2012 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

The Europe and Africa Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2012.

In the Europe and Africa Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.

Draw[edit]

Seeds:

Remaining Nations:

Draw[edit]

Second-round play-offs

First-round play-offs

First round

Second round

1

Israel

bye

1

Israel

3

2

bye

1

3

Belgium

Great Britain

bye

3

Belgium

4

Great Britain

1

3

2

Netherlands

Finland

0

Cluj-Napoca, Romania (indoor)

Netherlands

5

Finland

2

Netherlands

5

4

Romania

3

4

Romania

0

bye

Finland

4

Romania

Finland

1

Slovenia

Denmark

4

Denmark

0

South Africa

Slovenia

5

Denmark

Slovenia

1

bye

2

South Africa

4

bye

2

South Africa

Portugal and Finland relegated to Group II in 2013.
Israel, Belgium, Netherlands, and South Africa advance to World Group play-off.

First round[edit]

Great Britain vs. Slovakia[edit]

Great Britain
3

Braehead Arena, Glasgow, Great Britain^[1]
10–12 February 2012
hard (indoor)

Slovakia
2

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Daniel Evans Lukáš Lacko	6 3	7 5	7 5
2	James Ward Martin Kližan	2 6	6 4	4 6	6⁴ 7⁷
3	Colin Fleming / Ross Hutchins Michal Mertiňák / Filip Polášek	6 3	7⁷ 6⁴	0 6	6 3
4	James Ward Lukáš Lacko	6⁹ 7¹¹	1 6	3 6
5	Daniel Evans Martin Kližan	6 1	6 1	4 6	3 6	6 3

Finland vs. Netherlands[edit]

Finland
0

Maaspoort Sports end Events, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands^[2]
10–12 February 2012
hard (indoor)

Netherlands
5

		1	2	3
1	Juho Paukku Robin Haase	1 6	1 6	1 6
2	Timo Nieminen Thiemo de Bakker	1 6	5 7	3 6
3	Harri Heliövaara / Jarkko Nieminen Robin Haase / Jean-Julien Rojer	2 6	6⁴ 7⁷	2 6
4	Harri Heliövaara Jesse Huta Galung	2 6	4 6
5	Juho Paukku Thiemo de Bakker	6 3	3 6	2 6

Denmark vs. Slovenia[edit]

Denmark
0

Rdeca Dvorana SRZ, Velenje, Slovenia^[3]
10–12 February 2012
hard (indoor)

Slovenia
5

		1	2	3	4
1	Kristian Pless Grega Žemlja	0 6	1 6	4 6
2	Frederik Nielsen Blaž Kavčič	2 6	4 6	4 6
3	Thomas Kromann / Frederik Nielsen Blaž Kavčič / Grega Žemlja	4 6	7⁷ 6⁵	4 6	5 7
4	Thomas Kromann Aljaž Bedene	3 6	6 3	4 6
5	Kristian Pless Janez Semrajc	6⁵ 7⁷	3 6

Second round[edit]

Israel vs. Portugal[edit]

Israel
3

Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel^[4]
6–8 April 2012
hard (outdoor)

Portugal
2

		1	2	3	4
1	Dudi Sela Frederico Gil	6 3	6 4	6 4
2	Amir Weintraub Rui Machado	5 7	6 3	6 1	7 5
3	Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram Gastão Elias / João Sousa	6 4	6 4	6 3
4	Andy Ram João Sousa	5 7	0 6
5	Amir Weintraub Frederico Gil	6 3	3 6	6³ 7⁷

Belgium vs. Great Britain[edit]

Great Britain
1

Braehead Arena, Glasgow, Great Britain^[5]
6–8 April 2012
hard (indoor)

Belgium
4

		1	2	3	4
1	Joshua Goodall Steve Darcis	7⁷ 6²	3 6	4 6	4 6
2	Dan Evans Olivier Rochus	6 3	4 6	6⁷ 7⁹	4 6
3	Colin Fleming / Ross Hutchins Ruben Bemelmans / David Goffin	4 6	7 5	6 3	6 4
4	Joshua Goodall David Goffin	4 6	4 6	4 6
5	Dan Evans Ruben Bemelmans	4 6	4 6

Netherlands vs. Romania[edit]

Netherlands
5

Sporthallen Zuid, Amsterdam, Netherlands^[6]
6–8 April 2012
hard (indoor)

Romania
0

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Thomas Schoorel Petru-Alexandru Luncanu	6 1	6 3	6 3
2	Robin Haase Andrei Dăescu	6 3	6 3	6 4
3	Jean-Julien Rojer / Igor Sijsling Andrei Dăescu / Florin Mergea	6 3	7⁷ 6³	6³ 7⁷	3 6	9 7
4	Robin Haase Petru-Alexandru Luncanu	7 5	6 2
5	Thomas Schoorel Darius Florin Brăguși	6 2	6 2

Slovenia vs. South Africa[edit]

South Africa
4

Arthur Ashe Tennis Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa^[7]
6–8 April 2012
hard (outdoor)

Slovenia
1

		1	2	3	4
1	Ruan Roelofse Blaž Kavčič	7⁷ 6⁴	1 6	1 6	3 6
2	Izak van der Merwe Grega Žemlja	6 1	3 6	6 3	6 4
3	Raven Klaasen / Izak van der Merwe Blaž Kavčič / Grega Žemlja	6⁵ 7⁷	7⁷ 6⁴	6 1	6 4
4	Izak van der Merwe Blaž Kavčič	7⁷ 6⁴	6 4	6 4
5	Ruan Roelofse Nik Razboršek	4 6	6 3	7⁷ 6²

First-round play-off[edit]

Romania vs. Finland[edit]

Romania
3

Sala Sporturilor Horia Demian, Cluj-Napoca, Romania^[8]
14–16 September 2012
hard (indoor)

Finland
2

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Victor Crivoi Jarkko Nieminen	5 7	1 6	2 6
2	Marius Copil Harri Heliövaara	3 6	6 4	6 2	6 4
3	Florin Mergea / Horia Tecău Jarkko Nieminen / Harri Heliövaara	6 4	7⁷ 6⁴	6 1
4	Marius Copil Jarkko Nieminen	3 6	5 7	6 1	6⁴ 7⁷
5	Victor Crivoi Harri Heliövaara	4 6	7⁷ 6⁵	6² 7⁷	6 3	7 5

Second-round play-off[edit]

Portugal vs. Slovak Republic[edit]

Slovakia
3

Aegon Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia^[9]
14–16 September 2012
hard (indoor)

Portugal
1

		1	2	3	4
1	Martin Kližan Gastão Elias	3 6	6 2	7⁷ 6⁴	6 2
2	Lukáš Lacko João Sousa	4 6	4 6	3 6
3	Michal Mertiňák / Filip Polášek Gastão Elias / Pedro Sousa	7 5	4 6	7⁷ 6⁵	6 3
4	Martin Kližan João Sousa	6 2	7 5	6⁹ 7¹¹	6 1
5	Lukáš Lacko Gastão Elias					not played

Finland vs. Denmark[edit]

Finland
1

Tali Tennis Center, Helsinki, Finland^[10]
19–21 October 2012
hard (indoor)

Denmark
4

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Juho Paukku Frederik Nielsen	4 6	7¹² 6¹⁰	7⁷ 6⁴	7⁷ 6⁵
2	Timo Nieminen Martin Pedersen	2 6	3 6	3 6
3	Timo Nieminen / Juho Paukku Thomas Kromann / Frederik Nielsen	4 6	2 6	4 6
4	Timo Nieminen Frederik Nielsen	3 6	3 6	6 3	6 2	1 6
5	Herkko Pöllänen Christoffer Konigsfeldt	3 6	6⁷ 7⁹

References[edit]

^ "Great Britain v Slovakia". daviscup.com.
^ "Finland v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
^ "Denmark v Slovenia". daviscup.com.
^ "Israel v Portugal". daviscup.com.
^ "Belgium v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
^ "Netherlands v Romania". daviscup.com.
^ "Slovenia v South Africa". daviscup.com.
^ "Romania v Finland". daviscup.com.
^ "Slovak Republic v Portugal". daviscup.com.
^ "Finland v Denmark". daviscup.com.

External links[edit]

Draw Results

[1] "Great Britain v Slovakia". daviscup.com.

[2] "Finland v Netherlands". daviscup.com.

[3] "Denmark v Slovenia". daviscup.com.

[4] "Israel v Portugal". daviscup.com.

[5] "Belgium v Great Britain". daviscup.com.

[6] "Netherlands v Romania". daviscup.com.

[7] "Slovenia v South Africa". daviscup.com.

[8] "Romania v Finland". daviscup.com.

[9] "Slovak Republic v Portugal". daviscup.com.

[10] "Finland v Denmark". daviscup.com.

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v t e 2012 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone
2012 Europe/Africa Zone I teams	Belgium Denmark Finland Great Britain Israel Netherlands Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia South Africa
2012 Europe/Africa Zone II teams	Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Cyprus Egypt Estonia Hungary Ireland Latvia Luxembourg Madagascar Moldova Monaco Morocco Poland Ukraine Turkey
2012 Europe Zone III teams	Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Bulgaria Georgia Greece Iceland Lithuania North Macedonia Malta Montenegro Norway San Marino
2012 Africa Zone III teams	Algeria Benin Cameroon Congo Ivory Coast Gabon Ghana Kenya Nigeria Rwanda Tunisia Zambia Zimbabwe