1997 Davis Cup World Group qualifying round

The 1997 Davis Cup World Group qualifying round was held from 20 to 22 September. They were the main play-offs of the 1997 Davis Cup. The winners of the playoffs advanced to the 1998 Davis Cup World Group, and the losers were relegated to their respective Zonal Regions I.

Bold indicates team had qualified for the 1998 Davis Cup World Group.

Date: 19–21 September

The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties and eight winners of the Zonal Group I final round ties competed in the World Group qualifying round for spots in the 1997 World Group.

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface	Ref.
Zimbabwe	3–2	Austria	Harare	City Sports Centre	Indoor	Hard	[1]
Brazil	5–0	New Zealand	Florianópolis	Costão Santinho Hotel	Outdoor	Clay	[2]
India	3–2	Chile	New Delhi	R.K. Khanna Tennis Complex	Outdoor	Grass	[3]
Belgium	3–2	France	Ghent	Flanders Expo	Indoor	Clay	[4]
Germany	5–0	Mexico	Essen	Grugahalle	Indoor	Carpet	[5]
Russia	3–2	Romania	Moscow	Olympic Stadium	Indoor	Carpet	[6]
Canada	1–4	Slovakia	Montreal	Jarry Park Stadium	Indoor	Carpet	[7]
Switzerland	3–2	South Korea	Locarno	FEVI	Indoor	Carpet	[8]

•  Brazil,  Germany,  India,  Russia and   Switzerland remain in the World Group in 1998.
•  Belgium,  Slovakia and  Zimbabwe are promoted to the World Group in 1998.
•  Austria,  Canada,  Chile,  New Zealand and  South Korea remain in Zonal Group I in 1998.
•  France,  Mexico and  Romania are relegated to Zonal Group I in 1998.

Zimbabwe 3	City Sports Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe[1] 19–21 September 1997 Hard (indoors)		Austria 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Byron Black Gilbert Schaller 6 3 6 2 6 1       2 Wayne Black Thomas Muster 3 6 0 6 4 6       3 Byron Black / Wayne Black Georg Blumauer / Gerald Mandl 7 5 6 4 6 3       4 Byron Black Thomas Muster 6 3 3 6 6 2 3 6 1 6   5 Wayne Black Gerald Mandl 5 7 6 3 6 3 6 0

Brazil 5	Costão Santinho Hotel, Florianópolis, Brazil[2] 19–21 September 1997 Clay		New Zealand 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Gustavo Kuerten Alistair Hunt 7 5 6 3 6 2       2 Fernando Meligeni Brett Steven 6 3 7 5 6 4       3 Gustavo Kuerten / Jaime Oncins Alistair Hunt / Brett Steven 6 0 6 2 6 0       4 Gustavo Kuerten Brett Steven 6 1 6 0         5 André Sá Alistair Hunt 6 2 6 2

India 3	R.K. Khanna Tennis Complex, New Delhi, India[3] 19–21 September 1997 Grass		Chile 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Leander Paes Gabriel Silberstein 6 3 6 2 6 2       2 Mahesh Bhupathi Marcelo Ríos 2 6 6 3 3 6 4 6     3 Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes Nicolás Massú / Marcelo Ríos 3 6 6 3 6 4 63 77 6 3   4 Leander Paes Marcelo Ríos 77 65 4 6 0 6 63 77     5 Mahesh Bhupathi Nicolás Massú 64 77 4 6 6 4 6 4 6 3

Belgium 3	Flanders Expo, Ghent, Belgium[4] 19–21 September 1997 Clay (indoors)		France 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Filip Dewulf Fabrice Santoro 6 1 6 3 6 3       2 Johan Van Herck Cédric Pioline 4 6 2 6 7 5 4 1     retired 3 Filip Dewulf / Libor Pimek Guillaume Raoux / Fabrice Santoro 7 5 5 7 5 7 1 6     4 Filip Dewulf Guillaume Raoux 3 6 4 6 5 7       5 Christophe Van Garsse Lionel Roux 7 5 6 4 1 6 6 2

Germany 5	Grugahalle, Essen, Germany[5] 19–21 September 1997 Carpet (indoors)		Mexico 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Boris Becker Luis Herrera 7 5 6 2 6 3       2 Marc-Kevin Goellner Alejandro Hernández 7 5 6 3 6 3       3 Marc-Kevin Goellner / Jens Knippschild Óscar Ortiz / David Roditi 77 64 77 64 4 6 6 3     4 Boris Becker Alejandro Hernández 6 4 7 5         5 Jens Knippschild Luis Herrera 6 2 3 6 6 4

Russia 3	Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia[6] 19–21 September 1997 Carpet (indoors)		Romania 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Alexander Volkov Andrei Pavel 6 3 65 77 6 2 6 4     2 Yevgeny Kafelnikov Ionuț Moldovan 6 4 79 67 6 4       3 Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Andrei Olhovskiy Andrei Pavel / Gabriel Trifu 4 6 4 6 4 6       4 Yevgeny Kafelnikov Andrei Pavel 4 6 6 3 4 6 1 6     5 Alexander Volkov Ionuț Moldovan 6 4 6 3 7 5

Canada 1	Jarry Park Stadium, Montreal, Canada[7] 19–21 September 1997 Carpet (indoors)		Slovakia 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Daniel Nestor Karol Kučera 3 6 3 6 60 77       2 Sébastien Lareau Dominik Hrbatý 67 79 6 4 65 77 3 6     3 Grant Connell / Daniel Nestor Dominik Hrbatý / Ján Krošlák 6 2 6 3 6 4       4 Sébastien Lareau Karol Kučera 7 5 2 6 4 6 3 6     5 Daniel Nestor Dominik Hrbatý 4 6 77 63 3 6

Switzerland 3	FEVI, Locarno, Switzerland[8] 19–21 September 1997 Carpet (indoors)		South Korea 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Marc Rosset Lee Hyung-taik 6 3 77 62 77 64       2 Ivo Heuberger Yoon Yong-il 6 3 6 3 6 4       3 Lorenzo Manta / Marc Rosset Lee Hyung-taik / Yoon Yong-il 77 65 77 65 6 4       4 Lorenzo Manta Yoon Yong-il 4 6 3 6         5 Ivo Heuberger Lee Hyung-taik 5 7 2 6

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