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

•  Albania
•  Andorra
•  Armenia
•  Cyprus
•  Estonia
•  Greece
•  Iceland
•  Ireland
•  Kosovo
•  Liechtenstein
•  Macedonia
•  Malta
•  Moldova
•  Montenegro
•  San Marino

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 Pietro Grassi 6 0 6 0         2 Radu Albot Marco De Rossi 6 0 6 2         3 Radu Albot / Andrei Ciumac Marco De Rossi / Pietro Grassi 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 Matthew Asciak Pietro Grassi 6 1 6 1         2 Bernard Cassar Torregiani Marco De Rossi 6^2 7^7 6^3 7^7         3 Matthew Asciak / Bernard Cassar Torregiani Marco De Rossi / Pietro Grassi 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 Andrei Șoltoianu Bradley Callus 6 2 6 3         2 Radu Albot Bernard Cassar Torregiani 6 0 6 1         3 Radu Albot / Andrei Ciumac Bradley Callus / Matthew Cassar Torregiani 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 Arber Sulstarova 6 0 6 0         2 Sam Barry Flavio Dece 6 1 6 3         3 Sam Barry / David O'Hare Flavio Dece / Genajd Shypheja 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 Dimitar Grabul Mikayel Khachatryan 6 4 6 0         2 Tomislav Jotovski Mikayel Avetisyan 6 4 6 2         3 Dimitar Grabul / Tomislav Jotovski Mikayel Avetisyan / Henrik Nikoghosyan 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 Bjorn Thomson Sedrak Khachatryan 6 2 6 2         2 Sam Barry Mikayel Avetisyan 6 1 6 0         3 Sam Barry / David O'Hare Mikayel Avetisyan / Mikayel Khachatryan 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 Dimitar Grabul Flavio Dece 7^7 6^3 6 1         2 Tomislav Jotovski Genajd Shypheja 6 0 6 0         3 Tomislav Jotovski / Gorazd Srbljak Genajd Shypheja / Arber Sulstarova 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 Bjorn Thomson Dimitar Grabul 6 3 3 6 3 6       2 Sam Barry Tomislav Jotovski 6 3 6 4         3 Sam Barry / David O'Hare Dimitar Grabul / 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 Mikayel Khachatryan Arber Sulstarova 6 3 6 0         2 Mikayel Avetisyan Flavio Dece 6 3 3 6 2 6       3 Mikayel Avetisyan / Mikayel Khachatryan Flavio Dece / Genajd Shypheja 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 Rafn Kumar Bonifacius 6 0 6 2         2 Marcos Baghdatis Birkir Gunnarsson 6 4 6 0         3 Constandinos Christoforou / Soteris Hadjistyllis Rafn Kumar Bonifacius / Birkir Gunnarsson 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 Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier 3 6 5 7         2 Ljubomir Čelebić Laurent Recouderc 6 4 5 7 6 4       3 Ljubomir Čelebić / Pavle Rogan Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier / 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 Rafn Kumar Bonifacius 4 6 4 6         2 Ljubomir Čelebić Birkir Gunnarsson 6 2 6 2         3 Ljubomir Čelebić / Pavle Rogan Rafn Kumar Bonifacius / Birkir Gunnarsson 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 Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier 6 2 6 0         3 Constandinos Christoforou / Soteris Hadjistyllis Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier / Laurent Recouderc 4 6 7^7 6^1 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 Rafn Kumar Bonifacius 2 6 4 6         2 Laurent Recouderc Birkir Gunnarsson 6 3 6 1         3 Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier / Laurent Recouderc Rafn Kumar Bonifacius / Birkir Gunnarsson 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 Pavle Rogan 6 0 6 0         2 Marcos Baghdatis Ljubomir Čelebić 6 4 7^7 6^4         3 Constandinos Christoforou / Soteris Hadjistyllis Matija Bulatovic / 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 Christos Antonopoulos Granit Bajraliu 6 2 6 2         2 Ioannis Stergiou Hyda Banjska 6 4 6 0         3 Christos Antonopoulos / Vasileios Iliopoulos Gurash Hasani / Meldin Mustafi 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 Gian-Carlo Besimo 6 1 6 3         2 Jürgen Zopp Vital Flurin Leuch 6 0 6 0         3 Kenneth Raisma / Jürgen Zopp Robin Forster / Timo Kranz 6 0 7^7 6^2

Greece vs. Liechtenstein

Greece 3	Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 3 March 2016 Hard (i)		Liechtenstein 0
1 2 3 1 Christos Antonopoulos Robin Forster 6 3 6 4         2 Ioannis Stergiou Timo Kranz 6 1 6 2         3 Christos Antonopoulos / Vasileios Iliopoulos Gian-Carlo Besimo / Vital Flurin Leuch 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 Granit Bajraliu 6 0 6 2         2 Jürgen Zopp Hyda Banjska 6 0 6 1         3 Mattias Siimar / Jürgen Zopp Granit Bajraliu / Gurash Hasani 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 Christos Antonopoulos 6 1 6 0         2 Jürgen Zopp Ioannis Stergiou 6 0 6 1         3 Mattias Siimar / Jürgen Zopp Christos Antonopoulos / 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 Granit Bajraliu Robin Forster 3 6 4 6         2 Hyda Banjska Vital Flurin Leuch 1 6 0 6         3 Gurash Hasani / Meldin Mustafi Timo Kranz / Vital Flurin Leuch 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 6^4 7^7         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 Matthew Asciak Vasileios Iliopoulos 6 2 6 1         2 Bernard Cassar Torregiani Ioannis Stergiou 2 6 6 3 0 6       3 Matthew Asciak / Bernard Cassar Torregiani Christos Antonopoulos / 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 Gorazd Srbljak Matija Bulatovic 6 1 6 2         2 Dimitar Grabul Rrezart Cungu 6 2 6 0         3 Dimitar Grabul / Tomislav Jotovski Rrezart Cungu / Pavle Rogan           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 Pietro Grassi Timo Kranz 1 6 6 3 3 6       2 Marco De Rossi Vital Flurin Leuch 6 2 7 5         3 Marco De Rossi / Pietro Grassi Robin Forster / Timo Kranz 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 Mikayel Khachatryan Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier 3 6 3 6         2 Sedrak Khachatryan Laurent Recouderc 2 6 3 6         3 Sedrak Khachatryan / Henrik Nikoghosyan Eric Cervos Noguer / Genajd Shypheja 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 Mario Zili Rafn Kumar Bonifacius 1 6 0 6         2 Flavio Dece Birkir Gunnarsson 2 6 3 6         3 Genajd Shypheja / Arber Sulstarova Birkir Gunnarsson / Vladimir Ristic 1 6 4 6

References

External links

• Official Website