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1979 Davis Cup Europe Zone
The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1979 Davis Cup. 29 teams entered the Europe Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones. 25 teams entered the competition in the qualifying round, competing for 4 places in each sub-zone's main draw to join the 4 finalists from the 1978 Europe Zone. The winners of each sub-zone's main draw went on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the Americas Zone and Eastern Zone. Italy defeated Great Britain in the Zone A final, and Czechoslovakia defeated Sweden in the Zone B final, resulting in both Italy and Czechoslovakia progressing to the Inter-Zonal Zone. Zone A Preliminary Rounds Draw First Round Finland vs. Morocco Greece vs. Denmark Egypt vs. Portugal Monaco vs. Soviet Union Qualifying Round Poland vs. Finland Italy vs. Denmark Austria vs. Egypt Spain vs. Soviet Union Main Draw Draw Quarterfinals Poland vs. Italy Austria vs. Spain Semifinals Italy vs. Hungary Great Britain vs. Spain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 Davis Cup
The 1979 Davis Cup was the 68th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 52 teams would enter the competition, 29 in the Europe Zone, 13 in the Americas Zone, and 10 in the Eastern Zone. Following years of protests from various national sides, South Africa were expelled from the Davis Cup for failing to abandon its apartheid policies. For many years the Davis Cup organisers had been reluctant to let political issues affect the competition, however following several years of defaults by national teams and threats of a boycott, the organisers of the tournament were forced to resolve the political disagreements by expelling the South African side. Canada, Mexico, Venezuela and the Caribbean/West Indies teams had all pulled out of the 1978 tournament, and in 1977 the United States, Great Britain and France had all withdrawn in protest to the continued politicisation of the Cup before eventually re-entering following concessions. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |