# 2014 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III

The Europe Zone was one of the four zones within Group 3 of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2014. The zone's competition was held in round robin format in Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary, May 7–10, on outdoor clay courts. The twelve competing nations were divided into four pools of three. The winners from each pool played off to determine the two nations to be promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2015, while the second and third placed nations played to off to determine overall placings within the group.

## Participating nations

* Albania
* Armenia
* Estonia
* Georgia
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Liechtenstein
* Macedonia
* Malta
* Montenegro
* San Marino
* Turkey

## Draw

The twelve teams were divided into four pools of three. The winner of Pool A plays off against the winner of Pool C, and the winner of Pool B plays off against the winner of Pool D. The two winners of these play-offs are promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2015. The second and third placed teams in each pool play off in the same pattern to determine overall rankings within the group.
Pool A
| | Hungary | Liechtenstein | Armenia | RR W–L | Matches W–L | Sets W–L | Games W–L | Standings |
| Hungary | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 12–0 | 72–11 | 1 |
| Liechtenstein | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 5–8 | 41–66 | 2 |
| Armenia | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 0–2 | 1–5 | 2–11 | 36–72 | 3 |
Pool B
| | Macedonia | Malta | Albania | RR W–L | Matches W–L | Sets W–L | Games W–L | Standings |
| Macedonia | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 12–0 | 72–18 | 1 |
| Malta | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 6–6 | 48–45 | 2 |
| Albania | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 0–2 | 0–6 | 0–12 | 15–72 | 3 |
Pool C
| | Georgia | Montenegro | Iceland | RR W–L | Matches W–L | Sets W–L | Games W–L | Standings |
| Georgia | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 12–1 | 75–30 | 1 |
| Montenegro | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 7–6 | 59–44 | 2 |
| Iceland | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 0–2 | 0–6 | 0–12 | 12–72 | 3 |
Pool D
| | Turkey | Estonia | San Marino | RR W–L | Matches W–L | Sets W–L | Games W–L | Standings |
| Turkey | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 11–2 | 73–41 | 1 |
| Estonia | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 8–5 | 67–52 | 2 |
| San Marino | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 0–2 | 0–6 | 0–12 | 25–72 | 3 |

## First round
### Pool A
#### Hungary vs. Armenia

| Hungary 3 | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 7 May 2014 Clay | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 7 May 2014 Clay | Armenia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Gergely Madarász Ashot Gevorgyan 6 0 6 3         2 Márton Fucsovics Mikayel Avetisyan 6 0 6 1         3 Márton Fucsovics / Levente Gödry Ashot Gevorgyan / Sedrak Khachatryan 6 2 6 0 ||||

#### Hungary vs. Liechtenstein

| Hungary 3 | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 8 May 2014 Clay | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 8 May 2014 Clay | Liechtenstein 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Gergely Madarász Timo Kranz 6 3 6 1         2 Márton Fucsovics Vital Flurin Leuch 6 0 6 1         3 Viktor Filipenkó / Levente Gödry Robin Forster / Christian Meier 6 0 6 0 ||||

#### Armenia vs. Liechtenstein

| Armenia 1 | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 9 May 2014 Clay | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 9 May 2014 Clay | Liechtenstein 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Ashot Gevorgyan Timo Kranz 1 6 2 6         2 Sedrak Khachatryan Vital Flurin Leuch 4 6 6 2 6 2       3 Ashot Gevorgyan / Sedrak Khachatryan Timo Kranz / Vital Flurin Leuch 5 7 6$^6$ 7$^8$ ||||

### Pool B
#### Macedonia vs. Malta

| Macedonia 3 | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 7 May 2014 Clay | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 7 May 2014 Clay | Malta 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Tomislav Jotovski Matthew Asciak 6 3 6 1         2 Dimitar Grabul Bernard Cassar Torregiani 6 2 6 2         3 Shendrit Deari / Dimitar Grabul Bradley Callus / Bernard Cassar Torregiani 6 2 6 2 ||||

#### Macedonia vs. Albania

| Macedonia 3 | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 8 May 2014 Clay | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 8 May 2014 Clay | Albania 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Shendrit Deari Arber Sulstarova 6 2 6 1         2 Dimitar Grabul Genajd Shypheja 6 0 6 1         3 Bojan Jankulovski / Tomislav Jotovski Rei Pelushi / Genajd Shypheja 6 0 6 2 ||||

#### Malta vs. Albania

| Malta 3 | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 9 May 2014 Clay | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 9 May 2014 Clay | Albania 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Bradley Callus Genajd Shypheja 6 1 6 4         2 Matthew Asciak Rei Pelushi 6 0 6 1         3 Denzil Agius / Matthew Asciak Rei Pelushi / Genajd Shypheja 6 2 6 1 ||||

### Pool C
#### Georgia vs. Montenegro

| Georgia 3 | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 7 May 2014 Clay | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 7 May 2014 Clay | Montenegro 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 George Tsivadze Igor Saveljić 6 0 6 2         2 Aleksandre Metreveli Ljubomir Čelebić 6 3 6 3         3 Aleksandre Metreveli / George Tsivadze Igor Saveljić / Ivan Saveljić 7 5 2 6 6 4 ||||

#### Georgia vs. Iceland

| Georgia 3 | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 8 May 2014 Clay | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 8 May 2014 Clay | Iceland 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Aleksandre Bakshi Raj-Kumar Bonifacius 6 2 6 2         2 Giorgi Javakhishvili Magnús Gunnarsson 6 0 6 1         3 Aleksandre Bakshi / Giorgi Javakhishvili Raj-Kumar Bonifacius / Hinrik Helgason 6 0 6 2 ||||

#### Montenegro vs. Iceland

| Montenegro 3 | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 9 May 2014 Clay | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 9 May 2014 Clay | Iceland 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Igor Saveljić Raj-Kumar Bonifacius 6 1 6 2         2 Ljubomir Čelebić Hinrik Helgason 6 1 6 0         3 Ljubomir Čelebić / Pavle Rogan Magnús Gunnarsson / Hinrik Helgason 6 0 6 1 ||||

### Pool D
#### Estonia vs. Turkey

| Estonia 1 | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 7 May 2014 Clay | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 7 May 2014 Clay | Turkey 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Mikk Irdoja Cem İlkel 3 6 6 2 6 4       2 Vladimir Ivanov Marsel İlhan 4 6 6$^3$ 7$^7$         3 Mikk Irdoja / Vladimir Ivanov Barış Ergüden / Marsel İlhan 3 6 3 6 ||||

#### Turkey vs. San Marino

| Turkey 3 | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 8 May 2014 Clay | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 8 May 2014 Clay | San Marino 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Barış Ergüden Diego Zonzini 6 1 6 3         2 Marsel İlhan Marco De Rossi 6 2 6 1         3 Cem İlkel / Anıl Yüksel Marco De Rossi / Domenico Vicini 6 1 6 2 ||||

#### Estonia vs. San Marino

| Estonia 3 | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 9 May 2014 Clay | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 9 May 2014 Clay | San Marino 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Kenneth Raisma Diego Zonzini 6 3 6 2         2 Vladimir Ivanov Marco De Rossi 6 3 6 1         3 Mikk Irdoja / Anton Pavlov Marco De Rossi / Domenico Vicini 6 3 6 3 ||||

## Play-offs
### Promotion
#### Hungary vs. Georgia

| Hungary 2 | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 10 May 2014 Clay | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 10 May 2014 Clay | Georgia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Gergely Madarász George Tsivadze 7 5 6 0         2 Márton Fucsovics Aleksandre Metreveli 6 1 6 1         3 Márton Fucsovics / Levente Gödry Aleksandre Metreveli / George Tsivadze           not played ||||

#### Macedonia vs. Turkey

| Macedonia 0 | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 10 May 2014 Clay | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 10 May 2014 Clay | Turkey 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Tomislav Jotovski Cem İlkel 4 6 7$^7$ 6$^2$ 4 6       2 Dimitar Grabul Marsel İlhan 5 7 6 3 4 6       3 Dimitar Grabul / Tomislav Jotovski Barış Ergüden / Marsel İlhan           not played ||||

### 5th to 8th play-offs
#### Liechtenstein vs. Montenegro

| Liechtenstein 0 | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 10 May 2014 Clay | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 10 May 2014 Clay | Montenegro 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Timo Kranz Pavle Rogan 3 6 5 7         2 Vital Flurin Leuch Ljubomir Čelebić 1 6 0 6         3 Vital Flurin Leuch / Christian Meier Igor Saveljić / Ivan Saveljić 2 6 3 6 ||||

#### Malta vs. Estonia

| Malta 1 | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 10 May 2014 Clay | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 10 May 2014 Clay | Estonia 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Matthew Asciak Anton Pavlov 6 2 6 1         2 Bernard Cassar Torregiani Vladimir Ivanov 5 7 1 6         3 Matthew Asciak / Bernard Cassar Torregiani Mikk Irdoja / Vladimir Ivanov 4 6 3 6 ||||

### 9th to 12th play-offs
#### Armenia vs. Iceland

| Armenia 2 | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 10 May 2014 Clay | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 10 May 2014 Clay | Iceland 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Ashot Gevorgyan Magnús Gunnarsson 6 0 6 0         2 Mikayel Avetisyan Hinrik Helgason 6 2 6 1         3 Sedrak Khachatryan / Karen Uzunyan Magnús Gunnarsson / Hinrik Helgason           not played ||||

#### Albania vs. San Marino

| Albania 0 | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 10 May 2014 Clay | Gellért Szabadidőközpont, Szeged, Hungary 10 May 2014 Clay | San Marino 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Arber Sulstarova Domenico Vicini 1 6 1 6         2 Genajd Shypheja Marco De Rossi 1 6 3 6         3 Genajd Shypheja / Arber Sulstarova Domenico Vicini / Giacomo Zonzini 1 6 2 6 ||||

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Hungary |
| 1 | Turkey |
| 3 | Georgia |
| 3 | North Macedonia |
| 5 | Estonia |
| 5 | Montenegro |
| 7 | Liechtenstein |
| 7 | Malta |
| 9 | Armenia |
| 9 | San Marino |
| 11 | Albania |
| 11 | Iceland |
* Hungary and Turkey were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2015.