2017 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 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[]

Inactive nation[]

Draw[]

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
Bulgaria (50)  Moldova (61)  Luxembourg (67)  Ireland (79)	Macedonia (88)  Montenegro (92)  Greece (97)  Liechtenstein (102*)	Malta (102*)  Andorra (113)  San Marino (114)  Iceland (116)  Armenia (119)  Albania (125)  Kosovo (128)

* Tie broken by drawing of lot.

Pool A[]

		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[]

		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[]

		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[]

		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[]

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 N/A  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[]

Pool A[]

Bulgaria vs. Armenia[]

Bulgaria 3	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[1] 6 April 2017 Hard		Armenia 0
1 2 3 1 Dimitar Kuzmanov 6 3 77 60     2 Aleksandar Lazov 6 0 6 0     3 Tihomir Grozdanov / Alexandar Lazarov  /  6 1 6 2

Greece vs. Armenia[]

Greece 3	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[2] 6–7 April 2017 Hard		Armenia 0
1 2 3 1 6 0 6 1     2 6 0 6 0     3  / Petros Tsitsipas  /  4 6 6 3 6 1

Bulgaria vs. Greece[]

Bulgaria 3	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[3] 7 April 2017 Hard		Greece 0
1 2 3 1 Dimitar Kuzmanov 66 78 6 2 6 4   2 Aleksandar Lazov 6 3 6 4     3 Tihomir Grozdanov / Alexandar Lazarov  / Petros Tsitsipas 6 0 6 4

Pool B[]

Moldova vs. Iceland[]

Moldova 1	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[4] 6 April 2017 Hard		Iceland 2
1 2 3 1 Dmitrii Baskov 3 6 3 6     2 6 4 3 6 65 77   3 Dmitrii Baskov / Andrei Ciumac  /  6 1 6 3

Macedonia vs. Malta[]

North Macedonia 2	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[5] 6–7 April 2017 Hard		Malta 1
1 2 3 1 6 3 6 4     2 Tomislav Jotovski 3 6 6 3 2 6   3 Shendrit Deari /   /  7 5 7 5

Moldova vs. Malta[]

Moldova 2	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[6] 7 April 2017 Hard		Malta 1
1 2 3 1 1 6 1 6     2 6 0 6 4     3 Dmitrii Baskov / Andrei Ciumac  /  6 1 6 1

Macedonia vs. Iceland[]

North Macedonia 3	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[7] 7 April 2017 Hard		Iceland 0
1 2 3 1 6 4 6 2     2 Tomislav Jotovski 6 0 6 1     3 Shendrit Deari /   /  6 4 6 2

Moldova vs. Macedonia[]

Moldova 1	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[8] 7–8 April 2017 Hard		North Macedonia 2
1 2 3 1 1 6 1 6     2 Andrei Ciumac Tomislav Jotovski 3 6 2 6     3 Dmitrii Baskov /  Shendrit Deari /  5 7 77 64 4 1   retired

Iceland vs. Malta[]

Iceland 1	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[9] 7–8 April 2017 Hard		Malta 2
1 2 3 1 6 1 6 0     2 1 6 2 6     3  /   /  64 77 6 2 4 6

Pool C[]

Luxembourg vs. San Marino[]

Luxembourg 3	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[10] 6 April 2017 Hard		San Marino 0
1 2 3 1 Ugo Nastasi 6 1 6 1     2 Marco de Rossi 6 2 77 62     3  / Ugo Nastasi Marco de Rossi /  5 7 6 3 6 3

Liechtenstein vs. Albania[]

Liechtenstein 3	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[11] 6 April 2017 Hard		Albania 0
1 2 3 1 6 3 6 2     2 77 65 6 1     3 Robin Forster /   /  6 3 6 2

Luxembourg vs. Albania[]

Luxembourg 3	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[12] 7 April 2017 Hard		Albania 0
1 2 3 1 Ugo Nastasi 6 0 6 0     2 Alex Knaff 6 2 6 0     3  / Alex Knaff  /  6 4 6 0

Liechtenstein vs. San Marino[]

Liechtenstein 2	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[13] 7 April 2017 Hard		San Marino 1
1 2 3 1 6 0 6 1     2 Marco de Rossi 6 4 2 6 2 6   3 Robin Forster /  Marco de Rossi /  6 1 4 6 712 610

Luxembourg vs. Liechtenstein[]

Luxembourg 3	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[14] 7–8 April 2017 Hard		Liechtenstein 0
1 2 3 1 Ugo Nastasi 6 0 6 0     2 77 65 6 3     3  / Alex Knaff Robin Forster /  6 0 6 3

San Marino vs. Albania[]

San Marino 1	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[15] 7–8 April 2017 Hard		Albania 2
1 2 3 1 1 6 5 7     2 Marco de Rossi 6 3 6 3     3  /   /  6 4 3 6 64 77

Pool D[]

Ireland vs. Andorra[]

Ireland 3	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[16] 6 April 2017 Hard		Andorra 0
1 2 3 1 Sam Barry 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[]

Montenegro 3	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[17] 6 April 2017 Hard		Kosovo 0
1 2 3 1 Rrezart Cungu 6 1 6 0     2 Ljubomir Čelebić 6 1 6 1     3  /   /  6 1 6 0

Ireland vs. Kosovo[]

Ireland 3	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[18] 6–7 April 2017 Hard		Kosovo 0
1 2 3 1 Peter Bothwell 6 0 6 2     2 James McGee 6 0 6 0     3 Peter Bothwell / David O'Hare  /  6 2 6 2

Montenegro vs. Andorra[]

Montenegro 2	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[19] 6–7 April 2017 Hard		Andorra 1
1 2 3 1 Rrezart Cungu 6 4 6 2     2 Ljubomir Čelebić Laurent Recouderc 77 63 6 4     3  /  Èric Cervós Noguer /  5 7 2 6

Ireland vs. Montenegro[]

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[]

Andorra 3	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[21] 7–8 April 2017 Hard		Kosovo 0
1 2 3 1 6 1 6 3     2 Laurent Recouderc 6 0 6 1     3 Èric Cervós Noguer / Laurent Recouderc  /  3 6 6 4 6 3

Playoffs[]

Promotional playoffs[]

Bulgaria vs. Ireland[]

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[]

North Macedonia 1	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[23] 8 April 2017 Hard		Luxembourg 2
1 2 3 1 Ugo Nastasi 4 6 3 6     2 Tomislav Jotovski 6 2 6 2     3  / Tomislav Jotovski Alex Knaff / Ugo Nastasi 5 7 6 4 2 6

5th to 8th place playoffs[]

Greece vs. Montenegro[]

Greece 1	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[24] 8 April 2017 Hard		Montenegro 2
1 2 3 1 6 4 6 3     2 Rrezart Cungu 5 7 0 6     3  / Petros Tsitsipas Ljubomir Čelebić / Rrezart Cungu 5 7 2 6

Moldova vs. Liechtenstein[]

Moldova 2	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[25] 8 April 2017 Hard		Liechtenstein 1
1 2 3 1 Dmitrii Baskov 6 4 6 1     2 6 0 1 6 2 6   3 Dmitrii Baskov /  Robin Forster /  6 3 3 6 6 2

9th to 12th place playoffs[]

Armenia vs. Andorra[]

Armenia 2	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[26] 8 April 2017 Hard		Andorra 1
1 2 3 1 Èric Cervós Noguer 6 3 6 1     2 Laurent Recouderc 2 6 0 6     3  /   / Laurent Recouderc 6 2 6 3

Malta vs. Albania[]

Malta 2	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[27] 8 April 2017 Hard		Albania 1
1 2 3 1 6 1 6 1     2 2 6 3 6     3  /   /  6 0 6 1

13th to 14th playoff[]

Iceland vs. San Marino[]

Iceland 2	Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[28] 8 April 2017 Hard		San Marino 0
1 2 3 1 6 0 6 0     2 Marco de Rossi 2 1       retired 3  /  Marco de Rossi /        not played

References[]

External links[]

• Official Website