1994 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone
# 1994 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1994.

In the Europe/Africa Zone there were three different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier.

## Group I

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-off, with winning teams remaining in Group I, whereas teams who lost their play-off were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 1995.

### Participating nations

* Croatia
* Great Britain
* Luxembourg
* Norway
* Portugal
* Romania
* South Africa
* Switzerland
* Zimbabwe

### Draw

| Preliminary Round 4–6 February | Preliminary Round 4–6 February | Preliminary Round 4–6 February |
| - | - | - |
| Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard) | Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard) | Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard) |
| Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 4 |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 1 |
| First Round 25–27 March | First Round 25–27 March | First Round 25–27 March |
| Johannesburg, South Africa (indoor hard) | Johannesburg, South Africa (indoor hard) | Johannesburg, South Africa (indoor hard) |
| South Africa | South Africa | 5 |
| Romania | Romania | 0 |
| Porto, Portugal (clay) | Porto, Portugal (clay) | Porto, Portugal (clay) |
| Portugal | Portugal | 4 |
| Great Britain | Great Britain | 1 |
| Zagreb, Croatia (indoor clay) | Zagreb, Croatia (indoor clay) | Zagreb, Croatia (indoor clay) |
| Croatia | Croatia | 3 |
| Norway | Norway | 2 |
| Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard) | Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard) | Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard) |
| Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 2 |
| Switzerland | Switzerland | 3 |
| Relegation Play-off 15–17 July | Relegation Play-off 15–17 July | Relegation Play-off 15–17 July |
| Manchester, United Kingdom (grass) | Manchester, United Kingdom (grass) | Manchester, United Kingdom (grass) |
| Romania | Romania | 3 |
| Great Britain | Great Britain | 2 |

* South Africa, Portugal, Switzerland and Croatia advance to World Group qualifying round.
* Great Britain and Luxembourg relegated to Group II in 1995.

## Group II

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 1995.

### Participating nations

* Bulgaria
* Egypt
* Estonia
* Finland
* Ghana
* Greece
* Ireland
* Kenya
* Latvia
* Monaco
* Morocco
* Nigeria
* Poland
* Senegal
* Slovenia
* Ukraine

### 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | Nairobi, Kenya (clay) | Nairobi, Kenya (clay) | Nairobi, Kenya (clay) | | | | | | |
| | | | Kenya | Kenya | 1 | | | | | | |
| Dublin, Ireland (carpet) | Dublin, Ireland (carpet) | Dublin, Ireland (carpet) | Kenya | Kenya | 1 | Jūrmala, Latvia (clay) | | | | | |
| Dublin, Ireland (carpet) | Dublin, Ireland (carpet) | Dublin, Ireland (carpet) | Latvia | Latvia | 3 | Jūrmala, Latvia (clay) | | | | | |
| Kenya | Kenya | 1 | Latvia | Latvia | 3 | Latvia | Latvia | 3 | | | |
| Kenya | Kenya | 1 | Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet) | Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet) | Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet) | Latvia | Latvia | 3 | | | |
| Ireland | Ireland | 4 | Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet) | Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet) | Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet) | Ukraine | Ukraine | 2 | | | |
| Ireland | Ireland | 4 | Ukraine | Ukraine | 5 | Ukraine | Ukraine | 2 | | | |
| | | | Ukraine | Ukraine | 5 | | | | Jūrmala, Latvia (hard) | Jūrmala, Latvia (hard) | Jūrmala, Latvia (hard) |
| | | | Ireland | Ireland | 0 | | | | Jūrmala, Latvia (hard) | Jūrmala, Latvia (hard) | Jūrmala, Latvia (hard) |
| | | | Ireland | Ireland | 0 | | | | Latvia | Latvia | 1 |
| | | | Casablanca, Morocco (clay) | Casablanca, Morocco (clay) | Casablanca, Morocco (clay) | | | | Latvia | Latvia | 1 |
| | | | Casablanca, Morocco (clay) | Casablanca, Morocco (clay) | Casablanca, Morocco (clay) | | | | Morocco | Morocco | 4 |
| | | | Morocco | Morocco | 5 | | | | Morocco | Morocco | 4 |
| Cairo, Egypt (clay) | Cairo, Egypt (clay) | Cairo, Egypt (clay) | Morocco | Morocco | 5 | Warsaw, Poland (clay) | Warsaw, Poland (clay) | Warsaw, Poland (clay) | | | |
| Cairo, Egypt (clay) | Cairo, Egypt (clay) | Cairo, Egypt (clay) | Egypt | Egypt | 0 | Warsaw, Poland (clay) | Warsaw, Poland (clay) | Warsaw, Poland (clay) | | | |
| Egypt | Egypt | 3 | Egypt | Egypt | 0 | Morocco | Morocco | 5 | | | |
| Egypt | Egypt | 3 | Sopot, Poland (indoor carpet) | Sopot, Poland (indoor carpet) | Sopot, Poland (indoor carpet) | Morocco | Morocco | 5 | | | |
| Bulgaria | Bulgaria | 2 | Sopot, Poland (indoor carpet) | Sopot, Poland (indoor carpet) | Sopot, Poland (indoor carpet) | Poland | Poland | 0 | | | |
| Bulgaria | Bulgaria | 2 | Poland | Poland | 4 | Poland | Poland | 0 | | | |
| | | | Bulgaria | Bulgaria | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | Accra, Ghana (hard) | Accra, Ghana (hard) | Accra, Ghana (hard) | | | | | | |
| | | | Ghana | Ghana | 3 | | | | | | |
| Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay) | Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay) | Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay) | Ghana | Ghana | 3 | Accra, Ghana (hard) | | | | | |
| Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay) | Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay) | Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay) | Monaco | Monaco | 2 | Accra, Ghana (hard) | | | | | |
| Monaco | Monaco | 4 | Monaco | Monaco | 2 | Ghana | Ghana | 3 | | | |
| Monaco | Monaco | 4 | Lagos, Nigeria (hard) | Lagos, Nigeria (hard) | Lagos, Nigeria (hard) | Ghana | Ghana | 3 | | | |
| Senegal | Senegal | 1 | Lagos, Nigeria (hard) | Lagos, Nigeria (hard) | Lagos, Nigeria (hard) | Nigeria | Nigeria | 2 | | | |
| Senegal | Senegal | 1 | Nigeria | Nigeria | 5 | Nigeria | Nigeria | 2 | | | |
| | | | Nigeria | Nigeria | 5 | | | | Accra, Ghana (hard) | Accra, Ghana (hard) | Accra, Ghana (hard) |
| | | | Senegal | Senegal | 0 | | | | Accra, Ghana (hard) | Accra, Ghana (hard) | Accra, Ghana (hard) |
| | | | Senegal | Senegal | 0 | | | | Ghana | Ghana | 2 |
| | | | Maribor, Slovenia (clay) | Maribor, Slovenia (clay) | Maribor, Slovenia (clay) | | | | Ghana | Ghana | 2 |
| | | | Maribor, Slovenia (clay) | Maribor, Slovenia (clay) | Maribor, Slovenia (clay) | | | | Slovenia | Slovenia | 3 |
| | | | Slovenia | Slovenia | 3 | | | | Slovenia | Slovenia | 3 |
| Athens, Greece (clay) | Athens, Greece (clay) | Athens, Greece (clay) | Slovenia | Slovenia | 3 | Ljubljana, Slovenia (clay) | Ljubljana, Slovenia (clay) | Ljubljana, Slovenia (clay) | | | |
| Athens, Greece (clay) | Athens, Greece (clay) | Athens, Greece (clay) | Greece | Greece | 2 | Ljubljana, Slovenia (clay) | Ljubljana, Slovenia (clay) | Ljubljana, Slovenia (clay) | | | |
| Greece | Greece | 1 | Greece | Greece | 2 | Slovenia | Slovenia | 3 | | | |
| Greece | Greece | 1 | Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) | Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) | Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) | Slovenia | Slovenia | 3 | | | |
| Estonia | Estonia | 4 | Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) | Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) | Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) | Finland | Finland | 2 | | | |
| Estonia | Estonia | 4 | Estonia | Estonia | 1 | Finland | Finland | 2 | | | |
| | | | Finland | Finland | 4 | | | | | | |

* Kenya, Bulgaria, Senegal, and Greece relegated to Group III in 1995.
* Morocco and Slovenia promoted to Group I in 1995.

## Group III

Winners in Group III advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 1995. All other teams remained in Group III.

### Participating nations

* Algeria
* Belarus
* Benin
* Cameroon
* Congo
* Cyprus
* Djibouti
* Georgia
* Ivory Coast
* Lithuania
* Malta
* San Marino
* Slovakia
* Sudan
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Turkey
* Zambia

### Zone A

**Draw**

* Venue: Hôtel Ivoire, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
* Date: 4–8 May

Group A

| | CIV | GEO | SMR | ZAM | DJI | RR W–L | Match W–L | Set W–L | Standings |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ivory Coast | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 12–0 (100%) | 24–1 (96%) | 1 |
| Georgia | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 8–4 (67%) | 15–9 (63%) | 2 |
| San Marino | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 6–6 (50%) | 14–12 (54%) | 3 |
| Zambia | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 1–3 | 4–8 (33%) | 7–16 (30%) | 4 |
| Djibouti | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 0–4 | 0–12 (0%) | 1–23 (4%) | 5 |

Group B

| | BLR | CMR | ALG | BEN | TOG | RR W–L | Match W–L | Set W–L | Standings |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Belarus | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 10–2 (83%) | 20–5 (80%) | 1 |
| Cameroon | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 7–5 (58%) | 16–12 (57%) | 2 |
| Algeria | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 8–4 (67%) | 17–11 (61%) | 3 |
| Benin | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–9 (25%) | 7–19 (27%) | 4 |
| Togo | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 0–4 | 2–10 (17%) | 7–20 (26%) | 5 |

* Ivory Coast and Belarus promoted to Group II in 1995.

### Zone B

**Draw**

* Venue: SSI Slovan Tennis Club, Bratislava, Slovakia
* Date: 18–22 May

Group A

| | SVK | MLT | TUR | SUD | RR W–L | Match W–L | Set W–L | Standings |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Slovakia | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 9–0 (100%) | 18–0 (100%) | 1 |
| Malta | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–4 (56%) | 10–9 (53%) | 2 |
| Turkey | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–5 (44%) | 9–10 (47%) | 3 |
| Sudan | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 0–3 | 0–9 (0%) | 0–18 (0%) | 4 |

Group B

| | LTU | TUN | CYP | CGO | RR W–L | Match W–L | Set W–L | Standings |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lithuania | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 8–1 (89%) | 16–4 (80%) | 1 |
| Tunisia | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–4 (56%) | 12–9 (57%) | 2 |
| Cyprus | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 1–2 | 5–4 (56%) | 11–9 (55%) | 3 |
| Congo | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 0–3 | 0–9 (0%) | 1–18 (5%) | 4 |

**Draw**

**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 | Slovakia | 3 | | | |
| | | | B2 | Tunisia | 0 | |
| B2 | Tunisia | 2 | B2 | Tunisia | 0 | A1 | Slovakia | 3 |
| A2 | Malta | 1 | | | | B1 | Lithuania | 0 |
| A2 | Malta | 1 | B1 | Lithuania | 2 | B1 | Lithuania | 0 |
| | | | A2 | Malta | 1 | | | |

**Draw**

**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 | Turkey | 3 | | | |
| | | | B4 | Congo | 0 | |
| B4 | Congo | 1 | B4 | Congo | 0 | A3 | Turkey | 2 |
| A4 | Sudan | 2 | | | | B3 | Cyprus | 1 |
| A4 | Sudan | 2 | B3 | Cyprus | 3 | B3 | Cyprus | 1 |
| | | | A4 | Sudan | 0 | | | |

**Final standings**

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| 1 | Slovakia |
| 2 | Lithuania |
| 3 | Tunisia |
| 4 | Malta |
| 5 | Turkey |
| 6 | Cyprus |
| 7 | Sudan |
| 8 | Congo |

* Slovakia and Lithuania promoted to Group II in 1995.
