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

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 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 2007.

Participating nations

•  Algeria
•  Bulgaria
•  Cyprus
•  Egypt
•  Finland
•  Georgia
•  Greece
•  Hungary
•  Ireland
•  Latvia
•  North 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

North Macedonia

3

S

Greece

1

Skopje, North Macedonia (clay)

North Macedonia

4

North 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.
•  North Macedonia and  Georgia promoted to Group I in 2007.

First round

Zimbabwe vs. Norway

Zimbabwe 1	Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe 7–9 April 2006 Hard		Norway 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Genius Chidzikwe Jan Frode Andersen 4 6 2 6 7 5 6 7     2 Gwinyai Tongoona Stian Boretti 0 6 3 6 3 6       3 Genius Chidzikwe / Gwinyai Tongoona Jan Frode Andersen / Stian Boretti 6 3 6 2 3 6 6 4     4 Genius Chidzikwe Stian Boretti 6 4 5 7 5 7 6 3 3 6   5 Stefan D'Almeida Carl Sundberg 3 6 1 6

Greece vs. North Macedonia

Greece 1	Athens Lawn Tennis Club, Athens, Greece 7–9 April 2006 Clay		North 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

Finland vs. Ireland

Finland 3	Tali Tennis Center, Helsinki, Finland 7–9 April 2006 Hard (indoors)		Ireland 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jarkko Nieminen Kevin Sorensen 6 4 6 4 6 2       2 Juho Paukku Louk Sorensen 4 6 2 6 3 6       3 Tuomas Ketola / Jarkko Nieminen Tristan Farron-Mahon / Kevin Sorensen 6 0 6 3 6 2       4 Jarkko Nieminen Louk Sorensen 6 4 6 1 6 0       5 Juho Paukku Kevin Sorensen 4 6 2 6

Algeria vs. Slovenia

Algeria 3	Office du complexe Olympique Mohamed Boudiaf, Algiers, Algeria 7–9 April 2006 Clay		Slovenia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Slimane Saoudi Rok Jarc 6 4 6 4 3 6 6 1     2 Lamine Ouahab Grega Žemlja 6 3 2 6 4 6 6 3 6 4   3 Lamine Ouahab / Slimane Saoudi Rok Jarc / Grega Žemlja 6 2 6 2 6 4       4 Slimane Saoudi Grega Žemlja 5 7 2 6         5 Rachid Baba-Aïssa Blaž Kavčič 0 6 1 6

Hungary vs. Egypt

Hungary 5	Hód TC, Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary 7–9 April 2006 Hard (indoors)		Egypt 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Sebő Kiss Karim Maamoun 6 3 6 4 6 1       2 Kornél Bardóczky Sherif Sabry 7 6 6 1 6 3       3 Kornél Bardóczky / Gergely Kisgyörgy Karim Maamoun / Mohamed Mamoun 6 4 7 6 6 4       4 Kornél Bardóczky Mohamed Mamoun 7 5 6 3         5 Sebő Kiss Sherif Sabry 6 4 6 3

Bulgaria vs. Cyprus

Bulgaria 3	TC Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 7–9 April 2006 Clay		Cyprus 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Yordan Kanev Marcos Baghdatis 1 6 2 6 2 6       2 Ilia Kushev Photos Kallias 6 3 6 2 7 5       3 Ilia Kushev / Ivaylo Traykov Marcos Baghdatis / Photos Kallias 4 6 6 3 2 6 7 6 6 0   4 Ilia Kushev Marcos Baghdatis 3 6 2 6 2 6       5 Todor Enev Photos Kallias 7 6 6 1 1 6 6 4

Poland vs. Latvia

Poland 5	Centrum Tenisowe ANGIE Sp.z.o.o., Puszczykowo, Poznań County, Poland 7–9 April 2006 Carpet (indoors)		Latvia 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Michał Przysiężny Ernests Gulbis 3 6 7 6 7 6 7 6     2 Łukasz Kubot Andis Juška 6 4 7 6 6 7 3 6 8 6   3 Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski Ernests Gulbis / Andis Juška 6 3 7 6 6 1       4 Mariusz Fyrstenberg Deniss Pavlovs 6 3 6 2         5 Michał Przysiężny Kārlis Lejnieks 6 2 7 6

Georgia vs. South Africa

Georgia 3	Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi, Georgia 7–9 April 2006 Carpet (indoors)		South Africa 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Irakli Labadze Izak van der Merwe 6 4 5 7 3 6 6 1 6 3   2 Lado Chikhladze Wesley Moodie 6 7 7 6 6 4 6 7 3 6   3 Lado Chikhladze / Irakli Labadze Jeff Coetzee / Wesley Moodie 6 4 6 4 7 6       4 Irakli Labadze Wesley Moodie 5 7 6 4 6 4 3 6 11 13   5 Lado Chikhladze Izak van der Merwe 6 2 6 4 6 3

Second round

Norway vs. North Macedonia

Norway 2	Oslo Tennisklubb, Oslo, Norway 21–23 July 2006 Clay		North 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

Finland vs. Algeria

Finland 4	Hanko Tennis Stadion, Hanko, Finland 21–23 July 2006 Clay		Algeria 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Timo Nieminen Slimane Saoudi 7 6 7 6 6 3       2 Jarkko Nieminen Abdelhak Hameurlaïne 6 0 6 0 6 1       3 Tuomas Ketola / Jarkko Nieminen Abdelhak Hameurlaïne / Slimane Saoudi 6 1 3 6 6 2 6 4     4 Jarkko Nieminen Slimane Saoudi 6 2 6 1         5 Lauri Kiiski Abdelhak Hameurlaïne 4 6 2 6

Bulgaria vs. Hungary

Bulgaria 2	TC Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 21–23 July 2006 Clay		Hungary 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ilia Kushev Kornél Bardóczky 5 7 3 6 0 6       2 Ivaylo Traykov Sebő Kiss 3 6 3 6 3 6       3 Yordan Kanev / Ivaylo Traykov Kornél Bardóczky / Gergely Kisgyörgy 6 4 4 6 4 6 7 6 9 11   4 Todor Enev Dénes Lukács 6 3 7 5         5 Ilia Kushev Sebő Kiss 7 5 1 6 6 2

Poland vs. Georgia

Poland 2	Klub Tenisowy ARKA, Gdynia, Poland 21–23 July 2006 Clay		Georgia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Michał Przysiężny Irakli Labadze 6 3 3 6 4 6 4 6     2 Łukasz Kubot Lado Chikhladze 7 5 6 4 6 2       3 Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski Lado Chikhladze / Irakli Labadze 6 1 6 2 6 4       4 Łukasz Kubot Irakli Labadze 6 4 3 6 7 5 2 6 4 6   5 Mariusz Fyrstenberg Lado Chikhladze 5 7 6 7 6 7

Relegation play-offs

Greece vs. Zimbabwe

Greece 4	Salonica Counrty Club, Thessaloniki, Greece 21–23 July 2006 Clay		Zimbabwe 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Konstantinos Economidis Pfungwa Mahefu 6 2 6 0 6 0       2 Alexandros Jakupovic Genius Chidzikwe 6 7 6 1 7 5 6 2     3 Konstantinos Economidis / Alexandros Jakupovic Genius Chidzikwe / Gwinyai Tongoona 6 2 6 1 6 2       4 Paris Gemouchidis Genius Chidzikwe 2 6 4 6         5 Alexandros Jakupovic Gwinyai Tongoona 6 2 6 2

Third round

North Macedonia vs. Finland

North Macedonia 3	Tennis Club JUG, Skopje, North Macedonia 22–24 September 2006 Clay		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 6 4 6 2 2 6 7 6     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

Hungary vs. Georgia

Hungary 2	Római Teniszakadémia, Budapest, Hungary 22–24 September 2006 Clay		Georgia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Sebő Kiss Irakli Labadze 6 1 6 3 2 6 6 4     2 Kornél Bardóczky Lado Chikhladze 6 4 6 7 6 1 6 2     3 Kornél Bardóczky / Gergely Kisgyörgy Lado Chikhladze / Irakli Labadze 6 4 0 6 3 6 2 6     4 Kornél Bardóczky Irakli Labadze 6 7 1 6 7 6 6 1 4 6   5 Sebő Kiss Lado Chikhladze 6 7 6 7 7 6 2 6

References

1. "2006 Europe/Africa Group II". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
2. "Zimbabwe v Norway". daviscup.com.
3. "Greece v North Macedonia". daviscup.com.
4. "Finland v Ireland". daviscup.com.
5. "Algeria v Slovenia". daviscup.com.
6. "Hungary v Egypt". daviscup.com.
7. "Bulgaria v Cyprus". daviscup.com.
8. "Poland v Latvia". daviscup.com.
9. "Georgia v South Africa". daviscup.com.
10. "Norway v North Macedonia". daviscup.com.
11. "Finland v Algeria". daviscup.com.
12. "Bulgaria v Hungary". daviscup.com.
13. "Poland v Georgia". daviscup.com.
14. "Greece v Zimbabwe". daviscup.com.
15. "North Macedonia v Finland". daviscup.com.
16. "Hungary v Georgia". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website

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