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

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. 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.

## First round

### Ukraine vs. Belarus

| Ukraine 2 | Meridian Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine 12–14 February 1999 Carpet (indoors) | Meridian Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine 12–14 February 1999 Carpet (indoors) | Belarus 3 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Andrei Rybalko Vladimir Voltchkov 2 6 3 6 5 7       2 Andriy Medvedev Max Mirnyi 3 6 6 3 $7^7$ $6^4$ 7 5     3 Andriy Medvedev / Orest Tereshchuk Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov 3 6 1 6 4 6       4 Andriy Medvedev Vladimir Voltchkov 5 7 6 3 6 3 6 3     5 Andrei Rybalko Max Mirnyi 3 6 0 6 6 3 3 6 ||||

## Second round

### Romania vs. Croatia

| Romania 3 | Arena Club, Bucharest, Romania 2–4 April 1999 Clay | Arena Club, Bucharest, Romania 2–4 April 1999 Clay | Croatia 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Adrian Voinea Ivan Ljubičić 6 1 6 4 $6^1$ $7^7$ $7^7$ $6^5$     2 Andrei Pavel Željko Krajan $7^7$ $6^5$ 6 2 6 0       3 Andrei Pavel / Gabriel Trifu Ivan Ljubičić / Lovro Zovko $7^7$ $6^5$ $7^7$ $6^5$ 7 5       4 Ionuț Moldovan Lovro Zovko 7 5 1 6 2 6       5 Gabriel Trifu Ivan Beroš 3 6 2 6 ||||

### Austria vs. Portugal

| Austria 4 | Messe Wels, Wels, Austria 2–4 April 1999 Clay | Messe Wels, Wels, Austria 2–4 April 1999 Clay | Portugal 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Stefan Koubek Nuno Marques 6 3 6 4 6 4       2 Markus Hipfl João Cunha e Silva 6 4 6 2 6 2       3 Julian Knowle / Wolfgang Schranz Emanuel Couto / Nuno Marques 6 3 2 6 $7^7$ $6^4$ 4 6 2 6   4 Stefan Koubek João Cunha e Silva 6 3 $7^7$ $6^5$ 6 0       5 Markus Hipfl Bruno Fragoso 6 1 6 2 ||||

### Finland vs. Israel

| Finland 3 | Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland 2–4 April 1999 Carpet (indoors) | Tali Tennis Centre, Helsinki, Finland 2–4 April 1999 Carpet (indoors) | Israel 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Tuomas Ketola Eyal Ran 3 6 2 6 4 6       2 Ville Liukko Eyal Erlich 6 1 6 1 6 3       3 Tuomas Ketola / Ville Liukko Amir Hadad / Harel Levy 0 6 7 5 $6^2$ $7^7$ 6 3 8 6   4 Ville Liukko Eyal Ran 4 6 $7^8$ $6^6$ 6 4 6 4     5 Tapio Nurminen Eyal Erlich 2 6 4 6 ||||

### South Africa vs. Belarus

| South Africa 4 | Rondebosch Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa 2–4 April 1999 Hard | Rondebosch Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa 2–4 April 1999 Hard | Belarus 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 David Nainkin Vladimir Voltchkov 6 3 5 7 4 6 $6^5$ $7^7$     2 Wayne Ferreira Max Mirnyi 5 7 6 4 6 3 $6^6$ $7^8$ 9 7   3 David Adams / John-Laffnie de Jager Max Mirnyi / Vladimir Voltchkov 6 4 6 3 6 4       4 Wayne Ferreira Vladimir Voltchkov 6 0 4 6 3 6 6 2 6 4   5 David Nainkin Sergei Samoseiko 6 2 6 2 ||||

## Second round relegation play-offs

### Croatia vs. Portugal

| Croatia 1 | Dom Sportova, Zagreb, Croatia 24–26 September 1999 Carpet (indoors) | Dom Sportova, Zagreb, Croatia 24–26 September 1999 Carpet (indoors) | Portugal 4 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Ivan Ljubičić Nuno Marques 4 6 4 6 6 3 3 6     2 Željko Krajan João Cunha e Silva $6^4$ $7^7$ 2 6 2 6       3 Ivan Ljubičić / Lovro Zovko Emanuel Couto / Nuno Marques $7^7$ $6^4$ 6 4 $6^8$ $7^{10}$ 4 6 2 6   4 Mario Ančić João Cunha e Silva 4 6 4 6         5 Lovro Zovko Bernardo Mota $6^4$ $7^7$ 6 4 6 4 ||||

### Ukraine vs. Israel

| Ukraine 3 | Nauka Tennis Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine 24–26 September 1999 Clay | Nauka Tennis Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine 24–26 September 1999 Clay | Israel 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Andrei Rybalko Harel Levy 2 6 1 6 2 6       2 Andriy Medvedev Noam Okun 6 0 6 4 $7^7$ $6^2$       3 Andriy Medvedev / Andrei Rybalko Harel Levy / Eyal Ran 6 3 6 4 6 4       4 Andriy Medvedev Harel Levy 7 5 4 6 6 3 6 2     5 Orest Tereshchuk Noam Okun 3 6 5 7 ||||
