2012 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III

The Europe/Africa Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2012.

In the Europe/Africa Zone there were three different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Group III was divided into a European zone and an African zone. The Group III Europe tournament was held in Bulgarian National Tennis Centre 'Carlsberg', Sofia, Bulgaria, May 2–5, on outdoor clay courts. [1]

Format

The 13 teams will be split into four pools. The winners of pool A and pool B will be drawn to play against the winners of pool C and pool D. Two winning nations will be promoted to Europe/Africa Zone of Group II for 2013.

Group stage

Group A

Team Ties Played Ties Won Ties Lost Matches Won Matches Lost Standing
 Lithuania 2 2 0 5 0 1
 Andorra 2 1 1 2 3 2
 San Marino 2 0 2 1 5 3

Andorra vs. San Marino


Andorra
2
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
2 May 2012
Clay

San Marino
1
1 2 3
1
Gerard Florido
Diego Zonzini
1
6
0
6
       
2
Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier
Marco De Rossi
6
2
6
1
       
3
Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier / Jordi Vila-Vila
Domenico Vicini / Diego Zonzini
6
3
7
5
       

[2]

Lithuania vs. San Marino


Lithuania
3
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
3 May 2012
Clay

San Marino
0
1 2 3
1
Dovydas Šakinis
Diego Zonzini
6
0
6
2
       
2
Laurynas Grigelis
Marco de Rossi
6
2
6
1
       
3
Lukas Mugevičius / Dovydas Šakinis
Marco de Rossi / Domenico Vicini
6
0
6
2
       

[3]

Andorra vs. Lithuania


Andorra
0
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
4 May 2012
Clay

Lithuania
2
1 2 3
1
Hector Hormigo-Herrera
Lukas Mugevičius
3
6
3
6
       
2
Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier
Laurynas Grigelis
2
6
4
6
       
3
Hector Hormigo-Herrera / Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier
Lukas Mugevičius / Dovydas Šakinis
          not
played

[4]

Group B

Team Ties Played Ties Won Ties Lost Matches Won Matches Lost Standing
 Bulgaria 2 2 0 6 0 1
 Georgia 2 1 1 3 3 2
 Albania 2 0 2 0 6 3

Albania vs. Bulgaria


Albania
0
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
2 May 2012
Clay

Bulgaria
3
1 2 3
1
Rei Pelushi
Dimitar Kuzmanov
1
6
0
6
       
2
Flavio Deçe
Grigor Dimitrov
1
6
1
6
       
3
Rei Pelushi / Flavio Deçe
Todor Enev / Petar Trendafilov
0
6
2
6
       

[5]

Albania vs. Georgia


Albania
0
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
3 May 2012
Clay

Georgia
3
1 2 3
1
Arber Sulstarova
Aleksandre Metreveli
1
6
1
6
       
2
Flavio Deçe
George Tsivadze
3
6
0
6
       
3
Rei Pelushi / Genajd Shypheja
Aleksandre Metreveli / George Tsivadze
0
6
1
6
       

[6]

Bulgaria vs. Georgia


Bulgaria
3
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
4 May 2012
Clay

Georgia
0
1 2 3
1
Dimitar Kuzmanov
Alexandre Metreveli
6
3
6
2
       
2
Grigor Dimitrov
George Tsivadze
6
4
6
1
       
3
Todor Enev / Petar Trendafilov
George Tsivadze / Alexandre Metreveli
6
1
77
64
       

[7]

Group C

Team Ties Played Ties Won Ties Lost Matches Won Matches Lost Standing
 Macedonia 2 2 0 5 0 1
 Armenia 2 1 1 2 4 2
 Montenegro 2 0 2 1 4 3

Armenia vs. Macedonia


Armenia
0
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
2 May 2012
Clay

Macedonia
3
1 2 3
1
Daniil Proskura
Shendrit Deari
2
6
0
6
       
2
Ashot Gevorgyan
Tomislav Jotovski
6
3
2
6
0
6
     
3
Khachatur Khachatryan / Daniil Proskura
Predrag Rusevski / Danil Zelenkov
4
6
6
3
2
6
     

[8]

Armenia vs. Montenegro


Armenia
2
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
3 May 2012
Clay

Montenegro
1
1 2 3
1
Daniil Proskura
Igor Saveljic
6
3
4
6
6
2
     
2
Khachatur Khachatryan
Ljubomir Čelebić
0
6
3
6
       
3
Khachatur Khachatryan / Daniil Proskura
Ljubomir Čelebić / Igor Saveljic
6
1
710
68
       

[9]

Macedonia vs. Montenegro


Macedonia
2
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
4 May 2012
Clay

Montenegro
0
1 2 3
1
Shendrit Deari
Igor Saveljic
6
1
6
0
       
2
Tomislav Jotovski
Ljubomir Čelebić
6
2
6
3
       
3
Predrag Rusevski / Danil Zelenkov
Ljubomir Čelebić / Pavle Rogan
          not
played

[10]

Group D

Team Ties Played Ties Won Ties Lost Matches Won Matches Lost Standing
 Greece 3 3 0 8 1 1
 Norway 3 2 1 7 2 2
 Malta 3 1 2 2 7 3
 Iceland 3 0 3 1 8 4

Greece vs. Malta


Greece
3
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
2 May 2012
Clay

Malta
0
1 2 3
1
Theodoros Angelinos
Matthew Asciak
6
4
7
6
       
2
Paris Gemouchidis
Bradley Callus
6
2
6
0
       
3
George Giotopoulos / Markos Kalovelonis
Matthew Asciak / Mark Gatt
6
3
6
4
       

[11]

Iceland vs. Norway


Iceland
0
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
2 May 2012
Clay

Norway
3
1 2 3
1
Andri Jonsson
Stian Boretti
0
6
1
6
       
2
Birkir Gunnarsson
Erling Tveit
0
6
0
6
       
3
Birkir Gunnarsson / Andri Jonsson
Joachim Bjerke / Carl Sundberg
2
6
3
6
       

[12]

Malta vs. Norway


Malta
0
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
3 May 2012
Clay

Norway
3
1 2 3
1
Matthew Asciak
Stian Boretti
3
6
1
6
       
2
Bradley Callus
Erling Tveit
1
6
1
6
       
3
Matthew Asciak / Mark Gatt
Joachim Bjerke / Carl Sundberg
0
6
1
6
       

[13]

Greece vs. Iceland


Greece
3
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
3 May 2012
Clay

Iceland
0
1 2 3
1
Theodoros Angelinos
Andri Jonsson
6
0
6
1
       
2
Paris Gemouchidis
Birkir Gunnarsson
6
0
6
1
       
3
George Giotopoulos / Markos Kalovelonis
Andri Jonsson / Birkir Gunnarsson
6
2
6
3
       

[14]

Greece vs. Norway


Greece
2
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
4 May 2012
Clay

Norway
1
1 2 3
1
Theodoros Angelinos
Stian Boretti
6
2
6
5
       
2
Paris Gemouchidis
Erling Tveit
64
77
1
6
       
3
Theodoros Angelinos / Paris Gemouchidis
Stian Boretti / Erling Tveit
3
6
6
3
6
4
     

[15]

Iceland vs. Malta


Iceland
1
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
4 May 2012
Clay

Malta
2
1 2 3
1
Andri Jonsson
Denzil Agius
6
4
4
6
6
4
     
2
Birkir Gunnarsson
Matthew Asciak
0
6
0
6
       
3
Andri Jonsson / Birkir Gunnarsson
Matthew Asciak / Mark Gatt
1
6
3
6
       

[16]

Playoffs

1st to 4th play-off

Lithuania vs Greece


Lithuania
2
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
5 May 2012
Clay

Greece
1
1 2 3
1
Laurynas Grigelis
Theodoros Angelinos
5
7
710
68
4
6
     
2
Ričardas Berankis
Paris Gemouchidis
77
64
6
3
       
3
Ričardas Berankis / Laurynas Grigelis
Paris Gemouchidis / Markos Kalovelonis
6
2
7
5
       

[17]

Bulgaria vs Macedonia


Bulgaria
3
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
5 May 2012
Clay

Macedonia
0
1 2 3
1
Dimitar Kuzmanov
Shendrit Deari
1
6
6
2
7
5
     
2
Grigor Dimitrov
Tomislav Jotovski
6
0
6
0
       
3
Todor Enev / Petar Trendafilov
Tomislav Jotovski / Danil Zelenkov
6
3
6
3
       

[18]

5th to 8th play-off

Andorra vs Norway


Andorra
1
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
5 May 2012
Clay

Norway
2
1 2 3
1
Hector Hormigo-Herrera
Stian Boretti
0
6
3
6
       
2
Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier
Erling Tveit
77
61
64
77
6
4
     
3
Gerard Florido / Hector Hormigo-Herrera
Stian Boretti / Erling Tveit
2
6
1
6
       

[19]

Georgia vs Armenia


Georgia
3
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
5 May 2012
Clay

Armenia
0
1 2 3
1
Aleksandre Metreveli
Mikayel Avetisyan
6
2
6
1
       
2
George Tsivadze
Daniil Proskura
5
7
6
2
6
4
     
3
Mikheil Khmiadashvili / Aleksandre Metreveli
Ashot Gevorgyan / Khachatur Khachatryan
5
7
6
3
6
4
     

[20]

9th to 12th play-off

San Marino vs Malta


San Marino
1
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
5 May 2012
Clay

Malta
2
1 2 3
1
Marco de Rossi
Matthew Asciak
2
6
2
6
       
2
Diego Zonzini
Bradley Callus
6
1
1
6
2
6
     
3
Marco de Rossi / Domenico Vicini
Denzil Agius / Mark Gatt
6
2
6
4
       

[21]

Albania vs Montenegro


Albania
0
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
5 May 2012
Clay

Montenegro
3
1 2 3
1
Genajd Shypheja
Pavle Rogan
2
6
0
6
       
2
Flavio Deçe
Ljubomir Čelebić
1
6
1
6
       
3
Flavio Deçe / Rei Pelushi
Pavle Rogan / Igor Saveljic
62
77
2
6
       

[22]

Final standings

Rank Team
1  Bulgaria
1  Lithuania
3  Greece
3  North Macedonia
5  Georgia
5  Norway
7  Andorra
7  Armenia
9  Malta
9  Montenegro
11  Albania
11  San Marino
13  Iceland

References

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  5. ^ "Bulgaria vs. Albania". daviscup.com.
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  7. ^ "Bulgaria vs. Georgia". daviscup.com.
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  9. ^ "Montenegro vs Armenia". daviscup.com.
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  11. ^ "Greece vs. Malta". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Norway vs. Iceland". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Norway vs. Malta". daviscup.com.
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  15. ^ "Greece vs. Norway". daviscup.com.
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