2017 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III
# 2017 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 2017. The zone's competition was held in round robin format in Sozopol, Bulgaria, in April 2017. The two winning groups advanced to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2018.

## Participating nations

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Bulgaria
* Greece
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Kosovo
* Liechtenstein
* Luxembourg
* Macedonia
* Malta
* Moldova
* Montenegro
* San Marino

### Inactive nation

* Azerbaijan

## Draw

Date: 5–8 April 2017

Location: Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria (hard)

Format: Round-robin basis. One pool of three teams (Pool A) and three pools of four teams (Pools 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 2018.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 20 February 2017 (shown in parentheses below).

| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
| - | - | - |
| Bulgaria (50) Moldova (61) Luxembourg (67) Ireland (79) | Macedonia (88) Montenegro (92) Greece (97) Liechtenstein (102*) | Malta (102*) Andorra (113) San Marino (114) Iceland (116) Armenia (119) Albania (125) Kosovo (128) |

* Tie broken by drawing of lot.

### Pool A

| | | BUL | GRE | ARM | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 50 | Bulgaria | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 12–1 (92%) | 79–36 (69%) | 1 |
| 97 | Greece | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 7–7 (50%) | 64–53 (55%) | 2 |
| 119 | Armenia | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 0–2 | 1–12 (8%) | 23–77 (23%) | 3 |

### Pool B

| | | MKD | MDA | MLT | ISL | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 88 | Macedonia | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 16–4 (80%) | 111–70 (61%) | 1 |
| 61 | Moldova | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 9–11 (45%) | 76–90 (46%) | 2 |
| 102 | Malta | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 8–12 (40%) | 77–94 (45%) | 3 |
| 116 | Iceland | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 7–13 (35%) | 77–87 (47%) | 4 |

### Pool C

| | | LUX | LIE | ALB | SMR | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 67 | Luxembourg | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 18–1 (95%) | 115–41 (74%) | 1 |
| 102 | Liechtenstein | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 11–9 (55%) | 88–84 (51%) | 2 |
| 125 | Albania | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–16 (16%) | 59–106 (36%) | 3 |
| 114 | San Marino | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 0–3 | 7–15 (32%) | 86–117 (42%) | 4 |

### Pool D

| | | IRL | MNE | AND | KOS | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 79 | Ireland | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 17–2 (89%) | 110–35 (76%) | 1 |
| 92 | Montenegro | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 12–5 (71%) | 90–71 (56%) | 2 |
| 113 | Andorra | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 1–2 | 8–11 (42%) | 75–86 (47%) | 3 |
| 128 | Kosovo | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 0–3 | 1–18 (5%) | 28–111 (20%) | 4 |

### Playoffs

| Placing | A Team | Score | D Team |
| - | - | - | - |
| Promotional | Bulgaria | 1–2 | Ireland |
| 5th–8th | Greece | 1–2 | Montenegro |
| 9th–12th | Armenia | 2–1 | Andorra |
| 13th–15th | — | — | Kosovo |
| Placing | B Team | Score | C Team |
| Promotional | Macedonia | 1–2 | Luxembourg |
| 5th–8th | Moldova | 2–1 | Liechtenstein |
| 9th–12th | Malta | 2–1 | Albania |
| 13th–15th | Iceland | 2–0 | San Marino |

Ireland and Luxembourg promoted to Group II in 2018.

## Round robin

### Pool A

**Bulgaria vs. Armenia**

| Bulgaria 3 | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 6 April 2017 Hard | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 6 April 2017 Hard | Armenia 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Dimitar Kuzmanov Mikayel Khachatryan 6 3 $7^7$ $6^0$     2 Aleksandar Lazov Mikayel Avetisyan 6 0 6 0     3 Tihomir Grozdanov / Alexandar Lazarov Mikayel Khachatryan / Sedrak Khachatryan 6 1 6 2 ||||

**Greece vs. Armenia**

| Greece 3 | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 6–7 April 2017 Hard | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 6–7 April 2017 Hard | Armenia 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Charalampos Kapogiannis Mikayel Khachatryan 6 0 6 1     2 Ioannis Stergiou Mikayel Avetisyan 6 0 6 0     3 Stamatios Kapiris / Petros Tsitsipas Mikayel Avetisyan / Sedrak Khachatryan 4 6 6 3 6 1 ||||

**Bulgaria vs. Greece**

| Bulgaria 3 | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 7 April 2017 Hard | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 7 April 2017 Hard | Greece 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Dimitar Kuzmanov Charalampos Kapogiannis $6^6$ $7^8$ 6 2 6 4   2 Aleksandar Lazov Ioannis Stergiou 6 3 6 4     3 Tihomir Grozdanov / Alexandar Lazarov Stamatios Kapiris / Petros Tsitsipas 6 0 6 4 ||||

### Pool B

**Moldova vs. Iceland**

| Moldova 1 | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 6 April 2017 Hard | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 6 April 2017 Hard | Iceland 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Dmitrii Baskov Rafn Kumar Bonifacius 3 6 3 6     2 Andrei Șoltoianu Birkir Gunnarsson 6 4 3 6 $6^5$ $7^7$   3 Dmitrii Baskov / Andrei Ciumac Vladimir Ristic / Egill Sigurðsson 6 1 6 3 ||||

**Macedonia vs. Malta**

| North Macedonia 2 | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 6–7 April 2017 Hard | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 6–7 April 2017 Hard | Malta 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Dimitar Grabul Omar Sudzuka 6 3 6 4     2 Tomislav Jotovski Matthew Asciak 3 6 6 3 2 6   3 Shendrit Deari / Dimitar Grabul Matthew Asciak / Omar Sudzuka 7 5 7 5 ||||

**Moldova vs. Malta**

| Moldova 2 | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 7 April 2017 Hard | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 7 April 2017 Hard | Malta 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Andrei Șoltoianu Matthew Asciak 1 6 1 6     2 Maxim Bulat Denzil Agius 6 0 6 4     3 Dmitrii Baskov / Andrei Ciumac Matthew Asciak / Omar Sudzuka 6 1 6 1 ||||

**Macedonia vs. Iceland**

| North Macedonia 3 | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 7 April 2017 Hard | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 7 April 2017 Hard | Iceland 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Dimitar Grabul Rafn Kumar Bonifacius 6 4 6 2     2 Tomislav Jotovski Birkir Gunnarsson 6 0 6 1     3 Shendrit Deari / Gorazd Srbljak Vladimir Ristic / Egill Sigurðsson 6 4 6 2 ||||

**Moldova vs. Macedonia**

| Moldova 1 | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 7–8 April 2017 Hard | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 7–8 April 2017 Hard | North Macedonia 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Maxim Bulat Dimitar Grabul 1 6 1 6     2 Andrei Ciumac Tomislav Jotovski 3 6 2 6     3 Dmitrii Baskov / Andrei Șoltoianu Shendrit Deari / Gorazd Srbljak 5 7 $7^7$ $6^4$ 4 1  retired ||||

**Iceland vs. Malta**

| Iceland 1 | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 7–8 April 2017 Hard | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 7–8 April 2017 Hard | Malta 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Rafn Kumar Bonifacius Omar Sudzuka 6 1 6 0     2 Birkir Gunnarsson Matthew Asciak 1 6 2 6     3 Rafn Kumar Bonifacius / Birkir Gunnarsson Matthew Asciak / Omar Sudzuka $6^4$ $7^7$ 6 2 4 6 ||||

### Pool C

**Luxembourg vs. San Marino**

| Luxembourg 3 | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 6 April 2017 Hard | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 6 April 2017 Hard | San Marino 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Ugo Nastasi Pietro Grassi 6 1 6 1     2 Christophe Tholl Marco de Rossi 6 2 $7^7$ $6^2$     3 Tom Diederich / Ugo Nastasi Marco de Rossi / Pietro Grassi 5 7 6 3 6 3 ||||

**Liechtenstein vs. Albania**

| Liechtenstein 3 | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 6 April 2017 Hard | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 6 April 2017 Hard | Albania 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Timo Kranz Arber Sulstarova 6 3 6 2     2 Vital Flurin Leuch Elbi Mjeshtri $7^7$ $6^5$ 6 1     3 Robin Forster / Vital Flurin Leuch Elbi Mjeshtri / Genajd Shypheja 6 3 6 2 ||||

**Luxembourg vs. Albania**

| Luxembourg 3 | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 7 April 2017 Hard | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 7 April 2017 Hard | Albania 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Ugo Nastasi Genajd Shypheja 6 0 6 0     2 Alex Knaff Arber Sulstarova 6 2 6 0     3 Tom Diederich / Alex Knaff Elbi Mjeshtri / Genajd Shypheja 6 4 6 0 ||||

**Liechtenstein vs. San Marino**

| Liechtenstein 2 | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 7 April 2017 Hard | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 7 April 2017 Hard | San Marino 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Timo Kranz Pietro Grassi 6 0 6 1     2 Vital Flurin Leuch Marco de Rossi 6 4 2 6 2 6   3 Robin Forster / Timo Kranz Marco de Rossi / Pietro Grassi 6 1 4 6 $7^{12}$ $6^{10}$ ||||

**Luxembourg vs. Liechtenstein**

| Luxembourg 3 | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 7–8 April 2017 Hard | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 7–8 April 2017 Hard | Liechtenstein 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Ugo Nastasi Timo Kranz 6 0 6 0     2 Christophe Tholl Vital Flurin Leuch $7^7$ $6^5$ 6 3     3 Tom Diederich / Alex Knaff Robin Forster / Serafin Zund 6 0 6 3 ||||

**San Marino vs. Albania**

| San Marino 1 | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 7–8 April 2017 Hard | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 7–8 April 2017 Hard | Albania 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Antoine Barbieri Mario Zili 1 6 5 7     2 Marco de Rossi Elbi Mjeshtri 6 3 6 3     3 Antoine Barbieri / Pietro Grassi Elbi Mjeshtri / Genajd Shypheja 6 4 3 6 $6^4$ $7^7$ ||||

### Pool D

**Ireland vs. Andorra**

| Ireland 3 | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 6 April 2017 Hard | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 6 April 2017 Hard | Andorra 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Sam Barry Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier 6 2 6 2     2 James McGee Laurent Recouderc 6 0 6 0     3 Sam Barry / David O'Hare Èric Cervós Noguer / Laurent Recouderc 6 3 6 0 ||||

**Montenegro vs. Kosovo**

| Montenegro 3 | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 6 April 2017 Hard | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 6 April 2017 Hard | Kosovo 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Rrezart Cungu Granit Bajraliu 6 1 6 0     2 Ljubomir Čelebić Hyda Banjska 6 1 6 1     3 Mario Aleksić / Pavle Rogan Burim Bytyqi / Meldin Mustafi 6 1 6 0 ||||

**Ireland vs. Kosovo**

| Ireland 3 | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 6–7 April 2017 Hard | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 6–7 April 2017 Hard | Kosovo 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Peter Bothwell Granit Bajraliu 6 0 6 2     2 James McGee Hyda Banjska 6 0 6 0     3 Peter Bothwell / David O'Hare Granit Bajraliu / Meldin Mustafi 6 2 6 2 ||||

**Montenegro vs. Andorra**

| Montenegro 2 | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 6–7 April 2017 Hard | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 6–7 April 2017 Hard | Andorra 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Rrezart Cungu Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier 6 4 6 2     2 Ljubomir Čelebić Laurent Recouderc $7^7$ $6^3$ 6 4     3 Mario Aleksić / Pavle Rogan Èric Cervós Noguer / Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier 5 7 2 6 ||||

**Ireland vs. Montenegro**

| Ireland 2 | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 7–8 April 2017 Hard | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 7–8 April 2017 Hard | Montenegro 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Sam Barry Rrezart Cungu 6 0 6 1     2 James McGee Ljubomir Čelebić 5 7 6 2 3 6   3 Sam Barry / David O'Hare Ljubomir Čelebić / Rrezart Cungu 6 2 6 4 ||||

**Andorra vs. Kosovo**

| Andorra 3 | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 7–8 April 2017 Hard | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 7–8 April 2017 Hard | Kosovo 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier Burim Bytyqi 6 1 6 3     2 Laurent Recouderc Granit Bajraliu 6 0 6 1     3 Èric Cervós Noguer / Laurent Recouderc Granit Bajraliu / Hyda Banjska 3 6 6 4 6 3 ||||

## Playoffs

### Promotional playoffs

**Bulgaria vs. Ireland**

| Bulgaria 1 | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 8 April 2017 Hard | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 8 April 2017 Hard | Ireland 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Dimitar Kuzmanov Sam Barry 4 6 6 3 $7^8$ $6^6$   2 Aleksandar Lazov James McGee 2 6 6 4 1 6   3 Dimitar Kuzmanov / Aleksandar Lazov Sam Barry / David O'Hare 1 6 $6^6$ $7^8$ ||||

**Macedonia vs. Luxembourg**

| North Macedonia 1 | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 8 April 2017 Hard | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 8 April 2017 Hard | Luxembourg 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Dimitar Grabul Ugo Nastasi 4 6 3 6     2 Tomislav Jotovski Christophe Tholl 6 2 6 2     3 Dimitar Grabul / Tomislav Jotovski Alex Knaff / Ugo Nastasi 5 7 6 4 2 6 ||||

### 5th to 8th place playoffs

**Greece vs. Montenegro**

| Greece 1 | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 8 April 2017 Hard | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 8 April 2017 Hard | Montenegro 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Charalampos Kapogiannis Pavle Rogan 6 4 6 3     2 Ioannis Stergiou Rrezart Cungu 5 7 0 6     3 Charalampos Kapogiannis / Petros Tsitsipas Ljubomir Čelebić / Rrezart Cungu 5 7 2 6 ||||

**Moldova vs. Liechtenstein**

| Moldova 2 | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 8 April 2017 Hard | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 8 April 2017 Hard | Liechtenstein 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Dmitrii Baskov Timo Kranz 6 4 6 1     2 Maxim Bulat Vital Flurin Leuch 6 0 1 6 2 6   3 Dmitrii Baskov / Andrei Șoltoianu Robin Forster / Vital Flurin Leuch 6 3 3 6 6 2 ||||

### 9th to 12th place playoffs

**Armenia vs. Andorra**

| Armenia 2 | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 8 April 2017 Hard | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 8 April 2017 Hard | Andorra 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Mikayel Khachatryan Èric Cervós Noguer 6 3 6 1     2 Sedrak Khachatryan Laurent Recouderc 2 6 0 6     3 Mikayel Avetisyan / Mikayel Khachatryan Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier / Laurent Recouderc 6 2 6 3 ||||

**Malta vs. Albania**

| Malta 2 | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 8 April 2017 Hard | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 8 April 2017 Hard | Albania 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Omar Sudzuka Mario Zili 6 1 6 1     2 Denzil Agius Elbi Mjeshtri 2 6 3 6     3 Matthew Asciak / Omar Sudzuka Genajd Shypheja / Arber Sulstarova 6 0 6 1 ||||

### 13th to 14th playoff

**Iceland vs. San Marino**

| Iceland 2 | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 8 April 2017 Hard | Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria 8 April 2017 Hard | San Marino 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 1 Rafn Kumar Bonifacius Pietro Grassi 6 0 6 0     2 Birkir Gunnarsson Marco de Rossi 2 1      retired 3 Rafn Kumar Bonifacius / Birkir Gunnarsson Marco de Rossi / Pietro Grassi       not played ||||
