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2018 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 2018. The zone's competition was held in round robin format in two different locations, Plovdiv, Bulgaria and Ulcinj, Montenegro, from 3 to 7 April 2018. The two winning nations won promotion to Group II, Europe/Africa Zone, for 2019.

Participating nations

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Inactive nation

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Draw

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Date: 3–7 April

Location 1: Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria (clay)
Location 2: Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro (clay)

Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of four teams at each venue. The winners of each pool play-off against each other to determine which nation will be promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2019. Two promoted – one from each venue.

Seeding

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Pot Nation Rank1 Seed
1  Bulgaria 59 1
 Monaco 70 2
 Latvia 71 3
 Moldova 76 4
2  Macedonia 81 5
 Montenegro 84 6
 Malta 101 7
 Liechtenstein 101 8
3  Cyprus 106 9
 Greece 107 10
 Iceland 108 11
 Andorra 116 12
4  Armenia 117 13
 Albania 122 14
 San Marino 126 15
 Kosovo 132 16
  • 1Davis Cup Rankings as of 5 February 2018

Draw

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Pool A (Plovdiv)

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  BUL MKD ISL ALB RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
1  Bulgaria 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 18–0 (100%) 108–21 (84%) 1
5  Macedonia 0–3 2–1 3–0 2–1 10–8 (56%) 83–63 (57%) 2
11  Iceland 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 6–13 (32%) 63–95 (40%) 3
14  Albania 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3 3–16 (16%) 33–108 (23%) 4

Pool B (Plovdiv)

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  MON CYP AND SMR RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
2  Monaco 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 17–3 (85%) 111–37 (75%) 1
9  Cyprus 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 13–7 (65%) 99–60 (62%) 2
12  Andorra 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–2 4–14 (22%) 41–92 (31%) 3
15  San Marino 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–3 4–14 (22%) 36–98 (27%) 4

Pool A (Ulcinj)

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  MNE GRE LAT ARM RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
6  Montenegro 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 14–4 (78%) 103–55 (65%) 1
10  Greece 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 12–6 (67%) 92–70 (57%) 2
3  Latvia 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 8–10 (44%) 79–83 (49%) 3
13  Armenia 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3 2–16 (11%) 35–101 (26%) 4

Pool B (Ulcinj)

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  MLT MDA LIE KOS RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
7  Malta 2–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 13–6 (68%) 97–61 (61%) 1
4  Moldova 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 13–7 (65%) 99–76 (57%) 2
8  Liechtenstein 2–1 0–3 3–0 2–1 10–10 (50%) 97–89 (52%) 3
16  Kosovo 0–3 1–2 0–3 0–3 4–17 (19%) 51–118 (30%) 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

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Placing (Plovdiv) A Team Score B Team
Promotional  Bulgaria 1–2  Monaco
3rd–4th  Macedonia 2–0  Cyprus
5th–6th  Iceland 3–0  Andorra
7th–8th  Albania 0–2  San Marino
Placing (Ulcinj) A Team Score B Team
Promotional  Montenegro 3–0  Malta
3rd–4th  Greece 3–0  Moldova
5th–6th  Latvia 3–0  Liechtenstein
7th–8th  Armenia 3–0  Kosovo

 Monaco and  Montenegro promoted to Group II in 2019.

Round Robin

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Pool A (Plovdiv)

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Bulgaria vs. Albania

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Bulgaria
3
Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[1]
4 April
Clay

Albania
0
1 2 3
1 Bulgaria
Albania
Adrian Andreev
Mario Zili
6
1
6
0
   
2 Bulgaria
Albania
Dimitar Kuzmanov
Elbi Mjeshtri
6
0
6
0
   
3 Bulgaria
Albania
Dimitar Kuzmanov / Vasko Mladenov
Elbi Mjeshtri / Genajd Shypheja
6
0
6
0
   

Macedonia vs. Iceland

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North Macedonia
2
Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[2]
4 April
Clay

Iceland
1
1 2 3
1 North Macedonia
Iceland
Gorazd Srbljak
Egill Sigurðsson
6
0
6
2
   
2 North Macedonia
Iceland
Dimitar Grabul
Birkir Gunnarsson
6
2
6
3
   
3 North Macedonia
Iceland
Gjorgji Jankulovski / Stefan Micov
Anton Magnússon / Egill Sigurðsson
62
77
4
6
   

Bulgaria vs. Iceland

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Bulgaria
3
Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[3]
5 April
Clay

Iceland
0
1 2 3
1 Bulgaria
Iceland
Alexandar Lazov
Egill Sigurðsson
6
1
6
1
   
2 Bulgaria
Iceland
Dimitar Kuzmanov
Anton Magnússon
6
1
6
1
   
3 Bulgaria
Iceland
Dimitar Kuzmanov / Vasko Mladenov
Birkir Gunnarsson / Egill Sigurðsson
6
2
6
1
   

Macedonia vs. Albania

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North Macedonia
3
Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[4]
5 April
Clay

Albania
0
1 2 3
1 North Macedonia
Albania
Gorazd Srbljak
Arber Sulstarova
6
0
6
0
   
2 North Macedonia
Albania
Dimitar Grabul
Mario Zili
6
3
6
0
   
3 North Macedonia
Albania
Gjorgji Jankulovski / Stefan Micov
Elbi Mjeshtri / Genajd Shypheja
6
2
6
2
   

Bulgaria vs. Macedonia

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Bulgaria
3
Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[5]
6 April
Clay

North Macedonia
0
1 2 3
1 Bulgaria
North Macedonia
Alexandar Lazov
Gorazd Srbljak
6
1
6
1
   
2 Bulgaria
North Macedonia
Dimitar Kuzmanov
Dimitar Grabul
6
2
6
2
   
3 Bulgaria
North Macedonia
Adrian Andreev / Vasko Mladenov
Stefan Micov / Gorazd Srbljak
6
4
6
3
   

Iceland vs. Albania

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Iceland
2
Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[6]
6 April
Clay

Albania
1
1 2 3
1 Iceland
Albania
Egill Sigurðsson
Genajd Shypheja
6
1
6
1
   
2 Iceland
Albania
Birkir Gunnarsson
Elbi Mjeshtri
5
7
3
6
   
3 Iceland
Albania
Birkir Gunnarsson / Egill Sigurðsson
Genajd Shypheja / Mario Zili
6
2
4
6
6
2
 

Pool B (Plovdiv)

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Monaco vs. San Marino

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Monaco
3
Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[7]
4 April
Clay

San Marino
0
1 2 3
1 Monaco
San Marino
Romain Arneodo
Filippo Tommesani
6
0
6
0
   
2 Monaco
San Marino
Lucas Catarina
Tommaso Simoncini
6
0
6
0
   
3 Monaco
San Marino
Benjamin Balleret / Thomas Oger
Antoine Barbieri / Tommaso Simoncini
6
0
6
0
   

Cyprus vs. Andorra

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Cyprus
3
Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[8]
4 April
Clay

Andorra
0
1 2 3
1 Cyprus
Andorra
Petros Chrysochos
Guillermo Jauregui
6
0
6
0
   
2 Cyprus
Andorra
Menelaos Efstathiou
Èric Cervós Noguer
6
0
6
0
   
3 Cyprus
Andorra
Nicholas Campbell / Eleftherios Neos
Èric Cervós Noguer / Guillermo Jauregui
6
2
6
3
   

Monaco vs. Andorra

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Monaco
3
Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[9]
5 April
Clay

Andorra
0
1 2 3
1 Monaco
Andorra
Romain Arneodo
Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier
6
3
6
1
   
2 Monaco
Andorra
Lucas Catarina
Guillermo Jauregui
6
0
6
1
   
3 Monaco
Andorra
Benjamin Balleret / Thomas Oger
Èric Cervós Noguer / Guillermo Jauregui
6
0
6
2
   

Cyprus vs. San Marino

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Cyprus
2
Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[10]
5 April
Clay

San Marino
1
1 2 3
1 Cyprus
San Marino
Petros Chrysochos
Antoine Barbieri
6
1
6
0
   
2 Cyprus
San Marino
Menelaos Efstathiou
Marco de Rossi
4
6
5
7
   
3 Cyprus
San Marino
Petros Chrysochos / Eleftherios Neos
Tommaso Simoncini / Filippo Tommesani
6
1
6
1
   

Monaco vs. Cyprus

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Monaco
2
Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[11]
6 April
Clay

Cyprus
1
1 2 3
1 Monaco
Cyprus
Romain Arneodo
Petros Chrysochos
6
3
1
6
3
6
 
2 Monaco
Cyprus
Lucas Catarina
Menelaos Efstathiou
5
7
6
1
6
2
 
3 Monaco
Cyprus
Romain Arneodo / Benjamin Balleret
Petros Chrysochos / Eleftherios Neos
6
2
6
3
   

Andorra vs. San Marino

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Andorra
2
Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[12]
6 April
Clay

San Marino
1
1 2 3
1 Andorra
San Marino
Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier
Filippo Tommesani
6
1
6
0
   
2 Andorra
San Marino
Èric Cervós Noguer
Marco de Rossi
3
6
1
6
   
3 Andorra
San Marino
Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier / Laurent Recouderc
Marco de Rossi / Filippo Tommesani
7
5
6
2
   

Pool A (Ulcinj)

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Latvia vs. Greece

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Latvia
1
Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[13]
4 April
Clay

Greece
2
1 2 3
1 Latvia
Greece
Roberts Grīnvalds
Ioannis Stergiou
0
6
4
6
   
2 Latvia
Greece
Mārtiņš Podžus
Markos Kalovelonis
3
6
4
6
   
3 Latvia
Greece
Artūrs Lazdiņš / Mārtiņš Podžus
Markos Kalovelonis / Ioannis Stergiou
7
5
6
3
   

Montenegro vs. Armenia

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Montenegro
3
Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[14]
4 April
Clay

Armenia
0
1 2 3
1 Montenegro
Armenia
Rrezart Cungu
Torgom Asatryan
6
3
6
0
   
2 Montenegro
Armenia
Ljubomir Čelebić
Sedrak Khachatryan
6
0
6
0
   
3 Montenegro
Armenia
Ljubomir Čelebić / Rrezart Cungu
Sedrak Khachatryan / Henrik Nikoghosyan
6
1
6
1
   

Latvia vs. Montenegro

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Latvia
1
Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[15]
5 April
Clay

Montenegro
2
1 2 3
1 Latvia
Montenegro
Artūrs Lazdiņš
Rrezart Cungu
3
6
1
6
   
2 Latvia
Montenegro
Mārtiņš Podžus
Ljubomir Čelebić
4
6
5
7
   
3 Latvia
Montenegro
Roberts Grīnvalds / Mārtiņš Rocēns
Stefan Dragović / Pavle Rogan
7
5
6
3
   

Greece vs. Armenia

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Greece
3
Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[16]
5 April
Clay

Armenia
0
1 2 3
1 Greece
Armenia
Alexandros Skorilas
Henrik Nikoghosyan
6
3
6
3
   
2 Greece
Armenia
Ioannis Stergiou
Sedrak Khachatryan
6
1
6
3
   
3 Greece
Armenia
Markos Kalovelonis / Petros Tsitsipas
Torgom Asatryan / Sedrak Khachatryan
6
1
6
1
   

Latvia vs. Armenia

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Latvia
2
Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[17]
6 April
Clay

Armenia
1
1 2 3
1 Latvia
Armenia
Mārtiņš Rocēns
Torgom Asatryan
6
3
6
1
   
2 Latvia
Armenia
Mārtiņš Podžus
Sedrak Khachatryan
6
0
6
1
   
3 Latvia
Armenia
Roberts Grīnvalds / Mārtiņš Rocēns
Sedrak Khachatryan / Henrik Nikoghosyan
5
3
    retired
 

Montenegro vs. Greece

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Montenegro
2
Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[18]
6 April
Clay

Greece
1
1 2 3
1 Montenegro
Greece
Rrezart Cungu
Ioannis Stergiou
77
62
6
2
   
2 Montenegro
Greece
Ljubomir Čelebić
Markos Kalovelonis
6
2
6
1
   
3 Montenegro
Greece
Stefan Dragović / Pavle Rogan
Ioannis Stergiou / Petros Tsitsipas
5
7
4
6
   

Pool B (Ulcinj)

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Moldova vs. Liechtenstein

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Moldova
3
Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[19]
4 April
Clay

Liechtenstein
0
1 2 3
1 Moldova
Liechtenstein
Egor Matvievici
Timo Kranz
77
64
6
2
   
2 Moldova
Liechtenstein
Vasilii Dontu
Vital Flurin Leuch
7
5
6
4
   
3 Moldova
Liechtenstein
Vasilii Dontu / Egor Matvievici
Robin Forster / Serafin Zünd
6
2
6
3
   

Malta vs. Kosovo

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Malta
3
Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[20]
4 April
Clay

Kosovo
0
1 2 3
1 Malta
Kosovo
Omar Sudzuka
Burim Bytyqi
6
4
6
1
   
2 Malta
Kosovo
Matthew Asciak
Granit Bajraliu
6
0
6
2
   
3 Malta
Kosovo
Matthew Asciak / Matthew Cassar Torregiani
Burim Bytyqi / Muhamed Zulji
6
0
6
0
   

Moldova vs. Malta

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Moldova
1
Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[21]
5 April
Clay

Malta
2
1 2 3
1 Moldova
Malta
Maxim Bulat
Omar Sudzuka
6
2
6
1
   
2 Moldova
Malta
Alexandr Vitcov
Matthew Asciak
1
6
2
6
   
3 Moldova
Malta
Vasilii Dontu / Egor Matvievici
Matthew Asciak / Omar Sudzuka
3
6
2
6
   

Liechtenstein vs. Kosovo

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Liechtenstein
3
Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[22]
5 April
Clay

Kosovo
0
1 2 3
1 Liechtenstein
Kosovo
Timo Kranz
Burim Bytyqi
5
7
6
2
6
2
 
2 Liechtenstein
Kosovo
Vital Flurin Leuch
Granit Bajraliu
6
0
6
1
   
3 Liechtenstein
Kosovo
Robin Forster / Serafin Zünd
Burim Bytyqi / Muhamed Zulji
6
3
6
2
   

Moldova vs. Kosovo

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Moldova
2
Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[23]
6 April
Clay

Kosovo
1
1 2 3
1 Moldova
Kosovo
Vasilii Dontu
Granit Bajraliu
6
0
3
6
5
7
 
2 Moldova
Kosovo
Alexandr Vitcov
Genc Selita
6
1
3
6
6
1
 
3 Moldova
Kosovo
Vasilii Dontu / Egor Matvievici
Granit Bajraliu / Genc Selita
6
3
6
3
   

Malta vs. Liechtenstein

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Malta
1
Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[24]
6 April
Clay

Liechtenstein
2
1 2 3
1 Malta
Liechtenstein
Omar Sudzuka
Robin Forster
3
6
4
6
   
2 Malta
Liechtenstein
Matthew Asciak
Vital Flurin Leuch
77
63
6
1
   
3 Malta
Liechtenstein
Matthew Asciak / Omar Sudzuka
Timo Kranz / Vital Flurin Leuch
6
3
4
6
4
6
 

Play-offs

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Promotional play-offs

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Bulgaria vs. Monaco

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Bulgaria
1
Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[25]
7 April
Clay

Monaco
2
1 2 3
1 Bulgaria
Monaco
Alexandar Lazov
Romain Arneodo
4
6
4
6
   
2 Bulgaria
Monaco
Dimitar Kuzmanov
Lucas Catarina
6
2
6
1
   
3 Bulgaria
Monaco
Dimitar Kuzmanov / Vasko Mladenov
Romain Arneodo / Benjamin Balleret
4
6
3
6
   

Montenegro vs. Malta

[edit]

Montenegro
3
Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[26]
7 April
Clay

Malta
0
1 2 3
1 Montenegro
Malta
Rrezart Cungu
Denzil Agius
6
0
6
0
   
2 Montenegro
Malta
Ljubomir Čelebić
Matthew Asciak
6
2
6
2
   
3 Montenegro
Malta
Stefan Dragović / Pavle Rogan
Denzil Agius / Matthew Cassar Torregiani
6
3
6
2
   

3rd to 4th play-offs

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Macedonia vs. Cyprus

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North Macedonia
2
Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[27]
7 April
Clay

Cyprus
0
1 2 3
1 North Macedonia
Cyprus
Gorazd Srbljak
Nicholas Campbell
6
1
6
2
   
2 North Macedonia
Cyprus
Dimitar Grabul
Menelaos Efstathiou
6
1
5
7
77
65
 
3 North Macedonia
Cyprus
Dimitar Grabul / Stefan Micov
Menelaos Efstathiou / Eleftherios Neos
      not
played

Greece vs. Moldova

[edit]

Greece
3
Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[28]
7 April
Clay

Moldova
0
1 2 3
1 Greece
Moldova
Petros Tsitsipas
Egor Matvievici
6
1
6
1
   
2 Greece
Moldova
Alexandros Skorilas
Maxim Bulat
6
1
6
4
   
3 Greece
Moldova
Alexandros Skorilas / Petros Tsitsipas
Maxim Bulat / Alexandr Vitcov
7
5
0
0
   
retired

5th to 6th play-offs

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Iceland v Andorra

[edit]

Iceland
3
Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[29]
7 April
Clay

Andorra
0
1 2 3
1 Iceland
Andorra
Anton Magnússon
Guillermo Jauregui
6
3
6
0
   
2 Iceland
Andorra
Birkir Gunnarsson
Èric Cervós Noguer
2
6
6
2
6
3
 
3 Iceland
Andorra
Vladimir Ristic / Egill Sigurðsson
Èric Cervós Noguer / Guillermo Jauregui
6
1
6
3
   

Latvia vs. Liechtenstein

[edit]

Latvia
3
Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[30]
7 April
Clay

Liechtenstein
0
1 2 3
1 Latvia
Liechtenstein
Roberts Grīnvalds
Serafin Zünd
6
0
6
0
   
2 Latvia
Liechtenstein
Mārtiņš Podžus
Vital Flurin Leuch
6
0
6
4
   
3 Latvia
Liechtenstein
Roberts Grīnvalds / Mārtiņš Podžus
Robin Forster / Vital Flurin Leuch
6
1
6
3
   

7th to 8th play-offs

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Albania vs. San Marino

[edit]

Albania
0
Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria[31]
7 April
Clay

San Marino
2
1 2 3
1 Albania
San Marino
Genajd Shypheja
Filippo Tommesani
2
6
2
6
   
2 Albania
San Marino
Mario Zili
Antoine Barbieri
4
6
1
6
   
3 Albania
San Marino
Genajd Shypheja / Mario Zili
Marco de Rossi / Filippo Tommesani
      not
played

Armenia vs. Kosovo

[edit]

Armenia
3
Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro[32]
7 April
Clay

Kosovo
0
1 2 3
1 Armenia
Kosovo
Henrik Nikoghosyan
Granit Bajraliu
6
1
711
69
   
2 Armenia
Kosovo
Sedrak Khachatryan
Genc Selita
6
2
6
1
   
3 Armenia
Kosovo
Torgom Asatryan / Sedrak Khachatryan
Granit Bajraliu / Burim Bytyqi
6
2
6
1
   

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Bulgaria v Albania". daviscup.com.
  2. ^ "Macedonia v Iceland". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Bulgaria v Iceland". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Macedonia v Albania". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Bulgaria v Macedonia". daviscup.com.
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  7. ^ "Monaco v San Marino". daviscup.com.
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  19. ^ "Moldova v Liechtenstein". daviscup.com.
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  25. ^ "Bulgaria v Monaco". daviscup.com.
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  27. ^ "Macedonia v Cyprus". daviscup.com.
  28. ^ "Greece v Moldova". daviscup.com.
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  30. ^ "Latvia v Liechtenstein". daviscup.com.
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  32. ^ "Armenia v Kosovo". daviscup.com.
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