1978 Davis Cup Europe Zone


The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1978 Davis Cup.
29 teams entered the Europe Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones. 25 teams entered the competition in the qualifying round, competing for 4 places in each sub-zone's main draw to join the 4 finalists from the 1977 Europe Zone. The winners of each sub-zone's main draw went on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the Americas Zone and Eastern Zone.
Great Britain defeated Czechoslovakia in the Zone A final, and Sweden defeated Hungary in the Zone B final, resulting in both Great Britain and Sweden progressing to the Inter-Zonal Zone.

Zone A

Preliminary rounds

First round

Monaco vs. Luxembourg
Israel vs. Finland
Netherlands vs. Greece
'''Algeria vs. Iran'''

Qualifying round

Monaco vs. Great Britain
Israel vs. Austria
Czechoslovakia vs. Netherlands
'''Poland vs. Iran'''

Main draw

Quarterfinals

Great Britain vs. Austria
'''Czechoslovakia vs. Poland'''

Semifinals

France vs. Great Britain
'''Czechoslovakia vs. Romania'''

Final

'''Great Britain vs. Czechoslovakia'''

Zone B

Pre-qualifying round

Results

'''Morocco vs. Turkey'''

Preliminary rounds

First round

Morocco vs. Norway
Ireland vs. Portugal
Belgium vs. Denmark
'''Switzerland vs. Egypt'''

Qualifying round

Morocco vs. Yugoslavia
Ireland vs. Sweden
Hungary vs. Belgium
'''Switzerland vs. West Germany'''

Main draw

Quarterfinals

Yugoslavia vs. Sweden
'''Hungary vs. West Germany'''

Semifinals

Sweden vs. Spain
'''Hungary vs. Italy'''

Final

'''Sweden vs. Hungary'''