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The Davis Cup is the most crucial championship between the national teams in men’s tennis. The 1956 Davis Cup was the 45th edition of the tournament. 32 teams took part in the competition. 24 were from the Europe Zone, 5 from the Americas Zone and 3 from the Eastern Zone. Sweden at the 1956 Davis Cup took part from the Europe Zone.
Performance of Sweden at the 1956 Davis Cup
Sweden at the 1956 Davis Cup got a bye in the first round. In the second round, Sweden had to face Norway. The matches were arranged at Oslo in Norway on clay courts. The dates were from 10 May to 15 May. Sweden defeated Norway 5-0. Next, the quarter final was against Belgium. The matches were scheduled at Brussels in Belgium from 31 May to 4 June. Sweden defeated Belgium 4-1. The semi final was against Great Britain. The matches were held at Stockholm in Sweden. The dates were from 15 July to 17 July. Sweden defeated Great Britain by 4-1. In the final, Sweden had to face Italy. The matches were to be held in Bastad in Sweden on clay courts. The final was to be held from 20 July to 22 July. Sweden lost to Italy 0-5.
Here’s a summary of the performance of Sweden at the 1956 Davis Cup
Sweden at the 1956 Davis Cup was very lucky to get a bye in the first round. In the second round, Sweden literally crushed Norway by winning all the five matches. In the quarter final, Sweden defeated Belgium by a good margin. In the semi final, Sweden defeated Great Britain by the same handsome margin it had defeated Belgium. However, in the final Sweden was comprehensively defeated by Italy. Sweden could not win a single match against Italy. There was a very disastrous end to a very good run to the final. It was expected that Sweden might just put up some fight against Italy. But this expectation was not met.
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