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Brunei at the 2000 Davis Cup

Introduction

Davis cup is largest international team event in men’s tennis. Davis cup is run by international tennis federation and is contested between the teams of competing countries in the knock out format. Every year, 16 countries compete for Davis cup as a part of elite world group and the other nations are divided in regional zones which are further divided into four groups.The 2000 Davis Cup was the 89th edition of the tournament, 16 teams competed in the World Group and the total was 135 teams including other groups. Out of these 58 were in the Europe Zone, 30 in the Asia Zone and 30 in the American Zone.

 
Brunei at the 2000 Davis Cup took part in Asia/Oceania Zone group IV. 5th to 6th February saw the first round matches while the final took place from 8th to 10th December at the Palau Sant Jordi stadium, Barcelona, Spain. Brunei at the 2000 Davis Cup competed in the Asia/Oceania zone. Brunei was included in the group IV. The team of Brunei at the Cup was as follows:
  • Ismasufian Ibhrahim
  • Lee-Loong Wong
  • Sharill Teo
  • Hardiyamin Baharuddin
Countries at the 2000 Davis Cup

The countries that participated in the Davis Cup along with Brunei in the group IV of the Asia/Oceania zone were as follows: Bahrain, Fiji, Jordan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates.

Participation and Performance of Brunei in the 2000 Davis Cup

The first set of matches at the Davis Cup that Brunei played was against Jordan. These games were held at the Al-Hussein Sports City Amman, Jordan on 24th April 2000. Brunei players tried their best but out of the total 3 matches that Brunei played against Jordan, 2 were won by the Jordan players while 1 was won by Brunei’s players. Brunei faced the talented players from Saudi Arabia in the match played on 26 April 2000, in this match Brunei lost all the 3 events played. Brunei was once again defeated in all 3 events played, this time it was United Arab Emirates who defeated Brunei in match played on 27 April 2000. The same thing was repeated in the match played on 28 April 2000; here Brunei was defeated by Fiji in all three events played. Brunei continued its losing spree in the match played on 29 April 2000; Brunei was defeated in all 3 events by Bahrain. Nothing new happened in the last match played on 30 April 2000, this time Oman defeated Brunei in all 3 events played.

Here’s a summary of the performance of Brunei at the 2000 Davis Cup
On the whole, performance of Brunei at the 2000 Davis Cup was average.


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