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The Europe Zone was one of the four zones within Group 3 of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2017. The zone's competition was held in round robin format in Sozopol, Bulgaria, in April 2017. The two winning groups advanced to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2018.

Participating nations[edit]

Inactive nation[edit]

Draw[edit]

Date: 5–8 April 2017

Location: Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria (hard)

Format: Round-robin basis. One pool of three teams (Pool A) and three pools of four teams (Pools 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 2018.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 20 February 2017 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
  1.  Bulgaria (50)
  2.  Moldova (61)
  3.  Luxembourg (67)
  4.  Ireland (79)
  1.  Macedonia (88)
  2.  Montenegro (92)
  3.  Greece (97)
  4.  Liechtenstein (102*)
  1.  Malta (102*)
  2.  Andorra (113)
  3.  San Marino (114)
  4.  Iceland (116)
  5.  Armenia (119)
  6.  Albania (125)
  7.  Kosovo (128)

* Tie broken by drawing of lot.

Pool A[edit]

  BUL GRE ARM RR
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Game
W–L 		Standings
50  Bulgaria 3–0 3–0 2–0 12–1 (92%) 79–36 (69%) 1
97  Greece 0–3 3–0 1–1 7–7 (50%) 64–53 (55%) 2
119  Armenia 0–3 0–3 0–2 1–12 (8%) 23–77 (23%) 3

Pool B[edit]

  MKD MDA MLT ISL RR
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Game
W–L 		Standings
88  Macedonia 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 16–4 (80%) 111–70 (61%) 1
61  Moldova 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 9–11 (45%) 76–90 (46%) 2
102  Malta 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 8–12 (40%) 77–94 (45%) 3
116  Iceland 0–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 7–13 (35%) 77–87 (47%) 4

Pool C[edit]

  LUX LIE ALB SMR RR
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Game
W–L 		Standings
67  Luxembourg 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 18–1 (95%) 115–41 (74%) 1
102  Liechtenstein 0–3 3–0 2–1 2–1 11–9 (55%) 88–84 (51%) 2
125  Albania 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–2 3–16 (16%) 59–106 (36%) 3
114  San Marino 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–3 7–15 (32%) 86–117 (42%) 4

Pool D[edit]

  IRL MNE AND KOS RR
W–L 		Set
W–L 		Game
W–L 		Standings
79  Ireland 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 17–2 (89%) 110–35 (76%) 1
92  Montenegro 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 12–5 (71%) 90–71 (56%) 2
113  Andorra 0–3 1–2 3–0 1–2 8–11 (42%) 75–86 (47%) 3
128  Kosovo 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–18 (5%) 28–111 (20%) 4

Playoffs[edit]

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

 Ireland and  Luxembourg promoted to Group II in 2018.

Round robin[edit]

Pool A[edit]

Bulgaria vs. Armenia[edit]


Bulgaria
3 		Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[1]
6 April 2017
Hard
Armenia
0
1 2 3
1 Bulgaria
Armenia 		Dimitar Kuzmanov
Mikayel Khachatryan 		6
3 		77
60 		   
2 Bulgaria
Armenia 		Aleksandar Lazov
Mikayel Avetisyan 		6
0 		6
0 		   
3 Bulgaria
Armenia 		Tihomir Grozdanov / Alexandar Lazarov
Mikayel Khachatryan / Sedrak Khachatryan 		6
1 		6
2 		   

Greece vs. Armenia[edit]


Greece
3 		Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[2]
6–7 April 2017
Hard
Armenia
0
1 2 3
1 Greece
Armenia 		Charalampos Kapogiannis
Mikayel Khachatryan 		6
0 		6
1 		   
2 Greece
Armenia 		Ioannis Stergiou
Mikayel Avetisyan 		6
0 		6
0 		   
3 Greece
Armenia 		Stamatios Kapiris / Petros Tsitsipas
Mikayel Avetisyan / Sedrak Khachatryan 		4
6 		6
3 		6
1 		 

Bulgaria vs. Greece[edit]


Bulgaria
3 		Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[3]
7 April 2017
Hard
Greece
0
1 2 3
1 Bulgaria
Greece 		Dimitar Kuzmanov
Charalampos Kapogiannis 		66
78 		6
2 		6
4 		 
2 Bulgaria
Greece 		Aleksandar Lazov
Ioannis Stergiou 		6
3 		6
4 		   
3 Bulgaria
Greece 		Tihomir Grozdanov / Alexandar Lazarov
Stamatios Kapiris / Petros Tsitsipas 		6
0 		6
4 		   

Pool B[edit]

Moldova vs. Iceland[edit]


Moldova
1 		Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[4]
6 April 2017
Hard
Iceland
2
1 2 3
1 Moldova
Iceland 		Dmitrii Baskov
Rafn Kumar Bonifacius 		3
6 		3
6 		   
2 Moldova
Iceland 		Andrei Șoltoianu
Birkir Gunnarsson 		6
4 		3
6 		65
77 		 
3 Moldova
Iceland 		Dmitrii Baskov / Andrei Ciumac
Vladimir Ristic / Egill Sigurðsson 		6
1 		6
3 		   

Macedonia vs. Malta[edit]


North Macedonia
2 		Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[5]
6–7 April 2017
Hard
Malta
1
1 2 3
1 North Macedonia
Malta 		Dimitar Grabul
Omar Sudzuka 		6
3 		6
4 		   
2 North Macedonia
Malta 		Tomislav Jotovski
Matthew Asciak 		3
6 		6
3 		2
6 		 
3 North Macedonia
Malta 		Shendrit Deari / Dimitar Grabul
Matthew Asciak / Omar Sudzuka 		7
5 		7
5 		   

Moldova vs. Malta[edit]


Moldova
2 		Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[6]
7 April 2017
Hard
Malta
1
1 2 3
1 Moldova
Malta 		Andrei Șoltoianu
Matthew Asciak 		1
6 		1
6 		   
2 Moldova
Malta 		Maxim Bulat
Denzil Agius 		6
0 		6
4 		   
3 Moldova
Malta 		Dmitrii Baskov / Andrei Ciumac
Matthew Asciak / Omar Sudzuka 		6
1 		6
1 		   

Macedonia vs. Iceland[edit]


North Macedonia
3 		Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[7]
7 April 2017
Hard
Iceland
0
1 2 3
1 North Macedonia
Iceland 		Dimitar Grabul
Rafn Kumar Bonifacius 		6
4 		6
2 		   
2 North Macedonia
Iceland 		Tomislav Jotovski
Birkir Gunnarsson 		6
0 		6
1 		   
3 North Macedonia
Iceland 		Shendrit Deari / Gorazd Srbljak
Vladimir Ristic / Egill Sigurðsson 		6
4 		6
2 		   

Moldova vs. Macedonia[edit]


Moldova
1 		Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[8]
7–8 April 2017
Hard
North Macedonia
2
1 2 3
1 Moldova
North Macedonia 		Maxim Bulat
Dimitar Grabul 		1
6 		1
6 		   
2 Moldova
North Macedonia 		Andrei Ciumac
Tomislav Jotovski 		3
6 		2
6 		   
3 Moldova
North Macedonia 		Dmitrii Baskov / Andrei Șoltoianu
Shendrit Deari / Gorazd Srbljak 		5
7 		77
64 		4
1 		 
retired

Iceland vs. Malta[edit]


Iceland
1 		Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[9]
7–8 April 2017
Hard
Malta
2
1 2 3
1 Iceland
Malta 		Rafn Kumar Bonifacius
Omar Sudzuka 		6
1 		6
0 		   
2 Iceland
Malta 		Birkir Gunnarsson
Matthew Asciak 		1
6 		2
6 		   
3 Iceland
Malta 		Rafn Kumar Bonifacius / Birkir Gunnarsson
Matthew Asciak / Omar Sudzuka 		64
77 		6
2 		4
6 		 

Pool C[edit]

Luxembourg vs. San Marino[edit]


Luxembourg
3 		Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[10]
6 April 2017
Hard
San Marino
0
1 2 3
1 Luxembourg
San Marino 		Ugo Nastasi
Pietro Grassi 		6
1 		6
1 		   
2 Luxembourg
San Marino 		Christophe Tholl
Marco de Rossi 		6
2 		77
62 		   
3 Luxembourg
San Marino 		Tom Diederich / Ugo Nastasi
Marco de Rossi / Pietro Grassi 		5
7 		6
3 		6
3 		 

Liechtenstein vs. Albania[edit]


Liechtenstein
3 		Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[11]
6 April 2017
Hard
Albania
0
1 2 3
1 Liechtenstein
Albania 		Timo Kranz
Arber Sulstarova 		6
3 		6
2 		   
2 Liechtenstein
Albania 		Vital Flurin Leuch
Elbi Mjeshtri 		77
65 		6
1 		   
3 Liechtenstein
Albania 		Robin Forster / Vital Flurin Leuch
Elbi Mjeshtri / Genajd Shypheja 		6
3 		6
2 		   

Luxembourg vs. Albania[edit]


Luxembourg
3 		Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[12]
7 April 2017
Hard
Albania
0
1 2 3
1 Luxembourg
Albania 		Ugo Nastasi
Genajd Shypheja 		6
0 		6
0 		   
2 Luxembourg
Albania 		Alex Knaff
Arber Sulstarova 		6
2 		6
0 		   
3 Luxembourg
Albania 		Tom Diederich / Alex Knaff
Elbi Mjeshtri / Genajd Shypheja 		6
4 		6
0 		   

Liechtenstein vs. San Marino[edit]


Liechtenstein
2 		Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[13]
7 April 2017
Hard
San Marino
1
1 2 3
1 Liechtenstein
San Marino 		Timo Kranz
Pietro Grassi 		6
0 		6
1 		   
2 Liechtenstein
San Marino 		Vital Flurin Leuch
Marco de Rossi 		6
4 		2
6 		2
6 		 
3 Liechtenstein
San Marino 		Robin Forster / Timo Kranz
Marco de Rossi / Pietro Grassi 		6
1 		4
6 		712
610 		 

Luxembourg vs. Liechtenstein[edit]


Luxembourg
3 		Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[14]
7–8 April 2017
Hard
Liechtenstein
0
1 2 3
1 Luxembourg
Liechtenstein 		Ugo Nastasi
Timo Kranz 		6
0 		6
0 		   
2 Luxembourg
Liechtenstein 		Christophe Tholl
Vital Flurin Leuch 		77
65 		6
3 		   
3 Luxembourg
Liechtenstein 		Tom Diederich / Alex Knaff
Robin Forster / Serafin Zund 		6
0 		6
3 		   

San Marino vs. Albania[edit]


San Marino
1 		Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[15]
7–8 April 2017
Hard
Albania
2
1 2 3
1 San Marino
Albania 		Antoine Barbieri
Mario Zili 		1
6 		5
7 		   
2 San Marino
Albania 		Marco de Rossi
Elbi Mjeshtri 		6
3 		6
3 		   
3 San Marino
Albania 		Antoine Barbieri / Pietro Grassi
Elbi Mjeshtri / Genajd Shypheja 		6
4 		3
6 		64
77 		 

Pool D[edit]

Ireland vs. Andorra[edit]


Ireland
3 		Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[16]
6 April 2017
Hard
Andorra
0
1 2 3
1 Republic of Ireland
Andorra 		Sam Barry
Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier 		6
2 		6
2 		   
2 Republic of Ireland
Andorra 		James McGee
Laurent Recouderc 		6
0 		6
0 		   
3 Republic of Ireland
Andorra 		Sam Barry / David O'Hare
Èric Cervós Noguer / Laurent Recouderc 		6
3 		6
0 		   

Montenegro vs. Kosovo[edit]


Montenegro
3 		Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[17]
6 April 2017
Hard
Kosovo
0
1 2 3
1 Montenegro
Kosovo 		Rrezart Cungu
Granit Bajraliu 		6
1 		6
0 		   
2 Montenegro
Kosovo 		Ljubomir Čelebić
Hyda Banjska 		6
1 		6
1 		   
3 Montenegro
Kosovo 		Mario Aleksić / Pavle Rogan
Burim Bytyqi / Meldin Mustafi 		6
1 		6
0 		   

Ireland vs. Kosovo[edit]


Ireland
3 		Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[18]
6–7 April 2017
Hard
Kosovo
0
1 2 3
1 Republic of Ireland
Kosovo 		Peter Bothwell
Granit Bajraliu 		6
0 		6
2 		   
2 Republic of Ireland
Kosovo 		James McGee
Hyda Banjska 		6
0 		6
0 		   
3 Republic of Ireland
Kosovo 		Peter Bothwell / David O'Hare
Granit Bajraliu / Meldin Mustafi 		6
2 		6
2 		   

Montenegro vs. Andorra[edit]


Montenegro
2 		Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[19]
6–7 April 2017
Hard
Andorra
1
1 2 3
1 Montenegro
Andorra 		Rrezart Cungu
Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier 		6
4 		6
2 		   
2 Montenegro
Andorra 		Ljubomir Čelebić
Laurent Recouderc 		77
63 		6
4 		   
3 Montenegro
Andorra 		Mario Aleksić / Pavle Rogan
Èric Cervós Noguer / Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier 		5
7 		2
6 		   

Ireland vs. Montenegro[edit]


Ireland
2 		Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[20]
7–8 April 2017
Hard
Montenegro
1
1 2 3
1 Republic of Ireland
Montenegro 		Sam Barry
Rrezart Cungu 		6
0 		6
1 		   
2 Republic of Ireland
Montenegro 		James McGee
Ljubomir Čelebić 		5
7 		6
2 		3
6 		 
3 Republic of Ireland
Montenegro 		Sam Barry / David O'Hare
Ljubomir Čelebić / Rrezart Cungu 		6
2 		6
4 		   

Andorra vs. Kosovo[edit]


Andorra
3 		Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[21]
7–8 April 2017
Hard
Kosovo
0
1 2 3
1 Andorra
Kosovo 		Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier
Burim Bytyqi 		6
1 		6
3 		   
2 Andorra
Kosovo 		Laurent Recouderc
Granit Bajraliu 		6
0 		6
1 		   
3 Andorra
Kosovo 		Èric Cervós Noguer / Laurent Recouderc
Granit Bajraliu / Hyda Banjska 		3
6 		6
4 		6
3 		 

Playoffs[edit]

Promotional playoffs[edit]

Bulgaria vs. Ireland[edit]


Bulgaria
1 		Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[22]
8 April 2017
Hard
Ireland
2
1 2 3
1 Bulgaria
Republic of Ireland 		Dimitar Kuzmanov
Sam Barry 		4
6 		6
3 		78
66 		 
2 Bulgaria
Republic of Ireland 		Aleksandar Lazov
James McGee 		2
6 		6
4 		1
6 		 
3 Bulgaria
Republic of Ireland 		Dimitar Kuzmanov / Aleksandar Lazov
Sam Barry / David O'Hare 		1
6 		66
78 		   

Macedonia vs. Luxembourg[edit]


North Macedonia
1 		Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[23]
8 April 2017
Hard
Luxembourg
2
1 2 3
1 North Macedonia
Luxembourg 		Dimitar Grabul
Ugo Nastasi 		4
6 		3
6 		   
2 North Macedonia
Luxembourg 		Tomislav Jotovski
Christophe Tholl 		6
2 		6
2 		   
3 North Macedonia
Luxembourg 		Dimitar Grabul / Tomislav Jotovski
Alex Knaff / Ugo Nastasi 		5
7 		6
4 		2
6 		 

5th to 8th place playoffs[edit]

Greece vs. Montenegro[edit]


Greece
1 		Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[24]
8 April 2017
Hard
Montenegro
2
1 2 3
1 Greece
Montenegro 		Charalampos Kapogiannis
Pavle Rogan 		6
4 		6
3 		   
2 Greece
Montenegro 		Ioannis Stergiou
Rrezart Cungu 		5
7 		0
6 		   
3 Greece
Montenegro 		Charalampos Kapogiannis / Petros Tsitsipas
Ljubomir Čelebić / Rrezart Cungu 		5
7 		2
6 		   

Moldova vs. Liechtenstein[edit]


Moldova
2 		Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[25]
8 April 2017
Hard
Liechtenstein
1
1 2 3
1 Moldova
Liechtenstein 		Dmitrii Baskov
Timo Kranz 		6
4 		6
1 		   
2 Moldova
Liechtenstein 		Maxim Bulat
Vital Flurin Leuch 		6
0 		1
6 		2
6 		 
3 Moldova
Liechtenstein 		Dmitrii Baskov / Andrei Șoltoianu
Robin Forster / Vital Flurin Leuch 		6
3 		3
6 		6
2 		 

9th to 12th place playoffs[edit]

Armenia vs. Andorra[edit]


Armenia
2 		Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[26]
8 April 2017
Hard
Andorra
1
1 2 3
1 Armenia
Andorra 		Mikayel Khachatryan
Èric Cervós Noguer 		6
3 		6
1 		   
2 Armenia
Andorra 		Sedrak Khachatryan
Laurent Recouderc 		2
6 		0
6 		   
3 Armenia
Andorra 		Mikayel Avetisyan / Mikayel Khachatryan
Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier / Laurent Recouderc 		6
2 		6
3 		   

Malta vs. Albania[edit]


Malta
2 		Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[27]
8 April 2017
Hard
Albania
1
1 2 3
1 Malta
Albania 		Omar Sudzuka
Mario Zili 		6
1 		6
1 		   
2 Malta
Albania 		Denzil Agius
Elbi Mjeshtri 		2
6 		3
6 		   
3 Malta
Albania 		Matthew Asciak / Omar Sudzuka
Genajd Shypheja / Arber Sulstarova 		6
0 		6
1 		   

13th to 14th playoff[edit]

Iceland vs. San Marino[edit]


Iceland
2 		Holiday Village Santa Marina, Sozopol, Bulgaria[28]
8 April 2017
Hard
San Marino
0
1 2 3
1 Iceland
San Marino 		Rafn Kumar Bonifacius
Pietro Grassi 		6
0 		6
0 		   
2 Iceland
San Marino 		Birkir Gunnarsson
Marco de Rossi 		2
1 		     
retired
3 Iceland
San Marino 		Rafn Kumar Bonifacius / Birkir Gunnarsson
Marco de Rossi / Pietro Grassi 		      not
played

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Bulgaria v Armenia". daviscup.com.
  2. ^ "Greece v Armenia". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Bulgaria v Greece". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Moldova v Iceland". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Macedonia v Malta". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Moldova v Malta". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Macedonia v Iceland". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Moldova v Macedonia". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Iceland v Malta". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Luxembourg v San Marino". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Liechtenstein v Albania". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Luxembourg v Albania". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Liechtenstein v San Marino". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Luxembourg v Liechtenstein". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "San Marino v Albania". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Ireland v Andorra". daviscup.com.
  17. ^ "Montenegro v Kosovo". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ "Ireland v Kosovo". daviscup.com.
  19. ^ "Montenegro v Andorra". daviscup.com.
  20. ^ "Ireland v Montenegro". daviscup.com.
  21. ^ "Andorra v Kosovo". daviscup.com.
  22. ^ "Bulgaria v Ireland". daviscup.com.
  23. ^ "Macedonia v Luxembourg". daviscup.com.
  24. ^ "Greece v Montenegro". daviscup.com.
  25. ^ "Moldova v Liechtenstein". daviscup.com.
  26. ^ "Armenia v Andorra". daviscup.com.
  27. ^ "Malta v Albania". daviscup.com.
  28. ^ "Iceland v San Marino". daviscup.com.

External links[edit]

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