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2017 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III

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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

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Inactive nation

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Draw

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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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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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

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Pool A

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Bulgaria vs. Armenia

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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

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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

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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

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Moldova vs. Iceland

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Luxembourg vs. San Marino

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Ireland vs. Andorra

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Promotional playoffs

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Bulgaria vs. Ireland

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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

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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

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Greece vs. Montenegro

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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

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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

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Armenia vs. Andorra

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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

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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

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Iceland vs. San Marino

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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

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  2. ^ "Greece v Armenia". daviscup.com.
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  4. ^ "Moldova v Iceland". daviscup.com.
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  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.
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