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The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2016.

In the Europe/Africa Zone there were three different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group I advanced to the World Group play-offs, along with losing teams from the World Group first round. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group I, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2018.

Participating nations

Seeds: All seeds and Hungary received a bye into the second round.

Remaining nations:

Draw


Second Round Play-offs			First Round Play-offs			First Round			Second Round



						1	Slovakia
									Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)
							bye
			1	Slovakia					1	Slovakia	1

				bye						Hungary	3
						Hungary
Bratislava, Slovakia (clay)
						bye
1	Slovakia	4

	Poland	1
						3	Netherlands
									Zenica, Bosnia and Herz. (indoor hard)
							bye
			bye						3	Netherlands	3
						Zenica, Bosnia and Herz. (indoor hard)
			Poland							Bosnia and Herzegovina	1
						Poland		0

						Bosnia and Herzegovina		5

						Minsk, Belarus (indoor hard)

						Romania		2
			Wels, Austria (clay)						Minsk, Belarus (indoor hard)
						Belarus		3
				Romania	1					Belarus	3

			4	Austria	4				4	Austria	1
							bye
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
						4	Austria
Romania		0
						Lisbon, Portugal (indoor clay)
Israel		5
						Israel		0
			Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)						Lisbon, Portugal (indoor clay)
						Portugal		5
				Israel	0					Portugal	4

			2	Ukraine	5				2	Ukraine	1
							bye

						2	Ukraine

Poland and Romania relegated to Group II in 2018.
Hungary, Netherlands, Belarus, and Portugal advance to World Group Play-off.

First round

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Poland

Bosnia and Herzegovina
5

Arena Zenica, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina^[1]
3–5 February 2017
Hard (i)

Poland
0

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Mirza Bašić Kamil Majchrzak	6 4	6 3	0 0			retired
2	Damir Džumhur Hubert Hurkacz	7⁷ 6¹	7 5	7 5
3	Mirza Bašić / Tomislav Brkić Łukasz Kubot / Marcin Matkowski	7⁷ 6⁵	7⁷ 6⁵	3 6	4 6	6 3
4	Damir Džumhur Kamil Majchrzak						w/o
5	Tomislav Brkić Hubert Hurkacz	7⁷ 6¹	4 6	7 5

Belarus vs. Romania

Belarus
3

Republic Olympic Training Center, Minsk, Belarus^[2]
3–5 February 2017
Hard (i)

Romania
2

		1	2	3	4
1	Ilya Ivashka Adrian Ungur	2 6	7 5	4 6	4 6
2	Egor Gerasimov Marius Copil	6 3	6 4	6 4
3	Max Mirnyi / Yaraslav Shyla Marius Copil / Horia Tecău	7⁷ 6³	6 4	6⁵ 7⁷	6 4
4	Ilya Ivashka Marius Copil	5 7	4 6	1 6
5	Egor Gerasimov Adrian Ungur	7⁷ 6⁵	6 4	6 4

Portugal vs. Israel

Portugal
5

Club Internacional de Foot-ball, Lisbon, Portugal^[3]
3–5 February 2017
Clay (i)

Israel
0

		1	2	3	4	5
1	João Sousa Yshai Oliel	6 1	6 1	6 2
2	Gastão Elias Dudi Sela	1 6	6 2	6 4	6 2
3	Gastão Elias / João Sousa Jonathan Erlich / Dudi Sela	7 5	6⁴ 7⁷	4 6	6 2	6 4
4	Frederico Ferreira Silva Daniel Cukierman	6 2	6 0
5	Pedro Sousa Yshai Oliel	6 2	6 0

Second round

Slovakia vs. Hungary

Slovakia
1

Aegon Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia^[4]
3–5 February 2017
Hard (i)

Hungary
3

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Martin Kližan Attila Balázs	6 1	6 2	3 6	6 4
2	Jozef Kovalík Márton Fucsovics	2 6	7⁷ 6⁴	3 6	4 6
3	Martin Kližan / Andrej Martin Attila Balázs / Márton Fucsovics	3 6	6 2	3 6	7⁷ 6⁵	1 6
4	Martin Kližan Márton Fucsovics	6 3	3 6	3 6	5 7
5	Jozef Kovalík Attila Balázs						not played

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Netherlands

Bosnia and Herzegovina
1

Arena Zenica, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina^[5]
7–9 April 2017
Hard (i)

Netherlands
3

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Mirza Bašić Robin Haase	4 6	2 6	7 5	3 6
2	Damir Džumhur Thiemo de Bakker	6 2	6 2	6 2
3	Mirza Bašić / Tomislav Brkić Robin Haase / Jean-Julien Rojer	3 6	6 3	3 6	2 6
4	Damir Džumhur Robin Haase	5 7	3 6	7⁷ 6⁴	6 2	4 6
5	Mirza Bašić Thiemo de Bakker						not played

Belarus vs. Austria

Belarus
3

Republic Olympic Training Center, Minsk, Belarus^[6]
7–9 April 2017
Hard (i)

Austria
1

		1	2	3	4
1	Egor Gerasimov Gerald Melzer	6 3	6 3	6 3
2	Ilya Ivashka Jürgen Melzer	7¹⁰ 6⁸	6 3	4 6	7⁷ 6¹
3	Max Mirnyi / Yaraslav Shyla Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer	4 6	6⁶ 7⁸	7⁷ 6³	4 6
4	Ilya Ivashka Gerald Melzer	7⁷ 6³	3 6	6 3	6 1
5	Egor Gerasimov Jürgen Melzer					not played

Portugal vs. Ukraine

Portugal
4

Club Internacional de Foot-ball, Lisbon, Portugal^[7]
7–9 April 2017
Clay (i)

Ukraine
1

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Gastão Elias Artem Smirnov	6 4	7⁷ 6¹	6⁶ 7⁸	3 6	6 1
2	João Sousa Nikita Mashtakov	6 0	6 3	6 0
3	Gastão Elias / João Sousa Denys Molchanov / Artem Smirnov	7 5	1 6	3 6	4 6
4	João Sousa Artem Smirnov	7⁷ 6³	7⁷ 6²	6 2
5	Pedro Sousa Illya Beloborodko	6 0	6 1

1st round play-offs

Austria vs. Romania

Austria
4

Union Tennis Club Wels, Wels, Austria^[8]
15–17 September 2017
Clay

Romania
1

		1	2	3	4
1	Gerald Melzer Dragoș Dima	6 1	6 1	3 6	6 1
2	Dominic Thiem Bogdan Borza	6 2	6 2	6 4
3	Philipp Oswald / Dominic Thiem Nicolae Frunză / Horia Tecău	6¹ 7⁷	2 6	7⁷ 6⁵	3 6
4	Dominic Thiem Nicolae Frunză	7⁷ 6²	7⁷ 6³	6 3
5	Gerald Melzer Bogdan Borza	6 1	7 5

Israel vs. Ukraine

Israel
0

Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel^[9]
15–17 September 2017
Hard

Ukraine
5

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Dudi Sela Illya Marchenko	6⁵ 7⁷	2 6	3 6
2	Edan Leshem Alexandr Dolgopolov	4 6	1 6	4 6
3	Jonathan Erlich / Dudi Sela Denys Molchanov / Sergiy Stakhovsky	5 7	6⁶ 7⁸	6 1	6 4	6⁴ 7⁷
4	Mor Bulis Alexandr Dolgopolov	3 6	2 6
5	Edan Leshem Illya Marchenko	1 6	3 6

2nd round play-offs

Slovakia vs. Poland

Slovakia
4

Aegon Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia^[10]
15–17 September 2017
Clay

Poland
1

		1	2	3	4
1	Norbert Gombos Hubert Hurkacz	6 2	6 2	3 6	6 4
2	Andrej Martin Kamil Majchrzak	7 5	4 6	6 3	6 3
3	Andrej Martin / Igor Zelenay Mateusz Kowalczyk / Łukasz Kubot	7⁷ 6³	3 6	3 6	2 6
4	Norbert Gombos Kamil Majchrzak	6 1	6 2	6 4
5	Jozef Kovalík Hubert Hurkacz	6 4	7 5

Israel vs. Romania

Israel
5

Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel^[11]
27–29 October 2017
Hard

Romania
0

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Edan Leshem Dragoș Dima	6 3	5 7	6 2	3 6	6 3
2	Dudi Sela Nicolae Frunză	6 3	6 4	6 4
3	Jonathan Erlich / Dudi Sela Vasile Antonescu / Bogdan Borza	6 3	6 4	7⁷ 6⁴
4	Mor Bulis Vasile Antonescu	7⁷ 6⁴	6 3
5	Edan Leshem Nicolae Frunză	6 4	6³ 7⁷	6 2