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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

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^[1]
6 April 2017
Hard

Armenia
0

		1	2
1	Dimitar Kuzmanov Mikayel Khachatryan	6 3	7⁷ 6⁰
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^[2]
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^[3]
7 April 2017
Hard

Greece
0

		1	2	3
1	Dimitar Kuzmanov Charalampos Kapogiannis	6⁶ 7⁸	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^[4]
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	6⁵ 7⁷
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^[5]
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^[6]
7 April 2017
Hard

Malta
1

		1	2
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]
7 April 2017
Hard

Iceland
0

		1	2
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^[8]
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	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	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	6⁴ 7⁷	6 2	4 6

Pool C

Luxembourg vs. San Marino

Luxembourg
3

Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria^[10]
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	7⁷ 6²
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^[11]
6 April 2017
Hard

Albania
0

		1	2
1	Timo Kranz Arber Sulstarova	6 3	6 2
2	Vital Flurin Leuch Elbi Mjeshtri	7⁷ 6⁵	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^[12]
7 April 2017
Hard

Albania
0

		1	2
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^[13]
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	7¹² 6¹⁰

Luxembourg vs. Liechtenstein

Luxembourg
3

Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria^[14]
7–8 April 2017
Hard

Liechtenstein
0

		1	2
1	Ugo Nastasi Timo Kranz	6 0	6 0
2	Christophe Tholl Vital Flurin Leuch	7⁷ 6⁵	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^[15]
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	6⁴ 7⁷

Pool D

Ireland vs. Andorra

Ireland
3

Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria^[16]
6 April 2017
Hard

Andorra
0

		1	2
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^[17]
6 April 2017
Hard

Kosovo
0

		1	2
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^[18]
6–7 April 2017
Hard

Kosovo
0

		1	2
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^[19]
6–7 April 2017
Hard

Andorra
1

		1	2
1	Rrezart Cungu Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier	6 4	6 2
2	Ljubomir Čelebić Laurent Recouderc	7⁷ 6³	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^[20]
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^[21]
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^[22]
8 April 2017
Hard

Ireland
2

		1	2	3
1	Dimitar Kuzmanov Sam Barry	4 6	6 3	7⁸ 6⁶
2	Aleksandar Lazov James McGee	2 6	6 4	1 6
3	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	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^[24]
8 April 2017
Hard

Montenegro
2

		1	2
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^[25]
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^[26]
8 April 2017
Hard

Andorra
1

		1	2
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^[27]
8 April 2017
Hard

Albania
1

		1	2
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^[28]
8 April 2017
Hard

San Marino
0

		1	2
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

References

^ "Bulgaria v Armenia". daviscup.com.
^ "Greece v Armenia". daviscup.com.
^ "Bulgaria v Greece". daviscup.com.
^ "Moldova v Iceland". daviscup.com.
^ "Macedonia v Malta". daviscup.com.
^ "Moldova v Malta". daviscup.com.
^ "Macedonia v Iceland". daviscup.com.
^ "Moldova v Macedonia". daviscup.com.
^ "Iceland v Malta". daviscup.com.
^ "Luxembourg v San Marino". daviscup.com.
^ "Liechtenstein v Albania". daviscup.com.
^ "Luxembourg v Albania". daviscup.com.
^ "Liechtenstein v San Marino". daviscup.com.
^ "Luxembourg v Liechtenstein". daviscup.com.
^ "San Marino v Albania". daviscup.com.
^ "Ireland v Andorra". daviscup.com.
^ "Montenegro v Kosovo". daviscup.com.
^ "Ireland v Kosovo". daviscup.com.
^ "Montenegro v Andorra". daviscup.com.
^ "Ireland v Montenegro". daviscup.com.
^ "Andorra v Kosovo". daviscup.com.
^ "Bulgaria v Ireland". daviscup.com.
^ "Macedonia v Luxembourg". daviscup.com.
^ "Greece v Montenegro". daviscup.com.
^ "Moldova v Liechtenstein". daviscup.com.
^ "Armenia v Andorra". daviscup.com.
^ "Malta v Albania". daviscup.com.
^ "Iceland v San Marino". daviscup.com.

External links

Official Website

[1] "Bulgaria v Armenia". daviscup.com.

[2] "Greece v Armenia". daviscup.com.

[3] "Bulgaria v Greece". daviscup.com.

[4] "Moldova v Iceland". daviscup.com.

[5] "Macedonia v Malta". daviscup.com.

[6] "Moldova v Malta". daviscup.com.

[7] "Macedonia v Iceland". daviscup.com.

[8] "Moldova v Macedonia". daviscup.com.

[9] "Iceland v Malta". daviscup.com.

[10] "Luxembourg v San Marino". daviscup.com.

[11] "Liechtenstein v Albania". daviscup.com.

[12] "Luxembourg v Albania". daviscup.com.

[13] "Liechtenstein v San Marino". daviscup.com.

[14] "Luxembourg v Liechtenstein". daviscup.com.

[15] "San Marino v Albania". daviscup.com.

[16] "Ireland v Andorra". daviscup.com.

[17] "Montenegro v Kosovo". daviscup.com.

[18] "Ireland v Kosovo". daviscup.com.

[19] "Montenegro v Andorra". daviscup.com.

[20] "Ireland v Montenegro". daviscup.com.

[21] "Andorra v Kosovo". daviscup.com.

[22] "Bulgaria v Ireland". daviscup.com.

[23] "Macedonia v Luxembourg". daviscup.com.

[24] "Greece v Montenegro". daviscup.com.

[25] "Moldova v Liechtenstein". daviscup.com.

[26] "Armenia v Andorra". daviscup.com.

[27] "Malta v Albania". daviscup.com.

[28] "Iceland v San Marino". daviscup.com.

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2017 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III

Participating nations

Inactive nation

Draw

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Playoffs

Round robin

Pool A

Bulgaria vs. Armenia

Greece vs. Armenia

Bulgaria vs. Greece

Pool B

Moldova vs. Iceland

Macedonia vs. Malta

Moldova vs. Malta

Macedonia vs. Iceland

Moldova vs. Macedonia

Iceland vs. Malta

Pool C

Luxembourg vs. San Marino

Liechtenstein vs. Albania

Luxembourg vs. Albania

Liechtenstein vs. San Marino

Luxembourg vs. Liechtenstein

San Marino vs. Albania

Pool D

Ireland vs. Andorra

Montenegro vs. Kosovo

Ireland vs. Kosovo

Montenegro vs. Andorra

Ireland vs. Montenegro

Andorra vs. Kosovo

Playoffs

Promotional playoffs

Bulgaria vs. Ireland

Macedonia vs. Luxembourg

5th to 8th place playoffs

Greece vs. Montenegro

Moldova vs. Liechtenstein

9th to 12th place playoffs

Armenia vs. Andorra

Malta vs. Albania

13th to 14th playoff

Iceland vs. San Marino

References

External links