1979 Davis Cup Europe Zone


The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1979 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 1978 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.
Italy defeated Great Britain in the Zone A final, and Czechoslovakia defeated Sweden in the Zone B final, resulting in both Italy and Czechoslovakia progressing to the Inter-Zonal Zone.

Zone A

Preliminary rounds

First round

Finland vs. Morocco
Greece vs. Denmark
Egypt vs. Portugal
'''Monaco vs. Soviet Union'''

Qualifying round

Poland vs. Finland
Italy vs. Denmark
Austria vs. Egypt
'''Spain vs. Soviet Union'''

Main draw

Quarterfinals

Poland vs. Italy
'''Austria vs. Spain'''

Semifinals

Italy vs. Hungary
'''Great Britain vs. Spain'''

Final

'''Italy vs. Great Britain'''

Zone B

Pre-qualifying round

Results

'''Turkey vs. Iran'''

Preliminary rounds

First round

Netherlands vs. Norway
Switzerland vs. Iran
'''Belgium vs. Ireland'''

Qualifying round

Netherlands vs. France
Switzerland vs. Yugoslavia
West Germany vs. Israel
'''Belgium vs. Romania'''

Main draw

Quarterfinals

France vs. Switzerland
'''Romania vs. West Germany'''

Semifinals

France vs. Czechoslovakia
'''Romania vs. Sweden'''

Final

'''Czechoslovakia vs. Sweden'''