2012 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III

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

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In the Europe and Africa Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.

The Europe Zone third group tournament was held between 2 and 5 May 2012 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Lithuania and Bulgaria were promoted to the second group of Davis Cup for the following year.

Teams

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.

All matches of this group were played on 2–5 May 2012 in Sofia, Bulgaria and they were played on outdoor clay court.

Group stage

Group A

TeamTies PlayedTies WonTies LostMatches WonMatches LostStanding
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 220501
Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 211232
Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 202153

Andorra vs. San Marino

Flag of Andorra.svg
Andorra
2
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
2 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Flag of San Marino.svg
San Marino
1
123
1 Flag of Andorra.svg
Flag of San Marino.svg
Gerard Florido
Diego Zonzini
1
6
0
6
    
2 Flag of Andorra.svg
Flag of San Marino.svg
Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier
Marco De Rossi
6
2
6
1
    
3 Flag of Andorra.svg
Flag of San Marino.svg
Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier  /  Jordi Vila-Vila
Domenico Vicini  /  Diego Zonzini
6
3
7
5
    

[1]

Lithuania vs. San Marino

Flag of Lithuania.svg
Lithuania
3
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
3 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Flag of San Marino.svg
San Marino
0
123
1 Flag of Lithuania.svg
Flag of San Marino.svg
Dovydas Šakinis
Diego Zonzini
6
0
6
2
    
2 Flag of Lithuania.svg
Flag of San Marino.svg
Laurynas Grigelis
Marco de Rossi
6
2
6
1
    
3 Flag of Lithuania.svg
Flag of San Marino.svg
Lukas Mugevičius  /  Dovydas Šakinis
Marco de Rossi  /  Domenico Vicini
6
0
6
2
    

[2]

Andorra vs. Lithuania

Flag of Andorra.svg
Andorra
0
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
4 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Flag of Lithuania.svg
Lithuania
2
123
1 Flag of Andorra.svg
Flag of Lithuania.svg
Hector Hormigo-Herrera
Lukas Mugevičius
3
6
3
6
    
2 Flag of Andorra.svg
Flag of Lithuania.svg
Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier
Laurynas Grigelis
2
6
4
6
    
3 Flag of Andorra.svg
Flag of Lithuania.svg
Hector Hormigo-Herrera  /  Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier
Lukas Mugevičius  /  Dovydas Šakinis
     not
played

[3]

Group B

TeamTies PlayedTies WonTies LostMatches WonMatches LostStanding
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 220601
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 211332
Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 202063

Albania vs. Bulgaria

Flag of Albania.svg
Albania
0
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
2 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Flag of Bulgaria.svg
Bulgaria
3
123
1 Flag of Albania.svg
Flag of Bulgaria.svg
Rei Pelushi
Dimitar Kuzmanov
1
6
0
6
    
2 Flag of Albania.svg
Flag of Bulgaria.svg
Flavio Dece
Grigor Dimitrov
1
6
1
6
    
3 Flag of Albania.svg
Flag of Bulgaria.svg
Rei Pelushi  /  Flavio Dece
Todor Enev  /  Petar Trendafilov
0
6
2
6
    

[4]

Albania vs. Georgia

Flag of Albania.svg
Albania
0
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
3 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Flag of Georgia.svg
Georgia
3
123
1 Flag of Albania.svg
Flag of Georgia.svg
Arber Sulstarova
Aleksandre Metreveli
1
6
1
6
    
2 Flag of Albania.svg
Flag of Georgia.svg
Flavio Dece
George Tsivadze
3
6
0
6
    
3 Flag of Albania.svg
Flag of Georgia.svg
Rei Pelushi  /  Genajd Shypheja
Aleksandre Metreveli  /  George Tsivadze
0
6
1
6
    

[5]

Bulgaria vs. Georgia

Flag of Bulgaria.svg
Bulgaria
3
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
4 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Flag of Georgia.svg
Georgia
0
123
1 Flag of Bulgaria.svg
Flag of Georgia.svg
Dimitar Kuzmanov
Alexandre Metreveli
6
3
6
2
    
2 Flag of Bulgaria.svg
Flag of Georgia.svg
Grigor Dimitrov
George Tsivadze
6
4
6
1
    
3 Flag of Bulgaria.svg
Flag of Georgia.svg
Todor Enev  /  Petar Trendafilov
George Tsivadze  /  Alexandre Metreveli
6
1
77
64
    

[6]

Group C

TeamTies PlayedTies WonTies LostMatches WonMatches LostStanding
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 220501
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 211242
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 202143

Armenia vs. Macedonia

Flag of Armenia.svg
Armenia
0
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
2 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Flag of North Macedonia.svg
Macedonia
3
123
1 Flag of Armenia.svg
Flag of North Macedonia.svg
Daniil Proskura
Shendrit Deari
2
6
0
6
    
2 Flag of Armenia.svg
Flag of North Macedonia.svg
Ashot Gevorgyan
Tomislav Jotovski
6
3
2
6
0
6
   
3 Flag of Armenia.svg
Flag of North Macedonia.svg
Khachatur Khachatryan  /  Daniil Proskura
Predrag Rusevski  /  Danil Zelenkov
4
6
6
3
2
6
   

[7]

Armenia vs. Montenegro

Flag of Armenia.svg
Armenia
2
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
3 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Flag of Montenegro.svg
Montenegro
1
123
1 Flag of Armenia.svg
Flag of Montenegro.svg
Daniil Proskura
Igor Saveljic
6
3
4
6
6
2
   
2 Flag of Armenia.svg
Flag of Montenegro.svg
Khachatur Khachatryan
Ljubomir Čelebić
0
6
3
6
    
3 Flag of Armenia.svg
Flag of Montenegro.svg
Khachatur Khachatryan  /  Daniil Proskura
Ljubomir Čelebić  /  Igor Saveljic
6
1
710
68
    

[8]

Macedonia vs. Montenegro

Flag of North Macedonia.svg
Macedonia
2
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
4 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Flag of Montenegro.svg
Montenegro
0
123
1 Flag of North Macedonia.svg
Flag of Montenegro.svg
Shendrit Deari
Igor Saveljic
6
1
6
0
    
2 Flag of North Macedonia.svg
Flag of Montenegro.svg
Tomislav Jotovski
Ljubomir Čelebić
6
2
6
3
    
3 Flag of North Macedonia.svg
Flag of Montenegro.svg
Predrag Rusevski  /  Danil Zelenkov
Ljubomir Čelebić  /  Pavle Rogan
     not
played

[9]

Group D

TeamTies PlayedTies WonTies LostMatches WonMatches LostStanding
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 330811
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 321722
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 312273
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 303184

Greece vs. Malta

Flag of Greece.svg
Greece
3
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
2 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Flag of Malta.svg
Malta
0
123
1 Flag of Greece.svg
Flag of Malta.svg
Theodoros Angelinos
Matthew Asciak
6
4
7
6
    
2 Flag of Greece.svg
Flag of Malta.svg
Paris Gemouchidis
Bradley Callus
6
2
6
0
    
3 Flag of Greece.svg
Flag of Malta.svg
George Giotopoulos  /  Markos Kalovelonis
Matthew Asciak  /  Mark Gatt
6
3
6
4
    

[10]

Iceland vs. Norway

Flag of Iceland.svg
Iceland
0
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
2 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Flag of Norway.svg
Norway
3
123
1 Flag of Iceland.svg
Flag of Norway.svg
Andri Jonsson
Stian Boretti
0
6
1
6
    
2 Flag of Iceland.svg
Flag of Norway.svg
Birkir Gunnarsson
Erling Tveit
0
6
0
6
    
3 Flag of Iceland.svg
Flag of Norway.svg
Birkir Gunnarsson  /  Andri Jonsson
Joachim Bjerke  /  Carl Sundberg
2
6
3
6
    

[11]

Malta vs. Norway

Flag of Malta.svg
Malta
0
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
3 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Flag of Norway.svg
Norway
3
123
1 Flag of Malta.svg
Flag of Norway.svg
Matthew Asciak
Stian Boretti
3
6
1
6
    
2 Flag of Malta.svg
Flag of Norway.svg
Bradley Callus
Erling Tveit
1
6
1
6
    
3 Flag of Malta.svg
Flag of Norway.svg
Matthew Asciak  /  Mark Gatt
Joachim Bjerke  /  Carl Sundberg
0
6
1
6
    

[12]

Greece vs. Iceland

Flag of Greece.svg
Greece
3
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
3 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Flag of Iceland.svg
Iceland
0
123
1 Flag of Greece.svg
Flag of Iceland.svg
Theodoros Angelinos
Andri Jonsson
6
0
6
1
    
2 Flag of Greece.svg
Flag of Iceland.svg
Paris Gemouchidis
Birkir Gunnarsson
6
0
6
1
    
3 Flag of Greece.svg
Flag of Iceland.svg
George Giotopoulos  /  Markos Kalovelonis
Andri Jonsson  /  Birkir Gunnarsson
6
2
6
3
    

[13]

Greece vs. Norway

Flag of Greece.svg
Greece
2
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
4 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Flag of Norway.svg
Norway
1
123
1 Flag of Greece.svg
Flag of Norway.svg
Theodoros Angelinos
Stian Boretti
6
2
6
5
    
2 Flag of Greece.svg
Flag of Norway.svg
Paris Gemouchidis
Erling Tveit
64
77
1
6
    
3 Flag of Greece.svg
Flag of Norway.svg
Theodoros Angelinos  /  Paris Gemouchidis
Stian Boretti  /  Erling Tveit
3
6
6
3
6
4
   

[14]

Iceland vs. Malta

Flag of Iceland.svg
Iceland
1
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
4 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Flag of Malta.svg
Malta
2
123
1 Flag of Iceland.svg
Flag of Malta.svg
Andri Jonsson
Denzil Agius
6
4
4
6
6
4
   
2 Flag of Iceland.svg
Flag of Malta.svg
Birkir Gunnarsson
Matthew Asciak
0
6
0
6
    
3 Flag of Iceland.svg
Flag of Malta.svg
Andri Jonsson  /  Birkir Gunnarsson
Matthew Asciak  /  Mark Gatt
1
6
3
6
    

[15]

Playoffs

1st to 4th play-off

Lithuania vs Greece

Flag of Lithuania.svg
Lithuania
2
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
5 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Flag of Greece.svg
Greece
1
123
1 Flag of Lithuania.svg
Flag of Greece.svg
Laurynas Grigelis
Theodoros Angelinos
5
7
710
68
4
6
   
2 Flag of Lithuania.svg
Flag of Greece.svg
Ričardas Berankis
Paris Gemouchidis
77
64
6
3
    
3 Flag of Lithuania.svg
Flag of Greece.svg
Ričardas Berankis  /  Laurynas Grigelis
Paris Gemouchidis  /  Markos Kalovelonis
6
2
7
5
    

[16]

Bulgaria vs Macedonia

Flag of Bulgaria.svg
Bulgaria
3
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
5 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Flag of North Macedonia.svg
Macedonia
0
123
1 Flag of Bulgaria.svg
Flag of North Macedonia.svg
Dimitar Kuzmanov
Shendrit Deari
1
6
6
2
7
5
   
2 Flag of Bulgaria.svg
Flag of North Macedonia.svg
Grigor Dimitrov
Tomislav Jotovski
6
0
6
0
    
3 Flag of Bulgaria.svg
Flag of North Macedonia.svg
Todor Enev  /  Petar Trendafilov
Tomislav Jotovski  /  Danil Zelenkov
6
3
6
3
    

[17]

5th to 8th play-off

Andorra vs Norway

Flag of Andorra.svg
Andorra
1
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
5 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Flag of Norway.svg
Norway
2
123
1 Flag of Andorra.svg
Flag of Norway.svg
Hector Hormigo-Herrera
Stian Boretti
0
6
3
6
    
2 Flag of Andorra.svg
Flag of Norway.svg
Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier
Erling Tveit
77
61
64
77
6
4
   
3 Flag of Andorra.svg
Flag of Norway.svg
Gerard Florido  /  Hector Hormigo-Herrera
Stian Boretti  /  Erling Tveit
2
6
1
6
    

[18]

Georgia vs Armenia

Flag of Georgia.svg
Georgia
3
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
5 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Flag of Armenia.svg
Armenia
0
123
1 Flag of Georgia.svg
Flag of Armenia.svg
Aleksandre Metreveli
Mikayel Avetisyan
6
2
6
1
    
2 Flag of Georgia.svg
Flag of Armenia.svg
George Tsivadze
Daniil Proskura
5
7
6
2
6
4
   
3 Flag of Georgia.svg
Flag of Armenia.svg
Mikheil Khmiadashvili  /  Aleksandre Metreveli
Ashot Gevorgyan  /  Khachatur Khachatryan
5
7
6
3
6
4
   

[19]

9th to 10th play-off

San Marino vs Malta

Flag of San Marino.svg
San Marino
1
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
5 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Flag of Malta.svg
Malta
2
123
1 Flag of San Marino.svg
Flag of Malta.svg
Marco de Rossi
Matthew Asciak
2
6
2
6
    
2 Flag of San Marino.svg
Flag of Malta.svg
Diego Zonzini
Bradley Callus
6
1
1
6
2
6
   
3 Flag of San Marino.svg
Flag of Malta.svg
Marco de Rossi  /  Domenico Vicini
Denzil Agius  /  Mark Gatt
6
2
6
4
    

[20]

Albania vs Montenegro

Flag of Albania.svg
Albania
0
Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
5 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Flag of Montenegro.svg
Montenegro
3
123
1 Flag of Albania.svg
Flag of Montenegro.svg
Genajd Shypheja
Pavle Rogan
2
6
0
6
    
2 Flag of Albania.svg
Flag of Montenegro.svg
Flavio Dece
Ljubomir Čelebić
1
6
1
6
    
3 Flag of Albania.svg
Flag of Montenegro.svg
Flavio Dece  /  Rei Pelushi
Pavle Rogan  /  Igor Saveljic
62
77
2
6
    

[21]

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