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{{main|2011 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone}}

The '''Europe and Africa Zone''' is one of the three zones of regional [[Davis Cup]] competition in 2011.

In the Europe and Africa Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.

==Participating teams==
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===Seeds===
# {{davis|ISR}}
# {{davis|SUI}}
# {{davis|ITA}}
# {{davis|RSA}}
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===Other Nations===
* {{davis|FIN}}
* {{davis|NED}}
* {{davis|POL}}
* {{davis|POR}}
* {{davis|SVK}}
* {{davis|SVN}}
* {{davis|UKR}}
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<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/news/articles/draw-made-for-2011-davis-cup.aspx|title=Draw made for 2011 Davis Cup|publisher=daviscup.com|access-date=5 December 2010|date=21 September 2010}}</ref>

==Draw==
{{16TeamBracket-Consols
| boldwinner = y
| team-width = 175
| minround = 2 | maxround = 5
| RD2 = Second-round play-offs
| RD3 = First-round play-offs
| RD4 = First round
| RD5 = Second round

| RD2-date=16–18 September
| RD3-date=
| RD4-date=4–6 March
| RD5-date=8–10 July

| RD4-text1= 
| RD4-seed1= 1 | RD4-team1= {{davis|ISR}} | RD4-score1=
| RD4-seed2= | RD4-team2= bye| RD4-score2=

| RD4-text2= 
| RD4-seed3= | RD4-team3= {{davis|POL}} | RD4-score3=
| RD4-seed4= | RD4-team4= bye | RD4-score4=

| RD4-text3= 
| RD4-seed5=3 | RD4-team5= {{davis|ITA}} | RD4-score5=
| RD4-seed6= | RD4-team6= bye| RD4-score6=

| RD4-text4= [[Ljubljana]], [[Slovenia]] (indoor clay)
| RD4-seed7= | RD4-team7={{davis|FIN}} | RD4-score7=2
| RD4-seed8= | RD4-team8={{davis|SVN}} | RD4-score8=3

| RD4-text5= [[Kharkiv]], [[Ukraine]] (indoor hard)
| RD4-seed9= | RD4-team9= {{davis|UKR}} | RD4-score9=2
| RD4-seed10= | RD4-team10= {{davis|NED}} | RD4-score10=3

| RD4-text6= 
| RD4-seed11= | RD4-team11= bye| RD4-score11=
| RD4-seed12=4 | RD4-team12={{davis|RSA}} | RD4-score12=

| RD4-text7= [[Cruz Quebrada]], [[Portugal]] (clay)
| RD4-seed13= | RD4-team13= {{davis|POR}} | RD4-score13=4
| RD4-seed14= | RD4-team14= {{davis|SVK}} | RD4-score14=1

| RD4T9-loc= 
| RD4-seed15= | RD4-team15= bye| RD4-score15=
| RD4-seed16=2 | RD4-team16={{davis|SUI}} | RD4-score16=

| RD3-text1= 
| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1= bye | RD3-score1=
| RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2= {{davis|POL}} | RD3-score2=

| RD3-text2= 
| RD3-seed3= | RD3-team3= bye | RD3-score3=
| RD3-seed4= | RD3-team4= {{davis|FIN}} | RD3-score4=

| RD3-text3= 
| RD3-seed5= | RD3-team5= {{davis|UKR}} | RD3-score5=
| RD3-seed6= | RD3-team6= bye | RD3-score6=

| RD3-text4= 
| RD3-seed7= | RD3-team7= {{davis|SVK}} | RD3-score7=
| RD3-seed8= | RD3-team8=  bye | RD3-score8=

| RD5-text1= [[Ramat HaSharon]], [[Israel]] (hard)
| RD5-seed1=1 | RD5-team1= {{davis|ISR}} | RD5-score1=3
| RD5-seed2= | RD5-team2= {{davis|POL}} | RD5-score2=2

| RD5-text2= [[Arzachena]], [[Italy]] (clay)
| RD5-seed3=3 | RD5-team3= {{davis|ITA}} | RD5-score3=5
| RD5-seed4=  | RD5-team4= {{davis|SVN}} | RD5-score4=0

| RD5-text3= [[Potchefstroom]], [[South Africa]] (hard)
| RD5-seed5= | RD5-team5= {{davis|NED}}| RD5-score5=1
| RD5-seed6=4 | RD5-team6= {{davis|RSA}} | RD5-score6=3

| RD5-text4= [[Bern]], [[Switzerland]] (indoor hard)
| RD5-seed7= | RD5-team7= {{davis|POR}}| RD5-score7=0
| RD5-seed8=2 | RD5-team8= {{davis|SUI}} | RD5-score8=5

| RD2-text1= [[Espoo]], [[Finland]] (indoor hard)
| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1= {{davis|POL}} | RD2-score1=2
| RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2= {{davis|FIN}} | RD2-score2=3

| RD2-text2= [[Bratislava]], [[Slovakia]] (indoor hard)
| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3= {{davis|UKR}} | RD2-score3=1
| RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4= {{davis|SVK}} | RD2-score4=4
}}
*{{davis|POL}} and {{davis|UKR}} relegated to Group II in 2012.
*{{davis|ISR}}, {{davis|ITA}}, {{davis|RSA}}, and {{davis|SUI}} advance to World Group play-off.

==First Round Matches==

===Slovenia vs. Finland===
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=Slovenia
|team2=Finland
|venue=Sportno Rekeacijski Center Tivoli, [[Ljubljana]], [[Slovenia]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100016198|title=Slovenia v Finland|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref>
|date=4–6 March 2011
|surface=clay (indoors)
|score1=3
|score2=2
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Grega Žemlja]] |6 |3 |4 |3 | |T2P1=[[Jarkko Nieminen]] |3 |6 |6 |6 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Blaž Kavčič]] |4 |6 |6 |6 | |T2P1=[[Harri Heliövaara]] |6 |2 |3 |4 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Luka Gregorc]] |T1P2=[[Grega Žemlja]] |6.049 |6 |6 |7 | |T2P1=[[Harri Heliövaara]] |T2P2=[[Jarkko Nieminen]] |7 |4 |4 |5 | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Blaž Kavčič]] |3 |4 |6 |4 | |T2P1=[[Jarkko Nieminen]] |6 |6 |4 |6 | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Grega Žemlja]] | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |T2P1=[[Micke Kontinen]] | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | }}
}}

===Ukraine vs. Netherlands===
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=Ukraine
|team2=Netherlands
|venue=Palace of Sports Lokomotiv, [[Kharkiv]], [[Ukraine]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100016199|title=Ukraine v Netherlands|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref>
|date=4–6 March 2011
|surface=Hard (indoors)
|score1=2
|score2=3
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Sergiy Stakhovsky]] |6 |6 |6.019 |4 |6 |T2P1=[[Robin Haase]] |1 |4 |7 |6 |2 }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Illya Marchenko]] |6.029 |6.059 |4 | | |T2P1=[[Thiemo de Bakker]] |7 |7 |6 | | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Sergei Bubka (tennis)|Sergei Bubka]] |T1P2=[[Sergiy Stakhovsky]] |6.059 |7 |4 |6.089 | |T2P1=[[Robin Haase]] |T2P2=[[Thiemo de Bakker]] |7 |6.049 |6 |7 | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Sergiy Stakhovsky]] |6 |6 |3 |6.039 |6 |T2P1=[[Jesse Huta Galung]] |1 |4 |6 |7 |4 }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Illya Marchenko]] |7 |6 |6.029 | 4| 2|T2P1=[[Robin Haase]] | 6|1 |7 |6 |6 }}
}}

===Portugal vs. Slovak Republic===
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=Portugal
|team2=Slovak Republic
|venue=Centro Desportivo Nacional do Jamor, [[Cruz Quebrada]], [[Portugal]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100016201|title=Portugal v Slovak Republic|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref>
|date=4–6 March 2011
|surface=clay
|score1=4
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Frederico Gil]] |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Lukáš Lacko]] |2 |2 |1 | | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Rui Machado]] |6 |6 | 1| 2| 6|T2P1=[[Martin Kližan]] |4 |4 |6 |6 |4 }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Frederico Gil]] |T1P2=[[Leonardo Tavares]] |3 |4 |6 |1 | |T2P1=[[Michal Mertiňák]] |T2P2=[[Filip Polášek]] |6 |6 |1 |6 | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Rui Machado]] |6 |3 |6 |6 | |T2P1=[[Lukáš Lacko]] |4 |6 |4 |0 | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[João Sousa]] |6 |4 | | | |T2P1=[[Martin Kližan]] |2 |1 | | | re2=2}}
}}

==Second Round Matches==

===Israel vs. Poland===
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=Israel
|team2=Poland
|venue=[[Canada Stadium]], [[Ramat HaSharon]], [[Israel]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100016215|title=Israel v Poland|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref>
|date=4–6 March 2011
|surface=hard (outdoor)
|score1=3
|score2=2
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Dudi Sela]] |6|6|6| | |T2P1=[[Marcin Gawron]] |1|3|4| | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Amir Weintraub]] |4 |6 |6 |6.039 |6 |T2P1=[[Jerzy Janowicz]] |6 |4 |2 |7 |3 }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Jonathan Erlich]] |T1P2=[[Andy Ram]] |4 |6 |6 | 6| |T2P1=[[Mariusz Fyrstenberg]] |T2P2=[[Marcin Matkowski]] |6 |4 |3 | 1| }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Dudi Sela]] |6.049 | 4 | | | |T2P1=[[Jerzy Janowicz]] | 7| 6 | | | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Amir Weintraub]] |wo=2 | | | | |T2P1=[[Marcin Gawron]] | | | | | }}
}}

===Italy vs. Slovenia===
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=Italy
|team2=Slovenia
|venue=Circolo Tennistico Corracilvuna, [[Arzachena]], [[Italy]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100016216|title=Italy v Slovenia|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref>
|date=8–10 July 2011
|surface=clay (outdoor)
|score1=5
|score2=0
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Fabio Fognini]] |1 |6 |6 |6 | |T2P1=[[Grega Žemlja]] |6 |4 |4 |4 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Potito Starace]] |3 |6 |6 |6 | |T2P1=[[Blaž Kavčič]] |6 |3 |2 |4 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Daniele Bracciali]] |T1P2=[[Potito Starace]] |7 |7 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Blaž Kavčič]] |T2P2=[[Grega Žemlja]] |6.029 |6.039 |2 | | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Fabio Fognini]] |6 |2 | | | |T2P1=[[Aljaž Bedene]] |2 |2 | | |re2=2 }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Simone Bolelli]] |7 |6 | | | |T2P1=[[Grega Žemlja]] |5 |3 | | | }}
}}

===South Africa vs. Netherlands===
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=South Africa
|team2=Netherlands
|venue=Fanie Du Toit Sports Stadium, [[Potchefstroom]], [[South Africa]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100016217|title=South Africa v Netherlands|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref>
|date=8–10 July 2011
|surface=hard (outdoor)
|score1=3
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Rik de Voest]] |7 |3 |0 |4 | |T2P1=[[Robin Haase]] |6.049 |6 |6 |6 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Kevin Anderson (tennis)|Kevin Anderson]] |6.049 |6 |7 |6 | |T2P1=[[Thomas Schoorel]] |7 |4 |6.039 |1 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Kevin Anderson (tennis)|Kevin Anderson]] |T1P2=[[Rik de Voest]] |6.039 |6 |6 |6 | |T2P1=[[Robin Haase]] |T2P2=[[Jesse Huta Galung]] |7 |2 |4 |4 | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Kevin Anderson (tennis)|Kevin Anderson]] |6 |3 |6 |6 | |T2P1=[[Robin Haase]] |3 |6 |2 |2 | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Rik de Voest]] | | | | | |T2P1=[[Thomas Schoorel]] | | | | |np= }}
}}

===Portugal vs. Switzerland===
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=Portugal
|team2=Switzerland
|venue=Postfinance Arena, [[Bern]], [[Switzerland]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100016218|title=Portugal v Switzerland|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref>
|date=8–10 July 2011
|surface=hard (indoor)
|score1=0
|score2=5
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Frederico Gil]] |5 |3 |4 | | |T2P1=[[Stanislas Wawrinka]] |7 |6 |6 | | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Rui Machado]] |7 |3 |4 |2 | |T2P1=[[Roger Federer]] |5 |6 |6 |6 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Frederico Gil]] |T1P2=[[Leonardo Tavares]] |3 |4 |4 | | |T2P1=[[Roger Federer]] |T2P2=[[Stanislas Wawrinka]] |6 |6 |6 | | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[João Sousa]] |3 |4 | | | |T2P1=[[Marco Chiudinelli]] |6 |6 | | | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Leonardo Tavares]] |6.009 |0 | | | |T2P1=[[Stanislas Wawrinka]] |7 |6 | | | }}
}}

==Second-round play-offs==

===Poland vs. Finland===
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=Poland
|team2=Finland
|venue=[[Barona Areena]], [[Espoo]], [[Finland]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100016248|title=Finland v Poland|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref>
|date=16–18 September 2011
|surface=hard (indoors)
|score1=2
|score2=3
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Jerzy Janowicz]] |4 |3 |7 |3 | |T2P1=[[Henri Kontinen]] |6 |6 |6.099 |6 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Grzegorz Panfil]] |4 |4 |4 | | |T2P1=[[Jarkko Nieminen]] |6 |6 |6 | | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Mariusz Fyrstenberg]] |T1P2=[[Marcin Matkowski]] |6.009 |6.049 |4 | | |T2P1=[[Henri Kontinen]] |T2P2=[[Jarkko Nieminen]] |7 |7 |6 | | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Jerzy Janowicz]] |6 |6 | | | |T2P1=[[Harri Heliövaara]] |3 |4 | | | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Grzegorz Panfil]] |7 |6 | | | |T2P1=[[Henri Kontinen]] |6 |4 | | | }}
}}

===Ukraine vs. Slovak Republic===
[[File:Slovakia - Ukraine 2011, Davis cup, preview.jpg|thumb|Davis Cup advertisement in [[Bratislava]], [[Slovakia]].]]
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=Ukraine
|team2=Slovakia
|venue=Národné tenisové centrum, [[Bratislava]], [[Slovakia]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100016249|title=Slovak Rep. v Ukraine|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref>
|date=16–18 September 2011
|surface=hard (indoor)
|score1=1
|score2=4
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Illya Marchenko]] |7 |3 |1 |3 | |T2P1=[[Martin Kližan]] |6.039 |6 |6 |6 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Sergiy Stakhovsky]] |7 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Pavol Červenák]] |5 |2 |1 | | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Sergei Bubka (tennis)|Sergei Bubka]] |T1P2=[[Sergiy Stakhovsky]] |5 |7 |2 |7 |4 |T2P1=[[Filip Polášek]] |T2P2=[[Igor Zelenay]] |7 |6.029 |6 |6.029 |6 }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Sergiy Stakhovsky]] |4 |6 |6.029 |2 | |T2P1=[[Martin Kližan]] |6 |3 |7 |6 | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Artem Smirnov (tennis)|Artem Smirnov]] |4 |4 | | | |T2P1=[[Pavol Červenák]] |6 |6 | | | }}
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/group-i/europe-africa.aspx Draw Results]

{{2011 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone}}

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