1990 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1990.

In the Europe/Africa Zone there were two different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. 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 IIs in 1991.

Participating nations

•  Belgium
•  Denmark
•  Finland
•  Ghana
•  Great Britain
•  Hungary
•  Ireland
•  Nigeria
•  Portugal
•  Romania
•  Soviet Union

Draw

	First Round 2–4 February					Second Round 4–6 May
		Soviet Union
						Kiev, Soviet Union (indoor clay)
		bye
							Soviet Union	4
	Accra, Ghana (hard)
							Portugal	1
		Portugal	5
		Ghana	0
	Dublin, Ireland (indoor carpet)
		Ireland	2
						Bucharest, Romania (clay)
		Romania	3
							Romania	2
							Great Britain	3
		bye
		Great Britain
		Hungary
						Brussels, Belgium (clay)
		bye
							Hungary	1
							Belgium	4
		bye
		Belgium
	Lagos, Nigeria (hard)
		Finland	4
						Aarhus, Denmark (indoor carpet)
		Nigeria	1
							Finland	3
							Denmark	2
		bye
		Denmark

•  Soviet Union,  Great Britain,  Belgium and  Finland advance to World Group Qualifying Round.

	Relegation Play-off 5–7 May
	Accra, Ghana (hard)
		Ghana	2
		Ireland	3

•  Ghana and  Nigeria relegated to Group II in 1991.

First round

Ghana vs. Portugal

Ghana 0	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana [1] 2–4 February 1990 Hard		Portugal 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Kojo Atiso João Cunha e Silva 4 6 4 6 0 6       2 Franklyn Ofori Nuno Marques 6^4 7^7 4 6 3 6       3 Kojo Atiso / Franklyn Ofori Nuno Marques / João Cunha e Silva 3 6 4 6 3 6       4 Franklyn Ofori João Cunha e Silva 6 4 6^6 7^8 13 15       5 Kojo Atiso Nuno Marques 1 6 5 7

Ireland vs. Romania

Ireland 2	Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland [2] 2–4 February 1990 Carpet (indoors)		Romania 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Eoin Collins George Cosac 6 4 6 4 3 6 3 6 9 7   2 Peter Wright Adrian Marcu 6 4 2 6 6 3 7^7 6^5     3 Owen Casey / Peter Wright George Cosac / Florin Segărceanu 1 6 6^6 7^8 6 4 6^6 7^8     4 Eoin Collins Adrian Marcu 6^10 7^12 7^7 6^5 1 6 4 6     5 Peter Wright George Cosac 6 3 6 4 3 6 4 6 3 6

Nigeria vs. Finland

Nigeria 1	Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, Lagos, Nigeria [3] 2–4 February 1990 Hard		Finland 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Segun Akinloye Veli Paloheimo 0 6 3 6 3 6       2 Nduka Odizor Aki Rahunen 6^3 7^7 1 6 0 6       3 Nduka Odizor / Yakubu Suleiman Veli Paloheimo / Olli Rahnasto 3 6 6 2 7^7 6^4 4 6 4 6   4 Segun Akinloye Aki Rahunen 6^4 7^7 3 6         5 Nduka Odizor Veli Paloheimo 2 6 6 2 6 2

Second round

Soviet Union vs. Portugal

Soviet Union 4	Nauka Tennis and Sports Complex, Kiev, Soviet Union [4] 4–6 May 1990 Clay (indoors)		Portugal 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Andrei Cherkasov Nuno Marques 7^7 6^4 6 2 2 6 3 6 4 6   2 Andrei Chesnokov João Cunha e Silva 6 3 6 2 7 5       3 Andrei Chesnokov / Dimitri Poliakov Nuno Marques / João Cunha e Silva 7^9 6^7 6 3 7^7 6^3       4 Andrei Chesnokov Nuno Marques 6 4 3 6 6 3 6 4     5 Andrei Cherkasov João Cunha e Silva 6 2 6 2

Romania vs. Great Britain

Romania 2	Club Sportiv Progresul, Bucharest, Romania [5] 4–6 May 1990 Clay		Great Britain 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 George Cosac Danny Sapsford 6 4 1 6 2 6 3 6     2 Florin Segărceanu Jeremy Bates 7 5 6 1 6 1       3 George Cosac / Florin Segărceanu Jeremy Bates / Andrew Castle 3 6 3 6 2 6       4 George Cosac Jeremy Bates 6 3 1 6 2 6 2 6     5 Florin Segărceanu Danny Sapsford 6 3 4 6 6 3

Belgium vs. Hungary

Belgium 4	Royal Primerose Tennis Club, Brussels, Belgium [6] 4–6 May 1990 Clay		Hungary 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Eduardo Masso Sándor Noszály 6^4 7^7 6 2 6 4 7^7 6^2     2 Bart Wuyts András Lányi 6 1 6 1 6 2       3 Xavier Daufresne / Denis Langaskens András Lányi / László Markovits 4 6 3 6 6 4 6^3 7^7     4 Eduardo Masso András Lányi 6 2 4 6 7 5 6 3     5 Bart Wuyts Sándor Noszály 6 1 6 1

Denmark vs. Finland

Denmark 2	Aarhus Idrætspark, Aarhus, Denmark [7] 4–6 May 1990 Carpet (indoors)		Finland 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Morten Christensen Aki Rahunen 5 7 6^4 7^7 3 6       2 Michael Tauson Veli Paloheimo 6 1 7 5 3 6 4 6 6 3   3 Michael Mortensen / Michael Tauson Veli Paloheimo / Olli Rahnasto 4 6 4 6 4 6       4 Morten Christensen Veli Paloheimo 6 1 6 4 3 6 5 7 4 6   5 Michael Tauson Aki Rahunen 6 3 6 2

Relegation play-offs

Ghana vs. Ireland

Ghana 2	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana [8] 5–7 May 1990 Hard		Ireland 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Kenneth Dowuona Peter Wright 4 6 7^7 6^2 3 6 1 6     2 Franklyn Ofori Eoin Collins 6^6 7^8 6^4 7^7 6 3 3 6     3 Kenneth Dowuona / Franklyn Ofori Eoin Collins / Peter Wright 6 1 7 5 2 6 2 6 9 11   4 Franklyn Ofori Peter Wright 6 2 6 3         5 Kenneth Dowuona Michael Nugent 6 4 6 1

References

1. "Ghana v Portugal". daviscup.com.
2. "Ireland v Romania". daviscup.com.
3. "Nigeria v Finland". daviscup.com.
4. "Soviet Union v Portugal". daviscup.com.
5. "Romania v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
6. "Belgium v Hungary". daviscup.com.
7. "Denmark v Finland". daviscup.com.
8. "Ghana v Ireland". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website