# 2004 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III

The Group III tournament was held in the Week commencing February 4, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on outdoor hard courts.

## Format

The eight teams were split into two groups and played in a round-robin format. The top two teams of each group advanced to the promotion pool, from which the two top teams were promoted to the Americas Zone Group II in 2005. The last two placed teams of each group from the preliminary round were relegated into the relegation pool, from which the two bottom teams were relegated to the Americas Zone Group IV in 2005.

## Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA |
| Colombia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bolivia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Honduras | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Panama | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 |

### Colombia vs. Honduras

| Colombia 3 | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 4 February 2004 Hard | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 4 February 2004 Hard | Honduras 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Michael Quintero Carlos Cáceres 7 5 6 3     2 Alejandro Falla Francklin García 6 2 6 3     3 Alejandro Falla / Carlos Salamanca Carlos Cáceres / Pablo Hernández 6 4 6 2 ||||

### Bolivia vs. Panama

| Bolivia 3 | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 4 February 2004 Hard | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 4 February 2004 Hard | Panama 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Carlos Álvarez Chadd Valdes 6 3 7 5     2 Javier Taborga Alberto González 6 4 6 4     3 Oscar Blacutt / Mauricio Estivariz Juan-Pablo Herrera / David López 6 3 6 4 ||||

### Colombia vs. Panama

| Colombia 3 | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 5 February 2004 Hard | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 5 February 2004 Hard | Panama 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Michael Quintero Chadd Valdes 6 3 6 4     2 Alejandro Falla Alberto González 6 2 6 2     3 Alejandro Falla / Carlos Salamanca Juan-Pablo Herrera / David López 6 1 6 3 ||||

### Bolivia vs. Honduras

| Bolivia 2 | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 5 February 2004 Hard | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 5 February 2004 Hard | Honduras 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Carlos Álvarez Calton Álvarez 6 3 3 6 1 6   2 Javier Taborga Carlos Cáceres 6 2 6 3     3 Oscar Blacutt / Javier Taborga Francklin García / Pablo Hernández 6 1 6 3 ||||

### Colombia vs. Bolivia

| Colombia 3 | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 6 February 2004 Hard | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 6 February 2004 Hard | Bolivia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Michael Quintero Carlos Álvarez 6 2 6 2     2 Alejandro Falla Javier Taborga 6 4 6 4     3 Alejandro Falla / Carlos Salamanca Oscar Blacutt / Javier Taborga 6 4 7$^7$ 6$^4$ ||||

### Honduras vs. Panama

| Honduras 2 | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 6 February 2004 Hard | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 6 February 2004 Hard | Panama 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Calton Álvarez Chadd Valdes 4 0      retired 2 Carlos Cáceres Alberto González 3 6 2 6     3 Calton Álvarez / Francklin García Alberto González / Juan-Pablo Herrera 7 5 6 0 ||||

## Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA |
| Netherlands Antilles | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| El Salvador | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 |

### Netherlands Antilles vs. Trinidad and Tobago

| Netherlands Antilles 2 | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 4 February 2004 Hard | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 4 February 2004 Hard | Trinidad and Tobago 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Piet Hein Boekel Richard Brown 4 6 0 6     2 Jean-Julien Rojer Dexter Mahase 6 1 6 2     3 Raoul Behr / Jean-Julien Rojer Richard Brown / Jonathan Gómez 6 4 6 3 ||||

### El Salvador vs. U.S. Virgin Islands

| El Salvador 3 | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 4 February 2004 Hard | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 4 February 2004 Hard | U.S. Virgin Islands 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Jaime Cuellar John Richards 6 1 7$^7$ 6$^2$     2 Rafael Arévalo Terrance Eugene Highfield 6 2 6 0     3 Rafael Arévalo / Jaime Cuellar Kristepher Elien / Terrance Eugene Highfield 6 2 6 1 ||||

### Netherlands Antilles vs. U.S. Virgin Islands

| Netherlands Antilles 3 | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 5 February 2004 Hard | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 5 February 2004 Hard | U.S. Virgin Islands 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Piet Hein Boekel Kristepher Elien 3 6 6 2 6 3   2 Jean-Julien Rojer Terrance Eugene Highfield 6 4 6 1     3 Raoul Behr / Jean-Julien Rojer Kristepher Elien / John Richards 6 2 6 2 ||||

### El Salvador vs. Trinidad and Tobago

| El Salvador 3 | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 5 February 2004 Hard | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 5 February 2004 Hard | Trinidad and Tobago 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Jaime Cuellar Richard Brown 6 1 6 1     2 Rafael Arévalo Dexter Mahase 6 0 6 2     3 Rafael Arévalo / Jaime Cuellar Richard Brown / Jonathan Gómez 6 1 7$^7$ 6$^4$ ||||

### Netherlands Antilles vs. El Salvador

| Netherlands Antilles 2 | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 6 February 2004 Hard | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 6 February 2004 Hard | El Salvador 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Piet Hein Boekel Jaime Cuellar 2 6 1 6     2 Jean-Julien Rojer Rafael Arévalo 6 3 6 3     3 Raoul Behr / Jean-Julien Rojer Rafael Arévalo / Jaime Cuellar 6 2 6 4 ||||

### Trinidad and Tobago vs. U.S. Virgin Islands

| Trinidad and Tobago 1 | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 6 February 2004 Hard | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 6 February 2004 Hard | U.S. Virgin Islands 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Jonathan Gómez Kristepher Elien 7 5 6 4     2 Richard Brown Terrance Eugene Highfield 4 6 1 6     3 Jonathan Gómez / Dexter Mahase Terrance Eugene Highfield / John Richards 3 6 4 6 ||||

## Promotion pool

The top two teams from each of Pools A and B advanced to the Promotion pool. Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward.
| Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA |
| Colombia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Netherlands Antilles | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| El Salvador | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Bolivia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
Colombia and Netherlands Antilles promoted to Group II for 2005.

### Colombia vs. Netherlands Antilles

| Colombia 3 | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 7 February 2004 Hard | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 7 February 2004 Hard | Netherlands Antilles 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Michael Quintero Rasid Winklaar 6 2 6 0     2 Alejandro Falla Jean-Julien Rojer 6 1 6 4     3 Alejandro Falla / Carlos Salamanca Raoul Behr / Piet Hein Boekel 6 3 6 0 ||||

### Bolivia vs. El Salvador

| Bolivia 1 | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 7 February 2004 Hard | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 7 February 2004 Hard | El Salvador 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Oscar Blacutt Jaime Cuellar 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 2 6     2 Javier Taborga Rafael Arévalo 3 6 6$^5$ 7$^7$     3 Oscar Blacutt / Javier Taborga Rafael Arévalo / Jaime Cuellar 6 2 6 4 ||||

### Colombia vs. El Salvador

| Colombia 3 | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 8 February 2004 Hard | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 8 February 2004 Hard | El Salvador 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Pablo González Jaime Cuellar 7 5 6 1     2 Alejandro Falla Rafael Arévalo 4 6 6 3 6 3   3 Michael Quintero / Carlos Salamanca Rafael Arévalo / Jaime Cuellar 3 6 6 1 6 1 ||||

### Bolivia vs. Netherlands Antilles

| Bolivia 1 | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 8 February 2004 Hard | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 8 February 2004 Hard | Netherlands Antilles 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Carlos Álvarez Rasid Winklaar 6 0 6 4     2 Javier Taborga Jean-Julien Rojer 3 6 1 6     3 Oscar Blacutt / Javier Taborga Raoul Behr / Jean-Julien Rojer 5 7 7$^7$ 6$^2$ 6 8 ||||

## Relegation pool

The bottom two teams from Pools A and B were placed in the relegation group. Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward.
| Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA |
| Honduras | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Panama | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
Trinidad & Tobago, US Virgin Islands demoted to Group IV for 2005.

### Honduras vs. U.S. Virgin Islands

| Honduras 3 | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 7 February 2004 Hard | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 7 February 2004 Hard | U.S. Virgin Islands 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Pablo Hernández John Richards 6 3 6 0     2 Calton Álvarez Terrance Eugene Highfield 6 3 6 3     3 Carlos Cáceres / Francklin García Albert Richards / John Richards 6 2 6 4 ||||

### Panama vs. Trinidad and Tobago

| Panama 2 | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 7 February 2004 Hard | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 7 February 2004 Hard | Trinidad and Tobago 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 David López Richard Brown 1 6 7 5 6 8   2 Alberto González Dexter Mahase 7 5 6 1     3 Alberto González / David López Richard Brown / Dexter Mahase 6 1 6 2 ||||

### Honduras vs. Trinidad and Tobago

| Honduras 3 | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 8 February 2004 Hard | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 8 February 2004 Hard | Trinidad and Tobago 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Calton Álvarez Jonathan Gómez 6 2 6 4     2 Carlos Cáceres Dexter Mahase 6 4 6 2     3 Francklin García / Pablo Hernández Jermille Danclar / Dexter Mahase 6 2 6 4 ||||

### Panama vs. U.S. Virgin Islands

| Panama 2 | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 8 February 2004 Hard | Country Club de Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 8 February 2004 Hard | U.S. Virgin Islands 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 David López John Richards 4 6 5 7     2 Alberto González Terrance Eugene Highfield 6 0 6 1     3 Alberto González / David López Terrance Eugene Highfield / John Richards 6 3 6 2 ||||

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Colombia |
| 2 | Netherlands Antilles |
| 3 | El Salvador |
| 4 | Bolivia |
| 5 | Honduras |
| 6 | Panama |
| 7 | U.S. Virgin Islands |
| 8 | Trinidad and Tobago |
* Colombia and Netherlands Antilles promoted to Group II in 2005.
* U.S. Virgin Islands and Trinidad and Tobago relegated to Group IV in 2005.