2017 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2016.

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. Winners in Group I advanced to the World Group Play-offs, along with losing teams from the World Group first round. Teams who lost their respective ties 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 2018.

Participating nations

Seeds: All seeds and  Hungary received a bye into the second round.  Slovakia  Ukraine  Netherlands  Austria

Remaining nations:  Belarus  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Hungary  Israel  Poland  Portugal  Romania

Draw

Second Round Play-offs 15–17 September / 27–29 October

First Round Play-offs 15–17 September

First Round 3–5 February

Second Round 3–5 February / 7–9 April

1

Slovakia

bye

Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)

1

Slovakia

1

Slovakia

1

bye

Hungary

3

Hungary

Bratislava, Slovakia (clay)

bye

1

Slovakia

4

Poland

1

3

Netherlands

bye

Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina (indoor hard)

bye

3

Netherlands

3

Poland

Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina (indoor hard)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1

Poland

0

Bosnia and Herzegovina

5

Minsk, Belarus (indoor hard)

Romania

2

Wels, Austria (clay)

Belarus

3

Minsk, Belarus (indoor hard)

Romania

1

Belarus

3

4

Austria

4

4

Austria

1

bye

Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)

4

Austria

Romania

0

Israel

5

Lisbon, Portugal (indoor clay)

Israel

0

Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)

Portugal

5

Lisbon, Portugal (indoor clay)

Israel

0

Portugal

4

2

Ukraine

5

2

Ukraine

1

bye

2

Ukraine

Poland and  Romania relegated to Group II in 2018.

Hungary,  Netherlands,  Belarus, and  Portugal advance to World Group Play-off.

First round

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Poland

Bosnia and Herzegovina 5	Arena Zenica, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina[1] 3–5 February 2017 Hard (i)		Poland 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mirza Bašić Kamil Majchrzak 6 4 6 3 0 0       retired 2 Damir Džumhur Hubert Hurkacz 7^7 6^1 7 5 7 5       3 Mirza Bašić / Tomislav Brkić Łukasz Kubot / Marcin Matkowski 7^7 6^5 7^7 6^5 3 6 4 6 6 3   4 Damir Džumhur Kamil Majchrzak           w/o   5 Tomislav Brkić Hubert Hurkacz 7^7 6^1 4 6 7 5

Belarus vs. Romania

Belarus 3	Republic Olympic Training Center, Minsk, Belarus[2] 3–5 February 2017 Hard (i)		Romania 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ilya Ivashka Adrian Ungur 2 6 7 5 4 6 4 6     2 Egor Gerasimov Marius Copil 6 3 6 4 6 4       3 Max Mirnyi / Yaraslav Shyla Marius Copil / Horia Tecău 7^7 6^3 6 4 6^5 7^7 6 4     4 Ilya Ivashka Marius Copil 5 7 4 6 1 6       5 Egor Gerasimov Adrian Ungur 7^7 6^5 6 4 6 4

Portugal vs. Israel

Portugal 5	Club Internacional de Foot-ball, Lisbon, Portugal[3] 3–5 February 2017 Clay (i)		Israel 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 João Sousa Yshai Oliel 6 1 6 1 6 2       2 Gastão Elias Dudi Sela 1 6 6 2 6 4 6 2     3 Gastão Elias / João Sousa Jonathan Erlich / Dudi Sela 7 5 6^4 7^7 4 6 6 2 6 4   4 Frederico Ferreira Silva Daniel Cukierman 6 2 6 0         5 Pedro Sousa Yshai Oliel 6 2 6 0

Second round

Slovakia vs. Hungary

Slovakia 1	Aegon Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia[4] 3–5 February 2017 Hard (i)		Hungary 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Martin Kližan Attila Balázs 6 1 6 2 3 6 6 4     2 Jozef Kovalík Márton Fucsovics 2 6 7^7 6^4 3 6 4 6     3 Martin Kližan / Andrej Martin Attila Balázs / Márton Fucsovics 3 6 6 2 3 6 7^7 6^5 1 6   4 Martin Kližan Márton Fucsovics 6 3 3 6 3 6 5 7     5 Jozef Kovalík Attila Balázs           not played

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Netherlands

Bosnia and Herzegovina 1	Arena Zenica, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina[5] 7–9 April 2017 Hard (i)		Netherlands 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mirza Bašić Robin Haase 4 6 2 6 7 5 3 6     2 Damir Džumhur Thiemo de Bakker 6 2 6 2 6 2       3 Mirza Bašić / Tomislav Brkić Robin Haase / Jean-Julien Rojer 3 6 6 3 3 6 2 6     4 Damir Džumhur Robin Haase 5 7 3 6 7^7 6^4 6 2 4 6   5 Mirza Bašić Thiemo de Bakker           not played

Belarus vs. Austria

Belarus 3	Republic Olympic Training Center, Minsk, Belarus[6] 7–9 April 2017 Hard (i)		Austria 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Egor Gerasimov Gerald Melzer 6 3 6 3 6 3       2 Ilya Ivashka Jürgen Melzer 7^10 6^8 6 3 4 6 7^7 6^1     3 Max Mirnyi / Yaraslav Shyla Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer 4 6 6^6 7^8 7^7 6^3 4 6     4 Ilya Ivashka Gerald Melzer 7^7 6^3 3 6 6 3 6 1     5 Egor Gerasimov Jürgen Melzer           not played

Portugal vs. Ukraine

Portugal 4	Club Internacional de Foot-ball, Lisbon, Portugal[7] 7–9 April 2017 Clay (i)		Ukraine 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Gastão Elias Artem Smirnov 6 4 7^7 6^1 6^6 7^8 3 6 6 1   2 João Sousa Nikita Mashtakov 6 0 6 3 6 0       3 Gastão Elias / João Sousa Denys Molchanov / Artem Smirnov 7 5 1 6 3 6 4 6     4 João Sousa Artem Smirnov 7^7 6^3 7^7 6^2 6 2       5 Pedro Sousa Illia Biloborodko 6 0 6 1

1st round play-offs

Austria vs. Romania

Austria 4	Union Tennis Club Wels, Wels, Austria[8] 15–17 September 2017 Clay		Romania 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Gerald Melzer Dragoș Dima 6 1 6 1 3 6 6 1     2 Dominic Thiem Bogdan Borza 6 2 6 2 6 4       3 Philipp Oswald / Dominic Thiem Nicolae Frunză / Horia Tecău 6^1 7^7 2 6 7^7 6^5 3 6     4 Dominic Thiem Nicolae Frunză 7^7 6^2 7^7 6^3 6 3       5 Gerald Melzer Bogdan Borza 6 1 7 5

Israel vs. Ukraine

Israel 0	Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel[9] 15–17 September 2017 Hard		Ukraine 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Dudi Sela Illya Marchenko 6^5 7^7 2 6 3 6       2 Edan Leshem Alexandr Dolgopolov 4 6 1 6 4 6       3 Jonathan Erlich / Dudi Sela Denys Molchanov / Sergiy Stakhovsky 5 7 6^6 7^8 6 1 6 4 6^4 7^7   4 Mor Bulis Alexandr Dolgopolov 3 6 2 6         5 Edan Leshem Illya Marchenko 1 6 3 6

2nd round play-offs

Slovakia vs. Poland

Slovakia 4	Aegon Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia[10] 15–17 September 2017 Clay		Poland 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Norbert Gombos Hubert Hurkacz 6 2 6 2 3 6 6 4     2 Andrej Martin Kamil Majchrzak 7 5 4 6 6 3 6 3     3 Andrej Martin / Igor Zelenay Mateusz Kowalczyk / Łukasz Kubot 7^7 6^3 3 6 3 6 2 6     4 Norbert Gombos Kamil Majchrzak 6 1 6 2 6 4       5 Jozef Kovalík Hubert Hurkacz 6 4 7 5

Israel vs. Romania

Israel 5	Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel[11] 27–29 October 2017 Hard		Romania 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Edan Leshem Dragoș Dima 6 3 5 7 6 2 3 6 6 3   2 Dudi Sela Nicolae Frunză 6 3 6 4 6 4       3 Jonathan Erlich / Dudi Sela Vasile Antonescu / Bogdan Borza 6 3 6 4 7^7 6^4       4 Mor Bulis Vasile Antonescu 7^7 6^4 6 3         5 Edan Leshem Nicolae Frunză 6 4 6^3 7^7 6 2

References

1. "Bosnia and Herzegovina v Poland". daviscup.com.
2. "Belarus v Romania". daviscup.com.
3. "Portugal v Israel". daviscup.com.
4. "Slovakia v Hungary". daviscup.com.
5. "Bosnia and Herzegovina v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
6. "Belarus v Austria". daviscup.com.
7. "Portugal v Ukraine". daviscup.com.
8. "Austria v Romania". daviscup.com.
9. "Israel v Ukraine". daviscup.com.
10. "Slovakia v Poland". daviscup.com.
11. "Israel v Romania". daviscup.com.

External links

• Official Website