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The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2006.

In the Europe/Africa Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. The Group IV tournament was held July 19–23, in Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta, on outdoor hard courts.

Format

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Senegal withdrew from the tournament. The seven remaining teams were split into two groups and played in a round-robin format. The top two teams of each group were promoted to the Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2007. They were placed in the promotion pool to determine places 1–4. The remaining teams in each group from the preliminary round were placed in a second pool to determine places 5–7.

Pool A

	Pool A	ISL	SMR	MLT	UGA
1	Iceland (3–0)		2–1	2–1	2–1
2	San Marino (2–1)	1–2		2–1	2–1
3	Malta (1–2)	1–2	1–2		2–1
4	Uganda (0–3)	1–2	1–2	1–2

Iceland vs. San Marino

Iceland 2	Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta 19 July 2006 Hard		San Marino 1
1 2 3 1 Andri Jonsson Domenico Vicini 1 6 5 7     2 Arnar Sigurðsson Diego Zonzini 6 4 6 2     3 Andri Jonsson / Arnar Sigurðsson Christian Rosti / Domenico Vicini 2 6 6 1 6 2

Pool B

	Pool B	MRI	MAD	AZE
1	Mauritius (2–0)		2–1	2–1
2	Madagascar (1–1)	1–2		3–0
3	Azerbaijan (0–2)	1–2	0–3

Madagascar vs. Mauritius

Madagascar 1	Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta 20 July 2006 Hard		Mauritius 2
1 2 3 1 Thierry Rajaobelina Kamil Patel 5 7 6 0 6 1   2 Jacob Rasolondrazana Bruno Gorayah 3 6 6 4 4 6   3 Thierry Rajaobelina / Antso Rakotondramanga Bruno Gorayah / Kamil Patel 6 7 2 6

Promotion pool

The top two teams from each of Pools A and B advanced to the Promotion pool. Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward.

(scores in italics carried over from Groups)

	1st–4th Play-off	MRI	MAD	ISL	SMR
1	Mauritius (3–0)		2–1	2–1	1–2
2	Madagascar (2–1)	1–2		2–1	2–1
3	Iceland (1–2)	1–2	1–2		2–1
4	San Marino (0–3)	2–1	1–2	1–2

Mauritius, Madagascar, Iceland, and San Marino promoted to Group III in 2007.

Placement pool

The bottom two teams from Pool A and the bottom team from Pool B were placed in the placement pool to determine places 5–7. Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward.

(scores in italics carried over from Groups)

	5th–7th Play-off	MLT	AZE	UGA
1	Malta (2–0)		2–1	2–1
2	Azerbaijan (1–1)	1–2		3–0
3	Uganda (0–2)	1–2	0–3

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	Mauritius
2	Madagascar
3	Iceland
4	San Marino
5	Malta
6	Azerbaijan
7	Uganda

•  Mauritius,  Madagascar,  Iceland, and  San Marino promoted to Group III in 2007.
•  Senegal withdrew from the tournament.

References

1. "Davis Cup – Draws & Results".
2. "Iceland v San Marino". daviscup.com.
3. "Madagascar v Mauritius". daviscup.com.

• Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone
• 2006 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone