# 2012 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III

The Europe/Africa Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2012.
In the Europe/Africa Zone there were three different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Group III was divided into a European zone and an African zone. The Group III Europe tournament was held in Bulgarian National Tennis Centre 'Carlsberg', Sofia, Bulgaria, May 2–5, on outdoor clay courts.

## 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.

## 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

| Andorra 2 | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 2 May 2012 Clay | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 2 May 2012 Clay | 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

| Lithuania 3 | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 3 May 2012 Clay | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 3 May 2012 Clay | 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

| Andorra 0 | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 4 May 2012 Clay | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 4 May 2012 Clay | 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

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

#### Albania vs. Georgia

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

#### Bulgaria vs. Georgia

| Bulgaria 3 | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 4 May 2012 Clay | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 4 May 2012 Clay | 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

| Armenia 0 | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 2 May 2012 Clay | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 2 May 2012 Clay | 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

| Armenia 2 | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 3 May 2012 Clay | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 3 May 2012 Clay | 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 7$^{10}$ 6$^8$ ||||

#### Macedonia vs. Montenegro

| Macedonia 2 | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 4 May 2012 Clay | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 4 May 2012 Clay | 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 ||||

### 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

| Greece 3 | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 2 May 2012 Clay | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 2 May 2012 Clay | 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

| Iceland 0 | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 2 May 2012 Clay | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 2 May 2012 Clay | 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

| Malta 0 | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 3 May 2012 Clay | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 3 May 2012 Clay | 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

| Greece 3 | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 3 May 2012 Clay | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 3 May 2012 Clay | 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

| Greece 2 | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 4 May 2012 Clay | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 4 May 2012 Clay | 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

| Iceland 1 | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 4 May 2012 Clay | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 4 May 2012 Clay | 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

| Lithuania 2 | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 5 May 2012 Clay | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 5 May 2012 Clay | 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

| Bulgaria 3 | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 5 May 2012 Clay | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 5 May 2012 Clay | 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

| Andorra 1 | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 5 May 2012 Clay | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 5 May 2012 Clay | 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

| Georgia 3 | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 5 May 2012 Clay | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 5 May 2012 Clay | 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 12th play-off
#### San Marino vs Malta

| San Marino 1 | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 5 May 2012 Clay | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 5 May 2012 Clay | 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

| Albania 0 | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 5 May 2012 Clay | Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria 5 May 2012 Clay | Montenegro 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Genajd Shypheja Pavle Rogan 2 6 0 6         2 Flavio Deçe Ljubomir Čelebić 1 6 1 6         3 Flavio Deçe / Rei Pelushi Pavle Rogan / Igor Saveljic 6$^2$ 7$^7$ 2 6 ||||

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Bulgaria |
| 1 | Lithuania |
| 3 | Greece |
| 3 | North Macedonia |
| 5 | Georgia |
| 5 | Norway |
| 7 | Andorra |
| 7 | Armenia |
| 9 | Malta |
| 9 | Montenegro |
| 11 | Albania |
| 11 | San Marino |
| 13 | Iceland |
* Bulgaria and Lithuania were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2013.