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2017 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III

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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 edit

Inactive nation edit

Draw edit

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).

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
  1.   Bulgaria (50)
  2.   Moldova (61)
  3.   Luxembourg (67)
  4.   Ireland (79)
  1.   Macedonia (88)
  2.   Montenegro (92)
  3.   Greece (97)
  4.   Liechtenstein (102*)
  1.   Malta (102*)
  2.   Andorra (113)
  3.   San Marino (114)
  4.   Iceland (116)
  5.   Armenia (119)
  6.   Albania (125)
  7.   Kosovo (128)

* Tie broken by drawing of lot.

Pool A edit

  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 edit

  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 edit

  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 edit

  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 edit

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 —   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 edit

Pool A edit

Bulgaria vs. Armenia edit

 
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 edit

 
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 edit

 
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 edit

Moldova vs. Iceland edit

 
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 edit

 
North 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 edit

 
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 edit

 
North 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 edit

 
Moldova
1 		Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[8]
7–8 April 2017
Hard 		 
North 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 edit

 
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 edit

Luxembourg vs. San Marino edit

 
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 edit

 
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 edit

 
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 edit

 
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 edit

 
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 edit

 
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 edit

Ireland vs. Andorra edit

 
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 edit

 
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 edit

 
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 edit

 
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 edit

 
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 edit

 
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 edit

Promotional playoffs edit

Bulgaria vs. Ireland edit

 
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 edit

 
North 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 edit

Greece vs. Montenegro edit

 
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 edit

 
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 edit

Armenia vs. Andorra edit

 
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 edit

 
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 edit

Iceland vs. San Marino edit

 
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 edit

  1. ^ "Bulgaria v Armenia". daviscup.com.
  2. ^ "Greece v Armenia". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Bulgaria v Greece". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Moldova v Iceland". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Macedonia v Malta". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Moldova v Malta". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Macedonia v Iceland". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Moldova v Macedonia". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Iceland v Malta". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Luxembourg v San Marino". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Liechtenstein v Albania". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Luxembourg v Albania". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Liechtenstein v San Marino". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Luxembourg v Liechtenstein". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "San Marino v Albania". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Ireland v Andorra". daviscup.com.
  17. ^ "Montenegro v Kosovo". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ "Ireland v Kosovo". daviscup.com.
  19. ^ "Montenegro v Andorra". daviscup.com.
  20. ^ "Ireland v Montenegro". daviscup.com.
  21. ^ "Andorra v Kosovo". daviscup.com.
  22. ^ "Bulgaria v Ireland". daviscup.com.
  23. ^ "Macedonia v Luxembourg". daviscup.com.
  24. ^ "Greece v Montenegro". daviscup.com.
  25. ^ "Moldova v Liechtenstein". daviscup.com.
  26. ^ "Armenia v Andorra". daviscup.com.
  27. ^ "Malta v Albania". daviscup.com.
  28. ^ "Iceland v San Marino". daviscup.com.

External links edit

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