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The European and African Zone was one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2006.

In the European and African Zone there were four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.

Participating teams

•  Algeria
•  Bulgaria
•  Cyprus
•  Egypt
•  Finland
•  Georgia
•  Greece
•  Hungary
•  Ireland
•  Latvia
•  Macedonia
•  Norway
•  Poland
•  Slovenia
•  South Africa
•  Zimbabwe

Draw

Play-offs

First round

Second round

Third round

Harare, Zimbabwe (hard)

S

Zimbabwe

1

Thessaloniki, Greece (clay)

Oslo, Norway (clay)

Norway

4

S

Zimbabwe

1

Norway

2

Athens, Greece (clay)

S

Greece

4

Macedonia

3

S

Greece

1

Skopje, Macedonia (clay)

Macedonia

4

Macedonia

3

Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard)

S

Finland

2

S

Finland

3

Dublin, Ireland (grass)

Hanko, Finland (clay)

Ireland

2

Ireland

1

S

Finland

4

Algiers, Algeria (clay)

S

Slovenia

4

Algeria

1

S

Slovenia

2

Algeria

3

Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary (indoor hard)

Egypt

0

Cairo, Egypt (clay)

Plovdiv, Bulgaria (clay)

S

Hungary

5

Egypt

2

S

Hungary

3

Plovdiv, Bulgaria (clay)

Cyprus

3

S

Bulgaria

2

Cyprus

2

Budapest, Hungary (clay)

S

Bulgaria

3

S

Hungary

2

Poznań, Poland (indoor carpet)

Georgia

3

Latvia

0

Jūrmala, Latvia (clay)

Gdynia, Poland (clay)

S

Poland

5

Latvia

3

S

Poland

2

Tbilisi, Georgia (indoor carpet)

S

South Africa

2

Georgia

3

Georgia

3

S

South Africa

2

• Zimbabwe, Ireland, Egypt, and South Africa relegated to Group III in 2007.
• Macedonia and Georgia promoted to Group I in 2007.

First Round Matches

Greece vs. Macedonia

Greece 1	Athens Lawn Tennis Club, Athens, Greece 7–9 April 2006 clay (outdoor)		Macedonia 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Konstantinos Economidis Predrag Rusevski 7 6 5 7 6 4 6 7 6 4   2 Alexandros Jakupovic Lazar Magdinčev 6 7 0 6 2 6       3 Alexandros Jakupovic / Nikos Rovas Lazar Magdinčev / Predrag Rusevski 6 3 3 6 4 6 2 6     4 Nikos Rovas Lazar Magdinčev 2 6 6 7 1 6       5 Paris Gemouchidis Predrag Rusevski 1 6 6 7

Second Round Matches

Norway vs. Macedonia

Norway 2	Oslo Tennisklubb, Oslo, Norway 21–23 July 2006 clay (outdoor)		Macedonia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Stian Boretti Predrag Rusevski 2 6 0 6 0 1     retired   2 Jan Frode Andersen Lazar Magdinčev 4 6 6 3 7 5 3 6 6 2   3 Jan Frode Andersen / Erling Tveit Lazar Magdinčev / Predrag Rusevski 4 6 6 7 3 6       4 Erling Tveit Lazar Magdinčev 4 6 7 5 2 6 7 6 2 6   5 Carl Sundberg Dimitar Grabuloski 7 6 6 4

Third Round Matches

Macedonia vs. Finland

Macedonia 3	Tennis Club JUG, Skopje, Macedonia 22–24 September 2006 clay (outdoor)		Finland 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Predrag Rusevski Jarkko Nieminen 6 4 1 6 3 6 6 3 4 6   2 Lazar Magdinčev Timo Nieminen 4 6 6 3 7 5 3 6 6 2   3 Lazar Magdinčev / Predrag Rusevski Tuomas Ketola / Jarkko Nieminen 6 3 6 2 3 6 1 6 6 2   4 Lazar Magdinčev Jarkko Nieminen 3 6 0 6 1 6       5 Predrag Rusevski Timo Nieminen 6 4 6 4 2 6 4 6 6 4

Play-off Matches

• 2006 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone
• Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone