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.

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[]

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[]

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[]

Section A

•  Botswana
•  Estonia
•  Greece
•  Iceland
•  Luxembourg
•  Madagascar
•  Rwanda
•  Turkey

Section B

•  Andorra
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina
•  Morocco
•  Namibia
•  Nigeria
•  Norway
•  San Marino
•  Tunisia

Section A[]

Group A[]

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[]

Iceland vs. Luxembourg[]

Iceland 0	Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey 29 April 2009 hard(outdoors)		Luxembourg 3
1 2 3 1 Arnar Sigurdsson 6 2 65 77 3 6       2 Mike Scheidweiler 0 6 0 6         3  /   / Mike Scheidweiler 1 6 1 6

Botswana vs. Estonia[]

Botswana 0	Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey 29 April 2009 hard(outdoors)		Estonia 3
1 2 3 1 Jaak Põldma 0 6 0 6         2 Jürgen Zopp 0 6 0 6         3  /  Jürgen Zopp / Mait Künnap 1 6 1 6

Botswana vs. Luxembourg[]

Botswana 0	Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey 30 April 2009 hard(outdoors)		Luxembourg 3
1 2 3 1 Laurent Bram 0 6 1 6         2 Mike Scheidweiler 0 6 1 6         3  /   / Laurent Bram 2 6 1 6

Iceland vs. Estonia[]

Iceland 0	Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey 30 April 2009 hard(outdoors)		Estonia 3
1 2 3 1 Jaak Põldma 0 6 0 6         2 Jürgen Zopp 2 6 1 6         3 Arnar Sigurdsson /  Vladimir Ivanov / Mait Künnap 1 6 4 6

Estonia vs. Luxembourg[]

Estonia 3	Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey 1 May 2009 hard(outdoors)		Luxembourg 0
1 2 3 1 Jaak Põldma 78 66 6 2         2 Jürgen Zopp Mike Scheidweiler 4 6 6 3 77 62       3 Mait Künnap / Jürgen Zopp  / Mike Scheidweiler 6 4 6 3

Botswana vs. Iceland[]

Botswana 1	Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey 1 May 2009 hard (outdoors)		Iceland 2
1 2 3 1 Arnar Sigurdsson 0 6 0 6         2 6 2 6 1         3  /   / Arnar Sigurdsson 4 6 3 6

Group B[]

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[]

Turkey vs. Greece[]

Turkey 2	Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey 29 April 2009 & 30 April 2009 hard(outdoors)		Greece 1
1 2 3 1 Konstantinos Economidis 77 64 6 0         2 Marsel İlhan Alexander Jakupovic 6 4 6 2         3 Baris Erguden / Ergun Zorlu Alexander Jakupovic /  3 6 6 3 3 6

Rwanda vs. Madagascar[]

Rwanda	Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey NOT PLAYED hard(outdoors)		Madagascar
1 2 3 1               2               3

Turkey vs. Rwanda[]

Turkey 3	Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey 30 April 2009 hard(outdoors)		Rwanda 0
1 2 3 1 6 0 6 1         2 Marsel İlhan 6 1 6 0         3 Baris Erguden / Ergun Zorlu  /  6 0 6 1

Madagascar vs. Greece[]

Madagascar 0	Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey 30 April 2009 hard(outdoors)		Greece 3
1 2 3 1 Konstantinos Economidis 3 6 3 6         2 Alexander Jakupovic 2 6 3 6         3  /  Alexander Jakupovic /  3 6 6 4 3 6

Rwanda vs. Greece[]

Rwanda 0	Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey 1 May 2009 hard(outdoors)		Greece 3
1 2 3 1 Konstantinos Economidis 1 6 1 6         2 Alexander Jakupovic 1 6 1 6         3  /  Alexander Jakupovic /  0 6 0 6

Turkey vs. Madagascar[]

Turkey 2	Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey 1 May 2009 hard(outdoors)		Madagascar 1
1 2 3 1 3 6 2 6         2 Marsel İlhan 77 61 6 3         3 Baris Erguden / Ergun Zorlu  /  6 2 6 4

Promotion Pool[]

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[]

Turkey vs. Estonia[]

Turkey 1	Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey 2 May 2009 hard(outdoors)		Estonia 2
1 2 3 1 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[]

Luxembourg 2	Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey 2 May 2009 hard(outdoors)		Greece 1
1 2 3 1 4 6 6 1 1 6       2 Mike Scheidweiler Alexander Jakupovic 5 7 6 3 77 64       3  / Mike Scheidweiler Alexander Jakupovic /  4 6 6 2 6 3

Turkey vs. Luxembourg[]

Turkey 2	Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey 3 May 2009 hard(outdoors)		Luxembourg 0
1 2 3 1 77 62 6 1     2 Marsel İlhan Mike Scheidweiler 66 78 6 4 6 4   3 Baris Erguden / Ergun Zorlu  / Mike Scheidweiler       not played

Greece vs. Estonia[]

Greece 0	Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey 3 May 2009 hard(outdoors)		Estonia 3
1 2 3 1 Jaak Põldma 0 3     retired   2 Alexander Jakupovic Jürgen Zopp 0 5     retired   3 Alexander Jakupovic /  Mait Künnap / Jürgen Zopp         w/o

Relegation Pool[]

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[]

Iceland vs. Madagascar[]

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

Botswana vs. Rwanda[]

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

Botswana vs. Madagascar[]

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

Rwanda vs. Iceland[]

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

Section B[]

Group A[]

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[]

San Marino vs. Morocco[]

San Marino 0	Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia 1 April 2009 clay (outdoors)		Morocco 3
1 2 3 1 Reda El Amrani 1 6 0 6         2 Rabie Chaki 4 6 2 6         3 Domenico Vicini /  Talal Ouahabi / Mehdi Ziadi 3 6 2 6

Tunisia vs. Nigeria[]

Tunisia 3	Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia 1 April 2009 clay (outdoors)		Nigeria 0
1 2 3 1 6 1 6 1         2 Malek Jaziri 6 2 6 0         3  / Malek Jaziri  /  6 4 6 1

Nigeria vs. Morocco[]

Nigeria 0	Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia 2 April 2009 clay (outdoors)		Morocco 3
1 2 3 1 Rabie Chaki 1 6 2 6         2 Talal Ouahabi 2 6 3 6         3  /  Reda El Amrani / Mehdi Ziadi 3 6 2 6

Tunisia vs. San Marino[]

Tunisia 3	Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia 2 April 2009 clay (outdoors)		San Marino 0
1 2 3 1 6 0 6 0         2 Malek Jaziri 6 2 6 1         3  / Malek Jaziri Domenico Vicini /  6 1 6 2

Tunisia vs. Morocco[]

Tunisia 1	Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia 3 April 2009 clay (outdoors)		Morocco 2
1 2 3 1 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[]

San Marino 0	Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia 3 April 2009 clay (outdoors)		Nigeria 3
1 2 3 1 Domenico Vicini 1 6 4 6         2 7 5 2 6 0 6       3 Domenico Vicini /   /  60 77 5 7

Group B[]

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[]

Andorra vs. Norway[]

Andorra 0	Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia 1 April 2009 clay (outdoors)		Norway 3
1 2 3 1 Erling Tveit 1 6 1 6         2 Stian Boretti 2 6 3 6         3  /  Stian Boretti / Erling Tveit 2 6 2 6

Namibia vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina[]

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[]

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 /  Stian Boretti / Erling Tveit 1 6 1 6

Andorra vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina[]

Andorra 0	Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia 2 April 2009 clay (outdoors)		Bosnia and Herzegovina 3
1 2 3 1 Ismar Gorčić 2 6 1 6         2 Aldin Šetkić 1 6 0 6         3  /  Mirza Bašić / Tomislav Brkić 3 6 3 6

Andorra vs. Namibia[]

Andorra 2	Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia 3 April 2009 clay (outdoors)		Namibia 1
1 2 3 1 Jean Erasmus 6 1 4 6 77 65       2 Jurgens Strydom 4 6 6 3 6 1       3  /  Jean Erasmus / Jurgens Strydom 3 6 3 6

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Norway[]

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)[]

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[]

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Morocco[]

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 Setkic Rabie Chaki / Mehdi Ziadi 6 2 6 2

Tunisia vs. Norway[]

Tunisia 1	Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia 4 April 2009 clay (outdoors)		Norway 2
1 2 3 1 Erling Tveit 2 6 1 6         2 Malek Jaziri Stian Boretti 77 61 6 2         3  / Malek Jaziri Erling Tveit / Stian Boretti 5 7 5 7

Norway vs. Morocco[]

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[]

Tunisia 1	Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia 5 April 2009 clay (outdoors)		Bosnia and Herzegovina 2
1 2 3 1 Ismar Gorčić 1 6 65 77         2 Malek Jaziri Aldin Šetkić 4 6 6 2 7 5       3  / Malek Jaziri Ismar Gorčić / Aldin Šetkić 64 77 1 6

Relegation Play-off Group(5th to 8th)[]

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[]

Andorra vs. Nigeria[]

Andorra 3	Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia 4 April 2009 clay (outdoors)		Nigeria 0
1 2 3 1 6 3 6 3         2 6 3 6 4         3  /   /  6 1 6 3

Namibia vs. San Marino[]

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 6 4 6 4         3 Jean Erasmus / Jurgens Strydom Domenico Vicini /  62 77 6 0 6 3

Namibia vs. Nigeria[]

Namibia 1	Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia 5 April 2009 clay (outdoors)		Nigeria 2
1 2 3 1 Jean Erasmus 2 6 3 6         2 Jurgens Strydom 6 3 6 4         3 Jean Erasmus / Jurgens Strydom  /  1 6 3 6

San Marino vs. Andorra[]

San Marino 1	Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia 5 April 2009 clay (outdoors)		Andorra 2
1 2 3 1 6 4 3 6 6 2       2 2 6 0 6         3  / Domenico Vicini  /  7 5 3 6 1 6

External links[]

• Davis Cup draw details