# 2003 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 2003.
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 Sidi Fredj T.C., Algiers, Algeria, February 3–7, on outdoor clay courts, while the other was held in State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia, June 11–15, on outdoor clay courts.

## Format

The eight teams in the Jūrmala 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 2004. The bottom two teams of each group were placed in the relegation pool, from which the two bottom teams were demoted to the Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 2004.

## Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA |
| Latvia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| North Macedonia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Moldova | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |

### Moldova vs. Latvia

| Moldova 1 | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 11 June 2003 Clay | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 11 June 2003 Clay | Latvia 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Andrei Ciumac Andis Juška 6 4 2 6 1 6   2 Andrei Gorban Deniss Pavlovs 7$^8$ 6$^6$ 4 6 8 6   3 Sergei Cupțov / Andrei Gorban Andris Fiļimonovs / Andis Juška 2 6 4 6 ||||

### Azerbaijan vs. North Macedonia

| Azerbaijan 2 | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 11 June 2003 Clay | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 11 June 2003 Clay | North Macedonia 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Farid Shirinov Zoran Ševčenko 1 6 6 4 4 6   2 Emin Ağayev Predrag Rusevski 2 6 6 1 8 6   3 Emin Ağayev / Farid Shirinov Predrag Rusevski / Zoran Ševčenko 6 3 7 5 ||||

### Moldova vs. North Macedonia

| Moldova 1 | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 12 June 2003 Clay | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 12 June 2003 Clay | North Macedonia 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Andrei Ciumac Predrag Rusevski 6 4 0 6 2 6   2 Andrei Gorban Kristian Mitrovski 6 2 6 2     3 Andrei Gorban / Denys Molchanov Predrag Rusevski / Zoran Ševčenko 6$^6$ 7$^8$ 2 6 ||||

### Azerbaijan vs. Latvia

| Azerbaijan 1 | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 12 June 2003 Clay | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 12 June 2003 Clay | Latvia 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Farid Shirinov Andis Juška 1 6 2 6     2 Emin Ağayev Nikita Svacko 6 3 6 3     3 Emin Ağayev / Farid Shirinov Andris Fiļimonovs / Andis Juška 4 6 4 6 ||||

### Moldova vs. Azerbaijan

| Moldova 1 | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 13 June 2003 Clay | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 13 June 2003 Clay | Azerbaijan 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Denys Molchanov Talat Rahimov 6 0 6 2     2 Andrei Gorban Emin Ağayev 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 4 6 1 6   3 Andrei Ciumac / Andrei Gorban Emin Ağayev / Farid Shirinov 4 6 2 6 ||||

### North Macedonia vs. Latvia

| North Macedonia 0 | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 13 June 2003 Clay | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 13 June 2003 Clay | Latvia 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Zoran Ševčenko Andis Juška 4 6 1 6     2 Predrag Rusevski Deniss Pavlovs 4 6 2 6     3 Dimitar Grabul / Kristian Mitrovski Andris Fiļimonovs / Nikita Svacko 1 6 2 6 ||||

## Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA |
| Georgia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 |

### Georgia vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina

| Georgia 3 | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 11 June 2003 Clay | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 11 June 2003 Clay | Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Irakli Ushangishvili Zlatan Kadrić 6 4 6 2     2 Irakli Labadze Igor Račić 6 2 6 3     3 Irakli Labadze / Irakli Ushangishvili Ivan Dodig / Zlatan Kadrić 6 3 6 1 ||||

### Cyprus vs. Turkey

| Cyprus 3 | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 11 June 2003 Clay | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 11 June 2003 Clay | Turkey 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Photos Kallias Ergün Zorlu 2 6 6 4 9 7   2 Marcos Baghdatis Haluk Akkoyun 6 3 6 0     3 Marcos Baghdatis / Dinos Pavlou Doruk Bağlan / Ergün Zorlu 6 2 6 3 ||||

### Georgia vs. Turkey

| Georgia 2 | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 12 June 2003 Clay | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 12 June 2003 Clay | Turkey 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Irakli Ushangishvili Ergün Zorlu 4 6 7$^9$ 6$^7$ 7 5   2 Irakli Labadze Haluk Akkoyun 6 2 6 1     3 David Kvernadze / Omari Murgulia Haluk Akkoyun / Esat Tanık 0 6 2 6 ||||

### Cyprus vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina

| Cyprus 3 | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 12 June 2003 Clay | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 12 June 2003 Clay | Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Photos Kallias Ivan Dodig 6 2 6 1     2 Marcos Baghdatis Igor Račić 6 1 6 3     3 Marcos Baghdatis / Dinos Pavlou Ivan Dodig / Zlatan Kadrić 7 5 6 3 ||||

### Georgia vs. Cyprus

| Georgia 2 | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 13 June 2003 Clay | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 13 June 2003 Clay | Cyprus 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Irakli Ushangishvili Photos Kallias 2 6 6 1 2 6   2 Irakli Labadze Marcos Baghdatis 3 6 6 3 6 4   3 Irakli Labadze / Irakli Ushangishvili Marcos Baghdatis / Dinos Pavlou 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 7 5 ||||

### Turkey vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina

| Turkey 2 | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 13 June 2003 Clay | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 13 June 2003 Clay | Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Ergün Zorlu Haris Bašalić 6 4 6 2     2 Haluk Akkoyun Igor Račić 2 6 6$^3$ 7$^7$     3 Haluk Akkoyun / Ergün Zorlu Ivan Dodig / Igor Račić 6 0 6 3 ||||

## 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 |
| Georgia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Latvia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
Georgia and Latvia promoted to Group II for 2004.

### Georgia vs. Azerbaijan

| Georgia 3 | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 14 June 2003 Clay | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 14 June 2003 Clay | Azerbaijan 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Irakli Ushangishvili Farid Shirinov 7 5 6 2     2 Irakli Labadze Emin Ağayev 1 0      retired 3 Irakli Labadze / Irakli Ushangishvili Fakhraddin Shirinov / Farid Shirinov 6 1 6 1 ||||

### Cyprus vs. Latvia

| Cyprus 1 | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 14 June 2003 Clay | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 14 June 2003 Clay | Latvia 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Photos Kallias Andis Juška 6$^{10}$ 7$^{12}$ 2 6     2 Marcos Baghdatis Nikita Svacko 6 1 6 1     3 Marcos Baghdatis / Dinos Pavlou Andris Fiļimonovs / Andis Juška 2 6 6 3 3 6 ||||

### Georgia vs. Latvia

| Georgia 2 | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 15 June 2003 Clay | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 15 June 2003 Clay | Latvia 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Irakli Ushangishvili Andis Juška 6 3 6$^5$ 7$^7$ 6 4   2 Irakli Labadze Nikita Svacko 6 2 6 4     3 David Kvernadze / Omari Murgulia Andris Fiļimonovs / Nikita Svacko 3 6 3 6 ||||

### Cyprus vs. Azerbaijan

| Cyprus 3 | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 15 June 2003 Clay | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 15 June 2003 Clay | Azerbaijan 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Photos Kallias Farid Shirinov 6 1 6 1     2 Marcos Baghdatis Fakhraddin Shirinov 6 2 6 2     3 Eleftherios Christou / Dinos Pavlou Talat Rahimov / Farid Shirinov 6 3 6 1 ||||

## 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 |
| Turkey | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| North Macedonia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
Moldova and Bosnia/Herzegovina demoted to Group IV for 2004.

### Turkey vs. North Macedonia

| Turkey 2 | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 14 June 2003 Clay | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 14 June 2003 Clay | North Macedonia 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Esat Tanık Predrag Rusevski 6 3 2 6 1 6   2 Haluk Akkoyun Kristian Mitrovski 6 3 6 2     3 Haluk Akkoyun / Esat Tanık Predrag Rusevski / Zoran Ševčenko 6 3 6 4 ||||

### Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Moldova

| Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 14 June 2003 Clay | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 14 June 2003 Clay | Moldova 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Zlatan Kadrić Andrei Ciumac 6 2 5 7 4 6   2 Igor Račić Andrei Gorban 6$^{10}$ 7$^{12}$ 4 6     3 Ivan Dodig / Zlatan Kadrić Sergei Cupțov / Andrei Gorban 3 6 5 7 ||||

### Turkey vs. Moldova

| Turkey 2 | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 15 June 2003 Clay | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 15 June 2003 Clay | Moldova 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Esat Tanık Denys Molchanov 6 1 2 6 14 12   2 Haluk Akkoyun Andrei Gorban 6 4 3 6 6 3   3 Haluk Akkoyun / Esat Tanık Andrei Gorban / Denys Molchanov       not played ||||

### Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. North Macedonia

| Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 15 June 2003 Clay | State Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia 15 June 2003 Clay | North Macedonia 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Ivan Dodig Predrag Rusevski 5 7 1 6     2 Zlatan Kadrić Dimitar Grabul 4 6 6$^3$ 7$^7$     3 Ivan Dodig / Zlatan Kadrić Dimitar Grabul / Kristian Mitrovski 4 6 4 6 ||||

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Georgia |
| 2 | Latvia |
| 3 | Cyprus |
| 4 | Azerbaijan |
| 5 | Turkey |
| 6 | North Macedonia |
| 7 | Moldova |
| 8 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
* Georgia and Latvia promoted to Group II in 2004.
* Moldova and Bosnia and Herzegovina relegated to Group IV in 2004.