The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1993.

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.

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 1994.[1]

Participating nations

Draw

First RoundSecond Round
 Israel
Lisbon, Portugal (clay)
bye
 Israel3
 Portugal2
bye
 Portugal
Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor carpet)
 Kenya1
Waregem, Belgium (clay)
 Luxembourg4
 Luxembourg0
 Belgium5
bye
 Belgium
 Great Britain
Budapest, Hungary (clay)
bye
 Great Britain2
Budapest, Hungary (indoor carpet)
 Hungary3
 Finland1
 Hungary4
Oslo, Norway (indoor carpet)
 Norway1
Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)
 Zimbabwe4
 Zimbabwe2
 Croatia3
bye
 Croatia
Relegation Play-off
Helsinki, Finland (indoor carpet)
 Finland2
 Norway3

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 1994.[3]

Participating nations

Draw

Group III

Winners in Group III advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 1994. All other teams remained in Group III.

Participating countries

Draw

Group A

  • Venue: Lusaka Tennis Club, Lusaka, Zambia
  • Date: 28 April–2 March
   LAT  SLO  ZAM  TUR  SMR  CGO RR
W–L		 Match
W–L		 Set
W–L		 Standings
 Latvia[lower-alpha 2] 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 5–0 14–1 (93%) 29–4 (88%) 1
 Slovenia[lower-alpha 1] 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 4–1 12–3 (80%) 26–9 (74%) 2
 Zambia 0–3 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–2 8–7 (53%) 18–15 (55%) 3
 Turkey 0–3 0–3 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–3 7–8 (47%) 15–18 (45%) 4
 San Marino 0–3 1–2 0–3 0–3 3–0 1–4 4–11 (27%) 11–24 (31%) 5
 Congo 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–5 0–15 (0%) 1–30 (3%) 6

Group B

   UKR  EST  MLT  TOG  BEN  DJI RR
W–L		 Match
W–L		 Set
W–L		 Standings
 Ukraine[lower-alpha 2] 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 5–0 15–0 (100%) 30–3 (91%) 1
 Estonia[lower-alpha 2] 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 4–1 11–4 (73%) 23–11 (68%) 2
 Malta 0–3 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–2 9–6 (60%) 21–15 (58%) 3
 Togo 0–3 0–3 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–3 7–8 (47%) 18–18 (50%) 4
 Benin 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 3–0 1–4 3–12 (20%) 9–24 (27%) 5
 Djibouti 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–5 0–15 (0%) 0–30 (0%) 6

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 As the stronger tennis nation that began Davis Cup play immediately after the breakup of Yugoslavia, and due to the ongoing sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Croatia took Yugoslavia's spot in Group I and Slovenia began as a new nation in Group III. Yugoslavia continued to hold their historical records when they resumed play in 1995, which were subsequently passed onto Serbia.[2]
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Russia took over the place in the World Group gained by the CIS in the 1992 Davis Cup, and assumed all historical records held by the Soviet Union.[4] Former Soviet states and newly independent countries Estonia, Latvia and Ukraine would all begin as new nations in Group III.

References

  1. ↑ "1993 Europe/Africa Group I". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Serbia Davis Cup profile". daviscup.com.
  3. ↑ "1993 Europe/Africa Group II". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "Russia Davis Cup profile". daviscup.com.
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