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The European and African Zone was one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2005.

In the European and African Zone there were four different groups in which teams competed against each other to advance to the next group.

Participating teams

•  Belgium
•  Germany
•  Great Britain
•  Israel
•  Italy
•  Luxembourg
•  Morocco
•  Serbia and Montenegro
•  South Africa
•  Zimbabwe

Draw

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

S

Great Britain

Ramat Hasharon, Israel (hard)

bye

Israel

S

Great Britain

3

bye

Israel

2

Israel

Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard)

bye

Israel

4

Zimbabwe

1

S

Belgium

Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro (clay)

bye

bye

S

Belgium

3

Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro (indoor clay)

Zimbabwe

Serbia and Montenegro

2

Serbia and Montenegro

5

Zimbabwe

0

Luxembourg City, Lux. (indoor hard)

Italy

5

Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard)

Rome, Italy (clay)

Luxembourg

0

Luxembourg

3

Italy

4

S

Morocco

2

S

Morocco

1

bye

Khemisset, Morocco (clay)

S

Morocco

S

Morocco

4

South Africa

1

bye

Doornfontein, South Africa (indoor hard)

South Africa

South Africa

South Africa

2

bye

S

Germany

3

bye

S

Germany

• Zimbabwe and South Africa relegated to Group II in 2006.
• Great Britain, Belgium, Italy, and Germany advance to World Group Play-off.

First Round Matches

Serbia and Montenegro vs. Zimbabwe

Serbia and Montenegro 5	Novosadski Sajam Hala, Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro 4 – 6 March 2005 Clay (indoor)		Zimbabwe 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Novak Djokovic Genius Chidzikwe 6 4 6 0 6 4       2 Janko Tipsarević Gwinyai Tongoona 6 3 6 2 6 1       3 Dušan Vemić / Nenad Zimonjić Genius Chidzikwe / Gwinyai Tongoona 7 6 6 0 6 3       4 Janko Tipsarević Zibusiso Ncube 6 0 6 2         5 Novak Djokovic Pfungwa Mahefu 6 1 6 2

Italy vs. Luxembourg

Italy 5	Centre National Sportif et Culturel D'Coque, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg 4 – 6 March 2005 Hard (indoor)		Luxembourg 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Daniele Bracciali Gilles Müller 7 6 6 7 6 4 6 4     2 Potito Starace Mike Scheidweiler 6 3 6 1 6 2       3 Daniele Bracciali / Giorgio Galimberti Gilles Müller / Mike Scheidweiler 6 4 6 4 6 7 7 5     4 Potito Starace Gilles Kremer 6 4 6 2         5 Andreas Seppi Laurent Bram 7 6 6 3

Second Round Matches

Great Britain vs. Israel

Great Britain 3	Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel 4 – 6 March 2005 Hard		Israel 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Greg Rusedski Harel Levy 6 4 6 3 6 0       2 Alex Bogdanović Noam Okun 6 7 2 6 2 6       3 Andy Murray / David Sherwood Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram 6 4 7 6 2 6 7 6     4 Greg Rusedski Noam Okun 6 3 6 4 6 2       5 David Sherwood Harel Levy 7 6 4 6 3 6

Belgium vs. Serbia and Montenegro

Belgium 3	Tennis Club Gemax, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro 29 April – 1 May 2005 Clay		Serbia and Montenegro 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Christophe Rochus Janko Tipsarević 6 2 6 4 5 7 4 6 1 6   2 Olivier Rochus Novak Djokovic 1 6 7 5 6 7 6 1 6 3   3 Dick Norman / Kristof Vliegen Dušan Vemić / Nenad Zimonjić 6 3 6 4 3 6 6 4     4 Olivier Rochus Janko Tipsarević 7 6 6 3 6 7 2 6 4 6   5 Kristof Vliegen Novak Djokovic 6 3 6 3 3 6 6 2

Italy vs. Morocco

Italy 4	Foro Italico, Rome, Italy 28 – 30 April 2005 Clay		Morocco 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Potito Starace Mounir El Aarej 6 0 3 6 7 5 6 0     2 Filippo Volandri Younes El Aynaoui 6 2 6 4 6 1       3 Daniele Bracciali / Giorgio Galimberti Younes El Aynaoui / Mehdi Tahiri 7 5 6 1 6 2       4 Filippo Volandri Mounir El Aarej 3 6 6 1 1 6       5 Potito Starace Mehdi Tahiri 6 1 3 6 6 4

South Africa vs. Germany

South Africa 2	Ellis Park Tennis Stadium, Doornfontein, South Africa 4 – 6 March 2005 Hard (indoor)		Germany 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Wesley Moodie Nicolas Kiefer 6 4 7 6 6 7 3 6 2 6   2 Wayne Ferreira Tommy Haas 3 6 0 6 6 7       3 Jeff Coetzee / Wesley Moodie Nicolas Kiefer / Rainer Schüttler 6 3 7 6 7 5       4 Wesley Moodie Tommy Haas 6 7 6 2 4 6 6 3 10 8   5 Wayne Ferreira Rainer Schüttler 1 6 2 6 4 6

First Round Play-offs Matches

Luxembourg vs. Morocco

Luxembourg 3	National Tennis Centre, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg 15 – 17 July 2005 Hard (indoor)		Morocco 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Gilles Müller Mehdi Tahiri 7 6 4 6 6 7 7 6 4 6   2 Gilles Kremer Mounir El Aarej 6 3 7 5 6 4       3 Gilles Müller / Mike Scheidweiler Mounir El Aarej / Mehdi Tahiri 6 0 6 4 5 7 7 6     4 Gilles Müller Mounir El Aarej 6 3 6 4 6 7 6 3     5 Laurent Bram Mehdi Tahiri 5 7 4 6

Second Round Play-offs Matches

Israel vs. Zimbabwe

Israel 4	Harare City Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe 23 – 25 September 2005 Hard (indoor)		Zimbabwe 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Dudi Sela Wayne Black 1 6 6 7 7 6 3 6     2 Noam Okun Genius Chidzikwe 6 2 7 6 6 3       3 Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram Wayne Black / Gwinyai Tongoona 6 2 6 3 6 3       4 Dudi Sela Genius Chidzikwe 6 4 6 4 6 3       5 Noam Okun Stefan D'Almeida 6 0 6 2

Morocco vs. South Africa

Morocco 4	Club Olympic de Tennis Khemisset, Khemisset, Morocco 23 – 25 September 2005 Clay		South Africa 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mounir El Aarej Justin Bower 6 4 6 4 3 6 4 6 8 6   2 Mehdi Tahiri Rik De Voest 2 6 6 2 6 4 4 6 6 2   3 Talal Ouahabi / Mehdi Ziadi Jeff Coetzee / Chris Haggard 6 7 7 6 6 4 3 6 5 7   4 Mounir El Aarej Rik De Voest 6 3 6 4 7 5       5 Mehdi Tahiri Justin Bower 7 5 7 6

References

1. "Serbia and Montenegro v Zimbabwe". daviscup.com.
2. "Luxembourg v Italy". daviscup.com.
3. "Israel v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
4. "Serbia and Montenegro v Belgium". daviscup.com.
5. "Italy v Morocco". daviscup.com.
6. "South Africa v Germany". daviscup.com.
7. "Luxembourg v Morocco". daviscup.com.
8. "Zimbabwe v Israel". daviscup.com.
9. "Morocco v South Africa". daviscup.com.

Main Draw

• Use dmy dates from May 2013
• 2005 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone
• Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone