1976 Davis Cup Europe Zone

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1976 Davis Cup.

32 teams entered the Europe Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones, Zone A and Zone B. 7 teams entered the competition in the pre-qualifying rounds, competing for 3 spots in the preliminary rounds. The 3 winners in the pre-qualifying rounds joined an additional 21 teams in the preliminary rounds, with 12 teams in each sub-zone competing for 4 places in the main draw, to join the 4 finalists from the 1975 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.[1]

The Soviet Union defeated Hungary in the Zone A final, and Italy defeated Great Britain in the Zone B final, resulting in both the Soviet Union and Italy progressing to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[1][2][3]

Zone A

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Pre-qualifying round

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Draw

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Pre-qualifying round
  Turkey
  Israelw/o

Preliminary rounds

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Draw

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First RoundQualifying Round
Copenhagen, Denmark (indoor carpet)
  Finland1
Freiburg, West Germany (clay)
  Denmark4
  Denmark0
  West Germany5
bye
  West Germany
Monte Carlo, Monaco
  Monaco4
Tbilisi, Soviet Union
  Israel1
  Monaco0
  Soviet Union5
bye
  Soviet Union
Brussels, Belgium
  Belgium4
Brussels, Belgium
  Netherlands1
  Belgium0
  Hungary5
bye
  Hungary
  Irelandw/o
Cairo, Egypt
  Rhodesia
  Ireland1
  Egypt4
bye
  Egypt

First round

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Denmark vs. Finland

 
Denmark
4
Copenhagen, Denmark[4]
26–28 September 1975
Carpet (indoors)
 
Finland
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Tom Christensen
Matti Timonen
6
1
8
6
7
5
     
2  
 
Lars Elvstrøm
George Berner
6
4
7
5
13
11
     
3  
 
Tom Christensen / Lars Elvstrøm
Mikko Horsma / Matti Timonen
2
6
9
7
6
2
6
2
   
4  
 
Lars Elvstrøm
Matti Timonen
1
6
3
6
1
6
     
5  
 
Tom Christensen
George Berner
6
3
6
2
1
6
3
6
6
4
 

Monaco vs. Israel

 
Monaco
4
Monte Carlo, Monaco[5]
2–4 October 1975
 
Israel
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Bernard Balleret
Yehoshua Shalem
6
0
6
3
6
1
     
2  
 
Louis Borfiga
Yair Wertheimer
6
2
5
7
6
3
6
1
   
3  
 
Louis Borfiga / Emmanuel van der Pol
Josef Stabholz / Yair Wertheimer
3
6
6
3
2
6
4
6
   
4  
 
Bernard Balleret
Yair Wertheimer
6
3
6
4
6
4
     
5  
 
Louis Borfiga
Yehoshua Shalem
6
2
6
0
6
3
     

Belgium vs. Netherlands

 
Belgium
4
Brussels, Belgium[6]
26–28 September 1975
 
Netherlands
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Patrick Hombergen
Louk Sanders
6
4
3
6
6
4
6
4
   
2  
 
Bernard Mignot
Tom Okker
6
3
6
3
12
14
6
4
   
3  
 
Patrick Hombergen / Bernard Mignot
Niklaus Fleury / Louk Sanders
6
2
4
6
6
4
6
4
   
4  
 
Patrick Hombergen
Fred Hemmes
6
4
8
6
6
3
     
5  
 
Bernard Mignot
Louk Sanders
3
6
5
7
6
3
3
6
   

Qualifying Draw

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West Germany vs. Denmark

 
West Germany
5
Freiburg, West Germany[7]
30 April–2 May 1976
Clay
 
Denmark
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
Carl-Edvard Hedelund
6
2
6
2
6
3
     
2  
 
Ulrich Pinner
Kasper Rud
6
2
6
0
6
1
     
3  
 
Jürgen Fassbender / Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
Carsten Gregers / Carl-Edvard Hedelund
6
2
7
5
6
4
     
4  
 
Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
Kasper Rud
6
2
6
1
6
2
     
5  
 
Ulrich Pinner
Carl-Edvard Hedelund
7
5
6
0
6
0
     

Soviet Union vs. Monaco

 
Soviet Union
5
Tbilisi, Soviet Union[8]
30 April–2 May 1976
 
Monaco
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Teimuraz Kakulia
Louis Borfiga
7
5
6
3
6
4
     
2  
 
Vadim Borisov
Bernard Balleret
7
5
6
2
10
8
     
3  
 
Teimuraz Kakulia / Konstantin Pugaev
Bernard Balleret / Louis Borfiga
5
7
6
3
6
3
6
3
   
4  
 
Konstantin Pugaev
Emmanuel van der Pol
6
0
6
2
6
2
     
5  
 
Vadim Borisov
Louis Borfiga
6
4
9
7
7
5
     

Belgium vs. Hungary

 
Belgium
0
Brussels, Belgium[9]
30 April–2 May 1976
 
Hungary
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Patrick Hombergen
Balázs Taróczy
4
6
1
6
1
6
     
2  
 
Bernard Mignot
Péter Szőke
1
6
6
8
7
9
     
3  
 
Patrick Hombergen / Bernard Mignot
Péter Szőke / Balázs Taróczy
2
6
8
6
4
6
6
2
3
6
 
4  
 
Bernard Mignot
Balázs Taróczy
2
6
7
9
6
4
6
2
3
6
 
5  
 
Patrick Hombergen
Péter Szőke
8
10
2
6
3
6
     

Egypt vs. Ireland

 
Egypt
4
Cairo, Egypt[10]
1–4 January 1976
 
Ireland
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Abdel-Ghani Mohammed
Michael Hickey
6
2
6
2
6
3
     
2  
 
Abdel-Gawad Mohammed
James McArdle
6
3
6
2
6
2
     
3  
 
Abdel-Ghani Mohammed / Shukry Moubarek
Michael Hickey / Sean Sorensen
6
2
7
5
6
3
     
4  
 
Abdel-Gawad Mohammed
Michael Hickey
6
2
6
4
4
6
4
6
6
8
 
5  
 
Abdel-Ghani Mohammed
Kevin Menton
8
6
6
3
1
6
6
0
   

Main draw

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Draw

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Quarterfinals
14–16 May
Semifinals
23–25 July
Final
13–15 August
  Spain
Donetsk, Soviet Union
bye
  Spain1
Bad Homburg, West Germany
  Soviet Union4
  West Germany1
Tbilisi, Soviet Union
  Soviet Union4
  Soviet Union4
Budapest, Hungary
  Hungary1
  Hungary5
Budapest, Hungary (clay)
  Egypt0
  Hungary3
  Czechoslovakia1
bye
  Czechoslovakia

Quarterfinals

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West Germany vs. Soviet Union

 
West Germany
1
Bad Homburg, West Germany[11]
14–16 May 1976
 
Soviet Union
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Ulrich Pinner
Alex Metreveli
10
8
3
6
4
6
2
6
   
2  
 
Karl Meiler
Teimuraz Kakulia
6
0
6
2
1
1
    retired
 
3  
 
Jürgen Fassbender / Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
Teimuraz Kakulia / Alex Metreveli
6
4
1
6
7
5
7
9
4
6
 
4  
 
Ulrich Pinner
Teimuraz Kakulia
6
4
7
5
7
5
     
5  
 
Jürgen Fassbender
Alex Metreveli
3
6
6
3
1
6
3
6
   

Hungary vs. Egypt

 
Hungary
5
Budapest, Hungary[12]
14–16 May 1976
 
Egypt
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Péter Szőke
Abdel-Ghani Mohammed
6
2
6
4
6
0
     
2  
 
Balázs Taróczy
Ismail El Shafei
4
6
6
3
6
1
6
1
   
3  
 
Péter Szőke / Balázs Taróczy
Ismail El Shafei / Abdel-Ghani Mohammed
6
0
6
1
6
2
     
4  
 
Péter Szőke
Ismail El Shafei
6
1
6
8
6
2
6
4
   
5  
 
Balázs Taróczy
Abdel-Ghani Mohammed
6
2
6
1
6
4
     

Semifinals

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Soviet Union vs. Spain

 
Soviet Union
4
Donetsk, Soviet Union[13]
23–25 July 1976
 
Spain
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Alex Metreveli
Manuel Orantes
6
4
2
6
6
4
6
4
   
2  
 
Teimuraz Kakulia
Antonio Muñoz
6
2
6
1
6
3
     
3  
 
Teimuraz Kakulia / Alex Metreveli
Juan Gisbert / Manuel Orantes
1
6
6
8
3
6
     
4  
 
Alex Metreveli
Antonio Muñoz
6
3
6
3
4
6
6
4
   
5  
 
Teimuraz Kakulia
Ángel Giménez
6
2
6
4
       

Hungary vs. Czechoslovakia

 
Hungary
3
Budapest, Hungary[14]
23–25 July 1976
Clay
 
Czechoslovakia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Balázs Taróczy
Jan Kodeš
6
3
6
0
6
3
     
2  
 
Péter Szőke
Jiří Hřebec
2
6
3
6
3
6
     
3  
 
Péter Szőke / Balázs Taróczy
Jiří Hřebec / Jan Kodeš
6
3
6
4
2
6
3
6
6
4
 
4  
 
Balázs Taróczy
Jiří Hřebec
6
3
6
3
6
2
     
5  
 
Péter Szőke
Jan Kodeš
6
4
3
6
6
3
3
6
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Final

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Soviet Union vs. Hungary

 
Soviet Union
4
Tbilisi, Soviet Union[2]
13–15 August 1976
 
Hungary
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Alex Metreveli
János Benyik
6
3
7
5
6
3
     
2  
 
Teimuraz Kakulia
Balázs Taróczy
3
6
3
6
4
6
     
3  
 
Teimuraz Kakulia / Alex Metreveli
Péter Szőke / Balázs Taróczy
12
10
6
0
6
4
     
4  
 
Alex Metreveli
Balázs Taróczy
7
5
6
1
9
7
     
5  
 
Teimuraz Kakulia
János Benyik
6
4
6
8
3
6
6
3
6
1
 

Zone B

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Pre-qualifying rounds

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Draw

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First RoundQualifying Round
  Iran
bye
  Iranw/o
  Nigeria
  Nigeriaw/o
  Algeria
bye
Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg (clay)
  Luxembourg
  Luxembourg0
  Portugal5
bye
  Portugal

Qualifying round

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Luxembourg vs. Portugal

 
Luxembourg
0
Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg
22–24 August 1975
Clay
 
Portugal
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Alphonse Neu
José Vilela
1
6
4
6
1
6
     
2  
 
Théo Storck
João Lagos
2
6
1
6
5
7
     
3  
 
Jean Brucher / Fernand Claude
Alfredo Vaz Pinto / José Vilela
4
6
7
9
0
6
     
4  
 
Théo Storck
José Vilela
1
6
2
6
3
6
     
5  
 
Alphonse Neu
João Lagos
0
6
3
6
1
6
     

Preliminary rounds

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Draw

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First RoundQualifying Round
Tehran, Iran
  Iran2
Zürich, Switzerland (clay)
   Switzerland3
   Switzerland1
  Great Britain4
bye
  Great Britain
Sofia, Bulgaria
  Bulgaria1
Vienna, Austria
  Austria4
  Austria1
  Romania4
bye
  Romania
  Italy
Florence, Italy (clay)
bye
  Italy5
Warsaw, Poland (clay)
  Poland0
  Poland5
  Norway0
bye
Zagreb, Yugoslavia
  Yugoslavia
  Yugoslavia5
Athens, Greece (clay)
  Greece0
  Greece4
  Portugal1

First round

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Iran vs. Switzerland

 
Iran
2
Tehran, Iran[15]
10–12 October 1975
 
Switzerland
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Taghi Akbari
Petr Kanderal
2
6
4
6
5
7
     
2  
 
Kamyab Derafshijavan
Heinz Günthardt
6
4
7
5
3
6
6
8
6
3
 
3  
 
Kamyab Derafshijavan / Ali Madani
Petr Kanderal / Matthias Werren
4
6
1
6
4
6
     
4  
 
Kamyab Derafshijavan
Petr Kanderal
2
6
2
6
4
6
     
5  
 
Taghi Akbari
Heinz Günthardt
6
1
2
6
6
4
6
3
   

Bulgaria vs. Austria

 
Bulgaria
1
Sofia, Bulgaria[16]
26–28 September 1975
 
Austria
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Bozhidar Pampoulov
Peter Feigl
6
3
6
2
4
6
1
6
2
6
 
2  
 
Ljuben Genov
Hans Kary
6
3
1
6
1
6
3
6
   
3  
 
Bozhidar Pampoulov / Matei Pampoulov
Peter Feigl / Hans Kary
4
6
4
6
10
8
5
7
   
4  
 
Lyubomir Petrov
Hans Kary
4
6
0
6
0
6
     
5  
 
Ljuben Genov
Peter Feigl
6
1
10
8
6
3
     

Poland vs. Norway

 
Poland
5
Warsaw, Poland[17]
12–14 September 1975
Clay
 
Norway
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Wojciech Fibak
Per Hegna
2
6
6
4
6
0
6
0
   
2  
 
Jacek Niedźwiedzki
Erik Ulleberg
6
8
6
3
7
5
6
2
   
3  
 
Wojciech Fibak / Tadeusz Nowicki
Per Hegna / Erik Ulleberg
6
0
7
5
6
0
     
4  
 
Wojciech Fibak
Erik Ulleberg
6
1
6
2
6
0
     
5  
 
Jacek Niedźwiedzki
Per Hegna
6
3
5
7
6
4
6
2
   

Greece vs. Portugal

 
Greece
4
Athens, Greece[18]
5–7 September 1975
Clay
 
Portugal
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
José Vilela
6
3
6
2
6
2
     
2  
 
Nicolas Kelaidis
João Lagos
6
4
6
2
6
1
     
3  
 
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos / Nicolas Kelaidis
João Lagos / José Vilela
7
5
6
3
6
2
     
4  
 
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
João Lagos
6
1
8
6
6
4
     
5  
 
Nicolas Kelaidis
José Vilela
3
6
9
7
7
5
4
6
3
6
 

Qualifying round

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Switzerland vs. Great Britain

 
Switzerland
1
Zürich, Switzerland[19]
2–4 April 1976
Clay
 
Great Britain
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Dimitri Sturdza
Buster Mottram
2
6
5
7
2
6
     
2  
 
Petr Kanderal
Roger Taylor
6
3
12
10
3
6
2
6
2
6
 
3  
 
Petr Kanderal / Dimitri Sturdza
John Lloyd / Buster Mottram
10
12
6
3
6
3
6
4
   
4  
 
Dimitri Sturdza
Roger Taylor
4
6
6
3
2
6
3
6
   
5  
 
Petr Kanderal
Buster Mottram
2
6
2
6
3
6
     

Austria vs. Romania

 
Austria
1
Vienna, Austria[20]
30 April–2 May 1976
 
Romania
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Hans Kary
Dumitru Hărădău
6
2
6
4
6
1
     
2  
 
Peter Feigl
Ilie Năstase
1
6
3
6
5
7
     
3  
 
Peter Feigl / Hans Kary
Viorel Marcu / Ilie Năstase
4
6
6
8
6
3
3
6
   
4  
 
Hans Kary
Ilie Năstase
3
6
5
7
1
6
     
5  
 
Peter Feigl
Dumitru Hărădău
5
7
6
4
6
0
6
8
5
7
 

Italy vs. Poland

 
Italy
5
Florence, Italy[21]
30 April–2 May 1976
Clay
 
Poland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Adriano Panatta
Czesław Dobrowolski
6
1
6
0
6
3
     
2  
 
Paolo Bertolucci
Henryk Drzymalski
7
9
6
4
6
4
6
2
   
3  
 
Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta
Henryk Drzymalski / Jerzy Jasiński
6
1
6
4
8
6
     
4  
 
Paolo Bertolucci
Czesław Dobrowolski
6
4
6
4
6
3
     
5  
 
Adriano Panatta
Henryk Drzymalski
6
1
6
0
6
4
     

Yugoslavia vs. Greece

 
Yugoslavia
5
Zagreb, Yugoslavia[22]
30 April–2 May 1976
 
Greece
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Nikola Pilić
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
6
3
6
2
6
2
     
2  
 
Željko Franulović
Nicolas Kelaidis
6
4
6
0
6
2
     
3  
 
Željko Franulović / Nikola Pilić
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos / Nicolas Kelaidis
6
3
6
3
7
9
6
2
   
4  
 
Nikola Pilić
Nicolas Kelaidis
6
2
6
3
7
5
     
5  
 
Željko Franulović
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
6
4
6
0
6
0
     

Main draw

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Draw

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Quarterfinals
20–23 May
Semifinals
8–18 July
Final
5–7 August
  France
Eastbourne, United Kingdom (grass)
bye
  France1
Eastbourne, United Kingdom (grass)
  Great Britain4
  Great Britain5
Wimbledon, United Kingdom (grass)
  Romania0
  Great Britain1
Bologna, Italy (clay)
  Italy4
  Italy5
Rome, Italy (clay)
  Yugoslavia0
  Italy4
  Sweden0
bye
  Sweden

Quarterfinals

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Great Britain vs. Romania

 
Great Britain
5
Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, United Kingdom[23]
20–22 May 1976
Grass
 
Romania
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Roger Taylor
Viorel Sotiriu
6
1
6
1
6
4
     
2  
 
Buster Mottram
Dumitru Hărădău
6
2
6
0
6
2
     
3  
 
Buster Mottram / Roger Taylor
Dumitru Hărădău / Viorel Marcu
6
2
6
1
6
4
     
4  
 
Buster Mottram
Viorel Sotiriu
6
2
6
0
6
4
     
5  
 
Roger Taylor
Dumitru Hărădău
6
1
5
7
6
3
6
1
   

Italy vs. Yugoslavia

 
Italy
5
Bologna, Italy[24]
21–23 May 1976
Clay
 
Yugoslavia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Corrado Barazzutti
Željko Franulović
6
1
7
5
6
4
     
2  
 
Adriano Panatta
Nikola Pilić
6
3
6
4
6
3
     
3  
 
Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta
Željko Franulović / Nikola Pilić
6
2
9
7
7
5
     
4  
 
Adriano Panatta
Željko Franulović
6
1
6
1
6
3
     
5  
 
Corrado Barazzutti
Nikola Pilić
6
0
6
4
6
4
     

Semifinals

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Great Britain vs. France

 
Great Britain
4
Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, United Kingdom[25]
8–10 July 1976
Grass
 
France
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Roger Taylor
Patrick Proisy
3
6
6
2
6
3
6
2
   
2  
 
John Lloyd
François Jauffret
4
6
6
2
6
4
4
6
8
6
 
3  
 
David Lloyd / John Lloyd
François Jauffret / Patrick Proisy
6
2
6
4
9
11
6
3
   
4  
 
John Lloyd
Patrick Proisy
1
6
0
6
4
6
     
5  
 
Roger Taylor
François Jauffret
6
2
6
3
6
1
     

Italy vs. Sweden

 
Italy
4
Foro Italico, Rome, Italy[26]
16–18 July 1976
Clay
 
Sweden
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Adriano Panatta
Rolf Norberg
6
2
6
2
7
5
     
2  
 
Corrado Barazzutti
Kjell Johansson
6
2
6
4
3
6
3
6
6
2
 
3  
 
Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta
Ove Bengtson / Rolf Norberg
7
5
6
2
7
5
     
4  
 
Antonio Zugarelli
Kjell Johansson
7
5
5
7
8
6
4
6
8
6
 
5  
 
Corrado Barazzutti
Rolf Norberg
6
4
2
6
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completed

Final

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Great Britain vs. Italy

 
Great Britain
1
No. 1 Court, All England Club, Wimbledon, United Kingdom[3]
5–7 August 1976
Grass
 
Italy
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Roger Taylor
Antonio Zugarelli
1
6
5
7
6
3
1
6
   
2  
 
John Lloyd
Adriano Panatta
7
5
3
6
3
6
6
2
4
6
 
3  
 
David Lloyd / John Lloyd
Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta
6
8
3
6
6
3
18
16
6
2
 
4  
 
Roger Taylor
Adriano Panatta
6
3
2
6
4
6
4
6
   
5  
 
John Lloyd
Antonio Zugarelli
6
4
8
6
1
6
1
6
1
6
 

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  3. ^ a b "Great Britain v Italy". daviscup.com.
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  15. ^ "Iran v Switzerland". daviscup.com.
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  17. ^ "Poland v Norway". daviscup.com.
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