1967 Davis Cup Europe Zone

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The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1967 Davis Cup.

32 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 America Zone and Eastern Zone.[1]

Spain defeated the Soviet Union in the Zone A final, and South Africa defeated Brazil in the Zone B final, resulting in both Spain and South Africa progressing to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[1][2][3]

Draw

First Round
28 April–8 May
Quarterfinals
19–23 May
Semifinals
7–10 June
Final
14–16 July
Sofia, Bulgaria (clay)
 Bulgaria5
Sofia, Bulgaria (clay)
 Portugal0
 Bulgaria0
Bournemouth, England (clay)
 Great Britain5
 Canada1
Eastbourne, England (grass)
 Great Britain4
 Great Britain2
Bucharest, Romania (clay)
 Spain3
 Romania4
Bucharest, Romania (clay)
 Belgium1
 Romania2
San Sebastián, Spain (clay)
 Spain3
 Egypt0
Barcelona, Spain (clay)
 Spain5
 Spain4
Geneva, Switzerland
 Soviet Union1
  Switzerland2
Athens, Greece
 Greece3
 Greece2
Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
 Chile3
 Chile3
Moscow, Soviet Union
 Czechoslovakia2
 Chile0
Helsinki, Finland (clay)
 Soviet Union3
 Finland1
Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)
 Denmark4
 Denmark2
Düsseldorf, West Germany
 Soviet Union3
 Soviet Union3
 West Germany2

First round

Bulgaria vs. Portugal


Bulgaria
5
Sofia, Bulgaria[4]
5–7 May 1967
Clay

Portugal
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Bulgaria
Portugal
Kiril Yashmakov
Alfredo Vaz Pinto
6
4
5
7
6
2
6
4
   
2 Bulgaria
Portugal
Rangel Rangelov
João Lagos
6
1
6
2
6
4
     
3 Bulgaria
Portugal
Bozhidar Pampoulov / Rangel Rangelov
João Roquette / Alfredo Vaz Pinto
6
4
6
2
6
2
     
4 Bulgaria
Portugal
Rangel Rangelov
Alfredo Vaz Pinto
6
1
6
1
6
2
     
5 Bulgaria
Portugal
Kiril Yashmakov
João Lagos
6
1
6
2
5
7
6
1
   

Great Britain vs. Canada


Great Britain
4
West Hants Lawn Tennis Club, Bournemouth, England[5]
4–7 May 1967
Clay

Canada
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 United Kingdom
Canada
Mike Sangster
Mike Belkin
2
6
3
6
6
3
1
6
   
2 United Kingdom
Canada
Roger Taylor
Robert Bédard
6
4
3
6
6
3
1
6
7
5
 
3 United Kingdom
Canada
Roger Taylor / Bobby Wilson
Keith Carpenter / Mike Belkin
3
6
4
6
8
6
7
5
12
10
 
4 United Kingdom
Canada
Roger Taylor
Mike Belkin
2
6
2
6
6
4
7
5
6
3
 
5 United Kingdom
Canada
Mike Sangster
Robert Bédard
6
4
6
4
6
1
     

Romania vs. Belgium


Romania
4
Bucharest, Romania[6]
28–30 April 1967
Clay

Belgium
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Romania
Belgium
Ion Țiriac
Eric Drossart
4
6
2
6
7
9
     
2 Romania
Belgium
Ilie Năstase
Patrick Hombergen
6
3
5
7
6
1
6
0
   
3 Romania
Belgium
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
Eric Drossart / Claude De Gronckel
6
4
6
0
6
4
     
4 Romania
Belgium
Ilie Năstase
Eric Drossart
6
2
5
7
10
8
6
2
   
5 Romania
Belgium
Ion Țiriac
Patrick Hombergen
8
6
7
5
6
8
3
1
   
retired

Spain vs. Egypt


Spain
5
Real Club de Tenis, San Sebastián, Spain[7]
5–7 May 1967
Clay

Egypt
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Spain
Egypt
José Luis Arilla
Shaher Mourad
7
5
6
4
6
3
     
2 Spain
Egypt
Manuel Santana
Moataz El Sonbol
6
0
7
5
6
4
     
3 Spain
Egypt
José Luis Arilla / Manuel Santana
Fathi Mohammed-Ali / Shaher Mourad
6
1
6
2
6
3
     
4 Spain
Egypt
Manuel Santana
Shaher Mourad
7
5
6
2
6
3
     
5 Spain
Egypt
Manuel Orantes
Moataz El Sonbol
6
1
6
2
6
2
     

Switzerland vs. Greece


Switzerland
2
Geneva, Switzerland[8]
4–8 May 1967

Greece
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Switzerland
Greece
Matthias Werren
Periclis Gavrilidis
7
5
6
2
6
3
     
2 Switzerland
Greece
Dimitri Sturdza
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
6
3
3
6
9
7
2
6
3
6
 
3 Switzerland
Greece
Ernst Schori / Dimitri Sturdza
Periclis Gavrilidis / Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
6
3
7
9
2
6
5
7
   
4 Switzerland
Greece
Matthias Werren
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
2
6
3
6
3
6
     
5 Switzerland
Greece
Dimitri Sturdza
Periclis Gavrilidis
6
2
6
2
6
2
     

Czechoslovakia vs. Chile


Czechoslovakia
2
Prague, Czechoslovakia[9]
5–7 May 1967
Clay

Chile
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Czechoslovakia
Chile
Milan Holeček
Jaime Pinto Bravo
3
6
2
6
1
6
     
2 Czechoslovakia
Chile
Jan Kodeš
Patricio Rodríguez
6
3
1
6
3
6
6
4
0
6
 
3 Czechoslovakia
Chile
Milan Holeček / Jan Kodeš
Patricio Cornejo / Jaime Pinto Bravo
6
1
6
4
6
3
     
4 Czechoslovakia
Chile
Jan Kodeš
Jaime Pinto Bravo
6
2
6
3
6
3
     
5 Czechoslovakia
Chile
Milan Holeček
Patricio Rodríguez
6
3
3
6
6
1
3
6
5
7
 

Finland vs. Denmark


Finland
1
Helsinki, Finland[10]
5–7 May 1967
Clay

Denmark
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Finland
Denmark
Pekka Säilä
Torben Ulrich
2
6
3
6
3
6
     
2 Finland
Denmark
Rauno Suominen
Jørgen Ulrich
6
1
1
6
7
5
1
6
5
7
 
3 Finland
Denmark
Pekka Säilä / Rauno Suominen
Jørgen Ulrich / Torben Ulrich
6
2
3
6
1
6
4
6
   
4 Finland
Denmark
Pekka Säilä
Jørgen Ulrich
2
6
6
4
6
4
4
6
6
4
 
5 Finland
Denmark
Rauno Suominen
Torben Ulrich
1
6
4
6
6
4
1
6
   

West Germany vs. Soviet Union


West Germany
2
Düsseldorf, West Germany[11]
4–7 May 1967

Soviet Union
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 West Germany
Soviet Union
Ingo Buding
Alex Metreveli
5
7
3
6
6
1
7
9
   
2 West Germany
Soviet Union
Wilhelm Bungert
Toomas Leius
6
3
6
2
7
5
     
3 West Germany
Soviet Union
Ingo Buding / Wilhelm Bungert
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli
3
6
4
6
11
9
7
9
   
4 West Germany
Soviet Union
Ingo Buding
Toomas Leius
6
4
4
6
8
6
6
2
   
5 West Germany
Soviet Union
Wilhelm Bungert
Alex Metreveli
2
6
6
4
6
4
2
6
5
7
 

Quarterfinals

Bulgaria vs. Great Britain


Bulgaria
0
Sofia, Bulgaria[12]
20–23 May 1967
Clay

Great Britain
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Bulgaria
United Kingdom
Kiril Yashmakov
Roger Taylor
4
6
2
6
0
6
     
2 Bulgaria
United Kingdom
Rangel Rangelov
Mike Sangster
4
6
2
6
2
6
     
3 Bulgaria
United Kingdom
Bozhidar Pampoulov / Stojan Velev
Mark Cox / Bobby Wilson
0
6
0
6
0
6
     
4 Bulgaria
United Kingdom
Kiril Yashmakov
Mike Sangster
4
6
2
6
3
6
     
5 Bulgaria
United Kingdom
Rangel Rangelov
Roger Taylor
2
6
1
6
0
6
     

Romania vs. Spain


Romania
2
Club Sportiv Progresul, Bucharest, Romania[13]
19–22 May 1967
Clay

Spain
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Romania
Spain
Ion Țiriac
Juan Gisbert
6
1
6
2
5
7
0
6
6
2
 
2 Romania
Spain
Ilie Năstase
Manuel Santana
6
0
3
6
3
6
3
6
   
3 Romania
Spain
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
José Luis Arilla / Manuel Santana
7
5
7
5
6
4
     
4 Romania
Spain
Ilie Năstase
Juan Gisbert
3
6
6
4
7
9
4
6
   
5 Romania
Spain
Ion Țiriac
Manuel Santana
2
6
6
8
5
7
     

Greece vs. Chile


Greece
2
Athens, Greece[14]
19–23 May 1967

Chile
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Greece
Chile
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Patricio Rodríguez
4
6
1
6
1
6
     
2 Greece
Chile
Periclis Gavrilidis
Jaime Pinto Bravo
1
6
6
8
3
6
     
3 Greece
Chile
Periclis Gavrilidis / Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Ernesto Aguirre / Jaime Pinto Bravo
7
9
3
6
6
4
6
2
8
6
 
4 Greece
Chile
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Jaime Pinto Bravo
7
5
8
6
2
6
2
6
6
2
 
5 Greece
Chile
Periclis Gavrilidis
Patricio Rodríguez
6
3
6
2
1
6
1
6
1
6
 

Denmark vs. Soviet Union


Denmark
2
Copenhagen, Denmark[15]
19–22 May 1967
Clay

Soviet Union
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Denmark
Soviet Union
Torben Ulrich
Toomas Leius
2
6
1
6
6
3
3
6
   
2 Denmark
Soviet Union
Jan Leschly
Alex Metreveli
7
5
6
8
6
2
8
10
6
3
 
3 Denmark
Soviet Union
Jan Leschly / Jørgen Ulrich
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli
6
4
3
6
3
6
1
6
   
4 Denmark
Soviet Union
Jan Leschly
Toomas Leius
6
3
7
5
6
3
     
5 Denmark
Soviet Union
Torben Ulrich
Alex Metreveli
3
6
1
6
2
6
     

Semifinals

Great Britain vs. Spain


Great Britain
2
Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, England[16]
8–10 June 1967
Grass

Spain
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 United Kingdom
Spain
Roger Taylor
José Luis Arilla
3
6
6
3
6
4
6
2
   
2 United Kingdom
Spain
Mike Sangster
Manuel Santana
10
8
3
6
7
5
7
9
0
6
 
3 United Kingdom
Spain
Mike Sangster / Bobby Wilson
José Luis Arilla / Manuel Santana
5
7
10
12
4
6
     
4 United Kingdom
Spain
Roger Taylor
Manuel Santana
4
6
3
6
5
7
     
5 United Kingdom
Spain
Mike Sangster
José Luis Arilla
6
4
9
11
6
4
6
3
   

Soviet Union vs. Chile


Soviet Union
3
Moscow, Soviet Union[17]
7–9 June 1967

Chile
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Soviet Union
Chile
Alex Metreveli
Jaime Pinto Bravo
6
3
6
2
5
7
6
1
   
2 Soviet Union
Chile
Toomas Leius
Patricio Rodríguez
6
4
6
1
6
8
6
0
   
3 Soviet Union
Chile
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli
Patricio Cornejo / Jaime Pinto Bravo
7
5
6
1
6
2
     
4 Soviet Union
Chile
Alex Metreveli
Patricio Rodríguez
          not
played
5 Soviet Union
Chile
Toomas Leius
Jaime Pinto Bravo
          not
played

Final

Spain vs. Soviet Union


Spain
4
Real Club de Tenis, Barcelona, Spain[2]
14–16 July 1967
Clay

Soviet Union
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Spain
Soviet Union
Manuel Santana
Toomas Leius
6
3
6
4
6
1
     
2 Spain
Soviet Union
Juan Gisbert
Alex Metreveli
3
6
2
6
6
3
7
5
6
2
 
3 Spain
Soviet Union
José Luis Arilla / Manuel Santana
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli
3
6
6
3
4
6
4
6
   
4 Spain
Soviet Union
Manuel Santana
Alex Metreveli
6
0
6
3
6
3
     
5 Spain
Soviet Union
Juan Gisbert
Toomas Leius
2
6
6
4
6
3
6
0
   

Zone B

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