2017 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III

The Europe Zone was one of the four zones within Group 3 of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2017. The zone's competition was held in round robin format in Sozopol, Bulgaria, in April 2017. The two winning groups advanced to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2018.

Participating nations

Draw

Date: 5–8 April 2017

Location: Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria (hard)

Format: Round-robin basis. One pool of three teams (Pool A) and three pools of four teams (Pools B, C and D). The winners of each pool play-off against each other to determine which two nations are promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2018.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 20 February 2017 (shown in parentheses below).

* Tie broken by drawing of lot.

Pool A

		BUL	GRE	ARM	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
50	Bulgaria		3–0	3–0	2–0	12–1 (92%)	79–36 (69%)	1
97	Greece	0–3		3–0	1–1	7–7 (50%)	64–53 (55%)	2
119	Armenia	0–3	0–3		0–2	1–12 (8%)	23–77 (23%)	3

Pool B

		MKD	MDA	MLT	ISL	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
88	Macedonia		2–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	16–4 (80%)	111–70 (61%)	1
61	Moldova	1–2		2–1	1–2	1–2	9–11 (45%)	76–90 (46%)	2
102	Malta	1–2	1–2		2–1	1–2	8–12 (40%)	77–94 (45%)	3
116	Iceland	0–3	2–1	1–2		1–2	7–13 (35%)	77–87 (47%)	4

Pool C

		LUX	LIE	ALB	SMR	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
67	Luxembourg		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	18–1 (95%)	115–41 (74%)	1
102	Liechtenstein	0–3		3–0	2–1	2–1	11–9 (55%)	88–84 (51%)	2
125	Albania	0–3	0–3		2–1	1–2	3–16 (16%)	59–106 (36%)	3
114	San Marino	0–3	1–2	1–2		0–3	7–15 (32%)	86–117 (42%)	4

Pool D

		IRL	MNE	AND	KOS	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
79	Ireland		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	17–2 (89%)	110–35 (76%)	1
92	Montenegro	1–2		2–1	3–0	2–1	12–5 (71%)	90–71 (56%)	2
113	Andorra	0–3	1–2		3–0	1–2	8–11 (42%)	75–86 (47%)	3
128	Kosovo	0–3	0–3	0–3		0–3	1–18 (5%)	28–111 (20%)	4

Playoffs

Placing A Team Score D Team Promotional  Bulgaria 1–2  Ireland 5th–8th  Greece 1–2  Montenegro 9th–12th  Armenia 2–1  Andorra 13th–15th N/A  Kosovo

Placing B Team Score C Team Promotional  Macedonia 1–2  Luxembourg 5th–8th  Moldova 2–1  Liechtenstein 9th–12th  Malta 2–1  Albania 13th–15th  Iceland 2–0  San Marino

 Ireland and  Luxembourg promoted to Group II in 2018.

Round robin

Pool A

Bulgaria vs. Armenia

Bulgaria 3	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[1] 6 April 2017 Hard		Armenia 0
1 2 3 1 Dimitar Kuzmanov Mikayel Khachatryan 6 3 77 60     2 Aleksandar Lazov Mikayel Avetisyan 6 0 6 0     3 Tihomir Grozdanov / Alexandar Lazarov Mikayel Khachatryan / Sedrak Khachatryan 6 1 6 2

Greece vs. Armenia

Greece 3	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[2] 6–7 April 2017 Hard		Armenia 0
1 2 3 1 Charalampos Kapogiannis Mikayel Khachatryan 6 0 6 1     2 Ioannis Stergiou Mikayel Avetisyan 6 0 6 0     3 Stamatios Kapiris / Petros Tsitsipas Mikayel Avetisyan / Sedrak Khachatryan 4 6 6 3 6 1

Bulgaria vs. Greece

Bulgaria 3	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[3] 7 April 2017 Hard		Greece 0
1 2 3 1 Dimitar Kuzmanov Charalampos Kapogiannis 66 78 6 2 6 4   2 Aleksandar Lazov Ioannis Stergiou 6 3 6 4     3 Tihomir Grozdanov / Alexandar Lazarov Stamatios Kapiris / Petros Tsitsipas 6 0 6 4

Pool B

Moldova vs. Iceland

Moldova 1	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[4] 6 April 2017 Hard		Iceland 2
1 2 3 1 Dmitrii Baskov Rafn Kumar Bonifacius 3 6 3 6     2 Andrei Șoltoianu Birkir Gunnarsson 6 4 3 6 65 77   3 Dmitrii Baskov / Andrei Ciumac Vladimir Ristic / Egill Sigurðsson 6 1 6 3

Macedonia vs. Malta

Macedonia 2	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[5] 6–7 April 2017 Hard		Malta 1
1 2 3 1 Dimitar Grabul Omar Sudzuka 6 3 6 4     2 Tomislav Jotovski Matthew Asciak 3 6 6 3 2 6   3 Shendrit Deari / Dimitar Grabul Matthew Asciak / Omar Sudzuka 7 5 7 5

Moldova vs. Malta

Moldova 2	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[6] 7 April 2017 Hard		Malta 1
1 2 3 1 Andrei Șoltoianu Matthew Asciak 1 6 1 6     2 Maxim Bulat Denzil Agius 6 0 6 4     3 Dmitrii Baskov / Andrei Ciumac Matthew Asciak / Omar Sudzuka 6 1 6 1

Macedonia vs. Iceland

Macedonia 3	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[7] 7 April 2017 Hard		Iceland 0
1 2 3 1 Dimitar Grabul Rafn Kumar Bonifacius 6 4 6 2     2 Tomislav Jotovski Birkir Gunnarsson 6 0 6 1     3 Shendrit Deari / Gorazd Srbljak Vladimir Ristic / Egill Sigurðsson 6 4 6 2

Moldova vs. Macedonia

Moldova 1	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[8] 7–8 April 2017 Hard		Macedonia 2
1 2 3 1 Maxim Bulat Dimitar Grabul 1 6 1 6     2 Andrei Ciumac Tomislav Jotovski 3 6 2 6     3 Dmitrii Baskov / Andrei Șoltoianu Shendrit Deari / Gorazd Srbljak 5 7 77 64 4 1   retired

Iceland vs. Malta

Iceland 1	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[9] 7–8 April 2017 Hard		Malta 2
1 2 3 1 Rafn Kumar Bonifacius Omar Sudzuka 6 1 6 0     2 Birkir Gunnarsson Matthew Asciak 1 6 2 6     3 Rafn Kumar Bonifacius / Birkir Gunnarsson Matthew Asciak / Omar Sudzuka 64 77 6 2 4 6

Pool C

Luxembourg vs. San Marino

Luxembourg 3	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[10] 6 April 2017 Hard		San Marino 0
1 2 3 1 Ugo Nastasi Pietro Grassi 6 1 6 1     2 Christophe Tholl Marco de Rossi 6 2 77 62     3 Tom Diederich / Ugo Nastasi Marco de Rossi / Pietro Grassi 5 7 6 3 6 3

Liechtenstein vs. Albania

Liechtenstein 3	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[11] 6 April 2017 Hard		Albania 0
1 2 3 1 Timo Kranz Arber Sulstarova 6 3 6 2     2 Vital Flurin Leuch Elbi Mjeshtri 77 65 6 1     3 Robin Forster / Vital Flurin Leuch Elbi Mjeshtri / Genajd Shypheja 6 3 6 2

Luxembourg vs. Albania

Luxembourg 3	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[12] 7 April 2017 Hard		Albania 0
1 2 3 1 Ugo Nastasi Genajd Shypheja 6 0 6 0     2 Alex Knaff Arber Sulstarova 6 2 6 0     3 Tom Diederich / Alex Knaff Elbi Mjeshtri / Genajd Shypheja 6 4 6 0

Liechtenstein vs. San Marino

Liechtenstein 2	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[13] 7 April 2017 Hard		San Marino 1
1 2 3 1 Timo Kranz Pietro Grassi 6 0 6 1     2 Vital Flurin Leuch Marco de Rossi 6 4 2 6 2 6   3 Robin Forster / Timo Kranz Marco de Rossi / Pietro Grassi 6 1 4 6 712 610

Luxembourg vs. Liechtenstein

Luxembourg 3	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[14] 7–8 April 2017 Hard		Liechtenstein 0
1 2 3 1 Ugo Nastasi Timo Kranz 6 0 6 0     2 Christophe Tholl Vital Flurin Leuch 77 65 6 3     3 Tom Diederich / Alex Knaff Robin Forster / Serafin Zund 6 0 6 3

San Marino vs. Albania

San Marino 1	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[15] 7–8 April 2017 Hard		Albania 2
1 2 3 1 Antoine Barbieri Mario Zili 1 6 5 7     2 Marco de Rossi Elbi Mjeshtri 6 3 6 3     3 Antoine Barbieri / Pietro Grassi Elbi Mjeshtri / Genajd Shypheja 6 4 3 6 64 77

Pool D

Ireland vs. Andorra

Ireland 3	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[16] 6 April 2017 Hard		Andorra 0
1 2 3 1 Sam Barry Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier 6 2 6 2     2 James McGee Laurent Recouderc 6 0 6 0     3 Sam Barry / David O'Hare Èric Cervós Noguer / Laurent Recouderc 6 3 6 0

Montenegro vs. Kosovo

Montenegro 3	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[17] 6 April 2017 Hard		Kosovo 0
1 2 3 1 Rrezart Cungu Granit Bajraliu 6 1 6 0     2 Ljubomir Čelebić Hyda Banjska 6 1 6 1     3 Mario Aleksić / Pavle Rogan Burim Bytyqi / Meldin Mustafi 6 1 6 0

Ireland vs. Kosovo

Ireland 3	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[18] 6–7 April 2017 Hard		Kosovo 0
1 2 3 1 Peter Bothwell Granit Bajraliu 6 0 6 2     2 James McGee Hyda Banjska 6 0 6 0     3 Peter Bothwell / David O'Hare Granit Bajraliu / Meldin Mustafi 6 2 6 2

Montenegro vs. Andorra

Montenegro 2	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[19] 6–7 April 2017 Hard		Andorra 1
1 2 3 1 Rrezart Cungu Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier 6 4 6 2     2 Ljubomir Čelebić Laurent Recouderc 77 63 6 4     3 Mario Aleksić / Pavle Rogan Èric Cervós Noguer / Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier 5 7 2 6

Ireland vs. Montenegro

Ireland 2	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[20] 7–8 April 2017 Hard		Montenegro 1
1 2 3 1 Sam Barry Rrezart Cungu 6 0 6 1     2 James McGee Ljubomir Čelebić 5 7 6 2 3 6   3 Sam Barry / David O'Hare Ljubomir Čelebić / Rrezart Cungu 6 2 6 4

Andorra vs. Kosovo

Andorra 3	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[21] 7–8 April 2017 Hard		Kosovo 0
1 2 3 1 Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier Burim Bytyqi 6 1 6 3     2 Laurent Recouderc Granit Bajraliu 6 0 6 1     3 Èric Cervós Noguer / Laurent Recouderc Granit Bajraliu / Hyda Banjska 3 6 6 4 6 3

Playoffs

Promotional playoffs

Bulgaria vs. Ireland

Bulgaria 1	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[22] 8 April 2017 Hard		Ireland 2
1 2 3 1 Dimitar Kuzmanov Sam Barry 4 6 6 3 78 66   2 Aleksandar Lazov James McGee 2 6 6 4 1 6   3 Dimitar Kuzmanov / Aleksandar Lazov Sam Barry / David O'Hare 1 6 66 78

Macedonia vs. Luxembourg

Macedonia 1	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[23] 8 April 2017 Hard		Luxembourg 2
1 2 3 1 Dimitar Grabul Ugo Nastasi 4 6 3 6     2 Tomislav Jotovski Christophe Tholl 6 2 6 2     3 Dimitar Grabul / Tomislav Jotovski Alex Knaff / Ugo Nastasi 5 7 6 4 2 6

5th to 8th place playoffs

Greece vs. Montenegro

Greece 1	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[24] 8 April 2017 Hard		Montenegro 2
1 2 3 1 Charalampos Kapogiannis Pavle Rogan 6 4 6 3     2 Ioannis Stergiou Rrezart Cungu 5 7 0 6     3 Charalampos Kapogiannis / Petros Tsitsipas Ljubomir Čelebić / Rrezart Cungu 5 7 2 6

Moldova vs. Liechtenstein

Moldova 2	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[25] 8 April 2017 Hard		Liechtenstein 1
1 2 3 1 Dmitrii Baskov Timo Kranz 6 4 6 1     2 Maxim Bulat Vital Flurin Leuch 6 0 1 6 2 6   3 Dmitrii Baskov / Andrei Șoltoianu Robin Forster / Vital Flurin Leuch 6 3 3 6 6 2

9th to 12th place playoffs

Armenia vs. Andorra

Armenia 2	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[26] 8 April 2017 Hard		Andorra 1
1 2 3 1 Mikayel Khachatryan Èric Cervós Noguer 6 3 6 1     2 Sedrak Khachatryan Laurent Recouderc 2 6 0 6     3 Mikayel Avetisyan / Mikayel Khachatryan Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier / Laurent Recouderc 6 2 6 3

Malta vs. Albania

Malta 2	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[27] 8 April 2017 Hard		Albania 1
1 2 3 1 Omar Sudzuka Mario Zili 6 1 6 1     2 Denzil Agius Elbi Mjeshtri 2 6 3 6     3 Matthew Asciak / Omar Sudzuka Genajd Shypheja / Arber Sulstarova 6 0 6 1

13th to 14th playoff

Iceland vs. San Marino

Iceland 2	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[28] 8 April 2017 Hard		San Marino 0
1 2 3 1 Rafn Kumar Bonifacius Pietro Grassi 6 0 6 0     2 Birkir Gunnarsson Marco de Rossi 2 1       retired 3 Rafn Kumar Bonifacius / Birkir Gunnarsson Marco de Rossi / Pietro Grassi       not played

References

External links

• Official Website