# 2016 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 2016. The zone's competition was held in round robin format in Tallinn, Estonia, in March 2016. Estonia and Cyprus won promotion to Group II, Europe/Africa Zone, for 2017.

## Participating nations

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Cyprus
* Estonia
* Greece
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Kosovo
* Liechtenstein
* Macedonia
* Malta
* Moldova
* Montenegro
* San Marino

### Inactive nations

* Azerbaijan

## Draw

Date: 2–5 March 2016
Location: Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia (indoor hard)
Format: Round-robin basis. Four pools of four teams (Pools A, B, C and D). The winners of each pool play-off against each other to determine which two nations are promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2017.
Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 30 November 2015 (shown in parentheses below).
| Pot A | Pot B | Pot C | Pot D |
| Moldova (52) Ireland (64) Cyprus (69) Estonia (72) | Macedonia (84) Montenegro (91) Malta (95) Greece (100) | Liechtenstein (107) San Marino (109) Armenia (117) Iceland (118) | Albania (124) Andorra (126) Kosovo (–) |
Groups:
Group A
| | Moldova | Malta | San Marino | RR W–L | Matches W–L | Sets W–L | Games W–L | Standings |
| Moldova | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 12–0 | 72–18 | 1 |
| Malta | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 4–8 | 47–55 | 2 |
| San Marino | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 0–2 | 1–5 | 2–10 | 26–72 | 3 |
Group B
| | Ireland | Macedonia | Armenia | Albania | RR W–L | Matches W–L | Sets W–L | Games W–L | Standings |
| Ireland | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 8–1 | 17–2 | 108–39 | 1 |
| Macedonia | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 7–2 | 14–5 | 100–61 | 2 |
| Armenia | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–7 | 5–14 | 58–94 | 3 |
| Albania | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 0–3 | 1–8 | 2–17 | 36–108 | 4 |
Group C
| | Cyprus | Montenegro | Andorra | Iceland | RR W–L | Matches W–L | Sets W–L | Games W–L | Standings |
| Cyprus | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 8–1 | 17–3 | 115–52 | 1 |
| Montenegro | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–5 | 8–12 | 89–100 | 2 |
| Andorra | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–6 | 9–12 | 86–106 | 3 |
| Iceland | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 0–3 | 3–6 | 6–13 | 67–99 | 4 |
Group D
| | Estonia | Greece | Liechtenstein | Kosovo | RR W–L | Matches W–L | Sets W–L | Games W–L | Standings |
| Estonia | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 9–0 | 18–0 | 109–18 | 1 |
| Greece | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 6–3 | 12–6 | 75–63 | 2 |
| Liechtenstein | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–6 | 6–12 | 62–85 | 3 |
| Kosovo | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 0–3 | 0–9 | 0–18 | 28–108 | 4 |

## First round
### Group A
#### Moldova vs. San Marino

| Moldova 3 | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 2 March 2016 Hard (i) | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 2 March 2016 Hard (i) | San Marino 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Alexander Cozbinov Pietro Grassi 6 0 6 0         2 Radu Albot Marco De Rossi 6 0 6 2         3 Radu Albot / Andrei Ciumac Marco De Rossi / Pietro Grassi 6 4 6 1 ||||

#### Malta vs. San Marino

| Malta 2 | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 3 March 2016 Hard (i) | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 3 March 2016 Hard (i) | San Marino 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Matthew Asciak Pietro Grassi 6 1 6 1         2 Bernard Cassar Torregiani Marco De Rossi 6$^2$ 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 7$^7$         3 Matthew Asciak / Bernard Cassar Torregiani Marco De Rossi / Pietro Grassi 6 2 6 1 ||||

#### Moldova vs. Malta

| Moldova 3 | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 4 March 2016 Hard (i) | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 4 March 2016 Hard (i) | Malta 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Andrei Șoltoianu Bradley Callus 6 2 6 3         2 Radu Albot Bernard Cassar Torregiani 6 0 6 1         3 Radu Albot / Andrei Ciumac Bradley Callus / Matthew Cassar Torregiani 6 3 6 2 ||||

### Group B
#### Ireland vs. Albania

| Ireland 3 | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 2 March 2016 Hard (i) | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 2 March 2016 Hard (i) | Albania 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Peter Bothwell Arber Sulstarova 6 0 6 0         2 Sam Barry Flavio Deçe 6 1 6 3         3 Sam Barry / David O'Hare Flavio Deçe / Genajd Shypheja 6 0 6 0 ||||

#### Macedonia vs. Armenia

| North Macedonia 3 | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 2 March 2016 Hard (i) | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 2 March 2016 Hard (i) | Armenia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Dimitar Grabul Mikayel Khachatryan 6 4 6 0         2 Tomislav Jotovski Mikayel Avetisyan 6 4 6 2         3 Dimitar Grabul / Tomislav Jotovski Mikayel Avetisyan / Henrik Nikoghosyan 6 1 6 4 ||||

#### Ireland vs. Armenia

| Ireland 3 | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 3 March 2016 Hard (i) | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 3 March 2016 Hard (i) | Armenia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Bjorn Thomson Sedrak Khachatryan 6 2 6 2         2 Sam Barry Mikayel Avetisyan 6 1 6 0         3 Sam Barry / David O'Hare Mikayel Avetisyan / Mikayel Khachatryan 6 1 6 2 ||||

#### Macedonia vs. Albania

| North Macedonia 3 | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 3 March 2016 Hard (i) | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 3 March 2016 Hard (i) | Albania 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Dimitar Grabul Flavio Deçe 7$^7$ 6$^3$ 6 1         2 Tomislav Jotovski Genajd Shypheja 6 0 6 0         3 Tomislav Jotovski / Gorazd Srbljak Genajd Shypheja / Arber Sulstarova 6 0 6 3 ||||

#### Ireland vs. Macedonia

| Ireland 2 | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 4 March 2016 Hard (i) | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 4 March 2016 Hard (i) | North Macedonia 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Bjorn Thomson Dimitar Grabul 6 3 3 6 3 6       2 Sam Barry Tomislav Jotovski 6 3 6 4         3 Sam Barry / David O'Hare Dimitar Grabul / Tomislav Jotovski 6 3 6 2 ||||

#### Armenia vs. Albania

| Armenia 2 | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 4 March 2016 Hard (i) | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 4 March 2016 Hard (i) | Albania 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Mikayel Khachatryan Arber Sulstarova 6 3 6 0         2 Mikayel Avetisyan Flavio Deçe 6 3 3 6 2 6       3 Mikayel Avetisyan / Mikayel Khachatryan Flavio Deçe / Genajd Shypheja 6 2 6 2 ||||

### Group C
#### Cyprus vs. Iceland

| Cyprus 2 | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 2 March 2016 Hard (i) | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 2 March 2016 Hard (i) | Iceland 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Petros Chrysochos Rafn Kumar Bonifacius 6 0 6 2         2 Marcos Baghdatis Birkir Gunnarsson 6 4 6 0         3 Constandinos Christoforou / Soteris Hadjistyllis Rafn Kumar Bonifacius / Birkir Gunnarsson 3 6 6 4 4 6 ||||

#### Montenegro vs. Andorra

| Montenegro 2 | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 2 March 2016 Hard (i) | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 2 March 2016 Hard (i) | Andorra 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Rrezart Cungu Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier 3 6 5 7         2 Ljubomir Čelebić Laurent Recouderc 6 4 5 7 6 4       3 Ljubomir Čelebić / Pavle Rogan Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier / Laurent Recouderc 6 2 5 7 6 4 ||||

#### Montenegro vs. Iceland

| Montenegro 2 | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 3 March 2016 Hard (i) | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 3 March 2016 Hard (i) | Iceland 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Rrezart Cungu Rafn Kumar Bonifacius 4 6 4 6         2 Ljubomir Čelebić Birkir Gunnarsson 6 2 6 2         3 Ljubomir Čelebić / Pavle Rogan Rafn Kumar Bonifacius / Birkir Gunnarsson 6 3 6 3 ||||

#### Cyprus vs. Andorra

| Cyprus 3 | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 3 March 2016 Hard (i) | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 3 March 2016 Hard (i) | Andorra 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Petros Chrysochos Eric Cervos Noguer 6 0 6 0         2 Marcos Baghdatis Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier 6 2 6 0         3 Constandinos Christoforou / Soteris Hadjistyllis Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier / Laurent Recouderc 4 6 7$^7$ 6$^1$ 6 1 ||||

#### Andorra vs. Iceland

| Andorra 2 | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 4 March 2016 Hard (i) | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 4 March 2016 Hard (i) | Iceland 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Eric Cervos Noguer Rafn Kumar Bonifacius 2 6 4 6         2 Laurent Recouderc Birkir Gunnarsson 6 3 6 1         3 Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier / Laurent Recouderc Rafn Kumar Bonifacius / Birkir Gunnarsson 6 3 6 4 ||||

#### Cyprus vs. Montenegro

| Cyprus 3 | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 4 March 2016 Hard (i) | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 4 March 2016 Hard (i) | Montenegro 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Petros Chrysochos Pavle Rogan 6 0 6 0         2 Marcos Baghdatis Ljubomir Čelebić 6 4 7$^7$ 6$^4$         3 Constandinos Christoforou / Soteris Hadjistyllis Matija Bulatovic / Rrezart Cungu 6 2 6 3 ||||

### Group D
#### Greece vs. Kosovo

| Greece 3 | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 2 March 2016 Hard (i) | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 2 March 2016 Hard (i) | Kosovo 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Christos Antonopoulos Granit Bajraliu 6 2 6 2         2 Ioannis Stergiou Hyda Banjska 6 4 6 0         3 Christos Antonopoulos / Vasileios Iliopoulos Gurash Hasani / Meldin Mustafi 6 2 6 1 ||||

#### Estonia vs. Liechtenstein

| Estonia 3 | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 2 March 2016 Hard (i) | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 2 March 2016 Hard (i) | Liechtenstein 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Kenneth Raisma Gian-Carlo Besimo 6 1 6 3         2 Jürgen Zopp Vital Flurin Leuch 6 0 6 0         3 Kenneth Raisma / Jürgen Zopp Robin Forster / Timo Kranz 6 0 7$^7$ 6$^2$ ||||

#### Greece vs. Liechtenstein

| Greece 3 | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 3 March 2016 Hard (i) | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 3 March 2016 Hard (i) | Liechtenstein 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Christos Antonopoulos Robin Forster 6 3 6 4         2 Ioannis Stergiou Timo Kranz 6 1 6 2         3 Christos Antonopoulos / Vasileios Iliopoulos Gian-Carlo Besimo / Vital Flurin Leuch 6 3 6 3 ||||

#### Estonia vs. Kosovo

| Estonia 3 | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 3 March 2016 Hard (i) | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 3 March 2016 Hard (i) | Kosovo 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Vladimir Ivanov Granit Bajraliu 6 0 6 2         2 Jürgen Zopp Hyda Banjska 6 0 6 1         3 Mattias Siimar / Jürgen Zopp Granit Bajraliu / Gurash Hasani 6 1 6 1 ||||

#### Estonia vs. Greece

| Estonia 3 | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 4 March 2016 Hard (i) | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 4 March 2016 Hard (i) | Greece 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Kenneth Raisma Christos Antonopoulos 6 1 6 0         2 Jürgen Zopp Ioannis Stergiou 6 0 6 1         3 Mattias Siimar / Jürgen Zopp Christos Antonopoulos / Vasileios Iliopoulos 6 0 6 1 ||||

#### Kosovo vs. Liechtenstein

| Kosovo 0 | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 4 March 2016 Hard (i) | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 4 March 2016 Hard (i) | Liechtenstein 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Granit Bajraliu Robin Forster 3 6 4 6         2 Hyda Banjska Vital Flurin Leuch 1 6 0 6         3 Gurash Hasani / Meldin Mustafi Timo Kranz / Vital Flurin Leuch 3 6 1 6 ||||

## Play-offs

| Placing | A Team | Score | D Team |
| Promotional | Moldova | 0–2 | Estonia |
| 5th–8th | Malta | 1–2 | Greece |
| 9th–12th | San Marino | 1–2 | Liechtenstein |
| 13th–15th | N/A | — | Kosovo |
| Placing | B Team | Score | C Team |
| Promotional | Ireland | 0–2 | Cyprus |
| 5th–8th | Macedonia | 2–0 | Montenegro |
| 9th–12th | Armenia | 1–2 | Andorra |
| 13th–15th | Albania | 0–3 | Iceland |

### Promotional
#### Moldova vs. Estonia

| Moldova 0 | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 5 March 2016 Hard (i) | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 5 March 2016 Hard (i) | Estonia 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Alexander Cozbinov Kenneth Raisma 2 6 4 6         2 Radu Albot Jürgen Zopp 2 6 2 6         3 Radu Albot / Andrei Ciumac Mattias Siimar / Jürgen Zopp           not played ||||

#### Ireland vs. Cyprus

| Ireland 0 | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 5 March 2016 Hard (i) | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 5 March 2016 Hard (i) | Cyprus 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Peter Bothwell Petros Chrysochos 1 6 6 2 0 6       2 Sam Barry Marcos Baghdatis 4 6 6$^4$ 7$^7$         3 Sam Barry / David O'Hare Marcos Baghdatis / Petros Chrysochos           not played ||||

### 5th–8th
#### Malta vs. Greece

| Malta 1 | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 5 March 2016 Hard (i) | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 5 March 2016 Hard (i) | Greece 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Matthew Asciak Vasileios Iliopoulos 6 2 6 1         2 Bernard Cassar Torregiani Ioannis Stergiou 2 6 6 3 0 6       3 Matthew Asciak / Bernard Cassar Torregiani Christos Antonopoulos / Vasileios Iliopoulos 5 7 4 6 ||||

#### Macedonia vs. Montenegro

| North Macedonia 2 | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 5 March 2016 Hard (i) | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 5 March 2016 Hard (i) | Montenegro 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Gorazd Srbljak Matija Bulatovic 6 1 6 2         2 Dimitar Grabul Rrezart Cungu 6 2 6 0         3 Dimitar Grabul / Tomislav Jotovski Rrezart Cungu / Pavle Rogan           not played ||||

### 9th–12th
#### San Marino vs. Liechtenstein

| San Marino 1 | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 5 March 2016 Hard (i) | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 5 March 2016 Hard (i) | Liechtenstein 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Pietro Grassi Timo Kranz 1 6 6 3 3 6       2 Marco De Rossi Vital Flurin Leuch 6 2 7 5         3 Marco De Rossi / Pietro Grassi Robin Forster / Timo Kranz 2 6 3 6 ||||

#### Armenia vs. Andorra

| Armenia 1 | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 5 March 2016 Hard (i) | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 5 March 2016 Hard (i) | Andorra 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Mikayel Khachatryan Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier 3 6 3 6         2 Sedrak Khachatryan Laurent Recouderc 2 6 3 6         3 Sedrak Khachatryan / Henrik Nikoghosyan Eric Cervos Noguer / Genajd Shypheja 2 6 6 3 6 4 ||||

### 13th–15th
#### Albania vs. Iceland

| Albania 0 | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 5 March 2016 Hard (i) | Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia 5 March 2016 Hard (i) | Iceland 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Mario Zili Rafn Kumar Bonifacius 1 6 0 6         2 Flavio Deçe Birkir Gunnarsson 2 6 3 6         3 Genajd Shypheja / Arber Sulstarova Birkir Gunnarsson / Vladimir Ristic 1 6 4 6 ||||