 		   

5th to 6th play-off

Kenya vs. Malta


Kenya
2 		Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[19]
25 May 1997
Malta
1
1 2 3
1 Kenya
Malta 		Allan Cooper
Gordon Asciak 		6
4 		6
2 		   
2 Kenya
Malta 		Paul Wekesa
Mark Schembri 		6
3 		4
6 		6
2 		 
3 Kenya
Malta 		Allan Cooper / Norbert Oduor
Gordon Asciak / Christopher Gatt 		       
w/o

7th to 8th play-off

Algeria vs. Cameroon


Algeria
2 		Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[20]
25 May 1997
Cameroon
1
1 2 3
1 Algeria
Cameroon 		Mohammed Mahmoudi
Angelin Mvogo 		0
6 		0
0 		  retired
 
2 Algeria
Cameroon 		Noureddine Mahmoudi
Yann Auzoux 		6
0 		6
1 		   
3 Algeria
Cameroon 		Noujeim Hakimi / Noureddine Mahmoudi
Yann Auzoux / Angelin Mvogo 		3
6 		79
67 		6
1 		 

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