2015 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 2015. The zone's competition was held in round robin format in San Marino, San Marino, in July 2015.^[1] The thirteen competing nations were divided into four pools of three or four teams. The winners from each pool played off to determine the two nations to be promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2016, while the second and third placed nations played to off to determine overall placings within the group.^[1]

Participating nations[]

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Draw[]

The thirteen teams were divided into four pools of three or four teams, with one seeded nation in each pool.

Seeds	Remaining nations
Cyprus  Estonia  Macedonia  Georgia	Albania  Armenia  Greece  Iceland  Liechtenstein	Malta  Montenegro  Norway  San Marino

The winner of Pool A plays off against the winner of Pool C, and the winner of Pool B plays off against the winner of Pool D. The two winners of these play-offs are promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2016.^[1] The second and third placed teams in each pool play off in the same pattern to determine overall rankings within the group. The fourth placed team in Pool D does not enter the play-offs.

The group was staged from the 15th to the 18th July 2015 at the Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio in San Marino, San Marino.^[1]

Pool A

	Cyprus	Greece	San Marino	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
Cyprus		2–1	3–0	2–0	5–1	11–2	71–31	1
Greece	1–2		3–0	1–1	4–2	8–6	65–60	2
San Marino	0–3	0–3		0–2	0–6	1–12	31–76	3

Pool B

	Estonia	Montenegro	Liechtenstein	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
Estonia		3–0	3–0	2–0	6–0	12–0	72–21	1
Montenegro	0–3		3–0	1–1	3–3	6–6	51–51	2
Liechtenstein	0–3	0–3		0–2	0–6	0–12	23–74	3

Pool C

	Norway	Macedonia	Armenia	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
Norway		3–0	3–0	2–0	6–0	12–3	81–46	1
Macedonia	0–3		3–0	1–1	3–3	9–6	73–55	2
Armenia	0–3	0–3		0–2	0–6	0–12	19–72	3

Pool D

	Georgia	Malta	Iceland	Albania	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
Georgia		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	9–0	18–0	108–17	1
Malta	0–3		3–0	3–0	2–1	6–3	12–8	90–74	2
Iceland	0–3	0–3		3–0	1–2	3–6	7–12	71–94	3
Albania	0–3	0–3	0–3		0–3	0–9	1–18	29–113	4

First round[]

Pool A[]

Cyprus vs. San Marino[]

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Cyprus 3	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino 15 July 2015 Red Clay, Outdoor		San Marino 0
1 2 3 1 6 3 6 0         2 Petros Chrysochos Marco De Rossi 6 1 6 0         3  /  Domenico Vicini /  6 1 6 1

Greece vs. San Marino[]

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Greece 3	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino 16 July 2015 Red Clay, Outdoor		San Marino 0
1 2 3 1 6 1 6 1         2 6 4 3 6 6 4       3  /   /  77 60 6 3

Cyprus vs. Greece[]

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Cyprus 2	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino 17 July 2015 Red Clay, Outdoor		Greece 1
1 2 3 1 0 6 6 3 5 7       2 Petros Chrysochos 6 1 6 2         3 Marcos Baghdatis / Petros Chrysochos  /  6 3 6 2

Pool B[]

Estonia vs. Liechtenstein[]

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Estonia 3	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino 15 July 2015 Red Clay, Outdoor		Liechtenstein 0
1 2 3 1 Vladimir Ivanov 6 0 6 2         2 Jürgen Zopp 6 2 6 2         3 Vladimir Ivanov / Jürgen Zopp  /  6 0 6 2

Montenegro vs. Liechtenstein[]

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Montenegro 3	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino 16 July 2015 Red Clay, Outdoor		Liechtenstein 0
1 2 3 1 Igor Saveljić 7 5 6 1         2 Ljubomir Čelebić 6 0 6 1         3 Igor Saveljić / Ivan Saveljić  /  6 3 7 5

Estonia vs. Montenegro[]

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Estonia 3	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino 17 July 2015 Red Clay, Outdoor		Montenegro 0
1 2 3 1 Vladimir Ivanov Igor Saveljić 6 2 6 3         2 Jürgen Zopp Ljubomir Čelebić 6 3 6 4         3 Kenneth Raisma / Mattias Siimar Rrezart Cungu / Ivan Saveljić 6 1 6 2

Pool C[]

Macedonia vs. Armenia[]

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Macedonia 3	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino 15 July 2015 Red Clay, Outdoor		Armenia 0
1 2 3 1 6 1 6 2         2 Tomislav Jotovski 6 0 6 1         3  /   /  6 4 6 2

Norway vs. Armenia[]

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Norway 3	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino 16 July 2015 Red Clay, Outdoor		Armenia 0
1 2 3 1 Casper Ruud 6 0 6 0         2 Viktor Durasovic 6 2 6 3         3  /   /  6 4 6 0

Macedonia vs. Norway[]

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Macedonia 0	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino 17 July 2015 Red Clay, Outdoor		Norway 3
1 2 3 1 Casper Ruud 6 1 1 6 2 6       2 Tomislav Jotovski Viktor Durasovic 6 4 3 6 67 79       3  /   /  6 3 3 6 4 6

Pool D[]

Georgia vs. Albania[]

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Georgia 3	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino 15 July 2015 Red Clay, Outdoor		Albania 0
1 2 3 1 Aleksandre Metreveli 6 0 6 0         2 Nikoloz Basilashvili 6 0 6 0         3  / George Tsivadze  /  6 0 6 0

Malta vs. Iceland[]

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Malta 3	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino 15 July 2015 Red Clay, Outdoor		Iceland 0
1 2 3 1 6 3 6 2         2 5 7 77 62 6 1       3  /   /  6 3 6 3

Georgia vs. Iceland[]

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Georgia 3	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino 16 July 2015 Red Clay, Outdoor		Iceland 0
1 2 3 1 6 0 6 2         2 George Tsivadze 6 3 6 0         3  / George Tsivadze  /  6 1 6 3

Malta vs. Albania[]

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Malta 3	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino 16 July 2015 Red Clay, Outdoor		Albania 0
1 2 3 1 6 0 6 0         2 6 0 6 3         3  /   /  6 3 4 6 6 1

Georgia vs. Malta[]

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Georgia 3	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino 17 July 2015 Red Clay, Outdoor		Malta 0
1 2 3 1 Aleksandre Metreveli 6 1 6 3         2 Nikoloz Basilashvili 6 1 6 0         3  / George Tsivadze  /  6 2 6 1

Albania vs. Iceland[]

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Albania 0	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino 17 July 2015 Red Clay, Outdoor		Iceland 3
1 2 3 1 4 6 5 7         2 2 6 0 6         3  /   /  3 6 2 6

Play-offs[]

Promotion[]

Cyprus vs. Norway[]

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Cyprus 0	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino 18 July 2015 Red Clay, Outdoor		Norway 2
1 2 3 1 Casper Ruud 1 6 2 6         2 Petros Chrysochos Viktor Durasovic 2 6 3 6         3 Petros Chrysochos /  Viktor Durasovic / Casper Ruud           not played

Estonia vs. Georgia[]

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Estonia 0	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino 18 July 2015 Red Clay, Outdoor		Georgia 2
1 2 3 1 Vladimir Ivanov Aleksandre Metreveli 3 6 65 77         2 Jürgen Zopp Nikoloz Basilashvili 6 3 2 6 4 6       3 Vladimir Ivanov / Jürgen Zopp Nikoloz Basilashvili / Aleksandre Metreveli           not played

5th to 8th play-offs[]

Greece vs. Macedonia[]

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Greece 0	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino 18 July 2015 Red Clay, Outdoor		Macedonia 2
1 2 3 1 4 6 62 77         2 Tomislav Jotovski 2 6 3 6         3  /   / Tomislav Jotovski           not played

Montenegro vs. Malta[]

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Montenegro 2	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino 18 July 2015 Red Clay, Outdoor		Malta 1
1 2 3 1 Ivan Saveljić 3 6 2 6         2 Igor Saveljić 6 1 6 0         3 Ljubomir Čelebić / Igor Saveljić  /  6 2 6 2

9th to 12th play-offs[]

San Marino vs. Armenia[]

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San Marino 2	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino 18 July 2015 Red Clay, Outdoor		Armenia 0
1 2 3 1 6 0 6 1         2 Marco De Rossi 6 3 2 6 6 2       3 Marco De Rossi / Domenico Vicini  /            not played

Liechtenstein vs. Iceland[]

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Liechtenstein 2	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino 18 July 2015 Red Clay, Outdoor		Iceland 1
1 2 3 1 2 6 0 6         2 3 6 6 3 6 2       3  /   /  6 3 6 4

Outcomes[]

•  Georgia and  Norway are promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2016
• The remaining eleven nations remain in Europe Zone Group III in 2016

References[]