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. 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

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in the Zone A final, and

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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

Final

Italy vs. Great Britain

Zone B

Pre-Qualifying Round

Draw

Results

Turkey vs. Iran

Preliminary Rounds

Draw

First Round

Netherlands vs. Norway Switzerland vs. Iran Belgium vs. Ireland

Qualifying Round

Netherlands vs. France Switzerland vs. Yugoslavia West Germany vs. Israel Belgium vs. Romania

Main Draw

Draw

Quarterfinals

France vs. Switzerland Romania vs. West Germany

Semifinals

France vs. Czechoslovakia Romania vs. Sweden

Final

Czechoslovakia vs. Sweden

References

{{reflist Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Europe Zone

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