# 2022 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III

The Europe Zone was the unique zone within Group 3 of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2022. The zone's competition was held in round robin format in Ulcinj, Montenegro, from 22 to 25 June 2022.

## Participating nations

* Armenia
* Cyprus
* Georgia
* Liechtenstein
* Luxembourg
* Moldova
* Montenegro
* North Macedonia

## Draw

Date: 22–25 June 2022
Location: Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro (clay)
Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of four teams and nations will play each team once in their group. The two group winners will automatically earn promotion to the World Group II play-offs in 2022.
The two second-placed teams will fight for the third remaining promotion spot. The four teams finishing in third and last place will fight to avoid relegation to Europe Group IV.

### Seeding

| Pot | Nation | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| 1 | Cyprus | 73 | 1 |
| 1 | Montenegro | 83 | 2 |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 85 | 3 |
| 2 | Georgia | 89 | 4 |
| 3 | North Macedonia | 98 | 5 |
| 3 | Armenia | 101 | 6 |
| 4 | Moldova | 119 | 7 |
| 4 | Liechtenstein | 136 | 8 |
* $^1$Davis Cup Rankings as of 7 March 2022

### Round Robin
#### Pool A

| | | GEO | CYP | ARM | LIE | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings |
| 4 | Georgia | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 18–3 (86%) | 123–59 (68%) | 1 |
| 1 | Cyprus | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 15–6 (71%) | 114–58 (66%) | 2 |
| 6 | Armenia | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 1–2 | 6–12 (33%) | 52–86 (38%) | 3 |
| 8 | Liechtenstein | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 0–3 | 0–18 (0%) | 23–109 (17%) | 4 |

#### Pool B

| | | LUX | MDA | MKD | MNE | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings |
| 3 | Luxembourg | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 14–8 (64%) | 125–112 (53%) | 1 |
| 7 | Moldova | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 12–9 (57%) | 104–94 (53%) | 2 |
| 5 | North Macedonia | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 8–11 (42%) | 92–105 (47%) | 3 |
| 2 | Montenegro | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 0–3 | 8–14 (36%) | 104–114 (48%) | 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 |
| 1st–2nd | Georgia | 2–0 | Luxembourg |
| Promotion | Cyprus | 3–0 | Moldova |
| Relegation | Armenia | 0–3 | Montenegro |
| Relegation | Liechtenstein | 0–2 | North Macedonia |
* Georgia, Luxembourg and Cyprus qualify for the 2023 Davis Cup World Group II Play-offs
* Armenia and Liechtenstein are relegated to 2023 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group IV

## Round Robin
### Pool A
#### Cyprus vs. Liechtenstein

| Cyprus 3 | Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 22 June 2022 Clay | Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 22 June 2022 Clay | Liechtenstein 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Menelaos Efstathiou Andrej Spasojevic 6 1 6 0     2 Petros Chrysochos Gian-Carlo Besimo 6 0 6 0     3 Sergis Kyratzis / Eleftherios Neos Eric Peppard / Andrej Spasojevic 6 0 6 0 ||||

#### Georgia vs. Armenia

| Georgia 3 | Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 22 June 2022 Clay | Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 22 June 2022 Clay | Armenia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Aleksandre Bakshi Ashot Mkrtchyan 6 2 6 0     2 Saba Purtseladze Sedrak Khachatryan 6 0 6 2     3 Saba Purtseladze / Zura Tkemaladze Mikayel Avetisyan / Henrik Nikoghosyan 6 2 6 3 ||||

#### Cyprus vs. Armenia

| Cyprus 3 | Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 23 June 2022 Clay | Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 23 June 2022 Clay | Armenia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Menelaos Efstathiou Robert Yedigaryan 6 1 6 1     2 Petros Chrysochos Mikayel Avetisyan 6 0 6 0     3 Sergis Kyratzis / Eleftherios Neos Ashot Mkrtchyan / Henrik Nikoghosyan 6 2 6 2 ||||

#### Georgia vs. Liechtenstein

| Georgia 3 | Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 23 June 2022 Clay | Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 23 June 2022 Clay | Liechtenstein 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Aleksandre Bakshi Eric Peppard 6 0 6 2     2 Saba Purtseladze Andrej Spasojevic 6 2 6 1     3 Aleksandre Bakshi / Zura Tkemaladze Gian-Carlo Besimo / Andrej Spasojevic 6 1 6 2 ||||

#### Cyprus vs. Georgia

| Cyprus 0 | Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 24 June 2022 Clay | Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 24 June 2022 Clay | Georgia 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Menelaos Efstathiou Saba Purtseladze 6 3 2 6 6$^3$ 7$^7$   2 Petros Chrysochos Aleksandre Metreveli 6 4 4 6 6$^4$ 7$^7$   3 Sergis Kyratzis / Eleftherios Neos Aleksandre Bakshi / Zura Tkemaladze 1 6 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 4 6 ||||

#### Armenia vs. Liechtenstein

| Armenia 3 | Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 24 June 2022 Clay | Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 24 June 2022 Clay | Liechtenstein 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Sedrak Khachatryan Andrej Spasojevic 6 3 6 1     2 Mikayel Avetisyan Gian-Carlo Besimo 6 2 6 0     3 Ashot Mkrtchyan / Henrik Nikoghosyan Gian-Carlo Besimo / Eric Peppard 6 2 7$^7$ 6$^2$ ||||

### Pool B
#### Montenegro vs. Moldova

| Montenegro 1 | Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 22 June 2022 Clay | Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 22 June 2022 Clay | Moldova 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Petar Jovanović Ilya Snițari 4 6 4 6     2 Rrezart Cungu Alexander Cozbinov 4 6 6 4 6 2   3 Rrezart Cungu / Petar Jovanović Alexander Cozbinov / Ilya Snițari 6 3 3 6 2 6 ||||

#### Luxembourg vs. North Macedonia

| Luxembourg 2 | Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 22 June 2022 Clay | Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 22 June 2022 Clay | North Macedonia 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Chris Rodesch Kalin Ivanovski 6$^2$ 7$^7$ 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 4 6   2 Alex Knaff Gorazd Srbljak 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 7 5     3 Alex Knaff / Chris Rodesch Berk Bugarikj / Obrad Markovski 7 5 6 4 ||||

#### Montenegro vs. North Macedonia

| Montenegro 1 | Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 23 June 2022 Clay | Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 23 June 2022 Clay | North Macedonia 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Petar Jovanović Kalin Ivanovski 4 6 3 6     2 Rrezart Cungu Berk Bugarikj 6 4 6 0     3 Rrezart Cungu / Petar Jovanović Kalin Ivanovski / Gorazd Srbljak 5 7 3 6 ||||

#### Luxembourg vs. Moldova

| Luxembourg 2 | Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 23 June 2022 Clay | Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 23 June 2022 Clay | Moldova 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Chris Rodesch Ilya Snițari 5 7 3 6     2 Alex Knaff Alexander Cozbinov 2 6 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 6 2   3 Alex Knaff / Chris Rodesch Alexander Cozbinov / Ilya Snițari 6 1 6 3 ||||

#### Montenegro vs. Luxembourg

| Montenegro 1 | Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 24 June 2022 Clay | Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 24 June 2022 Clay | Luxembourg 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Danilo Raičević Raphael Calzi 2 6 7$^7$ 6$^5$ 6$^2$ 7$^7$   2 Rrezart Cungu Alex Knaff 6 4 3 6 6 3   3 Petar Jovanović / Aleksa Krivokapić Raphael Calzi / Chris Rodesch 6$^2$ 7$^7$ 6$^2$ 7$^7$ ||||

#### North Macedonia vs. Moldova

| North Macedonia 1 | Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 24 June 2022 Clay | Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 24 June 2022 Clay | Moldova 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Kalin Ivanovski Ilya Snițari 6 4 7$^7$ 6$^5$     2 Gorazd Srbljak Alexander Cozbinov 2 6 4 6     3 Kalin Ivanovski / Gorazd Srbljak Alexander Cozbinov / Ilya Snițari 4 6 1 6 ||||

## Play-offs
### Promotional play-offs
#### Georgia vs. Luxembourg

| Georgia 2 | Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 25 June 2022 Clay | Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 25 June 2022 Clay | Luxembourg 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Zura Tkemaladze Raphael Calzi 6 3 6 3     2 Saba Purtseladze Chris Rodesch 2 6 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 7$^8$ 6$^6$   3 Aleksandre Bakshi / Aleksandre Metreveli Alex Knaff / Noé Plique       not played ||||

#### Cyprus vs. Moldova

| Cyprus 3 | Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 25 June 2022 Clay | Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 25 June 2022 Clay | Moldova 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Menelaos Efstathiou Ilya Snițari 4 6 6 1 6 2   2 Petros Chrysochos Alexander Cozbinov 6 1 6 2     3 Stylianos Christodoulou / Sergis Kyratzis Ilie Cazac / Egor Matvievici 6 0 6 1 ||||

### Relegation play-offs
#### Armenia vs. Montenegro

| Armenia 0 | Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 25 June 2022 Clay | Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 25 June 2022 Clay | Montenegro 3 |
| 1 2 3 1 Sedrak Khachatryan Petar Jovanović 0 6 2 6     2 Mikayel Avetisyan Rrezart Cungu 2 5     retired  3 Sedrak Khachatryan / Henrik Nikoghosyan Petar Jovanović / Danilo Raičević 1 6 2 6 ||||

#### Liechtenstein vs. North Macedonia

| Liechtenstein 0 | Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 25 June 2022 Clay | Tennis Club Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro 25 June 2022 Clay | North Macedonia 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Eric Peppard Berk Bugarikj 2 6 0 6     2 Andrej Spasojevic Obrad Markovski 0 6 2 6     3 Gian-Carlo Besimo / Andrej Spasojevic Obrad Markovski / Gorazd Srbljak       not played ||||

## Final placements

| Placing | Teams | Teams |
| Promoted/First | Georgia | Georgia |
| Promoted/Second | Luxembourg | Luxembourg |
| Promoted/Third | Cyprus | Cyprus |
| Fourth | Moldova | Moldova |
| Fifth | Montenegro | North Macedonia |
| Relegated/Seventh | Armenia | Liechtenstein |
* Georgia, Luxembourg and Cyprus qualify for the 2023 Davis Cup World Group II Play-offs
* Armenia and Liechtenstein are relegated to 2023 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group IV