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.

Main article: 2016 Davis Cup

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 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 Șoltoianu
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		        

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

North Macedonia
3		 Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
2 March 2016
Hard (i)
Armenia
0
1 2 3
1 North Macedonia
Armenia		 Dimitar Grabul
Mikayel Khachatryan		 6
4		 6
0		        
2 North Macedonia
Armenia		 Tomislav Jotovski
Mikayel Avetisyan		 6
4		 6
2		        
3 North 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

North Macedonia
3		 Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
3 March 2016
Hard (i)
Albania
0
1 2 3
1 North Macedonia
Albania		 Dimitar Grabul
Flavio Dece		 77
63		 6
1		        
2 North Macedonia
Albania		 Tomislav Jotovski
Genajd Shypheja		 6
0		 6
0		        
3 North 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)
North Macedonia
1
1 2 3
1 Republic of Ireland
North Macedonia		 Bjorn Thomson
Dimitar Grabul		 6
3		 3
6		 3
6		      
2 Republic of Ireland
North Macedonia		 Sam Barry
Tomislav Jotovski		 6
3		 6
4		        
3 Republic of Ireland
North 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		        

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		        

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 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 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

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

North Macedonia
2		 Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
5 March 2016
Hard (i)
Montenegro
0
1 2 3
1 North Macedonia
Montenegro		 Gorazd Srbljak
Matija Bulatovic		 6
1		 6
2		        
2 North Macedonia
Montenegro		 Dimitar Grabul
Rrezart Cungu		 6
2		 6
0		        
3 North Macedonia
Montenegro		 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 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		      

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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