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The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1981 Davis Cup.

23 teams entered the Europe Zone in total, split across two sub-zones. With the introduction of a new tiered format, the previous year's sub-zonal semifinalists bypassed Zonal competition and qualified directly for the new 16-team World Group. The remaining teams would now compete for two places in the following year's World Group.[1][2][3]

Spain defeated Hungary in the Zone A final, and the Soviet Union defeated the Netherlands in the Zone B final, resulting in both Spain and the Soviet Union being promoted to the 1982 World Group.[4][5]

Participating nations

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Zone A

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Draw

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First round
8–10 May		Quarterfinals
12-14 June		Semifinals
10-12 July		Final
18-20 September
 Spain
Algiers, Algeria (clay)
bye
 Spain5
 Algeria0
 Zimbabwe
Lleida, Spain (clay)
 Algeriaw/o
 Spain5
 Monaco0
 Poland
Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)
bye
 Poland2
Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)
 Monaco3
 Morocco1
Avilés, Spain (clay)
 Monaco3
 Spain3
 Hungary2
 Hungary
Cairo, Egypt (clay)
bye
 Hungary4
Cairo, Egypt (clay)
 Egypt1
 Egypt5
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
 Greece0
 Hungary3
 Israel2
 Yugoslavia
Skopje, Yugoslavia (clay)
bye
 Yugoslavia1
 Israel4
bye
 Israel

First round

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Monaco vs. Morocco

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Monaco
3 		Monte Carlo, Monaco[6]
8–10 May 1981
Clay
Morocco
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Monaco
Morocco 		Bernard Balleret
Mustapha Dislam 		6
4 		1
6 		6
4 		6
1 		   
2 Monaco
Morocco 		Louis Borfiga
Mohammed Dlimi 		6
8 		6
2 		6
8 		5
7 		   
3 Monaco
Morocco 		Bernard Balleret / Michel Borfiga
Mohammed Dlimi / Houcine Saber 		13
11 		8
6 		6
4 		     
4 Monaco
Morocco 		Louis Borfiga
Mustapha Dislam 		2
6 		6
4 		1
6 		7
5 		6
1 		 
5 Monaco
Morocco 		Bernard Balleret
Mohammed Dlimi 		3
6 		5
2 		      not
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Egypt vs. Greece

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Egypt
5 		Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt[7]
8–10 May 1981
Clay
Greece
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Egypt
Greece 		Tarek-Shawki El Sakka
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 		6
4 		6
3 		6
8 		6
2 		   
2 Egypt
Greece 		Ismail El Shafei
George Kalovelonis 		6
4 		6
4 		6
4 		     
3 Egypt
Greece 		Tarek-Shawki El Sakka / Ismail El Shafei
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos / George Kalovelonis 		6
3 		6
4 		3
6 		6
3 		   
4 Egypt
Greece 		Tarek-Shawki El Sakka
George Kalovelonis 		11
9 		7
5 		       
5 Egypt
Greece 		Ismail El Shafei
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 		6
1 		6
3 		       

Quarterfinals

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Algeria vs. Spain

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Algeria
0 		Tennis Club Bachdjarah, Algiers, Algeria[8]
12-14 June 1981
Clay
Spain
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Algeria
Spain 		Yassine Amier
José García Requena 		1
6 		2
6 		0
6 		     
2 Algeria
Spain 		Djamel Boudjemline
José López-Maeso 		6
8 		1
6 		1
6 		     
3 Algeria
Spain 		Yassine Amier / Djamel Boudjemline
José López-Maeso / Miguel Mir 		4
6 		1
6 		6
8 		     
4 Algeria
Spain 		Djamel Boudjemline
José García Requena 		3
6 		1
6 		6
8 		     
5 Algeria
Spain 		Yassine Amier
Sergio Casal 		0
6 		4
6 		0
6 		     

Monaco vs. Poland

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Monaco
3 		Monte Carlo, Monaco[9]
12–14 June 1981
Clay
Poland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Monaco
Poland 		Bernard Balleret
Tadeusz Nowicki 		2
6 		6
3 		7
5 		3
6 		6
4 		 
2 Monaco
Poland 		Louis Borfiga
Czesław Dobrowolski 		5
7 		6
1 		2
6 		6
1 		6
0 		 
3 Monaco
Poland 		Bernard Balleret / Louis Borfiga
Henryk Drzymalski / Tadeusz Nowicki 		2
6 		5
7 		1
6 		     
4 Monaco
Poland 		Louis Borfiga
Tadeusz Nowicki 		8
6 		2
6 		0
6 		4
6 		   
5 Monaco
Poland 		Bernard Balleret
Czesław Dobrowolski 		2
6 		9
7 		6
3 		6
1 		   

Egypt vs. Hungary

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Egypt
1 		Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt[10]
12–14 June 1981
Clay
Hungary
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Egypt
Hungary 		Tarek-Shawki El Sakka
Róbert Machán 		3
6 		1
6 		5
7 		     
2 Egypt
Hungary 		Ismail El Shafei
Balázs Taróczy 		7
9 		4
6 		4
6 		     
3 Egypt
Hungary 		Tarek-Shawki El Sakka / Ismail El Shafei
Péter Szőke / Balázs Taróczy 		4
6 		6
8 		4
6 		     
4 Egypt
Hungary 		Khaled Baligh
Róbert Machán 		1
6 		1
6 		       
5 Egypt
Hungary 		Tarek-Shawki El Sakka
János Benyik 		3
6 		6
1 		6
3 		     

Yugoslavia vs. Israel

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Yugoslavia
1 		Tennis Club Jug, Skopje, Yugoslavia[11]
12–14 June 1981
Clay
Israel
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Israel 		Zoltan Ilin
Shlomo Glickstein 		1
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Israel 		Slobodan Živojinović
David Schneider 		4
6 		4
6 		8
10 		     
3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Israel 		Dragan Savić / Slobodan Živojinović
Shlomo Glickstein / David Schneider 		3
6 		4
6 		5
7 		     
4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Israel 		Zoltan Ilin
Shahar Perkiss 		6
3 		6
2 		3
6 		3
6 		6
0 		 
5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Israel 		Branko Horvat
Shlomo Glickstein 		6
3 		2
6 		1
6 		2
6 		   

Semifinals

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Spain vs. Monaco

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Spain
5 		Club Tennis Lleida, Lleida, Spain[12]
10-12 July 1981
Clay
Monaco
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Spain
Monaco 		Ángel Giménez
Bernard Balleret 		6
3 		6
4 		6
1 		     
2 Spain
Monaco 		Fernando Luna
Louis Borfiga 		6
0 		6
1 		6
2 		     
3 Spain
Monaco 		Sergio Casal / José López-Maeso
Bernard Balleret / Michel Borfiga 		7
5 		6
1 		6
1 		     
4 Spain
Monaco 		José López-Maeso
Louis Borfiga 		6
2 		6
4 		6
0 		     
5 Spain
Monaco 		Fernando Luna
Jacques Vinciléoni 		6
1 		6
4 		       

Israel vs. Hungary

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Israel
2 		Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel[13]
10-12 July 1981
Hard
Hungary
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Israel
Hungary 		David Schneider
Róbert Machán 		6
3 		2
6 		2
6 		8
6 		5
7 		 
2 Israel
Hungary 		Shlomo Glickstein
Balázs Taróczy 		7
9 		6
1 		6
3 		6
1 		   
3 Israel
Hungary 		Shlomo Glickstein / David Schneider
Péter Szőke / Balázs Taróczy 		6
3 		7
9 		6
3 		4
6 		4
6 		 
4 Israel
Hungary 		David Schneider
Balázs Taróczy 		3
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     
5 Israel
Hungary 		Shlomo Glickstein
Róbert Machán 		6
0 		6
4 		       

Final

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Spain vs. Hungary

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Spain
3 		Club de Tenis Avilés, Avilés, Spain[4]
18-20 September 1981
Clay
Hungary
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Spain
Hungary 		Fernando Luna
Balázs Taróczy 		4
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
2 Spain
Hungary 		José López-Maeso
Róbert Machán 		6
1 		4
6 		6
1 		9
7 		   
3 Spain
Hungary 		Sergio Casal / Ángel Giménez
Péter Szőke / Balázs Taróczy 		4
6 		8
6 		10
8 		6
3 		   
4 Spain
Hungary 		José López-Maeso
Balázs Taróczy 		6
3 		1
6 		5
7 		3
6 		   
5 Spain
Hungary 		Fernando Luna
Róbert Machán 		3
6 		10
8 		6
0 		6
2 		   

Zone B

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Draw

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First round
8–10 May		Quarterfinals
12–14 June		Semifinals
9–11 July		Final
25–27 September
 Austria
Salzburg, Austria (clay)
bye
 Austria3
Aarhus, Denmark (clay)
 Denmark2
 Denmark5
Pörtschach, Austria (clay)
 Portugal0
 Austria0
 Soviet Union4
 Soviet Union
Jūrmala, Soviet Union (clay)
bye
 Soviet Union4
 Belgium1
 Belgiumw/o
Jūrmala, Soviet Union (clay)
 Turkey
 Soviet Union5
 Netherlands0
 Finland
Helsinki, Finland (clay)
bye
 Finland3
Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg (clay)
 Bulgaria2
 Luxembourg0
Helsinki, Finland (clay)
 Bulgaria5
 Finland0
 Netherlands5
 Netherlands
Eindhoven, Netherlands (clay)
bye
 Netherlands4
Oslo, Norway (clay)
 Ireland1
 Norway2
 Ireland3

First round

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Denmark vs. Portugal

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Denmark
5 		Aarhus, Denmark[14]
8–10 May 1981
Clay
Portugal
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Denmark
Portugal 		Peter Bastiansen
Miguel Soares 		6
2 		6
0 		6
2 		     
2 Denmark
Portugal 		Michael Mortensen
José Manuel Cordeiro 		4
6 		6
4 		6
0 		4
6 		10
8 		 
3 Denmark
Portugal 		Peter Bastiansen / Michael Mortensen
José Manuel Cordeiro / Pedro Cordeiro 		6
1 		11
9 		6
4 		     
4 Denmark
Portugal 		Peter Bastiansen
José Manuel Cordeiro 		6
0 		6
1 		6
0 		     
5 Denmark
Portugal 		Michael Mortensen
Miguel Soares 		6
3 		6
1 		6
0 		     

Luxembourg vs. Bulgaria

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Luxembourg
0 		Tennis Club de Mondorf, Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg[15]
8–10 May 1981
Clay
Bulgaria
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Luxembourg
Bulgaria 		Anatol Navrotchi
Julian Stamatov 		1
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
2 Luxembourg
Bulgaria 		Johny Goudenbour
Bozhidar Pampoulov 		6
8 		2
6 		2
6 		     
3 Luxembourg
Bulgaria 		Johny Goudenbour / Anatol Navrotchi
Bozhidar Pampoulov / Matei Pampoulov 		2
6 		3
6 		9
11 		     
4 Luxembourg
Bulgaria 		Johny Goudenbour
Julian Stamatov 		6
8 		5
7 		2
6 		     
5 Luxembourg
Bulgaria 		Fernand Claude
Matei Pampoulov 		5
7 		0
6 		1
6 		     

Norway vs. Ireland

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Norway
2 		Oslo Tennisklubb, Oslo, Norway[16]
8–10 May 1981
Clay
Ireland
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Norway
Republic of Ireland 		Per Hegna
Peter Hannon 		6
3 		6
1 		6
4 		     
2 Norway
Republic of Ireland 		Thomas Randby
Matt Doyle 		2
6 		3
6 		0
6 		     
3 Norway
Republic of Ireland 		Per Hegna / Bjørn Naume
Matt Doyle / Sean Sorensen 		1
6 		0
6 		2
6 		     
4 Norway
Republic of Ireland 		Per Hegna
Matt Doyle 		2
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
5 Norway
Republic of Ireland 		Thomas Randby
Peter Hannon 		3
6 		6
3 		2
6 		7
5 		6
2 		 

Quarterfinals

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Austria vs. Denmark

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Austria
3 		Salzburg, Austria[17]
12–14 June 1981
Clay
Denmark
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Austria
Denmark 		Peter Feigl
Michael Mortensen 		6
3 		10
8 		6
3 		     
2 Austria
Denmark 		Hans Kary
Peter Bastiansen 		4
6 		6
3 		6
2 		6
1 		   
3 Austria
Denmark 		Peter Feigl / Hans Kary
Peter Bastiansen / Michael Mortensen 		6
3 		6
4 		1
6 		6
1 		   
4 Austria
Denmark 		Robert Reininger
Michael Mortensen 		3
6 		4
6 		3
6 		     
5 Austria
Denmark 		Peter Feigl
Peter Bastiansen 		4
6 		6
2 		4
6 		5
7 		   

Soviet Union vs. Belgium

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Soviet Union
4 		Jūrmala, Soviet Union[18]
12–14 June 1981
Clay
Belgium
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Soviet Union
Belgium 		Konstantin Pugaev
Bernard Boileau 		4
6 		6
4 		6
4 		6
1 		   
2 Soviet Union
Belgium 		Vadim Borisov
Thierry Stevaux 		2
6 		6
4 		6
2 		4
6 		6
3 		 
3 Soviet Union
Belgium 		Vadim Borisov / Konstantin Pugaev
Bernard Boileau / Alain Brichant 		6
4 		7
9 		1
6 		4
6 		   
4 Soviet Union
Belgium 		Konstantin Pugaev
Thierry Stevaux 		5
7 		3
6 		6
4 		6
0 		6
4 		 
5 Soviet Union
Belgium 		Alexander Zverev
Alain Brichant 		6
1 		6
2 		6
4 		     

Finland vs. Bulgaria

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Finland
3 		Helsinki, Finland[19]
12–14 June 1981
Clay
Bulgaria
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Finland
Bulgaria 		Leo Palin
Lyubomir Petrov 		6
1 		6
2 		6
0 		     
2 Finland
Bulgaria 		Matti Timonen
Julian Stamatov 		8
10 		6
1 		6
2 		5
7 		0
6 		 
3 Finland
Bulgaria 		Joakim Berner / Leo Palin
Lyubomir Petrov / Julian Stamatov 		7
5 		6
1 		3
6 		5
7 		0
6 		 
4 Finland
Bulgaria 		Leo Palin
Julian Stamatov 		9
11 		6
2 		6
1 		6
0 		   
5 Finland
Bulgaria 		Matti Timonen
Lyubomir Petrov 		6
3 		6
2 		4
6 		3
6 		6
0 		 

Netherlands vs. Ireland

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Netherlands
4 		Eindhoven, Netherlands[20]
12–14 June 1981
Clay
Ireland
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Netherlands
Republic of Ireland 		Louk Sanders
Matt Doyle 		8
6 		2
6 		2
6 		6
2 		6
2 		 
2 Netherlands
Republic of Ireland 		Eric Wilborts
Sean Sorensen 		4
6 		7
5 		6
4 		6
1 		   
3 Netherlands
Republic of Ireland 		Marc Albert / Huub van Boeckel
Matt Doyle / Sean Sorensen 		3
6 		6
4 		1
6 		2
6 		   
4 Netherlands
Republic of Ireland 		Eric Wilborts
Matt Doyle 		6
4 		6
8 		12
10 		6
4 		   
5 Netherlands
Republic of Ireland 		Louk Sanders
Sean Sorensen 		6
3 		6
2 		       

Semifinals

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Austria vs. Soviet Union

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Austria
0 		Werzer Arena, Pörtschach, Austria[21]
9–11 July 1981
Clay
Soviet Union
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Austria
Soviet Union 		Hans Kary
Konstantin Pugaev 		4
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     
2 Austria
Soviet Union 		Ingo Wimmer
Vadim Borisov 		6
8 		4
6 		4
6 		     
3 Austria
Soviet Union 		Hans Kary / Bernhard Pils
Vadim Borisov / Sergey Leonyuk 		4
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
4 Austria
Soviet Union 		Ingo Wimmer
Konstantin Pugaev 		4
6 		2
6 		6
3 		3
6 		   
5 Austria
Soviet Union 		Hans Kary
Vadim Borisov 		           

Finland vs. Netherlands

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Finland
0 		Helsinki, Finland[22]
9–11 July 1981
Clay
Netherlands
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Finland
Netherlands 		Kimmo Alkio
Louk Sanders 		3
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
2 Finland
Netherlands 		Matti Timonen
Eric Wilborts 		2
6 		2
6 		7
9 		     
3 Finland
Netherlands 		George Berner / Leo Palin
Marc Albert / Huub van Boeckel 		5
7 		5
7 		2
6 		     
4 Finland
Netherlands 		Matti Timonen
Louk Sanders 		6
4 		3
6 		5
7 		4
6 		   
5 Finland
Netherlands 		Kimmo Alkio
Eric Wilborts 		6
3 		6
2 		0
6 		2
6 		4
6 		 

Final

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Soviet Union vs. Netherlands

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Soviet Union
5 		Jūrmala, Soviet Union[5]
25–27 September 1981
Clay
Netherlands
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Soviet Union
Netherlands 		Vadim Borisov
Eric Wilborts 		7
5 		4
6 		6
1 		6
3 		   
2 Soviet Union
Netherlands 		Alexander Zverev
Louk Sanders 		6
4 		7
9 		1
6 		9
7 		6
3 		 
3 Soviet Union
Netherlands 		Vadim Borisov / Konstantin Pugaev
Marc Albert / Tom Okker 		6
4 		6
4 		6
2 		     
4 Soviet Union
Netherlands 		Sergey Leonyuk
Marc Albert 		4
6 		9
7 		6
4 		4
6 		6
4 		 
5 Soviet Union
Netherlands 		Alexander Zverev
Eric Wilborts 		6
1 		6
3 		       

References

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  1. ^ "ITF Events - Davis Cup". itftennis.com. International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Davis Cup History". daviscup.com. Archived from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  3. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  4. ^ a b "Spain v Hungary". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ a b "Soviet Union v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Monaco v Morocco". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Egypt v Greece". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Algeria v Spain". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Monaco v Poland". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Egypt v Hungary". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Yugoslavia v Israel". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Spain v Monaco". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Israel v Hungary". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Denmark v Portugal". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "Luxembourg v Bulgaria". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Norway v Ireland". daviscup.com.
  17. ^ "Austria v Denmark". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ "Soviet Union v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  19. ^ "Finland v Bulgaria". daviscup.com.
  20. ^ "Netherlands v Ireland". daviscup.com.
  21. ^ "Austria v Soviet Union". daviscup.com.
  22. ^ "Finland v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
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