2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III

The European and African Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2009.

Countries participating in the 2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III

In the European and African Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.

Format

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The fourteen teams will be divided into two sections, Section A and Section B. There will be a round robin with eight teams in each section. The eight nations will be divided into two pools of four. The top two teams in each pool will advance to the Final Pool of four teams from which the two highest-placed nations are promoted to Europe and Africa Group II in 2010. The bottom two teams or the bottom team of each pool of the two round robins will compete against each other in the Relegation Pool. The lowest-placed nations are relegated to Europe and Africa Group IV in 2010.

Information

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Section A:

Venue: Istanbul, Turkey

Surface: Hard – outdoors

Dates: 23 April – 3 May

Section B:

Venue: Tunis, Tunisia

Surface: Clay – outdoors

Dates: 1–5 April

Participating teams

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Section A

Section B

Section A

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Group A

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1   Estonia (3–0) 3–0 3–0 3–0
2   Luxembourg (2–1) 0–3 3–0 3–0
3   Iceland (1–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1
4   Botswana (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2

Matches

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Iceland vs. Luxembourg
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Iceland
0
Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey
29 April 2009
hard(outdoors)
 
Luxembourg
3
1 2 3
1  
 
Arnar Sigurdsson
Gilles Kremer
6
2
65
77
3
6
     
2  
 
Birkir Gunnarsson
Mike Scheidweiler
0
6
0
6
       
3  
 
Magnus Gunnarsson / Teitur Marshall
Gilles Kremer / Mike Scheidweiler
1
6
1
6
       
Botswana vs. Estonia
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Botswana
0
Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey
29 April 2009
hard(outdoors)
 
Estonia
3
1 2 3
1  
 
Matshidiso Malope
Jaak Põldma
0
6
0
6
       
2  
 
Thabiso Mabaka
Jürgen Zopp
0
6
0
6
       
3  
 
Shingirai Muzondiwa / Lefa Ashley Sibanda
Jürgen Zopp / Mait Künnap
1
6
1
6
       
Botswana vs. Luxembourg
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Botswana
0
Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey
30 April 2009
hard(outdoors)
 
Luxembourg
3
1 2 3
1  
 
Lefa Ashley Sibanda
Laurent Bram
0
6
1
6
       
2  
 
Thabiso Mabaka
Mike Scheidweiler
0
6
1
6
       
3  
 
Shingirai Muzondiwa / Matshidiso Malope
Philippe Grandjean / Laurent Bram
2
6
1
6
       
Iceland vs. Estonia
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Iceland
0
Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey
30 April 2009
hard(outdoors)
 
Estonia
3
1 2 3
1  
 
Magnus Gunnarsson
Jaak Põldma
0
6
0
6
       
2  
 
Teitur Marshall
Jürgen Zopp
2
6
1
6
       
3  
 
Arnar Sigurdsson / Magnus Gunnarsson
Vladimir Ivanov / Mait Künnap
1
6
4
6
       
Estonia vs. Luxembourg
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Estonia
3
Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey
1 May 2009
hard(outdoors)
 
Luxembourg
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Jaak Põldma
Gilles Kremer
78
66
6
2
       
2  
 
Jürgen Zopp
Mike Scheidweiler
4
6
6
3
77
62
     
3  
 
Mait Künnap / Jürgen Zopp
Gilles Kremer / Mike Scheidweiler
6
4
6
3
       
Botswana vs. Iceland
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Botswana
1
Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey
1 May 2009
hard (outdoors)
 
Iceland
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Matshidiso Malope
Arnar Sigurdsson
0
6
0
6
       
2  
 
Thabiso Mabaka
Teitur Marshall
6
2
6
1
       
3  
 
Thabiso Mabaka / Matshidiso Malope
Magnus Gunnarsson / Arnar Sigurdsson
4
6
3
6
       

Group B

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1   Turkey (3–0) 2–1 2–1 3–0
2   Greece (2–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0
3   Madagascar (0–2) 1–2 0–3 NP
4   Rwanda (0–2) 0–3 0–3 NP

Matches

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Turkey vs. Greece
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Turkey
2
Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey
29 April 2009 & 30 April 2009
hard(outdoors)
 
Greece
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Haluk Akkoyun
Konstantinos Economidis
77
64
6
0
       
2  
 
Marsel İlhan
Alexander Jakupovic
6
4
6
2
       
3  
 
Baris Erguden / Ergun Zorlu
Alexander Jakupovic / Dimitris Kleftakos
3
6
6
3
3
6
     
Rwanda vs. Madagascar
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Rwanda
Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey
NOT PLAYED
hard(outdoors)
 
Madagascar
1 2 3
1  
 
             
2  
 
             
3  
 
             
Turkey vs. Rwanda
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Turkey
3
Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey
30 April 2009
hard(outdoors)
 
Rwanda
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Haluk Akkoyun
Dieu-Donne Habiyambere
6
0
6
1
       
2  
 
Marsel İlhan
Olivier Nkunda
6
1
6
0
       
3  
 
Baris Erguden / Ergun Zorlu
Dieu-Donne Habiyambere / Olivier Nkunda
6
0
6
1
       
Madagascar vs. Greece
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Madagascar
0
Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey
30 April 2009
hard(outdoors)
 
Greece
3
1 2 3
1  
 
Jacob Rasolondrazana
Konstantinos Economidis
3
6
3
6
       
2  
 
Tony Rajaobelina
Alexander Jakupovic
2
6
3
6
       
3  
 
Erick Counil / Thierry Rajaobelina
Alexander Jakupovic / Dimitris Kleftakos
3
6
6
4
3
6
     
Rwanda vs. Greece
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Rwanda
0
Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey
1 May 2009
hard(outdoors)
 
Greece
3
1 2 3
1  
 
Dieu-Donne Habiyambere
Konstantinos Economidis
1
6
1
6
       
2  
 
Olivier Nkunda
Alexander Jakupovic
1
6
1
6
       
3  
 
Dieu-Donne Habiyambere / Olivier Nkunda
Alexander Jakupovic / Dimitris Kleftakos
0
6
0
6
       
Turkey vs. Madagascar
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Turkey
2
Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey
1 May 2009
hard(outdoors)
 
Madagascar
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Haluk Akkoyun
Erick Counil
3
6
2
6
       
2  
 
Marsel İlhan
Jacob Rasolondrazana
77
61
6
3
       
3  
 
Baris Erguden / Ergun Zorlu
Tony Rajaobelina / Thierry Rajaobelina
6
2
6
4
       

Promotion Pool

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1   Estonia (3–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0
2   Turkey (2–1) 1–2 2–0 2–1
3   Luxembourg (1–2) 0–3 0–2 2–1
4   Greece (0–3) 0–3 1–2 1–2
  • The matches Turkey-Greece and Luxembourg-Estonia will not be played as they already played against each other in the previous round. Furthermore, the points gained at the matches played in the previous round will count for the table.

Matches

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Turkey vs. Estonia
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Turkey
1
Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey
2 May 2009
hard(outdoors)
 
Estonia
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Haluk Akkoyun
Jaak Põldma
1
6
64
77
       
2  
 
Marsel İlhan
Jürgen Zopp
6
4
6
4
       
3  
 
Marsel İlhan / Ergun Zorlu
Mait Künnap / Jürgen Zopp
1
6
2
6
       
Luxembourg vs. Greece
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Luxembourg
2
Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey
2 May 2009
hard(outdoors)
 
Greece
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Gilles Kremer
Dimitris Kleftakos
4
6
6
1
1
6
     
2  
 
Mike Scheidweiler
Alexander Jakupovic
5
7
6
3
77
64
     
3  
 
Gilles Kremer / Mike Scheidweiler
Alexander Jakupovic / Dimitris Kleftakos
4
6
6
2
6
3
     
Turkey vs. Luxembourg
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Turkey
2
Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey
3 May 2009
hard(outdoors)
 
Luxembourg
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Haluk Akkoyun
Gilles Kremer
77
62
6
1
   
2  
 
Marsel İlhan
Mike Scheidweiler
66
78
6
4
6
4
 
3  
 
Baris Erguden / Ergun Zorlu
Gilles Kremer / Mike Scheidweiler
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played
Greece vs. Estonia
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Greece
0
Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey
3 May 2009
hard(outdoors)
 
Estonia
3
1 2 3
1  
 
Dimitris Kleftakos
Jaak Põldma
0
3
    retired
 
2  
 
Alexander Jakupovic
Jürgen Zopp
0
5
    retired
 
3  
 
Alexander Jakupovic / Dimitris Kleftakos
Mait Künnap / Jürgen Zopp
       
w/o

Relegation Pool

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1   Madagascar (2–0) 2–1 NP 3–0
2   Iceland (2–1) 1–2 2–1 2–1
3   Rwanda (1–1) NP 1–2 2–1
4   Botswana (0–3) 0–3 1–2 1–2
  • The matches Botswana-Iceland and Madagascar-Rwanda will not be played as they already played against each other in the previous round. Furthermore, the points gained at the matches played in the previous round will count for the table.

Matches

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Iceland vs. Madagascar
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Iceland
Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey
April, 2009
hard(outdoors)
 
Madagascar
1 2 3
1  
 
             
2  
 
             
3  
 
             
Botswana vs. Rwanda
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Botswana
Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey
April, 2009
hard(outdoors)
 
Rwanda
1 2 3
1  
 
             
2  
 
             
3  
 
             
Botswana vs. Madagascar
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Botswana
Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey
April, 2009
hard(outdoors)
 
Madagascar
1 2 3
1  
 
             
2  
 
             
3  
 
             
Rwanda vs. Iceland
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Rwanda
Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey
April, 2009
hard(outdoors)
 
Iceland
1 2 3
1  
 
             
2  
 
             
3  
 
             

Section B

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Group A

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1   Morocco (3–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0
2   Tunisia (2–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0
3   Nigeria (1–2) 0–3 0–3 3–0
4   San Marino (0–3) 0–3 0–3 0–3

Matches

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San Marino vs. Morocco
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San Marino
0
Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia
1 April 2009
clay (outdoors)
 
Morocco
3
1 2 3
1  
 
Alberto Brighi
Reda El Amrani
1
6
0
6
       
2  
 
Giacomo Zonzini
Rabie Chaki
4
6
2
6
       
3  
 
Domenico Vicini / Giacomo Zonzini
Talal Ouahabi / Mehdi Ziadi
3
6
2
6
       
Tunisia vs. Nigeria
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Tunisia
3
Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia
1 April 2009
clay (outdoors)
 
Nigeria
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Haithem Abid
Lawal Shehu
6
1
6
1
       
2  
 
Malek Jaziri
Abdul-Mumin Babalola
6
2
6
0
       
3  
 
Haithem Abid / Malek Jaziri
Abdul-Mumin Babalola / Lawal Shehu
6
4
6
1
       
Nigeria vs. Morocco
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Nigeria
0
Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia
2 April 2009
clay (outdoors)
 
Morocco
3
1 2 3
1  
 
Candy Idoko
Rabie Chaki
1
6
2
6
       
2  
 
Sunday Emmanuel
Talal Ouahabi
2
6
3
6
       
3  
 
Abdul-Mumin Babalola / Lawal Shehu
Reda El Amrani / Mehdi Ziadi
3
6
2
6
       
Tunisia vs. San Marino
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Tunisia
3
Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia
2 April 2009
clay (outdoors)
 
San Marino
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Haithem Abid
Giacomo Zonzini
6
0
6
0
       
2  
 
Malek Jaziri
Diego Zonzini
6
2
6
1
       
3  
 
Haithem Abid / Malek Jaziri
Domenico Vicini / Diego Zonzini
6
1
6
2
       
Tunisia vs. Morocco
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Tunisia
1
Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia
3 April 2009
clay (outdoors)
 
Morocco
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Haithem Abid
Reda El Amrani
6
3
6
3
       
2  
 
Malek Jaziri
Rabie Chaki
3
6
5
7
       
3  
 
Anis Ghorbel / Malek Jaziri
Rabie Chaki / Mehdi Ziadi
1
6
1
6
       
San Marino vs. Nigeria
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San Marino
0
Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia
3 April 2009
clay (outdoors)
 
Nigeria
3
1 2 3
1  
 
Domenico Vicini
Abdul-Mumin Babalola
1
6
4
6
       
2  
 
Diego Zonzini
Sunday Emmanuel
7
5
2
6
0
6
     
3  
 
Domenico Vicini / Diego Zonzini
Candy Idoko / Lawal Shehu
60
77
5
7
       

Group B

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1   Norway (3–0) 2–1 3–0 3–0
2   Bosnia and Herzegovina (2–1) 1–2 3–0 3–0
3   Andorra (1–2) 0–3 0–3 2–1
4   Namibia (0–3) 0–3 0–3 1–2

Matches

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Andorra vs. Norway
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Andorra
0
Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia
1 April 2009
clay (outdoors)
 
Norway
3
1 2 3
1  
 
Hector Hormigo-Herrera
Erling Tveit
1
6
1
6
       
2  
 
Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier
Stian Boretti
2
6
3
6
       
3  
 
Pau Gerbaud-Farras / Jordi Vila-Vila
Stian Boretti / Erling Tveit
2
6
2
6
       
Namibia vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Namibia
0
Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia
1 April 2009
clay (outdoors)
 
Bosnia and Herzegovina
3
1 2 3
1  
 
Jean Erasmus
Ismar Gorčić
1
6
1
6
       
2  
 
Jurgens Strydom
Aldin Šetkić
0
6
2
6
       
3  
 
Jean Erasmus / Jurgens Strydom
Mirza Bašić / Tomislav Brkić
2
6
3
6
       
Namibia vs. Norway
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Namibia
0
Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia
2 April 2009
clay (outdoors)
 
Norway
3
1 2 3
1  
 
Jean Erasmus
Erling Tveit
2
6
0
6
       
2  
 
Jurgens Strydom
Stian Boretti
0
6
77
65
3
6
     
3  
 
Jean Erasmus / Warren Frewer
Stian Boretti / Erling Tveit
1
6
1
6
       
Andorra vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Andorra
0
Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia
2 April 2009
clay (outdoors)
 
Bosnia and Herzegovina
3
1 2 3
1  
 
Hector Hormigo-Herrera
Ismar Gorčić
2
6
1
6
       
2  
 
Pau Gerbaud-Farras
Aldin Šetkić
1
6
0
6
       
3  
 
Hector Hormigo-Herrera / Jordi Vila-Vila
Mirza Bašić / Tomislav Brkić
3
6
3
6
       
Andorra vs. Namibia
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Andorra
2
Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia
3 April 2009
clay (outdoors)
 
Namibia
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Jordi Vila-Vila
Jean Erasmus
6
1
4
6
77
65
     
2  
 
Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier
Jurgens Strydom
4
6
6
3
6
1
     
3  
 
Hector Hormigo-Herrera / Pau Gerbaud-Farras
Jean Erasmus / Jurgens Strydom
3
6
3
6
       
Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Norway
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
2
Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia
3 April 2009
clay (outdoors)
 
Norway
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Ismar Gorčić
Erling Tveit
6
2
4
6
7
5
     
2  
 
Aldin Šetkić
Stian Boretti
6
3
7
5
       
3  
 
Mirza Bašić / Tomislav Brkić
Stian Boretti / Erling Tveit
4
6
3
6
       

Promotion play-off Group (1st to 4th)

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1   Norway (2–1) 1–2 2–1 2–1
2   Bosnia and Herzegovina (2–1) 2–1 1–2 2–1
3   Morocco (2–1) 1–2 2–1 2–1
4   Tunisia (0–3) 1–2 1–2 1–2
  • The matches Norway-Bosnia and Herzegovina and Morocco-Tunisia will not be played as they already played against each other in the previous round. Furthermore, the points gained at the matches played in the previous round will count for the table.

Matches

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Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Morocco
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
1
Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia
4 April 2009
clay (outdoors)
 
Morocco
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Ismar Gorčić
Rabie Chaki
5
7
4
6
       
2  
 
Aldin Šetkić
Talal Ouahabi
5
7
5
7
       
3  
 
Ismar Gorčić / Aldin Šetkić
Rabie Chaki / Mehdi Ziadi
6
2
6
2
       
Tunisia vs. Norway
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Tunisia
1
Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia
4 April 2009
clay (outdoors)
 
Norway
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Ouassim Derbal
Erling Tveit
2
6
1
6
       
2  
 
Malek Jaziri
Stian Boretti
77
61
6
2
       
3  
 
Ouassim Derbal / Malek Jaziri
Erling Tveit / Stian Boretti
5
7
5
7
       
Norway vs. Morocco
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Norway
2
Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia
5 April 2009
clay (outdoors)
 
Morocco
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Erling Tveit
Rabie Chaki
6
1
2
6
6
1
     
2  
 
Stian Boretti
Talal Ouahabi
6
1
6
0
       
3  
 
Erling Tveit / Stian Boretti
Rabie Chaki / Mehdi Ziadi
77
64
2
6
62
77
     
Tunisia vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Tunisia
1
Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia
5 April 2009
clay (outdoors)
 
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Ouassim Derbal
Ismar Gorčić
1
6
65
77
       
2  
 
Malek Jaziri
Aldin Šetkić
4
6
6
2
7
5
     
3  
 
Ouassim Derbal / Malek Jaziri
Ismar Gorčić / Aldin Šetkić
64
77
1
6
       

Relegation play-off Group(5th to 8th)

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1   Andorra (3–0) 3–0 2–1 2–1
2   Nigeria (2–1) 0–3 2–1 3–0
3   Namibia (1–2) 1–2 1–2 2–1
4   San Marino (0–3) 1–2 0–3 1–2
  • The matches Andorra-Namibia and Nigeria-San Marino will not be played as they already played against each other in the previous round. Furthermore, the points gained at the matches played in the previous round will count for the table.

Matches

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Andorra vs. Nigeria
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Andorra
3
Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia
4 April 2009
clay (outdoors)
 
Nigeria
0
1 2 3
1  
 
Pau Gerbaud-Farras
Abdul-Mumin Babalola
6
3
6
3
       
2  
 
Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier
Sunday Emmanuel
6
3
6
4
       
3  
 
Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier / Jordi Vila-Vila
Candy Idoko / Lawal Shehu
6
1
6
3
       
Namibia vs. San Marino
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Namibia
2
Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia
4 April 2009
clay (outdoors)
 
San Marino
1
1 2 3
1  
 
Jean Erasmus
Domenico Vicini
2
6
4
6
       
2  
 
Jurgens Strydom
Giacomo Zonzini
6
4
6
4
       
3  
 
Jean Erasmus / Jurgens Strydom
Domenico Vicini / Giacomo Zonzini
62
77
6
0
6
3
     
Namibia vs. Nigeria
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Namibia
1
Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia
5 April 2009
clay (outdoors)
 
Nigeria
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Jean Erasmus
Lawal Shehu
2
6
3
6
       
2  
 
Jurgens Strydom
Sunday Emmanuel
6
3
6
4
       
3  
 
Jean Erasmus / Jurgens Strydom
Candy Idoko / Lawal Shehu
1
6
3
6
       
San Marino vs. Andorra
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San Marino
1
Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia
5 April 2009
clay (outdoors)
 
Andorra
2
1 2 3
1  
 
Giacomo Zonzini
Hector Hormigo-Herrera
6
4
3
6
6
2
     
2  
 
Diego Zonzini
Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier
2
6
0
6
       
3  
 
Alberto Brighi / Domenico Vicini
Pau Gerbaud-Farras / Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier
7
5
3
6
1
6
     
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