1970 Davis Cup Europe Zone
The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1970 Davis Cup .
31 teams entered the Europe Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones. The winners of each sub-zone went on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the Americas Zone and Eastern Zone .[1]
Spain defeated Yugoslavia in the Zone A final, and West Germany defeated the Soviet Union in the Zone B final, resulting in both Spain and West Germany progressing to the Inter-Zonal Zone .[1] [2] [3]
South Africa were ejected from the tournament on 23 March due to protests over the South African government's apartheid policies .[4] [5] [6]
Zone A
Draw
First Round 1–10 May Quarterfinals 22–25 May Semifinals 12–15 June Final 16–18 July Tehran , Iran Romania 4 Bucharest , Romania (clay) Iran 1 Romania 5 Athens , Greece Greece 0 Greece 4 Maribor , Yugoslavia (clay) Netherlands 1 Romania 2 Mondorf-les-Bains , Luxembourg Yugoslavia 3 Luxembourg 0 Dublin , Ireland Ireland 3 Ireland 0 Maribor , Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 5 Yugoslavia 3 Barcelona , Spain Poland 2 Yugoslavia 1 Stockholm , Sweden (clay) Spain 4 Sweden 0 Barcelona , Spain (clay) Spain 5 Spain 5 Istanbul , Turkey Bulgaria 0 Turkey 0 Paris, France (clay) Bulgaria 5 Spain 5 Geneva , Switzerland France 0 Switzerland 1 Paris, France (clay) France 4 France 5 Edinburgh , United Kingdom (clay) Austria 0 Austria 3 Great Britain 2
First round
Iran vs. Romania
Greece vs. Netherlands
Luxembourg vs. Ireland
Yugoslavia vs. Poland
Sweden vs. Spain
Turkey vs. Bulgaria
Switzerland vs. France
Great Britain vs. Austria
Quarterfinals
Romania vs. Greece
Ireland vs. Yugoslavia
Spain vs. Bulgaria
France vs. Austria
Semifinals
Yugoslavia vs. Romania
France vs. Spain
Final
Spain vs. Yugoslavia
Zone B
Draw
First Round 1–24 May Quarterfinals 22–24 May Semifinals 11–14 June Final 14–16 July South Africa bye South Africa Helsinki , Finland Belgium w/o Finland 1 Nuremberg , West Germany Belgium 4 Belgium 0 Bad Homburg , West Germany (clay) West Germany 5 West Germany 4 West Berlin Denmark 1 West Germany 5 Cairo , Egypt (clay) Egypt 0 Egypt 3 Düsseldorf , West Germany Norway 1 West Germany 3 Turin , Italy (clay) Soviet Union 2 Italy 2 Czechoslovakia 3 Czechoslovakia w/o Rhodesia Israel Moscow, Soviet Union (clay) Rhodesia w/o Czechoslovakia 2 Lisbon , Portugal (clay) Soviet Union 3 Portugal 1 Monte Carlo , Monaco Monaco 4 Monaco 0 Budapest , Hungary Soviet Union 5 Hungary 2 Soviet Union 3
First round
Finland vs. Belgium
West Germany vs. Denmark
Egypt vs. Norway
Italy vs. Czechoslovakia
Portugal vs. Monaco
Hungary vs. Soviet Union
Quarterfinals
West Germany vs. Egypt
Monaco vs. Soviet Union
Semifinals
West Germany vs. Belgium
Soviet Union vs. Czechoslovakia
Final
West Germany vs. Soviet Union
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