2024 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III

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The Europe Zone was the unique zone within Group 3 of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2024. The zone's competition was held in round robin format in Ulcinj, Montenegro, from 19 to 22 June 2024.

Contents

Participating nations

Draw

Date: 19–22 June 2024

Location: Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro (Clay)

Format: Round-robin basis. One pool of three teams and One pool of four teams and nations will play each team once in their group. The nations finishing in first place in each pool will automatically be promoted to the World Group II Play-offs in 2025. They will be joined by the winner of the promotion play-off between the two teams finishing in second in each group.

The team finishing in fourth place in Pool B will be relegated to Europe Group IV in 2025 along with the loser of the relegation play-off between the two nations finishing in third place in each pool.

Seeding

PotNationRank1Seed
1Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 641
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 732
2Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 813
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 874
3Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 935
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 946
4Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 967

Round Robin

Pool A

 MNESLOMKDRR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
5Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 1–23–01–14–2 (%)– (%)1
1Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2–11–21–13–3 (%)– (%)2
4Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 0–32–11–12–4 (%)– (%)3

Pool B

 CYPMDAKOSAZERR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
2Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 2–13–03–03–08–1 (%)– (%)1
3Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 1–23–03–02–17–2 (%)– (%)2
7Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 0–30–32–11–22–7 (%)– (%)3
6Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 0–30–31–20–31–8 (%)– (%)4

Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-team ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-team ties, (a) percentage of sets won (head-to-head records if two teams remain tied), then (b) percentage of games won (head-to-head records if two teams remain tied), then (c) Davis Cup rankings.

Playoffs

PlacingA TeamScoreB Team
FirstFlag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 1–2Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
PromotionalFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2–1Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova
RelegationFlag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 2–0Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo

Round Robin

Pool A

North Macedonia vs. Montenegro

Flag of North Macedonia.svg
North Macedonia
0
Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro [1]
19 June 2024
Clay
Flag of Montenegro.svg
Montenegro
3
123
1 Flag of North Macedonia.svg
Flag of Montenegro.svg
Berk Bugarikj
Petar Jovanovic
2
6
5
7
  
2 Flag of North Macedonia.svg
Flag of Montenegro.svg
Shendrit Deari
Rrezart Cungu
1
6
3
6
  
3 Flag of North Macedonia.svg
Flag of Montenegro.svg
Dimitar Grabul  /  Amar Huseinovic
Simon Knezevic  /  Matija Samardzic
6
2
1
6
5
7
 

Slovenia vs. North Macedonia

Flag of Slovenia.svg
Slovenia
1
Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro [2]
20 June 2024
Clay
Flag of North Macedonia.svg
North Macedonia
2
123
1 Flag of Slovenia.svg
Flag of North Macedonia.svg
Matic Kriznik
Berk Bugarikj
3
6
3
6
  
2 Flag of Slovenia.svg
Flag of North Macedonia.svg
Bor Artnak
Shendrit Deari
6
4
77
65
  
3 Flag of Slovenia.svg
Flag of North Macedonia.svg
Bor Artnak  /  Sebastian Dominko
Berk Bugarikj  /  Amar Huseinovic
0
1
  retired
 

Slovenia vs. Montenegro

Flag of Slovenia.svg
Slovenia
2
Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro [3]
21 June 2024
Clay
Flag of Montenegro.svg
Montenegro
1
123
1 Flag of Slovenia.svg
Flag of Montenegro.svg
Sebastian Dominko
Petar Jovanovic
6
2
3
6
4
6
 
2 Flag of Slovenia.svg
Flag of Montenegro.svg
Bor Artnak
Rrezart Cungu
6
2
6
3
  
3 Flag of Slovenia.svg
Flag of Montenegro.svg
Sebastian Dominko  /  Jan Kupcic
Petar Jovanovic  /  Matija Samardzic
6
2
77
62
  

Pool B

Cyprus vs. Azerbaijan

Flag of Cyprus.svg
Cyprus
3
Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro [4]
19 June 2024
Clay
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg
Azerbaijan
0
123
1 Flag of Cyprus.svg
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg
Stylianos Christodoulou
Safar Rasulov
6
4
6
2
  
2 Flag of Cyprus.svg
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg
Menelaos Efstathiou
Tamerlan Azizov
6
3
6
1
  
3 Flag of Cyprus.svg
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg
Sergis Kyratzis  /  Eleftherios Neos
Tamerlan Azizov  /  Haktan Garayev
6
1
6
1
  

Moldova vs. Kosovo

Flag of Moldova.svg
Moldova
3
Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro [5]
19 June 2024
Clay
Flag of Kosovo.svg
Kosovo
0
123
1 Flag of Moldova.svg
Flag of Kosovo.svg
Andrei Gorban
Mal Agushi
6
1
6
2
  
2 Flag of Moldova.svg
Flag of Kosovo.svg
Ilya Snițari
Vullnet Tashi
7
5
6
3
  
3 Flag of Moldova.svg
Flag of Kosovo.svg
Ilie Cazac  /  Andrei Ciumac
Jasin Jakupi  /  Florent Limani
6
4
6
4
  

Cyprus vs. Kosovo

Flag of Cyprus.svg
Cyprus
3
Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro [6]
20 June 2024
Clay
Flag of Kosovo.svg
Kosovo
0
123
1 Flag of Cyprus.svg
Flag of Kosovo.svg
Stylianos Christodoulou
Vullnet Tashi
7
5
6
2
  
2 Flag of Cyprus.svg
Flag of Kosovo.svg
Menelaos Efstathiou
Jasin Jakupi
6
3
6
0
  
3 Flag of Cyprus.svg
Flag of Kosovo.svg
Sergis Kyratzis  /  Eleftherios Neos
Mal Agushi  /  Florent Limani
6
0
6
0
  

Moldova vs. Azerbaijan

Flag of Moldova.svg
Moldova
3
Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro [7]
20 June 2024
Clay
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg
Azerbaijan
0
123
1 Flag of Moldova.svg
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg
Andrei Gorban
Haktan Garayev
4
6
6
2
6
0
 
2 Flag of Moldova.svg
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg
Ilya Snițari
Tamerlan Azizov
6
0
6
1
  
3 Flag of Moldova.svg
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg
Ilie Cazac  /  Andrei Ciumac
Tamerlan Azizov  /  Haktan Garayev
78
66
2
1
  
retired

Cyprus vs. Moldova

Flag of Cyprus.svg
Cyprus
2
Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro [8]
21 June 2024
Clay
Flag of Moldova.svg
Moldova
1
123
1 Flag of Cyprus.svg
Flag of Moldova.svg
Stylianos Christodoulou
Andrei Gorban
4
6
6
0
6
2
 
2 Flag of Cyprus.svg
Flag of Moldova.svg
Menelaos Efstathiou
Ilya Snițari
3
6
5
7
  
3 Flag of Cyprus.svg
Flag of Moldova.svg
Sergis Kyratzis  /  Eleftherios Neos
Andrei Ciumac  /  Ilya Snițari
2
6
6
3
6
3
 

Azerbaijan vs. Kosovo

Flag of Azerbaijan.svg
Azerbaijan
1
Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro [9]
21 June 2024
Clay
Flag of Kosovo.svg
Kosovo
2
123
1 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg
Flag of Kosovo.svg
Safar Rasulov
Vullnet Tashi
0
2
  retired
 
2 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg
Flag of Kosovo.svg
Tamerlan Azizov
Jasin Jakupi
6
2
4
6
6
2
 
3 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg
Flag of Kosovo.svg
Tamerlan Azizov  /  Haktan Garayev
Florent Limani  /  Vullnet Tashi
0
6
6
4
3
6
 

Play-offs

First place play-off

Montenegro vs. Cyprus

Flag of Montenegro.svg
Montenegro
1
Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro [10]
22 June 2024
Clay
Flag of Cyprus.svg
Cyprus
2
123
1 Flag of Montenegro.svg
Flag of Cyprus.svg
Matija Samardzic
Nicholas Campbell
2
6
1
6
  
2 Flag of Montenegro.svg
Flag of Cyprus.svg
Petar Jovanovic
Menelaos Efstathiou
6
3
6
3
  
3 Flag of Montenegro.svg
Flag of Cyprus.svg
Simon Knezevic  /  Matija Samardzic
Sergis Kyratzis  /  Eleftherios Neos
4
6
63
77
  

Promotional play-off

Slovenia vs. Moldova

Flag of Slovenia.svg
Slovenia
2
Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro [11]
22 June 2024
Clay
Flag of Moldova.svg
Moldova
1
123
1 Flag of Slovenia.svg
Flag of Moldova.svg
Sebastian Dominko
Andrei Gorban
6
2
6
3
  
2 Flag of Slovenia.svg
Flag of Moldova.svg
Bor Artnak
Ilya Snițari
4
6
6
0
64
77
 
3 Flag of Slovenia.svg
Flag of Moldova.svg
Sebastian Dominko  /  Jan Kupcic
Andrei Ciumac  /  Ilya Snițari
6
3
6
3
  

Relegation play-off

North Macedonia vs. Kosovo

Flag of North Macedonia.svg
North Macedonia
2
Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro [12]
22 June 2024
Clay
Flag of Kosovo.svg
Kosovo
0
123
1 Flag of North Macedonia.svg
Flag of Kosovo.svg
Berk Bugarikj
Mal Agushi
6
2
6
1
  
2 Flag of North Macedonia.svg
Flag of Kosovo.svg
Shendrit Deari
Jasin Jakupi
6
4
1
6
6
3
 
3 Flag of North Macedonia.svg
Flag of Kosovo.svg
Berk Bugarikj  /  Amar Huseinovic
Florent Limani  /  Vullnet Tashi
   not
played

Final placements

PlacingTeams
Promoted/FirstFlag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
Promoted/SecondFlag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
Promoted/ThirdFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
FourthFlag of Moldova.svg  Moldova
FifthFlag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia
Relegated/SixthFlag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo
Relegated/SeventhFlag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan

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