1999 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone
# 1999 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1999.

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.

## 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-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 2000.

### Participating nations

* Austria
* Belarus
* Croatia
* Finland
* Israel
* Portugal
* Romania
* South Africa
* Ukraine

### Draw

| Second Round Play-offs | Second Round Play-offs | Second Round Play-offs | First Round Play-offs | First Round Play-offs | First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | Romania | Romania | | | | |
| | | | | | Romania | Romania | | Bucharest, Romania (clay) | Bucharest, Romania (clay) | Bucharest, Romania (clay) |
| | | | | | bye | bye | | Bucharest, Romania (clay) | Bucharest, Romania (clay) | Bucharest, Romania (clay) |
| | | | bye | bye | bye | bye | | Romania | Romania | 3 |
| | | | Croatia | Croatia | | | | Croatia | Croatia | 2 |
| | | | Croatia | Croatia | bye | bye | | Croatia | Croatia | 2 |
| Zagreb, Croatia (indoor carpet) | Zagreb, Croatia (indoor carpet) | Zagreb, Croatia (indoor carpet) | | | bye | bye | | | | |
| Zagreb, Croatia (indoor carpet) | Zagreb, Croatia (indoor carpet) | Zagreb, Croatia (indoor carpet) | | | Croatia | Croatia | | | | |
| Croatia | Croatia | 1 | | | Croatia | Croatia | | | | |
| Portugal | Portugal | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Portugal | Portugal | 4 | | | Austria | Austria | | | | |
| | | | | | Austria | Austria | | Wels, Austria (indoor clay) | Wels, Austria (indoor clay) |
| | | | | | bye | bye | | Wels, Austria (indoor clay) | Wels, Austria (indoor clay) |
| | | | bye | bye | bye | bye | | Austria | Austria | 4 |
| | | | Portugal | Portugal | | | | Portugal | Portugal | 1 |
| | | | Portugal | Portugal | bye | bye | | Portugal | Portugal | 1 |
| | | | | | Portugal | Portugal | | | |
| | | | | | Israel | Israel | | | |
| | | | | | Israel | Israel | | Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) | Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) | Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) |
| | | | | | bye | bye | | Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) | Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) | Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet) |
| | | | Israel | Israel | bye | bye | | Israel | Israel | 2 |
| | | | bye | bye | | | | Finland | Finland | 3 |
| | | | bye | bye | bye | bye | | Finland | Finland | 3 |
| Kyiv, Ukraine (clay) | Kyiv, Ukraine (clay) | Kyiv, Ukraine (clay) | | | bye | bye | | | | |
| Kyiv, Ukraine (clay) | Kyiv, Ukraine (clay) | Kyiv, Ukraine (clay) | | | Finland | Finland | | | | |
| Israel | Israel | 2 | | | Finland | Finland | | | | |
| Israel | Israel | 2 | | | Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet) | Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet) | Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet) | | | |
| Ukraine | Ukraine | 3 | | | Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet) | Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet) | Kyiv, Ukraine (indoor carpet) | | | |
| Ukraine | Ukraine | 3 | | | Ukraine | Ukraine | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | Ukraine | Ukraine | 2 | Cape Town, South Africa (hard) | Cape Town, South Africa (hard) |
| | | | | | Belarus | Belarus | 3 | Cape Town, South Africa (hard) | Cape Town, South Africa (hard) |
| | | | Ukraine | Ukraine | Belarus | Belarus | 3 | Belarus | Belarus | 1 |
| | | | bye | bye | | | | South Africa | South Africa | 4 |
| | | | bye | bye | bye | bye | | South Africa | South Africa | 4 |
| | | | | | South Africa | South Africa | | | | |

* Croatia and Israel relegated to Group II in 2000.
* Romania, Austria, Finland, and South Africa advance to World Group qualifying round.

## 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 2000.

### Participating nations

* Bulgaria
* Denmark
* Greece
* Hungary
* Ireland
* Ivory Coast
* Latvia
* Macedonia
* Morocco
* Norway
* Poland
* Senegal
* Slovenia
* Togo
* Turkey
* Yugoslavia

### 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | Aalborg, Denmark (indoor carpet) | Aalborg, Denmark (indoor carpet) | Aalborg, Denmark (indoor carpet) | | | | | | |
| | | | Denmark | Denmark | 5 | | | | | | |
| Ljubljana, Slovenia (clay) | Ljubljana, Slovenia (clay) | Ljubljana, Slovenia (clay) | Denmark | Denmark | 5 | Skagen, Denmark (hard) | | | | | |
| Ljubljana, Slovenia (clay) | Ljubljana, Slovenia (clay) | Ljubljana, Slovenia (clay) | Senegal | Senegal | 0 | Skagen, Denmark (hard) | | | | | |
| Senegal | Senegal | 0 | Senegal | Senegal | 0 | Denmark | Denmark | 3 | | | |
| Senegal | Senegal | 0 | Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet) | Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet) | Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet) | Denmark | Denmark | 3 | | | |
| Slovenia | Slovenia | 5 | Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet) | Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet) | Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet) | Ireland | Ireland | 2 | | | |
| Slovenia | Slovenia | 5 | Slovenia | Slovenia | 2 | Ireland | Ireland | 2 | | | |
| | | | Slovenia | Slovenia | 2 | | | | Budapest, Hungary (clay) | Budapest, Hungary (clay) | Budapest, Hungary (clay) |
| | | | Ireland | Ireland | 3 | | | | Budapest, Hungary (clay) | Budapest, Hungary (clay) | Budapest, Hungary (clay) |
| | | | Ireland | Ireland | 3 | | | | Denmark | Denmark | 1 |
| | | | Budapest, Hungary (clay) | Budapest, Hungary (clay) | Budapest, Hungary (clay) | | | | Denmark | Denmark | 1 |
| | | | Budapest, Hungary (clay) | Budapest, Hungary (clay) | Budapest, Hungary (clay) | | | | Hungary | Hungary | 3 |
| | | | Hungary | Hungary | 5 | | | | Hungary | Hungary | 3 |
| Lomé, Togo (hard) | Lomé, Togo (hard) | Lomé, Togo (hard) | Hungary | Hungary | 5 | Budapest, Hungary (clay) | Budapest, Hungary (clay) | Budapest, Hungary (clay) | | | |
| Lomé, Togo (hard) | Lomé, Togo (hard) | Lomé, Togo (hard) | Greece | Greece | 0 | Budapest, Hungary (clay) | Budapest, Hungary (clay) | Budapest, Hungary (clay) | | | |
| Greece | Greece | 4 | Greece | Greece | 0 | Hungary | Hungary | 4 | | | |
| Greece | Greece | 4 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria (clay) | Plovdiv, Bulgaria (clay) | Plovdiv, Bulgaria (clay) | Hungary | Hungary | 4 | | | |
| Togo | Togo | 1 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria (clay) | Plovdiv, Bulgaria (clay) | Plovdiv, Bulgaria (clay) | Bulgaria | Bulgaria | 1 | | | |
| Togo | Togo | 1 | Togo | Togo | 0 | Bulgaria | Bulgaria | 1 | | | |
| | | | Bulgaria | Bulgaria | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | | Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor carpet) | Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor carpet) | Jūrmala, Latvia (indoor carpet) | | | | | | |
| | | | Latvia | Latvia | 2 | | | | | | |
| Jūrmala, Latvia (clay) | Jūrmala, Latvia (clay) | Jūrmala, Latvia (clay) | Latvia | Latvia | 2 | Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard) | | | | | |
| Jūrmala, Latvia (clay) | Jūrmala, Latvia (clay) | Jūrmala, Latvia (clay) | Poland | Poland | 3 | Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard) | | | | | |
| Latvia | Latvia | 4 | Poland | Poland | 3 | Poland | Poland | 3 | | | |
| Latvia | Latvia | 4 | Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard) | Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard) | Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard) | Poland | Poland | 3 | | | |
| Macedonia | Macedonia | 1 | Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard) | Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard) | Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard) | Ivory Coast | Ivory Coast | 1 | | | |
| Macedonia | Macedonia | 1 | Macedonia | Macedonia | 0 | Ivory Coast | Ivory Coast | 1 | | | |
| | | | Macedonia | Macedonia | 0 | | | | Casablanca, Morocco (clay) | Casablanca, Morocco (clay) | Casablanca, Morocco (clay) |
| | | | Ivory Coast | Ivory Coast | 5 | | | | Casablanca, Morocco (clay) | Casablanca, Morocco (clay) | Casablanca, Morocco (clay) |
| | | | Ivory Coast | Ivory Coast | 5 | | | | Poland | Poland | 0 |
| | | | Casablanca, Morocco (clay) | Casablanca, Morocco (clay) | Casablanca, Morocco (clay) | | | | Poland | Poland | 0 |
| | | | Casablanca, Morocco (clay) | Casablanca, Morocco (clay) | Casablanca, Morocco (clay) | | | | Morocco | Morocco | 5 |
| | | | Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 1 | | | | Morocco | Morocco | 5 |
| Istanbul, Turkey (hard) | Istanbul, Turkey (hard) | Istanbul, Turkey (hard) | Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 1 | Oslo, Norway (clay) | Oslo, Norway (clay) | Oslo, Norway (clay) | | | |
| Istanbul, Turkey (hard) | Istanbul, Turkey (hard) | Istanbul, Turkey (hard) | Morocco | Morocco | 4 | Oslo, Norway (clay) | Oslo, Norway (clay) | Oslo, Norway (clay) | | | |
| Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 2 | Morocco | Morocco | 4 | Morocco | Morocco | 4 | | | |
| Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 2 | Oslo, Norway (indoor carpet) | Oslo, Norway (indoor carpet) | Oslo, Norway (indoor carpet) | Morocco | Morocco | 4 | | | |
| Turkey | Turkey | 3 | Oslo, Norway (indoor carpet) | Oslo, Norway (indoor carpet) | Oslo, Norway (indoor carpet) | Norway | Norway | 1 | | | |
| Turkey | Turkey | 3 | Turkey | Turkey | 0 | Norway | Norway | 1 | | | |
| | | | Norway | Norway | 5 | | | | | | |

* Senegal, Togo, Macedonia, and Yugoslavia relegated to Group III in 2000.
* Hungary and Morocco promoted to Group I in 2000.

## Group III – Zone A

The top two teams in each Group III sub-zone advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2000, whereas the bottom two teams in each sub-zone were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 2000.

### Participating nations

* Algeria
* Benin
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Egypt
* Ghana
* Luxembourg
* Nigeria
* Tunisia

### Draw

* Venue: Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt
* Date: 24–28 February

Group A

| | LUX | TUN | GHA | ALG | RR W–L | Match W–L | Set W–L | Standings |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Luxembourg | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 9–0 (100%) | 18–4 (82%) | 1 |
| Tunisia | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–5 (44%) | 11–11 (50%) | 2 |
| Ghana | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–6 (33%) | 10–12 (45%) | 3 |
| Algeria | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 0–3 | 2–7 (22%) | 4–16 (20%) | 4 |

Group B

| | EGY | BIH | BEN | NGR | RR W–L | Match W–L | Set W–L | Standings |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Egypt | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 9–0 (100%) | 18–1 (95%) | 1 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–4 (56%) | 12–9 (57%) | 2 |
| Benin | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–7 (22%) | 4–15 (21%) | 3 |
| Nigeria | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 0–3 | 2–7 (22%) | 6–15 (29%) | 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 | Luxembourg | 2 | | | |
| | | | B2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | |
| A1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | B2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | A1 | Luxembourg | 0 |
| A2 | Tunisia | 0 | | | | B1 | Egypt | 3 |
| A2 | Tunisia | 0 | A2 | Tunisia | 0 | B1 | Egypt | 3 |
| | | | B1 | Egypt | 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 | Ghana | 1 | | | |
| | | | B4 | Nigeria | 2 | |
| A3 | Ghana | 1 | B4 | Nigeria | 2 | B4 | Nigeria | 2 |
| A4 | Algeria | 2 | | | | B3 | Benin | 1 |
| A4 | Algeria | 2 | A4 | Algeria | 1 | B3 | Benin | 1 |
| | | | B3 | Benin | 2 | | | |

### Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| 1 | Egypt |
| 2 | Luxembourg |
| 3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 4 | Tunisia |
| 5 | Nigeria |
| 6 | Benin |
| 7 | Algeria |
| 8 | Ghana |

* Egypt and Luxembourg promoted to Group II in 2000.
* Algeria and Ghana relegated to Group IV in 2000.

## Group III – Zone B

### Participating nations

* Armenia
* Estonia
* Georgia
* Kenya
* Lithuania
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Zambia

### Draw

* Venue: Sini-Valge Tennis Club, Tallinn, Estonia
* Date: 9–13 June

Group A

| | ARM | LTU | GEO | KEN | RR W–L | Match W–L | Set W–L | Standings |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Armenia | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 6–3 (66%) | 13–9 (59%) | 1 |
| Lithuania | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–4 (56%) | 12–9 (57%) | 2 |
| Georgia | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–4 (56%) | 12–9 (57%) | 3 |
| Kenya | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 0–3 | 2–7 (22%) | 5–15 (25%) | 4 |

Group B

| | MDA | EST | MON | ZAM | RR W–L | Match W–L | Set W–L | Standings |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Moldova | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 6–3 (67%) | 13–7 (65%) | 1 |
| Estonia | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 6–3 (67%) | 12–6 (66%) | 2 |
| Monaco | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–4 (56%) | 10–10 (50%) | 3 |
| Zambia | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 0–3 | 1–8 (11%) | 4–16 (20%) | 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 | Armenia | 1 | | | |
| | | | B2 | Estonia | 2 | |
| A1 | Armenia | 1 | B2 | Estonia | 2 | B2 | Estonia | 2 |
| B1 | Moldova | 2 | | | | A2 | Lithuania | 1 |
| B1 | Moldova | 2 | A2 | Lithuania | 2 | A2 | Lithuania | 1 |
| | | | B1 | Moldova | 1 | | | |

**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 | Georgia | 3 | | | |
| | | | B4 | Zambia | 0 | |
| A3 | Zambia | 0 | B4 | Zambia | 0 | A3 | Georgia | 0 |
| A4 | Kenya | 3 | | | | B3 | Monaco | 3 |
| A4 | Kenya | 3 | A4 | Kenya | 1 | B3 | Monaco | 3 |
| | | | B3 | Monaco | 2 | | | |

### Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| 1 | Estonia |
| 2 | Lithuania |
| 3 | Moldova |
| 4 | Armenia |
| 5 | Monaco |
| 6 | Georgia |
| 7 | Kenya |
| 8 | Zambia |

* Estonia and Lithuania promoted to Group II in 2000.
* Kenya and Zambia relegated to Group IV in 2000.

## Group IV

The top two teams in each Group IV sub-zone advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2000. All other teams remained in Group IV.

### Participating nations

* Azerbaijan
* Botswana
* Cyprus
* Ethiopia
* Iceland
* Madagascar
* Malta
* San Marino
* Sudan
* Uganda

### Draw

* Venue: Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana
* Date: 18–22 May

Zone A

| | ISL | MLT | CYP | ETH | SUD | RR W–L | Match W–L | Set W–L | Standings |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Iceland | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 10–2 (83%) | 22–3 (88%) | 1 |
| Malta | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 9–3 (75%) | 17–9 (65%) | 2 |
| Cyprus | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 8–4 (67%) | 17–9 (65%) | 3 |
| Ethiopia | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–9 (25%) | 7–19 (27%) | 4 |
| Sudan | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 0–4 | 0–12 (0%) | 1–24 (4%) | 5 |

Zone B

| | MAD | BOT | AZE | SMR | UGA | RR W–L | Match W–L | Set W–L | Standings |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Madagascar | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 8–4 (67%) | 17–9 (65%) | 1 |
| Botswana | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 8–4 (67%) | 18–12 (60%) | 2 |
| Azerbaijan | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 7–5 (58%) | 15–12 (56%) | 3 |
| San Marino | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 1–3 | 5–7 (42%) | 14–17 (45%) | 4 |
| Uganda | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 0–4 | 2–10 (17%) | 7–21 (25%) | 5 |

* Iceland, Malta, Madagascar and Botswana promoted to Group III in 2000.
