2016 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III

Last updated June 28, 2020

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.

Participating nations

Inactive nations

Azerbaijan

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
Moldova (52) Ireland (64) Cyprus (69) Estonia (72)	Macedonia (84) Montenegro (91) Malta (95) Greece (100)	Liechtenstein (107) San Marino (109) Armenia (117) Iceland (118)	Albania (124) Andorra (126) 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

Group A

Moldova vs. San Marino

Moldova
3

Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
2 March 2016
Hard (i)

San Marino
0

		1	2
1	Alexander Cozbinov Pietro Grassi	6 0	6 0
2	Radu Albot Marco De Rossi	6 0	6 2
3	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
1	Matthew Asciak Pietro Grassi	6 1	6 1
2	Bernard Cassar Torregiani Marco De Rossi	6² 7⁷	6³ 7⁷
3	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
1	Andrei Șoltoianu Bradley Callus	6 2	6 3
2	Radu Albot Bernard Cassar Torregiani	6 0	6 1
3	Radu Albot / Andrei Ciumac Bradley Callus / Matthew Cassar Torregiani	6 3	6 2

Group B

Ireland vs. Albania

Ireland
3

Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
2 March 2016
Hard (i)

Albania
0

		1	2
1	Peter Bothwell Arber Sulstarova	6 0	6 0
2	Sam Barry Flavio Dece	6 1	6 3
3	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
1	Dimitar Grabul Mikayel Khachatryan	6 4	6 0
2	Tomislav Jotovski Mikayel Avetisyan	6 4	6 2
3	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
1	Bjorn Thomson Sedrak Khachatryan	6 2	6 2
2	Sam Barry Mikayel Avetisyan	6 1	6 0
3	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
1	Dimitar Grabul Flavio Dece	7⁷ 6³	6 1
2	Tomislav Jotovski Genajd Shypheja	6 0	6 0
3	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	Bjorn Thomson Dimitar Grabul	6 3	3 6	3 6
2	Sam Barry Tomislav Jotovski	6 3	6 4
3	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	Mikayel Khachatryan Arber Sulstarova	6 3	6 0
2	Mikayel Avetisyan Flavio Dece	6 3	3 6	2 6
3	Mikayel Avetisyan / Mikayel Khachatryan Flavio Dece / Genajd Shypheja	6 2	6 2

Group C

Cyprus vs. Iceland

Cyprus
2

Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
2 March 2016
Hard (i)

Iceland
1

		1	2	3
1	Petros Chrysochos Rafn Kumar Bonifacius	6 0	6 2
2	Marcos Baghdatis Birkir Gunnarsson	6 4	6 0
3	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	Rrezart Cungu Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier	3 6	5 7
2	Ljubomir Čelebić Laurent Recouderc	6 4	5 7	6 4
3	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
1	Rrezart Cungu Rafn Kumar Bonifacius	4 6	4 6
2	Ljubomir Čelebić Birkir Gunnarsson	6 2	6 2
3	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	Petros Chrysochos Eric Cervos Noguer	6 0	6 0
2	Marcos Baghdatis Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier	6 2	6 0
3	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
1	Eric Cervos Noguer Rafn Kumar Bonifacius	2 6	4 6
2	Laurent Recouderc Birkir Gunnarsson	6 3	6 1
3	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
1	Petros Chrysochos Pavle Rogan	6 0	6 0
2	Marcos Baghdatis Ljubomir Čelebić	6 4	7⁷ 6⁴
3	Constandinos Christoforou / Soteris Hadjistyllis Matija Bulatovic / Rrezart Cungu	6 2	6 3

Group D

Greece vs. Kosovo

Greece
3

Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
2 March 2016
Hard (i)

Kosovo
0

		1	2
1	Christos Antonopoulos Granit Bajraliu	6 2	6 2
2	Ioannis Stergiou Hyda Banjska	6 4	6 0
3	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
1	Kenneth Raisma Gian-Carlo Besimo	6 1	6 3
2	Jürgen Zopp Vital Flurin Leuch	6 0	6 0
3	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
1	Christos Antonopoulos Robin Forster	6 3	6 4
2	Ioannis Stergiou Timo Kranz	6 1	6 2
3	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
1	Vladimir Ivanov Granit Bajraliu	6 0	6 2
2	Jürgen Zopp Hyda Banjska	6 0	6 1
3	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
1	Kenneth Raisma Christos Antonopoulos	6 1	6 0
2	Jürgen Zopp Ioannis Stergiou	6 0	6 1
3	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
1	Granit Bajraliu Robin Forster	3 6	4 6
2	Hyda Banjska Vital Flurin Leuch	1 6	0 6
3	Gurash Hasani / Meldin Mustafi Timo Kranz / Vital Flurin Leuch	3 6	1 6

Play-offs

Placing	A Team	Score	D Team
Promotional	Moldova	0–2	Estonia
5th–8th	Malta	1–2	Greece
9th–12th	San Marino	1–2	Liechtenstein
13th–15th	N/A	—	Kosovo

Placing	B Team	Score	C Team
Promotional	Ireland	0–2	Cyprus
5th–8th	Macedonia	2–0	Montenegro
9th–12th	Armenia	1–2	Andorra
13th–15th	Albania	0–3	Iceland

Promotional

Moldova vs. Estonia

Moldova
0

Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
5 March 2016
Hard (i)

Estonia
2

		1	2
1	Alexander Cozbinov Kenneth Raisma	2 6	4 6
2	Radu Albot Jürgen Zopp	2 6	2 6
3	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	Peter Bothwell Petros Chrysochos	1 6	6 2	0 6
2	Sam Barry Marcos Baghdatis	4 6	6⁴ 7⁷
3	Sam Barry / David O'Hare Marcos Baghdatis / Petros Chrysochos				not played

5th–8th

Malta vs. Greece

Malta
1

Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
5 March 2016
Hard (i)

Greece
2

		1	2	3
1	Matthew Asciak Vasileios Iliopoulos	6 2	6 1
2	Bernard Cassar Torregiani Ioannis Stergiou	2 6	6 3	0 6
3	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
1	Gorazd Srbljak Matija Bulatovic	6 1	6 2
2	Dimitar Grabul Rrezart Cungu	6 2	6 0
3	Dimitar Grabul / Tomislav Jotovski Rrezart Cungu / Pavle Rogan			not played

9th–12th

San Marino vs. Liechtenstein

San Marino
1

Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
5 March 2016
Hard (i)

Liechtenstein
2

		1	2	3
1	Pietro Grassi Timo Kranz	1 6	6 3	3 6
2	Marco De Rossi Vital Flurin Leuch	6 2	7 5
3	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	Mikayel Khachatryan Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier	3 6	3 6
2	Sedrak Khachatryan Laurent Recouderc	2 6	3 6
3	Sedrak Khachatryan / Henrik Nikoghosyan Eric Cervos Noguer / Genajd Shypheja	2 6	6 3	6 4

13th–15th

Albania vs. Iceland

Albania
0

Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia
5 March 2016
Hard (i)

Iceland
3

		1	2
1	Mario Zili Rafn Kumar Bonifacius	1 6	0 6
2	Flavio Dece Birkir Gunnarsson	2 6	3 6
3	Genajd Shypheja / Arber Sulstarova Birkir Gunnarsson / Vladimir Ristic	1 6	4 6

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2016 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III

Contents

Participating nations

Inactive nations

Draw

First round

Group A

Moldova vs. San Marino

Malta vs. San Marino

Moldova vs. Malta

Group B

Ireland vs. Albania

Macedonia vs. Armenia

Ireland vs. Armenia

Macedonia vs. Albania

Ireland vs. Macedonia

Armenia vs. Albania

Group C

Cyprus vs. Iceland

Montenegro vs. Andorra

Montenegro vs. Iceland

Cyprus vs. Andorra

Andorra vs. Iceland

Cyprus vs. Montenegro

Group D

Greece vs. Kosovo

Estonia vs. Liechtenstein

Greece vs. Liechtenstein

Estonia vs. Kosovo

Estonia vs. Greece

Kosovo vs. Liechtenstein

Play-offs

Promotional

Moldova vs. Estonia

Ireland vs. Cyprus

5th–8th

Malta vs. Greece

Macedonia vs. Montenegro

9th–12th

San Marino vs. Liechtenstein

Armenia vs. Andorra

13th–15th

Albania vs. Iceland

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