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

Inactive nations

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
  1.  Moldova (52)
  2.  Ireland (64)
  3.  Cyprus (69)
  4.  Estonia (72)
  1.  Macedonia (84)
  2.  Montenegro (91)
  3.  Malta (95)
  4.  Greece (100)
  1.  Liechtenstein (107)
  2.  San Marino (109)
  3.  Armenia (117)
  4.  Iceland (118)
  1.  Albania (124)
  2.  Andorra (126)
  3.  Kosovo (–)

Groups:

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

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 Moldova
San Marino
Alexander Cozbinov
Pietro Grassi
6
0
6
0
       
2 Moldova
San Marino
Radu Albot
Marco De Rossi
6
0
6
2
       
3 Moldova
San Marino
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 Malta
San Marino
Matthew Asciak
Pietro Grassi
6
1
6
1
       
2 Malta
San Marino
Bernard Cassar Torregiani
Marco De Rossi
62
77
63
77
       
3 Malta
San Marino
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 Moldova
Malta
Andrei Soltoianu
Bradley Callus
6
2
6
3
       
2 Moldova
Malta
Radu Albot
Bernard Cassar Torregiani
6
0
6
1
       
3 Moldova
Malta
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 Republic of Ireland
Albania
Peter Bothwell
Arber Sulstarova
6
0
6
0
       
2 Republic of Ireland
Albania
Sam Barry
Flavio Dece
6
1
6
3
       
3 Republic of Ireland
Albania
Sam Barry / David O'Hare
Flavio Dece / Genajd Shypheja
6
0
6
0
       

Macedonia vs. Armenia


Macedonia
3
Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
2 March 2016
Hard (i)

Armenia
0
1 2 3
1 Republic of Macedonia
Armenia
Dimitar Grabul
Mikayel Khachatryan
6
4
6
0
       
2 Republic of Macedonia
Armenia
Tomislav Jotovski
Mikayel Avetisyan
6
4
6
2
       
3 Republic of Macedonia
Armenia
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 Republic of Ireland
Armenia
Bjorn Thomson
Sedrak Khachatryan
6
2
6
2
       
2 Republic of Ireland
Armenia
Sam Barry
Mikayel Avetisyan
6
1
6
0
       
3 Republic of Ireland
Armenia
Sam Barry / David O'Hare
Mikayel Avetisyan / Mikayel Khachatryan
6
1
6
2
       

Macedonia vs. Albania


Macedonia
3
Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
3 March 2016
Hard (i)

Albania
0
1 2 3
1 Republic of Macedonia
Albania
Dimitar Grabul
Flavio Dece
77
63
6
1
       
2 Republic of Macedonia
Albania
Tomislav Jotovski
Genajd Shypheja
6
0
6
0
       
3 Republic of Macedonia
Albania
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)

Macedonia
1
1 2 3
1 Republic of Ireland
Republic of Macedonia
Bjorn Thomson
Dimitar Grabul
6
3
3
6
3
6
     
2 Republic of Ireland
Republic of Macedonia
Sam Barry
Tomislav Jotovski
6
3
6
4
       
3 Republic of Ireland
Republic of Macedonia
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 Armenia
Albania
Mikayel Khachatryan
Arber Sulstarova
6
3
6
0
       
2 Armenia
Albania
Mikayel Avetisyan
Flavio Dece
6
3
3
6
2
6
     
3 Armenia
Albania
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 Cyprus
Iceland
Petros Chrysochos
Rafn Kumar Bonifacius
6
0
6
2
       
2 Cyprus
Iceland
Marcos Baghdatis
Birkir Gunnarsson
6
4
6
0
       
3 Cyprus
Iceland
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 Montenegro
Andorra
Rrezart Cungu
Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier
3
6
5
7
       
2 Montenegro
Andorra
Ljubomir Čelebić
Laurent Recouderc
6
4
5
7
6
4
     
3 Montenegro
Andorra
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 Montenegro
Iceland
Rrezart Cungu
Rafn Kumar Bonifacius
4
6
4
6
       
2 Montenegro
Iceland
Ljubomir Čelebić
Birkir Gunnarsson
6
2
6
2
       
3 Montenegro
Iceland
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 Cyprus
Andorra
Petros Chrysochos
Eric Cervos Noguer
6
0
6
0
       
2 Cyprus
Andorra
Marcos Baghdatis
Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier
6
2
6
0
       
3 Cyprus
Andorra
Constandinos Christoforou / Soteris Hadjistyllis
Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier / Laurent Recouderc
4
6
77
61
6
1
     

Andorra vs. Iceland


Andorra
2
Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
4 March 2016
Hard (i)

Iceland
1
1 2 3
1 Andorra
Iceland
Eric Cervos Noguer
Rafn Kumar Bonifacius
2
6
4
6
       
2 Andorra
Iceland
Laurent Recouderc
Birkir Gunnarsson
6
3
6
1
       
3 Andorra
Iceland
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 Cyprus
Montenegro
Petros Chrysochos
Pavle Rogan
6
0
6
0
       
2 Cyprus
Montenegro
Marcos Baghdatis
Ljubomir Čelebić
6
4
77
64
       
3 Cyprus
Montenegro
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 Greece
Kosovo
Christos Antonopoulos
Granit Bajraliu
6
2
6
2
       
2 Greece
Kosovo
Ioannis Stergiou
Hyda Banjska
6
4
6
0
       
3 Greece
Kosovo
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 Estonia
Liechtenstein
Kenneth Raisma
Gian-Carlo Besimo
6
1
6
3
       
2 Estonia
Liechtenstein
Jürgen Zopp
Vital Flurin Leuch
6
0
6
0
       
3 Estonia
Liechtenstein
Kenneth Raisma / Jürgen Zopp
Robin Forster / Timo Kranz
6
0
77
62
       

Greece vs. Liechtenstein


Greece
3
Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
3 March 2016
Hard (i)

Liechtenstein
0
1 2 3
1 Greece
Liechtenstein
Christos Antonopoulos
Robin Forster
6
3
6
4
       
2 Greece
Liechtenstein
Ioannis Stergiou
Timo Kranz
6
1
6
2
       
3 Greece
Liechtenstein
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 Estonia
Kosovo
Vladimir Ivanov
Granit Bajraliu
6
0
6
2
       
2 Estonia
Kosovo
Jürgen Zopp
Hyda Banjska
6
0
6
1
       
3 Estonia
Kosovo
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 Estonia
Greece
Kenneth Raisma
Christos Antonopoulos
6
1
6
0
       
2 Estonia
Greece
Jürgen Zopp
Ioannis Stergiou
6
0
6
1
       
3 Estonia
Greece
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 Kosovo
Liechtenstein
Granit Bajraliu
Robin Forster
3
6
4
6
       
2 Kosovo
Liechtenstein
Hyda Banjska
Vital Flurin Leuch
1
6
0
6
       
3 Kosovo
Liechtenstein
Gurash Hasani / Meldin Mustafi
Timo Kranz / Vital Flurin Leuch
3
6
1
6
       

Play-offs

PlacingA TeamScoreD Team
Promotional  Moldova 0–2  Estonia
5th–8th  Malta 1–2  Greece
9th–12th  San Marino1–2 Liechtenstein
13th–15th N/A Kosovo
PlacingB TeamScoreC Team
Promotional  Ireland0–2 Cyprus
5th–8th  Macedonia 2–0  Montenegro
9th–12th  Armenia 1–2  Andorra
13th–15th  Albania0–3 Iceland

Promotional

Moldova vs. Estonia


Moldova
0
Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
5 March 2016
Hard (i)

Estonia
2
1 2 3
1 Moldova
Estonia
Alexander Cozbinov
Kenneth Raisma
2
6
4
6
       
2 Moldova
Estonia
Radu Albot
Jürgen Zopp
2
6
2
6
       
3 Moldova
Estonia
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 Republic of Ireland
Cyprus
Peter Bothwell
Petros Chrysochos
1
6
6
2
0
6
     
2 Republic of Ireland
Cyprus
Sam Barry
Marcos Baghdatis
4
6
64
77
       
3 Republic of Ireland
Cyprus
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 Malta
Greece
Matthew Asciak
Vasileios Iliopoulos
6
2
6
1
       
2 Malta
Greece
Bernard Cassar Torregiani
Ioannis Stergiou
2
6
6
3
0
6
     
3 Malta
Greece
Matthew Asciak / Bernard Cassar Torregiani
Christos Antonopoulos / Vasileios Iliopoulos
5
7
4
6
       

Macedonia vs. Montenegro


Macedonia
2
Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
5 March 2016
Hard (i)

Montenegro
0
1 2 3
1 Republic of Macedonia
Montenegro
Gorazd Srbljak
Matija Bulatovic
6
1
6
2
       
2 Republic of Macedonia
Montenegro
Dimitar Grabul
Rrezart Cungu
6
2
6
0
       
3 Republic of Macedonia
Montenegro
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 San Marino
Liechtenstein
Pietro Grassi
Timo Kranz
1
6
6
3
3
6
     
2 San Marino
Liechtenstein
Marco De Rossi
Vital Flurin Leuch
6
2
7
5
       
3 San Marino
Liechtenstein
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 Armenia
Andorra
Mikayel Khachatryan
Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier
3
6
3
6
       
2 Armenia
Andorra
Sedrak Khachatryan
Laurent Recouderc
2
6
3
6
       
3 Armenia
Andorra
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 Albania
Iceland
Mario Zili
Rafn Kumar Bonifacius
1
6
0
6
       
2 Albania
Iceland
Flavio Dece
Birkir Gunnarsson
2
6
3
6
       
3 Albania
Iceland
Genajd Shypheja / Arber Sulstarova
Birkir Gunnarsson / Vladimir Ristic
1
6
4
6
       

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