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Main article: 1997 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Group III tournament was held in two locations. Eight teems met January 22-26, in Dakar, Senegal (hard courts), and eight others met May 21-25 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria (clay). In each location, the teams were divided into two round-robin pools. The top two teams from each pool advanced to a promotion pool, while the bottom two were placed in a relegation pool. In contrast to earlier (and later) practice, the promotion and relegation pools took the form of play-off brackets, instead of using round-robin play.

Dakar Group

Pool A

	Advanced to Promotion Round
	Assigned to Relegation Round

Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA
North Macedonia	3	3	0	7	2
Turkey	3	2	1	7	2
San Marino	3	1	2	2	7
Ethiopia	3	0	3	2	7

Results of Individual Ties

Date	Winning Team	Score
January 22	North Macedonia	3-0	San Marino
January 22	Turkey	3-0	Ethiopia
January 23	North Macedonia	2-1	Ethiopia
January 23	Turkey	3-0	San Marino
January 24	North Macedonia	2-1	Turkey
January 24	San Marino	2-1	Ethiopia

Pool B

	Advanced to Promotion Round
	Assigned to Relegation Round

Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA
Senegal	3	3	0	8	1
Luxembourg	3	2	1	6	3
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	2	4	5
Armenia	3	0	3	0	9

Results of Individual Ties

Date	Winning Team	Score
January 22	Senegal	3-0	Armenia
January 22	Luxembourg	2-1	Bosnia and Herzegovina
January 23	Senegal	3-0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
January 23	Luxembourg	3-0	Armenia
January 24	Senegal	2-1	Luxembourg
January 24	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3-0	Armenia

1st-4th Playoff

	Third place					Final
						Luxembourg		2
						Senegal		1
	S	North Macedonia	1
		Luxembourg	2

Luxembourg and Senegal both promoted to Group II for 1998.

5th-8th Playoff

	Third place					Final
						San Marino		0
						Bosnia and Herzegovina		3
	S	San Marino	3
		Armenia	0

Armenia and Ethiopia both relegated to Group IV for 1998.

Plovdiv Group

Pool A

	Advanced to Promotion Round
	Assigned to Relegation Round

Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA
Bulgaria	3	3	0	9	0
Estonia	3	2	1	4	5
Kenya	3	1	2	3	6
Malta	3	0	3	2	7

Results of Individual Ties

Date	Winning Team	Score
May 21	Bulgaria	3-0	Malta
May 21	Estonia	2-1	Kenya
May 22	Bulgaria	3-0	Estonia
May 22	Kenya	2-1	Malta
May 23	Bulgaria	3-0	Kenya
May 23	Estonia	2-1	Malta

Pool B

	Advanced to Promotion Round
	Assigned to Relegation Round

Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA
Monaco	3	3	0	7	2
Moldova	3	2	1	6	3
Cameroon	3	1	2	3	6
Algeria	3	0	3	2	7

Results of Individual Ties

Date	Winning Team	Score
May 21	Monaco	2-1	Algeria
May 21	Moldova	3-0	Cameroon
May 22	Monaco	2-1	Cameroon
May 22	Moldova	3-0	Algeria
May 23	Monaco	3-0	Moldova
May 23	Cameroon	2-1	Algeria

1st-4th Playoff

	Third place					Final
						Bulgaria		3
						Monaco		0
	S	Bulgaria	3
		Moldova	0

Bulgaria and Monaco both promoted to Group II for 1998.

5th-8th Playoff

	Third place					Final
						Kenya		2
						Malta		1
	S	Kenya	2
		Algeria	1

Algeria and Cameroon both relegated to Group IV for 1998.

References

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Main article: 1997 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The inaugural Europe/Africa Zone Group IV tournament was held in two locations. Eight teams met March 19-23 in Gaborone, Botswana, and played a tournament of the same format as used in Group III (they were divided into two round-robin pools, from which the top two advanced to a promotion play-off). Six other teams met May 21-25 in Nicosia, Cyprus, on outdoor clay courts, and played a simple round-robin tournament.

The tournament marked the Davis Cup debuts of Madagascar and Uganda.

Nicosia Group

Promoted to Group III for 1998

Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA
Tunisia	5	5	0	13	2
Cyprus	5	4	1	11	4
Benin	5	3	2	9	6
Zambia	5	2	3	9	6
Azerbaijan	5	1	4	2	13
Congo	5	0	5	1	14

Results of Individual Ties

Date	Winning Team	Score
May 21	Tunisia	3-0	Benin
May 21	Cyprus	3-0	Congo
May 21	Zambia	3-0	Azerbaijan
May 22	Tunisia	3-0	Azerbaijan
May 22	Cyprus	2-1	Zambia
May 22	Benin	3-0	Congo
May 23	Tunisia	3-0	Congo
May 23	Cyprus	3-0	Azerbaijan
May 23	Benin	2-1	Zambia
May 24	Tunisia	2-1	Zambia
May 24	Cyprus	2-1	Benin
May 24	Azerbaijan	2-1	Congo
May 25	Tunisia	2-1	Cyprus
May 25	Benin	3-0	Azerbaijan
May 25	Zambia	3-0	Congo

Gaborone Group

Pool A

	Advanced to Promotion Playoff
	Assigned to 5th-8th Playoff

Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA
Madagascar	3	3	0	8	1
Botswana	3	2	1	6	3
Iceland	3	1	2	4	5
Djibouti	3	0	3	0	9

Results of Individual Ties

Date	Winning Team	Score
March 19	Madagascar	3-0	Iceland
March 19	Botswana	3-0	Djibouti
March 20	Madagascar	2-1	Botswana
March 20	Iceland	3-0	Djibouti
March 21	Madagascar	3-0	Djibouti
March 21	Botswana	2-1	Iceland

Pool B

	Advanced to Promotion Playoff
	Assigned to 5th-8th Playoff

Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA
Togo	3	3	0	9	0
Liechtenstein	3	2	1	6	3
Uganda	3	1	2	2	7
Sudan	3	0	3	1	8

Results of Individual Ties

Date	Winning Team	Score
March 19	Togo	3-0	Uganda
March 19	Liechtenstein	3-0	Sudan
March 20	Togo	3-0	Sudan
March 20	Liechtenstein	3-0	Uganda
March 21	Togo	3-0	Liechtenstein
March 21	Uganda	2-1	Sudan

1st-4th Playoff

	Third place					Final
						Togo		1
						Madagascar		2
	S	Togo	2
		Botswana	1

Madagascar and Togo both promoted to Group III for 1998.

5th-8th Playoff

	Third place					Final
						Uganda		2
						Sudan		1
	S	Uganda	3
		Djibouti	0