2016 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 2016. The zone's competition was held in round robin format in Tallinn, Estonia, in March 2016. Estonia and Cyprus won promotion to Group II, Europe/Africa Zone, for 2017.

Participating nations[]

Inactive nations[]

•  Azerbaijan

Draw[]

Date: 2–5 March 2016

Location: Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia (indoor hard)

Format: Round-robin basis. Four pools of four teams (Pools A, 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 2017.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 30 November 2015 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot A	Pot B	Pot C	Pot D
Moldova (52)  Ireland (64)  Cyprus (69)  Estonia (72)	Macedonia (84)  Montenegro (91)  Malta (95)  Greece (100)	Liechtenstein (107)  San Marino (109)  Armenia (117)  Iceland (118)	Albania (124)  Andorra (126)  Kosovo (–)

Groups:

Group A

	Moldova	Malta	San Marino	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
Moldova		3–0	3–0	2–0	6–0	12–0	72–18	1
Malta	0–3		2–1	1–1	2–4	4–8	47–55	2
San Marino	0–3	1–2		0–2	1–5	2–10	26–72	3

Group B

	Ireland	Macedonia	Armenia	Albania	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
Ireland		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	8–1	17–2	108–39	1
Macedonia	1–2		3–0	3–0	2–1	7–2	14–5	100–61	2
Armenia	0–3	0–3		2–1	1–2	2–7	5–14	58–94	3
Albania	0–3	0–3	1–2		0–3	1–8	2–17	36–108	4

Group C

	Cyprus	Montenegro	Andorra	Iceland	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
Cyprus		3–0	3–0	2–1	3–0	8–1	17–3	115–52	1
Montenegro	0–3		2–1	2–1	2–1	4–5	8–12	89–100	2
Andorra	0–3	1–2		2–1	1–2	3–6	9–12	86–106	3
Iceland	1–2	1–2	1–2		0–3	3–6	6–13	67–99	4

Group D

	Estonia	Greece	Liechtenstein	Kosovo	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
Estonia		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	9–0	18–0	109–18	1
Greece	0–3		3–0	3–0	2–1	6–3	12–6	75–63	2
Liechtenstein	0–3	0–3		3–0	1–2	3–6	6–12	62–85	3
Kosovo	0–3	0–3	0–3		0–3	0–9	0–18	28–108	4

First round[]

Group A[]

Moldova vs. San Marino[]

Moldova 3	Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 2 March 2016 Hard (i)		San Marino 0
1 2 3 1 Alexander Cozbinov 6 0 6 0         2 Radu Albot Marco De Rossi 6 0 6 2         3 Radu Albot / Andrei Ciumac Marco De Rossi /  6 4 6 1

Malta vs. San Marino[]

Malta 2	Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 3 March 2016 Hard (i)		San Marino 1
1 2 3 1 6 1 6 1         2 Marco De Rossi 62 77 63 77         3  /  Marco De Rossi /  6 2 6 1

Moldova vs. Malta[]

Moldova 3	Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 4 March 2016 Hard (i)		Malta 0
1 2 3 1 6 2 6 3         2 Radu Albot 6 0 6 1         3 Radu Albot / Andrei Ciumac  /  6 3 6 2

Group B[]

Ireland vs. Albania[]

Ireland 3	Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 2 March 2016 Hard (i)		Albania 0
1 2 3 1 Peter Bothwell 6 0 6 0         2 Sam Barry 6 1 6 3         3 Sam Barry / David O'Hare  /  6 0 6 0

Macedonia vs. Armenia[]

North Macedonia 3	Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 2 March 2016 Hard (i)		Armenia 0
1 2 3 1 6 4 6 0         2 Tomislav Jotovski 6 4 6 2         3  / Tomislav Jotovski  /  6 1 6 4

Ireland vs. Armenia[]

Ireland 3	Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 3 March 2016 Hard (i)		Armenia 0
1 2 3 1 6 2 6 2         2 Sam Barry 6 1 6 0         3 Sam Barry / David O'Hare  /  6 1 6 2

Macedonia vs. Albania[]

North Macedonia 3	Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 3 March 2016 Hard (i)		Albania 0
1 2 3 1 77 63 6 1         2 Tomislav Jotovski 6 0 6 0         3 Tomislav Jotovski /   /  6 0 6 3

Ireland vs. Macedonia[]

Ireland 2	Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 4 March 2016 Hard (i)		North Macedonia 1
1 2 3 1 6 3 3 6 3 6       2 Sam Barry Tomislav Jotovski 6 3 6 4         3 Sam Barry / David O'Hare  / Tomislav Jotovski 6 3 6 2

Armenia vs. Albania[]

Armenia 2	Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 4 March 2016 Hard (i)		Albania 1
1 2 3 1 6 3 6 0         2 6 3 3 6 2 6       3  /   /  6 2 6 2

Group C[]

Cyprus vs. Iceland[]

Cyprus 2	Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 2 March 2016 Hard (i)		Iceland 1
1 2 3 1 Petros Chrysochos 6 0 6 2         2 Marcos Baghdatis 6 4 6 0         3  /   /  3 6 6 4 4 6

Montenegro vs. Andorra[]

Montenegro 2	Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 2 March 2016 Hard (i)		Andorra 1
1 2 3 1 Rrezart Cungu 3 6 5 7         2 Ljubomir Čelebić Laurent Recouderc 6 4 5 7 6 4       3 Ljubomir Čelebić /   / Laurent Recouderc 6 2 5 7 6 4

Montenegro vs. Iceland[]

Montenegro 2	Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 3 March 2016 Hard (i)		Iceland 1
1 2 3 1 Rrezart Cungu 4 6 4 6         2 Ljubomir Čelebić 6 2 6 2         3 Ljubomir Čelebić /   /  6 3 6 3

Cyprus vs. Andorra[]

Cyprus 3	Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 3 March 2016 Hard (i)		Andorra 0
1 2 3 1 Petros Chrysochos Eric Cervos Noguer 6 0 6 0         2 Marcos Baghdatis 6 2 6 0         3  /   / Laurent Recouderc 4 6 77 61 6 1

Andorra vs. Iceland[]

Andorra 2	Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 4 March 2016 Hard (i)		Iceland 1
1 2 3 1 Eric Cervos Noguer 2 6 4 6         2 Laurent Recouderc 6 3 6 1         3  / Laurent Recouderc  /  6 3 6 4

Cyprus vs. Montenegro[]

Cyprus 3	Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 4 March 2016 Hard (i)		Montenegro 0
1 2 3 1 Petros Chrysochos 6 0 6 0         2 Marcos Baghdatis Ljubomir Čelebić 6 4 77 64         3  /   / Rrezart Cungu 6 2 6 3

Group D[]

Greece vs. Kosovo[]

Greece 3	Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 2 March 2016 Hard (i)		Kosovo 0
1 2 3 1 6 2 6 2         2 6 4 6 0         3  / Vasileios Iliopoulos  /  6 2 6 1

Estonia vs. Liechtenstein[]

Estonia 3	Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 2 March 2016 Hard (i)		Liechtenstein 0
1 2 3 1 Kenneth Raisma 6 1 6 3         2 Jürgen Zopp 6 0 6 0         3 Kenneth Raisma / Jürgen Zopp Robin Forster /  6 0 77 62

Greece vs. Liechtenstein[]

Greece 3	Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 3 March 2016 Hard (i)		Liechtenstein 0
1 2 3 1 Robin Forster 6 3 6 4         2 6 1 6 2         3  / Vasileios Iliopoulos  /  6 3 6 3

Estonia vs. Kosovo[]

Estonia 3	Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 3 March 2016 Hard (i)		Kosovo 0
1 2 3 1 Vladimir Ivanov 6 0 6 2         2 Jürgen Zopp 6 0 6 1         3 Mattias Siimar / Jürgen Zopp  /  6 1 6 1

Estonia vs. Greece[]

Estonia 3	Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 4 March 2016 Hard (i)		Greece 0
1 2 3 1 Kenneth Raisma 6 1 6 0         2 Jürgen Zopp 6 0 6 1         3 Mattias Siimar / Jürgen Zopp  / Vasileios Iliopoulos 6 0 6 1

Kosovo vs. Liechtenstein[]

Kosovo 0	Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 4 March 2016 Hard (i)		Liechtenstein 3
1 2 3 1 Robin Forster 3 6 4 6         2 1 6 0 6         3  /   /  3 6 1 6

Play-offs[]

Placing A Team Score D Team Promotional  Moldova 0–2  Estonia 5th–8th  Malta 1–2  Greece 9th–12th  San Marino 1–2  Liechtenstein 13th–15th N/A —  Kosovo

Placing B Team Score C Team Promotional  Ireland 0–2  Cyprus 5th–8th  Macedonia 2–0  Montenegro 9th–12th  Armenia 1–2  Andorra 13th–15th  Albania 0–3  Iceland

Promotional[]

Moldova vs. Estonia[]

Moldova 0	Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 5 March 2016 Hard (i)		Estonia 2
1 2 3 1 Alexander Cozbinov Kenneth Raisma 2 6 4 6         2 Radu Albot Jürgen Zopp 2 6 2 6         3 Radu Albot / Andrei Ciumac Mattias Siimar / Jürgen Zopp           not played

Ireland vs. Cyprus[]

Ireland 0	Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 5 March 2016 Hard (i)		Cyprus 2
1 2 3 1 Peter Bothwell Petros Chrysochos 1 6 6 2 0 6       2 Sam Barry Marcos Baghdatis 4 6 64 77         3 Sam Barry / David O'Hare Marcos Baghdatis / Petros Chrysochos           not played

5th–8th[]

Malta vs. Greece[]

Malta 1	Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 5 March 2016 Hard (i)		Greece 2
1 2 3 1 Vasileios Iliopoulos 6 2 6 1         2 2 6 6 3 0 6       3  /   / Vasileios Iliopoulos 5 7 4 6

Macedonia vs. Montenegro[]

North Macedonia 2	Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 5 March 2016 Hard (i)		Montenegro 0
1 2 3 1 6 1 6 2         2 Rrezart Cungu 6 2 6 0         3  / Tomislav Jotovski Rrezart Cungu /            not played

9th–12th[]

San Marino vs. Liechtenstein[]

San Marino 1	Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 5 March 2016 Hard (i)		Liechtenstein 2
1 2 3 1 1 6 6 3 3 6       2 Marco De Rossi 6 2 7 5         3 Marco De Rossi /  Robin Forster /  2 6 3 6

Armenia vs. Andorra[]

Armenia 1	Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 5 March 2016 Hard (i)		Andorra 2
1 2 3 1 3 6 3 6         2 Laurent Recouderc 2 6 3 6         3  /  Eric Cervos Noguer /  2 6 6 3 6 4

13th–15th[]

Albania vs. Iceland[]

Albania 0	Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 5 March 2016 Hard (i)		Iceland 3
1 2 3 1 1 6 0 6         2 2 6 3 6         3  /   /  1 6 4 6

References[]

External links[]

• Official Website