2016 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 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

 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

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
62
77
63
77
       
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
       

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
77
63
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
       

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
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
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
77
64
       
3
Constandinos Christoforou / Soteris Hadjistyllis
Matija Bulatovic / Rrezart Cungu
6
2
6
3
       

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
77
62
       

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

PlacingA TeamScoreD Team
Promotional Moldova0–2 Estonia
5th–8th Malta1–2 Greece
9th–12th San Marino1–2 Liechtenstein
13th–15thN/A Kosovo
PlacingB TeamScoreC Team
Promotional Ireland0–2 Cyprus
5th–8th Macedonia2–0 Montenegro
9th–12th Armenia1–2 Andorra
13th–15th Albania0–3 Iceland

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
64
77
       
3
Sam Barry / David O'Hare
Marcos Baghdatis / Petros Chrysochos
          not
played

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

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
     

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

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