The European and African Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2009.
In the European and African Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.
Format
The sixteen teams will be divided into two sections, Section A and Section B. There will be a round robin with eight teams in each section. The eight nations will be divided into two pools of four. The top two teams in each pool will advance to the Final Pool of four teams from which the two highest-placed nations are promoted to Europe and Africa Group II in 2010. The bottom two teams of each pool of the two round robins will compete against each other in the Relegation Pool. The two lowest-placed nations are relegated to Europe and Africa Group IV in 2010.
Information
Section A:
Venue: Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey
Surface: Hard – outdoors
Dates: 23 April – 3 May
Section B:
Venue: Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia
Surface: Clay – outdoors
Dates: 1–5 April
Participating teams
Section A
Section B
Section A
Group A
Iceland vs. Luxembourg
Botswana vs. Estonia
Botswana vs. Luxembourg
Iceland vs. Estonia
Estonia vs. Luxembourg
Botswana vs. Iceland
Group B
Turkey vs. Greece
Rwanda vs. Madagascar
Madagascar defeated Rwanda by walkover.
Turkey vs. Rwanda
Madagascar vs. Greece
Rwanda vs. Greece
Turkey vs. Madagascar
Promotion Pool The top two teams from each of Pools A and B advanced to the Promotion pool. Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward.
(scores in italics carried over from Groups)
Turkey vs. Estonia
Luxembourg vs. Greece
Turkey vs. Luxembourg
Greece vs. Estonia
Relegation Pool The bottom two teams from Pools A and B were placed in the relegation group. Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward.
(scores in italics carried over from Groups)
Iceland vs. Madagascar
Botswana vs. Rwanda
Botswana vs. Madagascar
Rwanda vs. Iceland
Section B
Group A
San Marino vs. Morocco
Tunisia vs. Nigeria
Nigeria vs. Morocco
Tunisia vs. San Marino
Tunisia vs. Morocco
San Marino vs. Nigeria
Group B
Andorra vs. Norway
Namibia vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina
Namibia vs. Norway
Andorra vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina
Andorra vs. Namibia
Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Norway
Promotion play-off Group (1st to 4th) The top two teams from each of Pools A and B advanced to the Promotion pool. Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward.
(scores in italics carried over from Groups)
Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Morocco
Tunisia vs. Norway
Norway vs. Morocco
Tunisia vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina
Relegation play-off Group(5th to 8th) The bottom two teams from Pools A and B were placed in the relegation group. Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward.
(scores in italics carried over from Groups)
Andorra vs. Nigeria
Namibia vs. San Marino
Namibia vs. Nigeria
San Marino vs. Andorra
References