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Group I and Group II played knockout tournaments. Group III and IV played round-robin tournaments with promotion and relegation. The finals took place from 1st to 3rd December at Moscow, Russia. Morocco at the 2006 Davis Cup competed in Group I of Europe/Africa Zone. Morocco’s team included following players:
- Mehdi Tahiri
- Mounir El Aarej
- Paul Capdeville
- Rabie Chaki
- Mehdi Ziadi
Countries at the 2006 Davis Cup
Many countries sent their players to participate in Group I of Europe/Africa Zone. The players were from Belgium, Czech Republic, Great Britain, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Morocco, Portugal, Ukraine and Serbia and Montenegro. Morocco’s players could not perform well.
Participation and Performance of Morocco in the 2006 Davis Cup
The matches in the 2nd round Play-offs were played from 22nd to 24th September. Morocco played the matches against Portugal at Marrakech, Morocco. Morocco was able to win 2 matches. Portugal won 3 matches. The 1st round Play-off matches were played from 21st to 23rd July. Morocco received ‘Bye’ from the opponent team. Hence Morocco directly qualified for the 1st round. The first round matches were played from 10th to 12th February. Morocco again received ‘Bye’ from the opponent team. The matches in the 2nd round were played from 7th to 9th April. Morocco played the matches against Czech Republic at Oujda, Morocco. Morocco’s players showed poor performance. Tomas Zib from Czech Republic defeated Morocco’s Mounir El Aarej by 2-6, 6-1, 7-5 and 6-4. Tomas Berdych from Czech Republic defeated Morocco’s Mehdi Tahiri by 6-3, 6-1 and 6-2. Pair of Czech Republic, Tomas Berdych and Lukas Dlouhy defeated Morocco’s pair, Talal Ouahabi and Mehdi Ziadi by 6-3, 6-2 and 6-3. Lukas Dlouhy defeated Mehdi Ziadi by 6-2, 6-1. Tomas Zib defeated Mehdi Tahiri by 6-4, 7-5. Thus, Morocco lost all five matches against Czech Republic.
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