# 2023 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III

The Europe Zone was the unique zone within Group 3 of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2023. The zone's competition was held in round robin format in Larnaca, Cyprus, from 14 to 17 June 2023.

## Participating nations

* Cyprus
* Estonia
* Malta
* Moldova
* Montenegro
* North Macedonia
* San Marino

## Draw

Date: 14–17 June 2023
Location: Herodotou Tennis Academy, Larnaca, Cyprus (Hard)
Format: Round-robin basis. One pool of four teams and one pool of three teams and nations will play each team once in their group. Nations finishing first in each group will be promoted to World Group II play-offs in 2024. Nations finishing second in each group will enter a promotion play-off and the winner will be promoted to World Group II play-offs in 2024.
Nations finishing third in each group will enter a relegation play-off and the lost team as well as the fourth team in Pool B will be relegated to Europe Zone Group IV in 2024.

### Seeding

| Pot | Nation |
| 1 | Estonia |
| 1 | Cyprus |
| 2 | San Marino |
| 2 | North Macedonia |
| 3 | Montenegro |
| 3 | Malta |
| 3 | Moldova |
* $^1$Davis Cup Rankings as of

### Round Robin
#### Pool A

| | EST | MNE | SMR | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings |
| Estonia | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 (%) | – (%) | 1 |
| Montenegro | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 (%) | – (%) | 2 |
| San Marino | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 0–2 | 0–6 (%) | – (%) | 3 |

#### Pool B

| | MDA | CYP | MKD | MLT | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings |
| Moldova | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 9–0 (%) | – (%) | 1 |
| Cyprus | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 6–3 (%) | – (%) | 2 |
| North Macedonia | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–7 (%) | – (%) | 3 |
| Malta | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 0–3 | 1–8 (%) | – (%) | 4 |
Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-team ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-team ties, (a) percentage of sets won (head-to-head records if two teams remain tied), then (b) percentage of games won (head-to-head records if two teams remain tied), then (c) Davis Cup rankings.

### Playoffs

| Placing | A Team | Score | B Team |
| First | Estonia | 2–0 | Moldova |
| Promotional | Montenegro | 0–2 | Cyprus |
| Relegation | San Marino | 1–2 | North Macedonia |
| Seventh | — | — | Malta |
* Estonia, Moldova and Cyprus were promoted to 2024 Davis Cup World Group II play-offs.
* San Marino and Malta were relegated to 2024 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group IV.

## Round Robin
### Pool A
#### Estonia vs. Montenegro

| Estonia 2 | Herodotou Tennis Academy, Larnaca, Cyprus 14 June 2023 Hard | Herodotou Tennis Academy, Larnaca, Cyprus 14 June 2023 Hard | Montenegro 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Daniil Glinka Matija Samardžić 6 4 6 0     2 Mark Lajal Petar Jovanović 6 3 3 6 3 6   3 Johannes Seeman / Siim Troost Petar Jovanović / Matija Samardžić 7 5 7 5 ||||

#### San Marino vs. Montenegro

| San Marino 0 | Herodotou Tennis Academy, Larnaca, Cyprus 15 June 2023 Hard | Herodotou Tennis Academy, Larnaca, Cyprus 15 June 2023 Hard | Montenegro 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Mattia Muraccini Matija Samardžić 1 6 2 6     2 Marco De Rossi Petar Jovanović 4 6 3 6     3 Mattia Muraccini / Filippo Tommesani Emil Dapčević / Simon Knežević 0 6 4 6 ||||

#### Estonia vs. San Marino

| Estonia 3 | Herodotou Tennis Academy, Larnaca, Cyprus 16 June 2023 Hard | Herodotou Tennis Academy, Larnaca, Cyprus 16 June 2023 Hard | San Marino 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Siim Troost Filippo Tommesani 6 1 6 1     2 Daniil Glinka Marco De Rossi 6 1 6 1     3 Johannes Seeman / Siim Troost Mattia Muraccini / Filippo Tommesani 6 0 6 1 ||||

### Pool B
#### Cyprus vs. Moldova

| Cyprus 0 | Herodotou Tennis Academy, Larnaca, Cyprus 14 June 2023 Hard | Herodotou Tennis Academy, Larnaca, Cyprus 14 June 2023 Hard | Moldova 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Petros Chrysochos Ilya Snițari 3 6 2 6     2 Menelaos Efstathiou Alexandr Cozbinov 6$^8$ 7$^{10}$ 7 5 2 6   3 Sergis Kyratzis / Eleftherios Neos Alexandr Cozbinov / Ilya Snițari 5 7 3 6 ||||

#### North Macedonia vs. Malta

| North Macedonia 2 | Herodotou Tennis Academy, Larnaca, Cyprus 14 June 2023 Hard | Herodotou Tennis Academy, Larnaca, Cyprus 14 June 2023 Hard | Malta 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Obrad Markovski Alex Degabriele 6 4 2 6 6$^3$ 7$^7$   2 Kalin Ivanovski Liam Delicata 6 2 6 4     3 Berk Bugarikj / Kalin Ivanovski Alex Degabriele / Liam Delicata 6 4 6 4 ||||

#### Cyprus vs. Malta

| Cyprus 3 | Herodotou Tennis Academy, Larnaca, Cyprus 15 June 2023 Hard | Herodotou Tennis Academy, Larnaca, Cyprus 15 June 2023 Hard | Malta 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Stylianos Christodoulou Alex Degabriele 6 3 6 3     2 Menelaos Efstathiou Liam Delicata 6 0 6 1     3 Sergis Kyratzis / Eleftherios Neos Alex Degabriele / Liam Delicata 6 2 6 1 ||||

#### North Macedonia vs. Moldova

| North Macedonia 0 | Herodotou Tennis Academy, Larnaca, Cyprus 15 June 2023 Hard | Herodotou Tennis Academy, Larnaca, Cyprus 15 June 2023 Hard | Moldova 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Berk Bugarikj Ilya Snițari 6 4 2 6 3 6   2 Kalin Ivanovski Alexandr Cozbinov 5 7 2 5     3 Amar Huseinovic / Obrad Markovski Alexandr Cozbinov / Ilya Snițari 3 6 5 7 ||||

#### Cyprus vs. North Macedonia

| Cyprus 3 | Herodotou Tennis Academy, Larnaca, Cyprus 16 June 2023 Hard | Herodotou Tennis Academy, Larnaca, Cyprus 16 June 2023 Hard | North Macedonia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Stylianos Christodoulou Amar Huseinovic 6 1 6 2     2 Menelaos Efstathiou Obrad Markovski 6 1 6 2     3 Sergis Kyratzis / Eleftherios Neos Amar Huseinovic / Obrad Markovski 6 0 6 4 ||||

#### Malta vs. Moldova

| Malta 0 | Herodotou Tennis Academy, Larnaca, Cyprus 16 June 2023 Hard | Herodotou Tennis Academy, Larnaca, Cyprus 16 June 2023 Hard | Moldova 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Alex Degabriele Ilya Snițari 1 6 1 6     2 Liam Delicata Alexandr Cozbinov 6 3 3 6 0 6   3 Alex Degabriele / Dwayne Lukas Pullicino Ilie Cazac / Andrei Ciumac 2 6 6$^2$ 7$^7$ ||||

## Play-offs
### First place play-off
#### Estonia vs. Moldova

| Estonia 2 | Herodotou Tennis Academy, Larnaca, Cyprus 17 June 2023 Hard | Herodotou Tennis Academy, Larnaca, Cyprus 17 June 2023 Hard | Moldova 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Johannes Seeman Andrei Ciumac 3 6 6 2 6 1   2 Daniil Glinka Ilie Cazac 6 1 6 2     3 Johannes Seeman / Siim Troost Ilie Cazac / Andrei Ciumac       not played ||||

### Promotional play-off
#### Montenegro vs. Cyprus

| Montenegro 0 | Herodotou Tennis Academy, Larnaca, Cyprus 17 June 2023 Hard | Herodotou Tennis Academy, Larnaca, Cyprus 17 June 2023 Hard | Cyprus 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Matija Samardžić Petros Chrysochos 5 7 2 6     2 Petar Jovanović Menelaos Efstathiou 5 7 3 6     3 Petar Jovanović / Matija Samardžić Sergis Kyratzis / Eleftherios Neos       not played ||||

### Relegation play-off
#### San Marino vs. North Macedonia

| San Marino 1 | Herodotou Tennis Academy, Larnaca, Cyprus 17 June 2023 Hard | Herodotou Tennis Academy, Larnaca, Cyprus 17 June 2023 Hard | North Macedonia 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Mattia Muraccini Berk Bugarikj 5 7 2 6     2 Marco De Rossi Obrad Markovski 6 0 6 1     3 Marco De Rossi / Filippo Tommesani Berk Bugarikj / Amar Huseinovic 4 6 3 6 ||||

## Final placements

| Placing | Teams |
| Promoted/First | Estonia |
| Promoted/Second | Moldova |
| Promoted/Third | Cyprus |
| Fourth | Montenegro |
| Fifth | North Macedonia |
| Relegated/Sixth | San Marino |
| Relegated/Seventh | Malta |
* Estonia, Moldova and Cyprus were promoted to 2024 Davis Cup World Group II play-offs.
* San Marino and Malta were relegated to 2024 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group IV.