# 2006 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III

The Group III tournament was held July 19–23, in Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines, on indoor clay courts.

## Format

The eight teams were split into two groups and played in a round-robin format. The top two teams of each group advanced to the promotion pool, from which the two top teams were promoted to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2007. The bottom two teams of each group were placed in the relegation pool, from which the two bottom teams were demoted to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV in 2007.

## Pool A

| | Group A | PHI | SRI | VIE | SIN |
| 1 | Philippines (3–0) | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Sri Lanka (2–1) | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Vietnam (1–2) | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 2–1 |
| 4 | Singapore (0–3) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | |

### Philippines vs. Sri Lanka

| Philippines 3 | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 19 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 19 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Sri Lanka 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Eric Taino Amrit Rupasinghe 6 0 6 1     2 Cecil Mamiit Harshana Godamanna 6 4 6 2     3 Eric Taino / Cecil Mamiit Rohan de Silva / Rajeev Rajapakse 6 2 6 1 ||||

### Vietnam vs. Singapore

| Vietnam 2 | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 19 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 19 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Singapore 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Lê Quốc Khánh Stanley Armando 6 2 6 1     2 Đỗ Minh Quân Min-Sylvester Wee 6 0 6 4     3 Lâm Quang Trí / Trần Thanh Hoàng Daniel Heryanta Dewandaka / Kok-Huen Kam 6$^4$ 7$^7$ 2 6 ||||

### Philippines vs. Singapore

| Philippines 3 | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 20 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 20 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Singapore 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Eric Taino Min-Sylvester Wee 6 0 6 0     2 Cecil Mamiit Kok-Huen Kam 6 1 6 0     3 Johnny Arcilla / Patrick John Tierro Kok-Huen Kam / Min-Sylvester Wee 6 3 6 1 ||||

### Vietnam vs. Sri Lanka

| Vietnam 1 | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 20 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 20 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Sri Lanka 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Lê Quốc Khánh Amrit Rupasinghe 6 2 6 2     2 Đỗ Minh Quân Harshana Godamanna 2 6 1 6     3 Đỗ Minh Quân / Lê Quốc Khánh Rohan de Silva / Harshana Godamanna 4 6 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 1 6 ||||

### Philippines vs. Vietnam

| Philippines 3 | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 21 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 21 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Vietnam 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Eric Taino Trần Thanh Hoàng 6 0 6 1     2 Cecil Mamiit Đỗ Minh Quân 7 5 5 7 6 1   3 Johnny Arcilla / Patrick John Tierro Lâm Quang Trí / Trần Thanh Hoàng 6 3 7 5 ||||

### Sri Lanka vs. Singapore

| Sri Lanka 3 | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 21 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 21 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Singapore 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Amrit Rupasinghe Stanley Armando 6 4 6 0     2 Harshana Godamanna Min-Sylvester Wee 6 1 6 3     3 Rohan de Silva / Rajeev Rajapakse Kok-Huen Kam / Min-Sylvester Wee 7 5 6 4 ||||

## Pool B

| | Group B | IRI | KSA | BRN | BAN |
| 1 | Iran (3–0) | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia (2–1) | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Bahrain (1–2) | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 2–1 |
| 4 | Bangladesh (0–3) | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |

### Iran vs. Saudi Arabia

| Iran 3 | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 19 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 19 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Saudi Arabia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Anoosha Shahgholi Fahad Al Saad 0 6 6 1 6 1   2 Ashkan Shokoofi Omar Althagib 6 1 6 2     3 Anoosha Shahgholi / Ashkan Shokoofi Fahad Al Saad / Omar Althagib 6 1 6 4 ||||

### Bahrain vs. Bangladesh

| Bahrain 2 | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 19 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 19 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Bangladesh 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Abdul-Rahman Shehab Shibu Lal 3 6 6$^6$ 7$^8$     2 Khaled Al Thawadi Sree-Amol Roy 6 4 7$^8$ 6$^6$     3 Khaled Al Thawadi / Abdul-Rahman Shehab Shibu Lal / Henry Prithul Mondol 6 1 6 4 ||||

### Iran vs. Bangladesh

| Iran 3 | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 20 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 20 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Bangladesh 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Anoosha Shahgholi Henry Prithul Mondol 6 3 6 1     2 Ashkan Shokoofi Shibu Lal 6 1 6 1     3 Ashkan Shokoofi / Farshad Talavar Md Tajmul Islam / Shibu Lal 6 1 6 4 ||||

### Bahrain vs. Saudi Arabia

| Bahrain 1 | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 20 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 20 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Saudi Arabia 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Abdul-Rahman Shehab Fahad Al Saad 1 6 2 6     2 Khaled Al Thawadi Omar Althagib 6 0 6 3     3 Khaled Al Thawadi / Abdul-Rahman Shehab Bader Mohammed Almuqail / Fahad Al Saad 2 6 5 7 ||||

### Iran vs. Bahrain

| Iran 3 | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 21 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 21 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Bahrain 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Anoosha Shahgholi Khaled Al Thawadi 6 4 6 1     2 Ashkan Shokoofi Hamad Al Nusuf 6 4 6 2     3 Mohammed Mohazebnia / Farshad Talavar Khaled Al Thawadi / Abdul-Rahman Shehab 2 6 6 4 8 6 ||||

### Saudi Arabia vs. Bangladesh

| Saudi Arabia 2 | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 21 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 21 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Bangladesh 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Fahad Al Saad Henry Prithul Mondol 6 1 6 2     2 Omar Althagib Shibu Lal 6$^6$ 7$^8$ 1 4   retired  3 Bader Mohammed Almuqail / Fahad Al Saad Shibu Lal / Sree-Amol Roy 2 6 6 3 6 2 ||||

## 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 | PHI | IRI | SRI | KSA |
| 1 | Philippines (3–0) | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Iran (2–1) | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Sri Lanka (1–2) | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 2–1 |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia (0–3) | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | |
Philippines and Iran promoted to Group II in 2007.

### Philippines vs. Saudi Arabia

| Philippines 3 | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 22 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 22 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Saudi Arabia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Eric Taino Fahad Al Saad 1 6 6 0 6 3   2 Cecil Mamiit Saleh Alrajeh 6 0 6 0     3 Johnny Arcilla / Patrick John Tierro Bader Mohammed Almuqail / Saleh Alrajeh 6 2 6 2 ||||

### Sri Lanka vs. Iran

| Sri Lanka 1 | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 22 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 22 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Iran 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Amrit Rupasinghe Anoosha Shahgholi 1 6 3 6     2 Harshana Godamanna Ashkan Shokoofi 4 6 6 4 6 3   3 Rohan de Silva / Rajeev Rajapakse Anoosha Shahgholi / Ashkan Shokoofi 4 6 2 6 ||||

### Philippines vs. Iran

| Philippines 3 | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 23 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 23 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Iran 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Eric Taino Farshad Talavar 6 1 7$^7$ 6$^4$     2 Cecil Mamiit Anoosha Shahgholi 6 3 6 1     3 Johnny Arcilla / Patrick John Tierro Anoosha Shahgholi / Ashkan Shokoofi 6 3 6 1 ||||

### Sri Lanka vs. Saudi Arabia

| Sri Lanka 2 | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 23 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 23 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Saudi Arabia 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Rajeev Rajapakse Fahad Al Saad 3 6 1 6     2 Harshana Godamanna Saleh Alrajeh 6 4 6 2     3 Rohan de Silva / Harshana Godamanna Bader Mohammed Almuqail / Fahad Al Saad 6 2 6 0 ||||

## 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.
(scores in italics carried over from Groups)
| | 5th–8th Play-off | VIE | SIN | BRN | BAN |
| 1 | Vietnam (3–0) | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Singapore (2–1) | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Bahrain (1–2) | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 2–1 |
| 4 | Bangladesh (0–3) | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |
Bahrain and Bangladesh relegated to Group IV in 2007.

### Vietnam vs. Bangladesh

| Vietnam 2 | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 22 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 22 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Bangladesh 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Lê Quốc Khánh Shibu Lal 0 6     retired  2 Đỗ Minh Quân Sree-Amol Roy 6 4 6 2     3 Đỗ Minh Quân / Trần Thanh Hoàng Shibu Lal / Sree-Amol Roy 6 0 6 1 ||||

### Singapore vs. Bahrain

| Singapore 2 | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 22 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 22 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Bahrain 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Daniel Heryanta Dewandaka Abdul-Rahman Shehab 4 6 2 6     2 Kok-Huen Kam Khaled Al Thawadi 4 6 7 5 6 3   3 Stanley Armando / Daniel Heryanta Dewandaka Khaled Al Thawadi / Abdul-Rahman Shehab 6 4 4 6 8 6 ||||

### Vietnam vs. Bahrain

| Vietnam 3 | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 23 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 23 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Bahrain 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Trần Thanh Hoàng Abdul-Rahman Shehab 6 3 6 2     2 Đỗ Minh Quân Hamad Al Nusuf 6 0 6 1     3 Đỗ Minh Quân / Trần Thanh Hoàng Hamad Al Nusuf / Khaled Al Thawadi 6 2 6 3 ||||

### Singapore vs. Bangladesh

| Singapore 2 | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 23 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Manila, Philippines 23 July 2006 Clay (indoors) | Bangladesh 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Min-Sylvester Wee Shibu Lal 6 3 3 6 4 6   2 Kok-Huen Kam Sree-Amol Roy 6 4 7 5     3 Daniel Heryanta Dewandaka / Kok-Huen Kam Shibu Lal / Sree-Amol Roy 6 0 6 2 ||||