1991 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1991.

Main article: 1991 Davis Cup

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.

Group I
Further information: 1991 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone 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 IIs in 1992.

Participating nations

Draw
  First Round
1–3 February		 Second Round
3–5 May
                 
  Netherlands  
Lisbon, Portugal (clay)
 bye  
    Netherlands 4
Porto, Portugal (indoor clay)
    Portugal 1
  Portugal 5
  Ireland 0  
Poznań, Poland (indoor carpet)
  Poland 5  
Warsaw, Poland (clay)
  Romania 0  
    Poland 1
    Great Britain 4
 bye
  Great Britain  
  Finland  
Helsinki, Finland (hard)
 bye  
    Finland 2
Rungsted, Denmark (indoor carpet)
    Denmark 3
  Morocco 0
  Denmark 5  
Budapest, Hungary (indoor carpet)
  Soviet Union 4  
Davos, Switzerland (indoor carpet)
  Hungary 1  
    Soviet Union 2
     Switzerland 3
 bye
   Switzerland  
  Relegation Play-off
3–5 May
       
  Bucharest, Romania (clay)
    Ireland 0
    Romania 5
  Budapest, Hungary (clay)
    Morocco 0
    Hungary 5

Group II Europe
Further information: 1991 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group II

The winner in the Europe Zone Group II advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I in 1992.

Participating nations

Draw
  First Round
3–5 May		 Second Round
14–16 June		 Third Round
19–21 July
                           
  Oslo, Norway (indoor carpet)
    Norway 5  
    Bulgaria 0     Oslo, Norway (clay)
      Norway 4  
  Nicosia, Cyprus (clay)     Greece 1  
    Greece 5
    Cyprus 0     Oslo, Norway (clay)
      Norway 4
  Luxembourg City, Luxembourg (indoor hard)       Luxembourg 1
    Luxembourg 5  
    Monaco 0     Luxembourg City, Luxembourg (indoor hard)
      Luxembourg 5
  Marsa, Malta (hard)     Turkey 0  
    Malta 2
    Turkey 3  

Group II Africa
Further information: 1991 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group II

The winner in the Africa Zone Group II advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I in 1992.

Participating nations

Draw
  First Round
1–3 February; 3–10 May		 Second Round
29 March–7 April; 14–16 June		 Third Round
19–28 July		 Fourth Round
13–15 September
                                     
  Nigeria  
Ndola, Zambia (clay)
 bye  
    Nigeria 3  
Ndola, Zambia (clay)
    Zambia 2  
  Zambia 3
Nairobi, Kenya (clay)
  Cameroon 2  
    Nigeria 2  
    Kenya 3  
  Zimbabwe  
Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)
 bye  
    Zimbabwe 1
Nairobi, Kenya (clay)
    Kenya 4  
  Kenya 5
Nairobi, Kenya (clay)
  Congo 0  
    Kenya 4
Algiers, Algeria (clay)
    Ivory Coast 1
  Algeria 2  
Abidjan, Ivory Coast (indoor carpet)
  Ivory Coast 3  
    Ivory Coast 5
    Togo 0  
 bye
Abidjan, Ivory Coast (hard)
  Togo  
    Ivory Coast 4
Cairo, Egypt (clay)
    Egypt 1  
  Senegal 2  
Cairo, Egypt (clay)
  Egypt 3  
    Egypt 5
    Ghana 0  
 bye
  Ghana  
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