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.

Main article: 2017 Davis Cup

Participating nations

Inactive nation

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
  1.  Bulgaria (50)
  2.  Moldova (61)
  3.  Luxembourg (67)
  4.  Ireland (79)
  1.  Macedonia (88)
  2.  Montenegro (92)
  3.  Greece (97)
  4.  Liechtenstein (102*)
  1.  Malta (102*)
  2.  Andorra (113)
  3.  San Marino (114)
  4.  Iceland (116)
  5.  Armenia (119)
  6.  Albania (125)
  7.  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
PlacingA TeamScoreD Team
Promotional Bulgaria1–2 Ireland
5th–8th Greece1–2 Montenegro
9th–12th Armenia2–1 Andorra
13th–15th— Kosovo
PlacingB TeamScoreC Team
Promotional Macedonia1–2 Luxembourg
5th–8th Moldova2–1 Liechtenstein
9th–12th Malta2–1 Albania
13th–15th Iceland2–0 San Marino

 Ireland and  Luxembourg promoted to Group II in 2018.

Round robin

Bulgaria vs. Armenia

Bulgaria
3		 Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[1]
6 April 2017
Hard
Armenia
0
1 2 3
1 Bulgaria
Armenia		 Dimitar Kuzmanov
Mikayel Khachatryan		 6
3		 77
60		    
2 Bulgaria
Armenia		 Aleksandar Lazov
Mikayel Avetisyan		 6
0		 6
0		    
3 Bulgaria
Armenia		 Tihomir Grozdanov / Alexandar Lazarov
Mikayel Khachatryan / Sedrak Khachatryan		 6
1		 6
2		    

Greece vs. Armenia

Greece
3		 Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[2]
6–7 April 2017
Hard
Armenia
0
1 2 3
1 Greece
Armenia		 Charalampos Kapogiannis
Mikayel Khachatryan		 6
0		 6
1		    
2 Greece
Armenia		 Ioannis Stergiou
Mikayel Avetisyan		 6
0		 6
0		    
3 Greece
Armenia		 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[3]
7 April 2017
Hard
Greece
0
1 2 3
1 Bulgaria
Greece		 Dimitar Kuzmanov
Charalampos Kapogiannis		 66
78		 6
2		 6
4		  
2 Bulgaria
Greece		 Aleksandar Lazov
Ioannis Stergiou		 6
3		 6
4		    
3 Bulgaria
Greece		 Tihomir Grozdanov / Alexandar Lazarov
Stamatios Kapiris / Petros Tsitsipas		 6
0		 6
4		    

Moldova vs. Iceland

Moldova
1		 Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[4]
6 April 2017
Hard
Iceland
2
1 2 3
1 Moldova
Iceland		 Dmitrii Baskov
Rafn Kumar Bonifacius		 3
6 		3
6 		   
2 Moldova
Iceland		 Andrei Șoltoianu
Birkir Gunnarsson		 6
4		 3
6 		65
77		  
3 Moldova
Iceland		 Dmitrii Baskov / Andrei Ciumac
Vladimir Ristic / Egill Sigurðsson		 6
1		 6
3		    

Macedonia vs. Malta

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

Moldova vs. Malta

Moldova
2		 Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[6]
7 April 2017
Hard
Malta
1
1 2 3
1 Moldova
Malta		 Andrei Șoltoianu
Matthew Asciak		 1
6 		1
6 		   
2 Moldova
Malta		 Maxim Bulat
Denzil Agius		 6
0		 6
4		    
3 Moldova
Malta		 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]
7 April 2017
Hard
Iceland
0
1 2 3
1 North Macedonia
Iceland		 Dimitar Grabul
Rafn Kumar Bonifacius		 6
4		 6
2		    
2 North Macedonia
Iceland		 Tomislav Jotovski
Birkir Gunnarsson		 6
0		 6
1		    
3 North Macedonia
Iceland		 Shendrit Deari / Gorazd Srbljak
Vladimir Ristic / Egill Sigurðsson		 6
4		 6
2		    

Moldova vs. Macedonia

Moldova
1		 Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[8]
7–8 April 2017
Hard
North Macedonia
2
1 2 3
1 Moldova
North Macedonia		 Maxim Bulat
Dimitar Grabul		 1
6 		1
6 		   
2 Moldova
North Macedonia		 Andrei Ciumac
Tomislav Jotovski		 3
6 		2
6 		   
3 Moldova
North Macedonia		 Dmitrii Baskov / Andrei Șoltoianu
Shendrit Deari / Gorazd Srbljak		 5
7 		77
64		 4
1		  
retired

Iceland vs. Malta

Iceland
1		 Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[9]
7–8 April 2017
Hard
Malta
2
1 2 3
1 Iceland
Malta		 Rafn Kumar Bonifacius
Omar Sudzuka		 6
1		 6
0		    
2 Iceland
Malta		 Birkir Gunnarsson
Matthew Asciak		 1
6 		2
6 		   
3 Iceland
Malta		 Rafn Kumar Bonifacius / Birkir Gunnarsson
Matthew Asciak / Omar Sudzuka		 64
77		 6
2		 4
6 		 

Luxembourg vs. San Marino

Luxembourg
3		 Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[10]
6 April 2017
Hard
San Marino
0
1 2 3
1 Luxembourg
San Marino		 Ugo Nastasi
Pietro Grassi		 6
1		 6
1		    
2 Luxembourg
San Marino		 Christophe Tholl
Marco de Rossi		 6
2		 77
62		    
3 Luxembourg
San Marino		 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[11]
6 April 2017
Hard
Albania
0
1 2 3
1 Liechtenstein
Albania		 Timo Kranz
Arber Sulstarova		 6
3		 6
2		    
2 Liechtenstein
Albania		 Vital Flurin Leuch
Elbi Mjeshtri		 77
65		 6
1		    
3 Liechtenstein
Albania		 Robin Forster / Vital Flurin Leuch
Elbi Mjeshtri / Genajd Shypheja		 6
3		 6
2		    

Luxembourg vs. Albania

Luxembourg
3		 Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[12]
7 April 2017
Hard
Albania
0
1 2 3
1 Luxembourg
Albania		 Ugo Nastasi
Genajd Shypheja		 6
0		 6
0		    
2 Luxembourg
Albania		 Alex Knaff
Arber Sulstarova		 6
2		 6
0		    
3 Luxembourg
Albania		 Tom Diederich / Alex Knaff
Elbi Mjeshtri / Genajd Shypheja		 6
4		 6
0		    

Liechtenstein vs. San Marino

Liechtenstein
2		 Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[13]
7 April 2017
Hard
San Marino
1
1 2 3
1 Liechtenstein
San Marino		 Timo Kranz
Pietro Grassi		 6
0		 6
1		    
2 Liechtenstein
San Marino		 Vital Flurin Leuch
Marco de Rossi		 6
4		 2
6 		2
6 		 
3 Liechtenstein
San Marino		 Robin Forster / Timo Kranz
Marco de Rossi / Pietro Grassi		 6
1		 4
6 		712
610		  

Luxembourg vs. Liechtenstein

Luxembourg
3		 Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[14]
7–8 April 2017
Hard
Liechtenstein
0
1 2 3
1 Luxembourg
Liechtenstein		 Ugo Nastasi
Timo Kranz		 6
0		 6
0		    
2 Luxembourg
Liechtenstein		 Christophe Tholl
Vital Flurin Leuch		 77
65		 6
3		    
3 Luxembourg
Liechtenstein		 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[15]
7–8 April 2017
Hard
Albania
2
1 2 3
1 San Marino
Albania		 Antoine Barbieri
Mario Zili		 1
6 		5
7 		   
2 San Marino
Albania		 Marco de Rossi
Elbi Mjeshtri		 6
3		 6
3		    
3 San Marino
Albania		 Antoine Barbieri / Pietro Grassi
Elbi Mjeshtri / Genajd Shypheja		 6
4		 3
6 		64
77		  

Ireland vs. Andorra

Ireland
3		 Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[16]
6 April 2017
Hard
Andorra
0
1 2 3
1 Republic of Ireland
Andorra		 Sam Barry
Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier		 6
2		 6
2		    
2 Republic of Ireland
Andorra		 James McGee
Laurent Recouderc		 6
0		 6
0		    
3 Republic of Ireland
Andorra		 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[17]
6 April 2017
Hard
Kosovo
0
1 2 3
1 Montenegro
Kosovo		 Rrezart Cungu
Granit Bajraliu		 6
1		 6
0		    
2 Montenegro
Kosovo		 Ljubomir Čelebić
Hyda Banjska		 6
1		 6
1		    
3 Montenegro
Kosovo		 Mario Aleksić / Pavle Rogan
Burim Bytyqi / Meldin Mustafi		 6
1		 6
0		    

Ireland vs. Kosovo

Ireland
3		 Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[18]
6–7 April 2017
Hard
Kosovo
0
1 2 3
1 Republic of Ireland
Kosovo		 Peter Bothwell
Granit Bajraliu		 6
0		 6
2		    
2 Republic of Ireland
Kosovo		 James McGee
Hyda Banjska		 6
0		 6
0		    
3 Republic of Ireland
Kosovo		 Peter Bothwell / David O'Hare
Granit Bajraliu / Meldin Mustafi		 6
2		 6
2		    

Montenegro vs. Andorra

Montenegro
2		 Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[19]
6–7 April 2017
Hard
Andorra
1
1 2 3
1 Montenegro
Andorra		 Rrezart Cungu
Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier		 6
4		 6
2		    
2 Montenegro
Andorra		 Ljubomir Čelebić
Laurent Recouderc		 77
63		 6
4		    
3 Montenegro
Andorra		 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[20]
7–8 April 2017
Hard
Montenegro
1
1 2 3
1 Republic of Ireland
Montenegro		 Sam Barry
Rrezart Cungu		 6
0		 6
1		    
2 Republic of Ireland
Montenegro		 James McGee
Ljubomir Čelebić		 5
7 		6
2		 3
6 		 
3 Republic of Ireland
Montenegro		 Sam Barry / David O'Hare
Ljubomir Čelebić / Rrezart Cungu		 6
2		 6
4		    

Andorra vs. Kosovo

Andorra
3		 Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[21]
7–8 April 2017
Hard
Kosovo
0
1 2 3
1 Andorra
Kosovo		 Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier
Burim Bytyqi		 6
1		 6
3		    
2 Andorra
Kosovo		 Laurent Recouderc
Granit Bajraliu		 6
0		 6
1		    
3 Andorra
Kosovo		 Èric Cervós Noguer / Laurent Recouderc
Granit Bajraliu / Hyda Banjska		 3
6 		6
4		 6
3		  

Playoffs

Bulgaria vs. Ireland

Bulgaria
1		 Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[22]
8 April 2017
Hard
Ireland
2
1 2 3
1 Bulgaria
Republic of Ireland		 Dimitar Kuzmanov
Sam Barry		 4
6 		6
3		 78
66		  
2 Bulgaria
Republic of Ireland		 Aleksandar Lazov
James McGee		 2
6 		6
4		 1
6 		 
3 Bulgaria
Republic of Ireland		 Dimitar Kuzmanov / Aleksandar Lazov
Sam Barry / David O'Hare		 1
6 		66
78		    

Macedonia vs. Luxembourg

North Macedonia
1		 Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[23]
8 April 2017
Hard
Luxembourg
2
1 2 3
1 North Macedonia
Luxembourg		 Dimitar Grabul
Ugo Nastasi		 4
6 		3
6 		   
2 North Macedonia
Luxembourg		 Tomislav Jotovski
Christophe Tholl		 6
2		 6
2		    
3 North Macedonia
Luxembourg		 Dimitar Grabul / Tomislav Jotovski
Alex Knaff / Ugo Nastasi		 5
7 		6
4		 2
6 		 

Greece vs. Montenegro

Greece
1		 Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[24]
8 April 2017
Hard
Montenegro
2
1 2 3
1 Greece
Montenegro		 Charalampos Kapogiannis
Pavle Rogan		 6
4		 6
3		    
2 Greece
Montenegro		 Ioannis Stergiou
Rrezart Cungu		 5
7 		0
6 		   
3 Greece
Montenegro		 Charalampos Kapogiannis / Petros Tsitsipas
Ljubomir Čelebić / Rrezart Cungu		 5
7 		2
6 		   

Moldova vs. Liechtenstein

Moldova
2		 Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[25]
8 April 2017
Hard
Liechtenstein
1
1 2 3
1 Moldova
Liechtenstein		 Dmitrii Baskov
Timo Kranz		 6
4		 6
1		    
2 Moldova
Liechtenstein		 Maxim Bulat
Vital Flurin Leuch		 6
0		 1
6 		2
6 		 
3 Moldova
Liechtenstein		 Dmitrii Baskov / Andrei Șoltoianu
Robin Forster / Vital Flurin Leuch		 6
3		 3
6 		6
2		  

Armenia vs. Andorra

Armenia
2		 Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[26]
8 April 2017
Hard
Andorra
1
1 2 3
1 Armenia
Andorra		 Mikayel Khachatryan
Èric Cervós Noguer		 6
3		 6
1		    
2 Armenia
Andorra		 Sedrak Khachatryan
Laurent Recouderc		 2
6 		0
6 		   
3 Armenia
Andorra		 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[27]
8 April 2017
Hard
Albania
1
1 2 3
1 Malta
Albania		 Omar Sudzuka
Mario Zili		 6
1		 6
1		    
2 Malta
Albania		 Denzil Agius
Elbi Mjeshtri		 2
6		 3
6 		   
3 Malta
Albania		 Matthew Asciak / Omar Sudzuka
Genajd Shypheja / Arber Sulstarova		 6
0		 6
1		    

Iceland vs. San Marino

Iceland
2		 Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[28]
8 April 2017
Hard
San Marino
0
1 2 3
1 Iceland
San Marino		 Rafn Kumar Bonifacius
Pietro Grassi		 6
0		 6
0		    
2 Iceland
San Marino		 Birkir Gunnarsson
Marco de Rossi		 2
1		      
retired
3 Iceland
San Marino		 Rafn Kumar Bonifacius / Birkir Gunnarsson
Marco de Rossi / Pietro Grassi		       not
played

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  2. "Greece v Armenia". daviscup.com.
  3. "Bulgaria v Greece". daviscup.com.
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  5. "Macedonia v Malta". daviscup.com.
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  15. "San Marino v Albania". daviscup.com.
  16. "Ireland v Andorra". daviscup.com.
  17. "Montenegro v Kosovo". daviscup.com.
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  20. "Ireland v Montenegro". daviscup.com.
  21. "Andorra v Kosovo". daviscup.com.
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