1997 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III
Main article: 1997 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone
The Group III tournament was held March 26 – 30, in Doha, Qatar, on outdoor hard courts. The eight teams were divided into two round-robin pools. The top two teams from each pool advanced to a promotion pool, while the bottom two were placed in a relegation pool. In contrast to earlier (and later) practice, the promotion and relegation pools took the form of play-off brackets, instead of using round-robin play.[1]
Pool A
| Advanced to Promotion Round | |
| Assigned to Relegation Round |
| Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Oceania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
 Qatar | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
 Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
 Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
Results of Individual Ties
| Date | Winning Team | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 26 | Pacific Oceania | 2-1 | Sri Lanka |
| March 26 | Qatar | 2-1 | Malaysia |
| March 27 | Qatar | 2-1 | Sri Lanka |
| March 27 | Malaysia | 2-1 | Pacific Oceania |
| March 28 | Pacific Oceania | 2-1 | Qatar |
| March 28 | Sri Lanka | 3-0 | Malaysia |
Pool B
| Advanced to Promotion Round | |
| Assigned to Relegation Round |
| Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kazakhstan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
 Kuwait | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
 Bahrain | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
 Bangladesh | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
Results of Individual Ties
| Date | Winning Team | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 26 | Kazakhstan | 2-1 | Bahrain |
| March 26 | Kuwait | 3-0 | Bangladesh |
| March 27 | Kazakhstan | 3-0 | Bangladesh |
| March 27 | Kuwait | 2-1 | Bahrain |
| March 28 | Kazakhstan | 2-1 | Kuwait |
| March 28 | Bahrain | 2-1 | Bangladesh |
1st-4th Playoff
| Play-offs March 30 |
1st Round March 29 |
2nd Round March 30 | |||||||||||||
| S | Pacific Oceania | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Kuwait |
1 | ||||||||||||||
| Kuwait |
0 | Pacific Oceania | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Kazakhstan |
3 | Qatar |
2 | ||||||||||||
| S | Kazakhstan |
1 | |||||||||||||
| Qatar |
2 | ||||||||||||||
Pacific Oceania and Qatar both promoted to Group II for 1998.
5th-8th Playoff
| Play-offs March 30 |
1st Round March 29 |
2nd Round March 30 | |||||||||||||
| S | Sri Lanka |
2 | |||||||||||||
| Bangladesh |
1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bangladesh |
1 | Sri Lanka |
0 | ||||||||||||
| Bahrain |
2 | Malaysia |
3 | ||||||||||||
| S | Bahrain |
1 | |||||||||||||
| Malaysia |
2 | ||||||||||||||
Bangladesh and Bahrain both relegated to Group IV for 1998.
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