title: 2004 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I
text: # 2004 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I
  
  The European and African Zone was one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2005.
  
  In the European and African Zone there were four different groups in which teams competed against each other to advance to the next group.
  
  ## Participating teams
  
  * Belgium
  * Finland
  * Germany
  * Great Britain
  * Greece
  * Israel
  * Luxembourg
  * Slovakia
  * South Africa
  * Zimbabwe
  
  ## Draw
  
  | Second round Play-offs | Second round Play-offs | Second round Play-offs | First round Play-offs | First round Play-offs | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | | | S | Germany | | | | |
  | | | | | | S | Germany | | Alsdorf, Germany (indoor hard) | Alsdorf, Germany (indoor hard) | Alsdorf, Germany (indoor hard) |
  | | | | | | | bye | | Alsdorf, Germany (indoor hard) | Alsdorf, Germany (indoor hard) | Alsdorf, Germany (indoor hard) |
  | | | | Israel | Israel | | bye | | S | Germany | 5 |
  | | | | bye | bye | | | | | Israel | 0 |
  | | | | bye | bye | Israel | Israel | | | Israel | 0 |
  | Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) | Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) | Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) | | | Israel | Israel | | | | |
  | Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) | Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) | Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) | | | bye | bye | | | | |
  | Israel | Israel | 3 | | | bye | bye | | | | |
  | Finland | Finland | 2 | | | | | | | | |
  | Finland | Finland | 2 | | | S | Great Britain | | | | |
  | | | | | | S | Great Britain | | Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard) | Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard) |
  | | | | | | | bye | | Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard) | Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard) |
  | | | | bye | bye | | bye | | S | Great Britain | 4 |
  | | | | bye | bye | Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard) | Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard) | Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard) | S | Great Britain | 4 |
  | | | | Finland | Finland | Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard) | Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard) | Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard) | | Luxembourg | 1 |
  | | | | Finland | Finland | Finland | Finland | 1 | | Luxembourg | 1 |
  | | | | | | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 4 | | |
  | | | | | | Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard) | Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard) | Harare, Zimbabwe (indoor hard) | | | |
  | | | | | | Greece | Greece | 2 | | |
  | | | | | | Greece | Greece | 2 | Tournai, Belgium (indoor clay) | Tournai, Belgium (indoor clay) | Tournai, Belgium (indoor clay) |
  | | | | | | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 3 | Tournai, Belgium (indoor clay) | Tournai, Belgium (indoor clay) | Tournai, Belgium (indoor clay) |
  | | | | Greece | Greece | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 3 | | Zimbabwe | 1 |
  | | | | bye | bye | | | | S | Belgium | 4 |
  | | | | bye | bye | | bye | | S | Belgium | 4 |
  | Pretoria, South Africa (hard) | Pretoria, South Africa (hard) | Pretoria, South Africa (hard) | | | | bye | | | | |
  | Pretoria, South Africa (hard) | Pretoria, South Africa (hard) | Pretoria, South Africa (hard) | | | S | Belgium | | | | |
  | Greece | Greece | 1 | | | S | Belgium | | | | |
  | South Africa | South Africa | 4 | | | | | | | | |
  | South Africa | South Africa | 4 | | | bye | bye | | | | |
  | | | | | | bye | bye | | Johannesburg, South Africa (grass) | Johannesburg, South Africa (grass) |
  | | | | | | South Africa | South Africa | | Johannesburg, South Africa (grass) | Johannesburg, South Africa (grass) |
  | | | | bye | bye | South Africa | South Africa | | | South Africa | 2 |
  | | | | South Africa | South Africa | | | | S | Slovakia | 3 |
  | | | | South Africa | South Africa | | bye | | S | Slovakia | 3 |
  | | | | | | S | Slovakia | | | | |
  
  * Finland and Greece relegated to Group II in 2005.
  * Germany, Great Britain, Belgium, and Slovakia advance to World Group Play-off.
  
  ## Second round matches
  
  ### Great Britain vs. Luxembourg
  
  | Great Britain 4 | National Tennis Centre, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg 9–11 April 2004 hard (outdoor) | National Tennis Centre, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg 9–11 April 2004 hard (outdoor) | Luxembourg 1 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 4 5 1 Arvind Parmar Gilles Müller 6 4 5 7 6 3 4 6 4 6   2 Tim Henman Gilles Kremer 6 3 6 3 6 2       3 Tim Henman / Greg Rusedski Gilles Müller / Mike Scheidweiler 6 4 $7^9$ $6^7$ 6 3       4 Tim Henman Gilles Müller $7^7$ $6^2$ 6 2 6 1       5 Greg Rusedski Mike Scheidweiler 6 3 $7^7$ $6^5$ ||||
  