# 2004 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Zone B

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2004.
In the Europe/Africa Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Group III was split into two tournaments. One tournament was held in Namibia National Tennis Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia, May 12–16, on outdoor hard courts, while the other was held in Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania, February 2–8, on indoor carpet courts.

## Format

Azerbaijan withdrew from the Kaunas tournament and relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 2005. The seven remaining teams in the Kaunas tournament were split into two pools and played in a round-robin format. The top two teams of each pool advanced to the promotion pool, from which the two top teams were promoted to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2005. The remaining teams in each group from the preliminary round were relegated into the relegation pool, from which the bottom team relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 2005.

## Pool A

| | Pool A | LTU | EST | CYP |
| 1 | Lithuania (1–1) | | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Estonia (1–1) | 2–1 | | 1–2 |
| 3 | Cyprus (1–1) | 1–2 | 2–1 | |

### Cyprus vs. Lithuania

| Cyprus 1 | Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania 4 February 2004 Carpet (indoors) | Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania 4 February 2004 Carpet (indoors) | Lithuania 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Photos Kallias Rolandas Muraška 1 6 4 6     2 Marcos Baghdatis Aivaras Balžekas 6 1 4 6 6 4   3 Marcos Baghdatis / Demetrios Leontis Paulius Jurkėnas / Gvidas Sabeckis 3 6 3 6 ||||

### Cyprus vs. Estonia

| Cyprus 2 | Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania 5 February 2004 Carpet (indoors) | Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania 5 February 2004 Carpet (indoors) | Estonia 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Photos Kallias Alti Vahkal 7 5 3 6 4 6   2 Marcos Baghdatis Mait Künnap 6 4 7$^7$ 6$^3$     3 Marcos Baghdatis / Demetrios Leontis Mait Künnap / Alti Vahkal 5 7 6 4 12 10 ||||

### Estonia vs. Lithuania

| Estonia 2 | Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania 6 February 2004 Carpet (indoors) | Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania 6 February 2004 Carpet (indoors) | Lithuania 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Oskar Saarne Rolandas Muraška 6$^3$ 7$^7$ 6 4 6 4   2 Mait Künnap Aivaras Balžekas 5 7 6 3 7 9   3 Mait Künnap / Alti Vahkal Rolandas Muraška / Gvidas Sabeckis 6 4 6 3 ||||

## Pool B

| | Pool B | MON | MKD | ISL | AND |
| 1 | Monaco (3–0) | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | North Macedonia (2–1) | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Iceland (1–2) | 1–2 | 0–3 | | 3–0 |
| 4 | Andorra (0–3) | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | |

### North Macedonia vs. Iceland

| North Macedonia 3 | Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania 4 February 2004 Carpet (indoors) | Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania 4 February 2004 Carpet (indoors) | Iceland 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Predrag Rusevski Raj-Kumar Bonifacius 6 4 6 4     2 Lazar Magdinčev Arnar Sigurðsson 3 6 6 2 6 3   3 Lazar Magdinčev / Predrag Rusevski Raj-Kumar Bonifacius / Arnar Sigurðsson 6 1 7 5 ||||

### Monaco vs. Andorra

| Monaco 3 | Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania 4 February 2004 Carpet (indoors) | Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania 4 February 2004 Carpet (indoors) | Andorra 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Guillaume Couillard Kenneth Tuilier-Curco 6 1 6 1     2 Benjamin Balleret Joan Jiménez Guerra 6 0 6$^3$ 7$^7$ 6 2   3 Thomas Drouet / Emmanuel Heussner Pau Gerbaud-Farras / Marc Vilanova 6 1 6 4 ||||

### North Macedonia vs. Andorra

| North Macedonia 2 | Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania 5 February 2004 Carpet (indoors) | Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania 5 February 2004 Carpet (indoors) | Andorra 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Predrag Rusevski Kenneth Tuilier-Curco 6 3 6 3     2 Lazar Magdinčev Joan Jiménez Guerra 6 2 6 4     3 Dimitar Grabul / Kristian Mitrovski Pau Gerbaud-Farras / Joan Jiménez Guerra 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 4 6 ||||

### Monaco vs. Iceland

| Monaco 2 | Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania 5 February 2004 Carpet (indoors) | Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania 5 February 2004 Carpet (indoors) | Iceland 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Guillaume Couillard Raj-Kumar Bonifacius 6 4 6 2     2 Benjamin Balleret Arnar Sigurðsson 6 3 6 2     3 Thomas Drouet / Emmanuel Heussner Raj-Kumar Bonifacius / Arnar Sigurðsson 5 7 4 6 ||||

### North Macedonia vs. Monaco

| North Macedonia 1 | Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania 6 February 2004 Carpet (indoors) | Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania 6 February 2004 Carpet (indoors) | Monaco 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Predrag Rusevski Emmanuel Heussner 3 6 7$^7$ 6$^2$ 5 7   2 Lazar Magdinčev Benjamin Balleret 6 4 6$^3$ 7$^7$ 6 3   3 Lazar Magdinčev / Predrag Rusevski Guillaume Couillard / Emmanuel Heussner 6 4 6$^8$ 7$^{10}$ 4 6 ||||

### Andorra vs. Iceland

| Andorra 0 | Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania 6 February 2004 Carpet (indoors) | Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania 6 February 2004 Carpet (indoors) | Iceland 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Kenneth Tuilier-Curco Raj-Kumar Bonifacius 2 6 7 5 7 9   2 Joan Jiménez Guerra Arnar Sigurðsson 1 6 2 6     3 Pau Gerbaud-Farras / Kenneth Tuilier-Curco Raj-Kumar Bonifacius / Arnar Sigurðsson 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.
(scores in italics carried over from Groups)
| | 1st–4th Play-off | MON | EST | MKD | LTU |
| 1 | Monaco (2–1) | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| 2 | Estonia (2–1) | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 3 | North Macedonia (1–2) | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 2–1 |
| 4 | Lithuania (1–2) | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |
Monaco and Estonia promoted to Group II in 2005.

### Monaco vs. Lithuania

| Monaco 1 | Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania 7 February 2004 Carpet (indoors) | Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania 7 February 2004 Carpet (indoors) | Lithuania 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Guillaume Couillard Gvidas Sabeckis 4 6 6 3 5 7   2 Benjamin Balleret Aivaras Balžekas 4 6 6$^5$ 7$^7$     3 Guillaume Couillard / Emmanuel Heussner Paulius Jurkėnas / Gvidas Sabeckis 2 6 7 5 14 12 ||||

### Estonia vs. North Macedonia

| Estonia 2 | Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania 7 February 2004 Carpet (indoors) | Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania 7 February 2004 Carpet (indoors) | North Macedonia 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Oskar Saarne Predrag Rusevski 6$^6$ 7$^8$ 4 6     2 Mait Künnap Lazar Magdinčev 2 6 6 4 6 2   3 Mait Künnap / Alti Vahkal Lazar Magdinčev / Predrag Rusevski 6 4 6$^7$ 7$^9$ 7 5 ||||

### Monaco vs. Estonia

| Monaco 3 | Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania 8 February 2004 Carpet (indoors) | Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania 8 February 2004 Carpet (indoors) | Estonia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Emmanuel Heussner Oskar Saarne 6$^8$ 7$^{10}$ 7 5 13 11   2 Guillaume Couillard Mait Künnap 6 3 7$^7$ 6$^3$     3 Benjamin Balleret / Thomas Drouet Mait Künnap / Alti Vahkal 6$^1$ 7$^7$ 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 1 0  retired ||||

### North Macedonia vs. Lithuania

| North Macedonia 2 | Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania 8 February 2004 Carpet (indoors) | Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania 8 February 2004 Carpet (indoors) | Lithuania 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Predrag Rusevski Rolandas Muraška 4 6 2 6     2 Lazar Magdinčev Aivaras Balžekas 6 4 7$^7$ 6$^3$     3 Lazar Magdinčev / Predrag Rusevski Paulius Jurkėnas / Rolandas Muraška 4 6 7 5 10 8 ||||

## Relegation pool

The bottom team from Pool A and the bottom two teams from Pool B were placed in the relegation group. Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward.
(scores in italics carried over from Groups)
| | 5th–7th Play-off | ISL | CYP | AND |
| 1 | Iceland (2–0) | | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Cyprus (1–1) | 1–2 | | 2–1 |
| 3 | Andorra (0–2) | 0–3 | 1–2 | |
Andorra relegated to Group IV in 2005.

### Andorra vs. Cyprus

| Andorra 1 | Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania 7 February 2004 Carpet (indoors) | Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania 7 February 2004 Carpet (indoors) | Cyprus 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Pau Gerbaud-Farras Photos Kallias 7$^8$ 6$^6$ 6 3     2 Kenneth Tuilier-Curco Marcos Baghdatis 2 6 0 6     3 Pau Gerbaud-Farras / Joan Jiménez Guerra Marcos Baghdatis / Demetrios Leontis 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 6$^1$ 7$^7$ 2 6 ||||

### Iceland vs. Cyprus

| Iceland 2 | Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania 8 February 2004 Carpet (indoors) | Orange Tennis Centre, Kaunas, Lithuania 8 February 2004 Carpet (indoors) | Cyprus 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Andri Jonsson Demetrios Leontis 3 6 4 6     2 Arnar Sigurðsson Eleftherios Christou 6 2 6 2     3 Jón Axel Jónsson / Arnar Sigurðsson Eleftherios Christou / Demetrios Leontis 6 3 6 4 ||||

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Monaco |
| 2 | Estonia |
| 3 | North Macedonia |
| 4 | Lithuania |
| 5 | Iceland |
| 6 | Cyprus |
| 7 | Andorra |
* Monaco and Estonia promoted to Group II in 2005.
* Andorra relegated to Group IV in 2005.
* Azerbaijan withdrew from the tournament and relegated to Group IV in 2005.