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

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Format

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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

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Group A

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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

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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
       

[1]

Lithuania vs. San Marino

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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
       

[2]

Andorra vs. Lithuania

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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

[3]

Group B

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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

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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
       

[4]

Albania vs. Georgia

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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
       

[5]

Bulgaria vs. Georgia

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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
77
64
       

[6]

Group C

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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

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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
     

[7]

Armenia vs. Montenegro

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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 Čelebić
0
6
3
6
       
3  
 
Khachatur Khachatryan / Daniil Proskura
Ljubomir Čelebić / Igor Saveljic
6
1
710
68
       

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Macedonia vs. Montenegro

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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 Čelebić
6
2
6
3
       
3  
 
Predrag Rusevski / Danil Zelenkov
Ljubomir Čelebić / Pavle Rogan
          not
played

[9]

Group D

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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

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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
       

[10]

Iceland vs. Norway

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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
       

[11]

Malta vs. Norway

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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
       

[12]

Greece vs. Iceland

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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
       

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Greece vs. Norway

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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
64
77
1
6
       
3  
 
Theodoros Angelinos / Paris Gemouchidis
Stian Boretti / Erling Tveit
3
6
6
3
6
4
     

[14]

Iceland vs. Malta

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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
       

[15]

Playoffs

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1st to 4th play-off

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Lithuania vs Greece

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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
710
68
4
6
     
2  
 
Ričardas Berankis
Paris Gemouchidis
77
64
6
3
       
3  
 
Ričardas Berankis / Laurynas Grigelis
Paris Gemouchidis / Markos Kalovelonis
6
2
7
5
       

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Bulgaria vs Macedonia

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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
       

[17]

5th to 8th play-off

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Andorra vs Norway

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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
77
61
64
77
6
4
     
3  
 
Gerard Florido / Hector Hormigo-Herrera
Stian Boretti / Erling Tveit
2
6
1
6
       

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Georgia vs Armenia

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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
     

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9th to 10th play-off

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San Marino vs Malta

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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
       

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Albania vs Montenegro

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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 Čelebić
1
6
1
6
       
3  
 
Flavio Dece / Rei Pelushi
Pavle Rogan / Igor Saveljic
62
77
2
6
       

[21]

References

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  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.
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