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]

Main article: 2015 Davis Cup

Participating nations

[1]

•  Albania
•  Armenia
•  Cyprus
•  Estonia
•  Georgia
•  Greece
•  Iceland
•  Liechtenstein
•  Macedonia
•  Malta
•  Montenegro
•  Norway
•  San Marino

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

[2]

Cyprus 3	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino 15 July 2015 Red Clay, Outdoor		San Marino 0
1 2 3 1 Christos Hadjigeorgiou Pietro Grassi 6 3 6 0         2 Petros Chrysochos Marco De Rossi 6 1 6 0         3 Christos Hadjigeorgiou / Leandros Papayiannis Domenico Vicini / Diego Zonzini 6 1 6 1

Greece vs. San Marino

[3]

Greece 3	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino 16 July 2015 Red Clay, Outdoor		San Marino 0
1 2 3 1 Ioannis Stergiou Pietro Grassi 6 1 6 1         2 Eleftherios Theodorou Marco De Grassi 6 4 3 6 6 4       3 Christos Antonopoulos / Ioannis Stergiou Pietro Grassi / Diego Zonzini 7^7 6^0 6 3

Cyprus vs. Greece

[4]

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

Pool B

Estonia vs. Liechtenstein

[5]

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 Gian-Carlo Besimo 6 0 6 2         2 Jürgen Zopp Vital Flurin Leuch 6 2 6 2         3 Vladimir Ivanov / Jürgen Zopp Vital Flurin Leuch / Christian Meier 6 0 6 2

Montenegro vs. Liechtenstein

[6]

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 Gian-Carlo Besimo 7 5 6 1         2 Ljubomir Čelebić Vital Flurin Leuch 6 0 6 1         3 Igor Saveljić / Ivan Saveljić Gian-Carlo Besimo / Vital Flurin Leuch 6 3 7 5

Estonia vs. Montenegro

[7]

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

[8]

Macedonia 3	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino 15 July 2015 Red Clay, Outdoor		Armenia 0
1 2 3 1 Dimitar Grabul Mikayel Khachatryan 6 1 6 2         2 Tomislav Jotovski Mikayel Avetisyan 6 0 6 1         3 Bojan Jankulovski / Gorazd Srbljak Ashot Gevorgyan / Sedrak Khachatryan 6 4 6 2

Norway vs. Armenia

[9]

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 Mikayel Khachatryan 6 0 6 0         2 Viktor Durasovic Sedrak Khachatryan 6 2 6 3         3 Joachim Bjerke / Oystein Steiro Mikayel Avetisyan / Ashot Gevorgyan 6 4 6 0

Macedonia vs. Norway

[10]

Macedonia 0	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino 17 July 2015 Red Clay, Outdoor		Norway 3
1 2 3 1 Dimitar Grabul Casper Ruud 6 1 1 6 2 6       2 Tomislav Jotovski Viktor Durasovic 6 4 3 6 6^7 7^9       3 Bojan Jankulovski / Gorazd Srbljak Joachim Bjerke / Oystein Steiro 6 3 3 6 4 6

Pool D

Georgia vs. Albania

[11]

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 Arber Sulstarova 6 0 6 0         2 Nikoloz Basilashvili Rei Pelushi 6 0 6 0         3 Giorgi Javakhishvili / George Tsivadze Rei Pelushi / Genajd Shypheja 6 0 6 0

Malta vs. Iceland

[12]

Malta 3	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino 15 July 2015 Red Clay, Outdoor		Iceland 0
1 2 3 1 Matthew Asciak Birkir Gunnarsson 6 3 6 2         2 Bernard Cassar Torregiani Rafn Kumar Bonifacius 5 7 7^7 6^2 6 1       3 Matthew Asciak / Bradley Callus Birkir Gunnarsson / Vladimir Ristic 6 3 6 3

Georgia vs. Iceland

[13]

Georgia 3	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino 16 July 2015 Red Clay, Outdoor		Iceland 0
1 2 3 1 Giorgi Javakhishvili Birkir Gunnarsson 6 0 6 2         2 George Tsivadze Vladimir Ristic 6 3 6 0         3 Giorgi Javakhishvili / George Tsivadze Magnus Gunnarsson / Vladimir Ristic 6 1 6 3

Malta vs. Albania

[14]

Malta 3	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino 16 July 2015 Red Clay, Outdoor		Albania 0
1 2 3 1 Matthew Asciak Genajd Shypheja 6 0 6 0         2 Bernard Cassar Torregiani Rei Pelushi 6 0 6 3         3 Bradley Callus / Matthew Cassar Torregiani Rei Pelushi / Genajd Shypheja 6 3 4 6 6 1

Georgia vs. Malta

[15]

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 Matthew Asciak 6 1 6 3         2 Nikoloz Basilashvili Bernard Cassar Torregiani 6 1 6 0         3 Giorgi Javakhishvili / George Tsivadze Bradley Callus / Bernard Cassar Torregiani 6 2 6 1

Albania vs. Iceland

[16]

Albania 0	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino 17 July 2015 Red Clay, Outdoor		Iceland 3
1 2 3 1 Genajd Shypheja Birkir Gunnarsson 4 6 5 7         2 Rei Pelushi Rafn Kumar Bonifacius 2 6 0 6         3 Rei Pelushi / Genajd Shypheja Rafn Kumar Bonifacius / Birkir Gunnarsson 3 6 2 6

Play-offs

Promotion

Cyprus vs. Norway

[17]

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

Estonia vs. Georgia

[18]

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 6^5 7^7         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

[19]

Greece 0	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino 18 July 2015 Red Clay, Outdoor		Macedonia 2
1 2 3 1 Christos Antonopoulos Dimitar Grabul 4 6 6^2 7^7         2 Eleftherios Theodorou Tomislav Jotovski 2 6 3 6         3 Christos Antonopoulos / Ioannis Stergiou Bojan Jankulovski / Tomislav Jotovski           not played

Montenegro vs. Malta

[20]

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 Matthew Asciak 3 6 2 6         2 Igor Saveljić Bernard Cassar Torregiani 6 1 6 0         3 Ljubomir Čelebić / Igor Saveljić Matthew Asciak / Bradley Callus 6 2 6 2

9th to 12th play-offs

San Marino vs. Armenia

[21]

San Marino 2	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino 18 July 2015 Red Clay, Outdoor		Armenia 0
1 2 3 1 Pietro Grassi Mikayel Avetisyan 6 0 6 1         2 Marco De Rossi Ashot Gevorgyan 6 3 2 6 6 2       3 Marco De Rossi / Domenico Vicini Mikayel Khachatryan / Sedrak Khachatryan           not played

Liechtenstein vs. Iceland

[22]

Liechtenstein 2	Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio, San Marino, San Marino 18 July 2015 Red Clay, Outdoor		Iceland 1
1 2 3 1 Gian-Carlo Besimo Birkir Gunnarsson 2 6 0 6         2 Vital Flurin Leuch Rafn Kumar Bonifacius 3 6 6 3 6 2       3 Gian-Carlo Besimo / Vital Flurin Leuch Rafn Kumar Bonifacius / Birkir Gunnarsson 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

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