1997 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III

The Asia/Oceania Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1997.

Main article: 1997 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone

In the Asia/Oceania Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. The top two teams in Group III advanced to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 1998, whereas the bottom two teams were relegated to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV in 1998.

Participating nations

•  Bahrain
•  Bangladesh
•  Kazakhstan
•  Kuwait
•  Malaysia
• [[File:|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] Pacific Oceania
•  Sri Lanka
•  Qatar

Draw

• Venue: Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, Doha, Qatar
• Date: 26–30 March

Group A

		KAZ	KUW	BHR	BAN	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
	Kazakhstan		2–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	7–2 (78%)	14–6 (70%)	1
	Kuwait	1–2		2–1	3–0	2–1	6–3 (67%)	12–7 (63%)	2
	Bahrain	1–2	1–2		2–1	1–2	4–5 (44%)	10–10 (50%)	3
	Bangladesh	0–3	0–3	1–2		0–3	1–8 (11%)	3–16 (16%)	4

Group B

		[[File:|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] POC	QAT	SRI	MAS	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
	[[File:|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] Pacific Oceania		2–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	5–4 (56%)	10–13 (43%)	1
	Qatar	1–2		2–1	2–1	2–1	5–4 (56%)	13–10 (57%)	2
	Sri Lanka	1–2	1–2		3–0	1–2	5–4 (56%)	13–9 (59%)	3
	Malaysia	2–1	1–2	0–3		1–2	3–6 (33%)	9–13 (41%)	4

1st to 4th place play-offs

3rd-4th Play-off

Semifinals

Final

A1

Kazakhstan

1

B2

Qatar

2

A1

Kazakhstan

3

B2

Qatar

2

A2

Kuwait

0

B1

[[File:|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] Pacific Oceania

1

A2

Kuwait

1

B1

[[File:|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] Pacific Oceania

2

5th to 8th place play-offs

7th-8th Play-off

5th-8th Play-offs

5th-6th Play-off

A3

Bahrain

1

B4

Malaysia

2

A3

Bahrain

2

B4

Malaysia

3

A4

Bangladesh

1

B3

Sri Lanka

0

A4

Bangladesh

1

B3

Sri Lanka

2

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	Qatar
2	[[File:|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] Pacific Oceania
3	Kazakhstan
4	Kuwait
5	Malaysia
6	Sri Lanka
7	Bahrain
8	Bangladesh

•  Qatar and [[File:|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] Pacific Oceania promoted to Group II in 1998.
•  Bahrain and  Bangladesh relegated to Group IV in 1998.

Round robin

Group A

Bangladesh vs. Kuwait

Bangladesh 0	Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, Doha, Qatar [1] 26 March 1997		Kuwait 3
1 2 3 1 Hira Lal Mohammed Rashid Al-Foudari 4 6 4 6     2 Shovon Jamaly Adel Al-Shatti 4 6 3 6     3 Shovon Jamaly / Hira Lal Khalid Al-Gharabally / Mohammad Ghareeb 6^1 7^7 4 6

Bahrain vs. Kazakhstan

Bahrain 1	Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, Doha, Qatar [2] 26 March 1997		Kazakhstan 2
1 2 3 1 Esam Abdulaal Alexey Kedryuk 6^5 7^7 4 6     2 Abdul-Rahman Shehab Igor Chaldounov 6 4 6 2     3 Esam Abdulaal / Nader Abdul-Aal Igor Chaldounov / Alexey Kedryuk 5 7 6 4 5 7

Bangladesh vs. Kazakhstan

Bangladesh 0	Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, Doha, Qatar [3] 27 March 1997		Kazakhstan 3
1 2 3 1 Hira Lal Alexey Kedryuk 2 6 2 6     2 Dilip Passia Igor Chaldounov 6 4 4 6 2 6   3 Shovon Jamaly / Dilip Passia Yuriy Karlov / Alexey Kedryuk 2 6 4 6

Bahrain vs. Kuwait

Bahrain 1	Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, Doha, Qatar [4] 27 March 1997		Kuwait 2
1 2 3 1 Esam Abdulaal Mohammad Ghareeb 6 3 6 0     2 Abdul-Rahman Shehab Adel Al-Shatti 2 6 1 6     3 Esam Abdulaal / Nader Abdul-Aal Khalid Al-Gharabally / Adel Al-Shatti 6 3 5 7 2 6

Bangladesh vs. Bahrain

Bangladesh 1	Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, Doha, Qatar [5] 28 March 1997		Bahrain 2
1 2 3 1 Tofazzal Hossain Shehab Shehab 3 6 1 6     2 Dilip Passia Abdul-Rahman Shehab 6 2 7^7 6^1     3 Shovon Jamaly / Hira Lal Nader Abdul-Aal / Abdul-Rahman Shehab 3 6 3 6

Kazakhstan vs. Kuwait

Kazakhstan 2	Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, Doha, Qatar [6] 28 March 1997		Kuwait 1
1 2 3 1 Alexey Kedryuk Mohammed Rashid Al-Foudari 6 2 6 3     2 Igor Chaldounov Mohammad Ghareeb 1 6 4 6     3 Igor Chaldounov / Alexey Kedryuk Mohammed Rashid Al-Foudari / Khalid Al-Gharabally 6 2 6 3

Group B

Qatar vs. Malaysia

Qatar 2	Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, Doha, Qatar [7] 26 March 1997		Malaysia 1
1 2 3 1 Nasser Al-Khelaifi Vasuthevan Ortchuan 2 6 6 1 2 6   2 Sultan Al-Alawi Ramayah Ramachandran 2 6 6 3 6 2   3 Sultan Al-Alawi / Nasser Al-Khelaifi Ramayah Ramachandran / Abdul-Aziz Shazali 6 2 6 3

Pacific Oceania vs. Sri Lanka

[[File:|45x32px|border |alt=|link=]] Pacific Oceania 2	Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, Doha, Qatar [8] 26 March 1997		Sri Lanka 1
1 2 3 1 Motuliki Kailahi Rohan de Silva 3 6 3 6     2 Lency Tenai Jayendra Wijeyesekera 4 6 7^7 6^2 6 1   3 Motuliki Kailahi / Lency Tenai Rohan de Silva / Jayendra Wijeyesekera 7^7 6^4 3 6 6 3

Qatar vs. Sri Lanka

Qatar 2	Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, Doha, Qatar [9] 27 March 1997		Sri Lanka 1
1 2 3 1 Nasser Al-Khelaifi Rohan de Silva 6 2 6^5 7^7 8 6   2 Sultan Al-Alawi Jayendra Wijeyesekera 7 5 6 1     3 Mohammed Ali Al-Saoud / Cesarito Diong Rohan de Silva / Jayendra Wijeyesekera 2 6 5 7

Malaysia vs. Pacific Oceania

Malaysia 2	Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, Doha, Qatar [10] 27 March 1997		[[File:|45x32px|border |alt=|link=]] Pacific Oceania 1
1 2 3 1 Vasuthevan Ortchuan Motuliki Kailahi 6 4 6 3     2 Ramayah Ramachandran Lency Tenai 6 0 6 1     3 Jamal Mulyadi / Ramayah Ramachandran Motuliki Kailahi / Lency Tenai 6^3 7^7 6 3 3 6

Qatar vs. Pacific Oceania

Qatar 1	Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, Doha, Qatar [11] 28 March 1997		[[File:|45x32px|border |alt=|link=]] Pacific Oceania 2
1 2 3 1 Mohammed Ali Al-Saoud Motuliki Kailahi 6 4 2 6 3 6   2 Sultan Al-Alawi Lency Tenai 6 1 6 2     3 Sultan Al-Alawi / Nasser Al-Khelaifi Motuliki Kailahi / Lency Tenai 6 4 4 6 2 6

Malaysia vs. Sri Lanka

Malaysia 0	Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, Doha, Qatar [12] 28 March 1997		Sri Lanka 3
1 2 3 1 Vasuthevan Ortchuan Rohan de Silva 6^1 7^7 0 6     2 Ramayah Ramachandran Jayendra Wijeyesekera 6^6 7^8 7 5 4 6   3 Jamal Mulyadi / Ramayah Ramachandran Rohan de Silva / Jayendra Wijeyesekera 3 6 2 6

1st to 4th place play-offs

Semifinals

Kazakhstan vs. Qatar

Kazakhstan 1	Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, Doha, Qatar [13] 29 March 1997		Qatar 2
1 2 3 1 Alexey Kedryuk Nasser Al-Khelaifi 6 2 6 2     2 Igor Chaldounov Sultan Al-Alawi 0 6 3 6     3 Igor Chaldounov / Alexey Kedryuk Sultan Al-Alawi / Cesarito Diong 2 6 4 6

Kuwait vs. Pacific Oceania

Kuwait 1	Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, Doha, Qatar [14] 29 March 1997		[[File:|45x32px|border |alt=|link=]] Pacific Oceania 2
1 2 3 1 Mohammed Rashid Al-Foudari Motuliki Kailahi 3 6 2 6     2 Adel Al-Shatti Lency Tenai 2 6 6 2 6 0   3 Khalid Al-Gharabally / Adel Al-Shatti Motuliki Kailahi / Lency Tenai 6 1 2 6 2 6

Final

Qatar vs. Pacific Oceania

Qatar 2	Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, Doha, Qatar [15] 30 March 1997		[[File:|45x32px|border |alt=|link=]] Pacific Oceania 1
1 2 3 1 Cesarito Diong Motuliki Kailahi 6^4 7^7     retired   2 Sultan Al-Alawi Lency Tenai 6 2 6 3     3 Sultan Al-Alawi / Nasser Al-Khelaifi Motuliki Kailahi / Lency Tenai 2 6 6 3 6 2

3rd to 4th play-off

Kazakhstan vs. Kuwait

Kazakhstan 3	Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, Doha, Qatar [16] 30 March 1997		Kuwait 0
1 2 3 1 Alexey Kedryuk Mohammed Rashid Al-Foudari 3 0       retired 2 Igor Chaldounov Khalid Al-Gharabally 6 3 0 0     retired 3 Igor Chaldounov / Alexey Kedryuk Mohammed Rashid Al-Foudari / Khalid Al-Gharabally       w/o

5th to 8th place play-offs

5th to 8th play-offs

Bahrain vs. Malaysia

Bahrain 1	Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, Doha, Qatar [17] 29 March 1997		Malaysia 2
1 2 3 1 Esam Abdulaal Vasuthevan Ortchuan 7 5 6 3     2 Abdul-Rahman Shehab Ramayah Ramachandran 1 6 0 6     3 Nader Abdul-Aal / Shehab Shehab Jamal Mulyadi / Ramayah Ramachandran 0 6 2 6

Bangladesh vs. Sri Lanka

Bangladesh 1	Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, Doha, Qatar [18] 29 March 1997		Sri Lanka 2
1 2 3 1 Dilip Passia Rohan de Silva 7 5 4 6 1 6   2 Shovon Jamaly Jayendra Wijeyesekera 2 6 6 4 6 2   3 Shovon Jamaly / Dilip Passia Rohan de Silva / Jayendra Wijeyesekera 6 3 4 6 4 6

5th to 6th play-off

Malaysia vs. Sri Lanka

Malaysia 3	Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, Doha, Qatar [19] 30 March 1997		Sri Lanka 0
1 2 3 1 Vasuthevan Ortchuan Lahiru Jayasuriya 6 4 7^7 6^3     2 Ramayah Ramachandran Roshun Razik 6 1 6 1     3 Jamal Mulyadi / Abdul-Aziz Shazali Rohan de Silva / Jayendra Wijeyesekera 4 6 6 4 6 2

7th to 8th play-off

Bahrain vs. Bangladesh

Bahrain 2	Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, Doha, Qatar [20] 30 March 1997		Bangladesh 1
1 2 3 1 Esam Abdulaal Dilip Passia 6 2 6 1     2 Abdul-Rahman Shehab Shovon Jamaly 1 6 4 6     3 Nader Abdul-Aal / Shehab Shehab Shovon Jamaly / Dilip Passia 6 2 1 6 6 4

References

1. "Bangladesh v Kuwait". daviscup.com.
2. "Bahrain v Kazakhstan". daviscup.com.
3. "Bangladesh v Kazakhstan". daviscup.com.
4. "Bahrain v Kuwait". daviscup.com.
5. "Bangladesh v Bahrain". daviscup.com.
6. "Kazakhstan v Kuwait". daviscup.com.
7. "Qatar v Malaysia". daviscup.com.
8. "Pacific Oceania v Sri Lanka". daviscup.com.
9. "Qatar v Sri Lanka". daviscup.com.
10. "Malaysia v Pacific Oceania". daviscup.com.
11. "Qatar v Pacific Oceania". daviscup.com.
12. "Malaysia v Sri Lanka". daviscup.com.
13. "Kazakhstan v Qatar". daviscup.com.
14. "Kuwait v Pacific Oceania". daviscup.com.
15. "Qatar v Pacific Oceania". daviscup.com.
16. "Kazakhstan v Kuwait". daviscup.com.
17. "Bahrain v Malaysia". daviscup.com.
18. "Bangladesh v Sri Lanka". daviscup.com.
19. "Malaysia v Sri Lanka". daviscup.com.
20. "Bahrain v Bangladesh". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website