The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1997.
In the Europe/Africa Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. The top two teams in Group III advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 1998, whereas the bottom two teams were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 1998.
Participating nations
Draw Venue: Lokomotiv Tennis Club, Plovdiv, Bulgaria Date: 21–25 May
Group A
Group B
1st to 4th place play-offs
5th to 8th place play-offs
Final standings Rank Team12345678
and promoted to Group II in 1998. and relegated to Group IV in 1998.
Round robin
Group A
Bulgaria vs. Malta
Estonia vs. Kenya
Bulgaria vs. Estonia
Kenya vs. Malta
Bulgaria vs. Kenya
Estonia vs. Malta
Group B
Algeria vs. Monaco
Cameroon vs. Moldova
Algeria vs. Moldova
Cameroon vs. Monaco
Algeria vs. Cameroon
Moldova vs. Monaco
1st to 4th place play-offs
Semifinals
Bulgaria vs. Moldova
Monaco vs. Estonia
Final
Bulgaria vs. Monaco
3rd to 4th play-off
Moldova vs. Estonia
5th to 8th place play-offs
5th to 8th play-offs
Kenya vs. Algeria
Malta vs. Cameroon
5th to 6th play-off
Kenya vs. Malta
7th to 8th play-off
Algeria vs. Cameroon
References
External links Davis Cup official website