2012 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III

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

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

•  Albania
•  Andorra
•  Armenia
•  Bulgaria
•  Georgia
•  Greece
•  Iceland
•  Lithuania
•  Macedonia
•  Malta
•  Montenegro
•  Norway
•  San Marino

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

Team	Ties Played	Ties Won	Ties Lost	Matches Won	Matches Lost	Standing
Lithuania	2	2	0	5	0	1
Andorra	2	1	1	2	3	2
San Marino	2	0	2	1	5	3

Andorra vs. San Marino^[1]

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

Lithuania vs. San Marino^[2]

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

Andorra vs. Lithuania^[3]

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

Group B

Team	Ties Played	Ties Won	Ties Lost	Matches Won	Matches Lost	Standing
Bulgaria	2	2	0	6	0	1
Georgia	2	1	1	3	3	2
Albania	2	0	2	0	6	3

Albania vs. Bulgaria^[4]

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

Albania vs. Georgia^[5]

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

Bulgaria vs. Georgia^[6]

Bulgaria 3	Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 4 May 2012 Clay (outdoor)		Georgia 0
1 2 3 1 Dimitar Kuzmanov Alexandre Metreveli 6 3 6 2         2 Grigor Dimitrov George Tsivadze 6 4 6 1         3 Todor Enev / Petar Trendafilov George Tsivadze / Alexandre Metreveli 6 1 7^7 6^4

Group C

Team	Ties Played	Ties Won	Ties Lost	Matches Won	Matches Lost	Standing
Macedonia	2	2	0	5	0	1
Armenia	2	1	1	2	4	2
Montenegro	2	0	2	1	4	3

Armenia vs. Macedonia^[7]

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

Armenia vs. Montenegro^[8]

Armenia 2	Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 3 May 2012 Clay (outdoor)		Montenegro 1
1 2 3 1 Daniil Proskura Igor Saveljic 6 3 4 6 6 2       2 Khachatur Khachatryan Ljubomir Celebic 0 6 3 6         3 Khachatur Khachatryan / Daniil Proskura Ljubomir Celebic / Igor Saveljic 6 1 7^10 6^8

Macedonia vs. Montenegro^[9]

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

Group D

Team	Ties Played	Ties Won	Ties Lost	Matches Won	Matches Lost	Standing
Greece	3	3	0	8	1	1
Norway	3	2	1	7	2	2
Malta	3	1	2	2	7	3
Iceland	3	0	3	1	8	4

Greece vs. Malta^[10]

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

Iceland vs. Norway^[11]

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

Malta vs. Norway^[12]

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

Greece vs. Iceland^[13]

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

Greece vs. Norway^[14]

Greece 2	Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 4 May 2012 Clay (outdoor)		Norway 1
1 2 3 1 Theodoros Angelinos Stian Boretti 6 2 6 5         2 Paris Gemouchidis Erling Tveit 6^4 7^7 1 6         3 Theodoros Angelinos / Paris Gemouchidis Stian Boretti / Erling Tveit 3 6 6 3 6 4

Iceland vs. Malta^[15]

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

Playoffs

1st to 4th Play-off

Lithuania vs Greece^[16]

Lithuania 2	Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 5 May 2012 Clay (outdoor)		Greece 1
1 2 3 1 Laurynas Grigelis Theodoros Angelinos 5 7 7^10 6^8 4 6       2 Ričardas Berankis Paris Gemouchidis 7^7 6^4 6 3         3 Ričardas Berankis / Laurynas Grigelis Paris Gemouchidis / Markos Kalovelonis 6 2 7 5

Bulgaria vs Macedonia^[17]

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

5th to 8th Play-off

Andorra vs Norway^[18]

Andorra 1	Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 5 May 2012 Clay (outdoor)		Norway 2
1 2 3 1 Hector Hormigo-Herrera Stian Boretti 0 6 3 6         2 Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier Erling Tveit 7^7 6^1 6^4 7^7 6 4       3 Gerard Florido / Hector Hormigo-Herrera Stian Boretti / Erling Tveit 2 6 1 6

Georgia vs Armenia^[19]

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

9th to 10th Play-off

San Marino vs Malta^[20]

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

Albania vs Montenegro^[21]

Albania 0	Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 5 May 2012 Clay (outdoor)		Montenegro 3
1 2 3 1 Genajd Shypheja Pavle Rogan 2 6 0 6         2 Flavio Dece Ljubomir Celebic 1 6 1 6         3 Flavio Dece / Rei Pelushi Pavle Rogan / Igor Saveljic 6^2 7^7 2 6

References

1. "Andorra vs. San Marino". daviscup.com.
2. "Lithuania vs. San Marino". daviscup.com.
3. "Lithuania vs. Andorra". daviscup.com.
4. "Bulgaria vs. Albania". daviscup.com.
5. "Georgia vs. Albania". daviscup.com.
6. "Bulgaria vs. Georgia". daviscup.com.
7. "Armenia vs. Macedonia". daviscup.com.
8. "Montenegro vs Armenia". daviscup.com.
9. "Montenegro vs. Macedonia". daviscup.com.
10. "Greece vs. Malta". daviscup.com.
11. "Norway vs. Iceland". daviscup.com.
12. "Norway vs. Malta". daviscup.com.
13. "Greece vs. Iceland". daviscup.com.
14. "Greece vs. Norway". daviscup.com.
15. "Malta vs. Iceland". daviscup.com.
16. "Lithuania vs. Greece". daviscup.com.
17. "Bulgaria vs Macedonia". daviscup.com.
18. "Andorra vs Norway". daviscup.com.
19. "Georgia vs Armenia". daviscup.com.
20. "San Marino vs Malta". daviscup.com.
21. "Albania vs Montenegro". daviscup.com.

External links

• Draw Results