The Europe and Africa Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2012.

In the Europe and Africa Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.

The Europe Zone third group tournament was held between 2 and 5 May 2012 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Lithuania and Bulgaria were promoted to the second group of Davis Cup for the following year.

Teams

Format

The 13 teams will be split into four pools. The winners of pool A and pool B will be drawn to play against the winners of pool C and pool D. Two winning nations will be promoted to Europe/Africa Zone of Group II for 2013.

All matches of this group were played on 2–5 May 2012 in Sofia, Bulgaria and they were played on outdoor clay court.

Group stage

Group A

Team Ties Played Ties Won Ties Lost Matches Won Matches Lost Standing
 Lithuania 2 2 0 5 0 1
 Andorra 2 1 1 2 3 2
 San Marino 2 0 2 1 5 3

Andorra vs. San Marino


Andorra
2 		Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
2 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
San Marino
1
1 2 3
1 Andorra
San Marino 		Gerard Florido
Diego Zonzini 		1
6 		0
6 		       
2 Andorra
San Marino 		Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier
Marco De Rossi 		6
2 		6
1 		       
3 Andorra
San Marino 		Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier / Jordi Vila-Vila
Domenico Vicini / Diego Zonzini 		6
3 		7
5 		       

[1]

Lithuania vs. San Marino


Lithuania
3 		Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
3 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
San Marino
0
1 2 3
1 Lithuania
San Marino 		Dovydas Šakinis
Diego Zonzini 		6
0 		6
2 		       
2 Lithuania
San Marino 		Laurynas Grigelis
Marco de Rossi 		6
2 		6
1 		       
3 Lithuania
San Marino 		Lukas Mugevičius / Dovydas Šakinis
Marco de Rossi / Domenico Vicini 		6
0 		6
2 		       

[2]

Andorra vs. Lithuania


Andorra
0 		Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
4 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Lithuania
2
1 2 3
1 Andorra
Lithuania 		Hector Hormigo-Herrera
Lukas Mugevičius 		3
6 		3
6 		       
2 Andorra
Lithuania 		Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier
Laurynas Grigelis 		2
6 		4
6 		       
3 Andorra
Lithuania 		Hector Hormigo-Herrera / Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier
Lukas Mugevičius / Dovydas Šakinis 		          not
played

[3]

Group B

Team Ties Played Ties Won Ties Lost Matches Won Matches Lost Standing
 Bulgaria 2 2 0 6 0 1
 Georgia 2 1 1 3 3 2
 Albania 2 0 2 0 6 3

Albania vs. Bulgaria


Albania
0 		Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
2 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Bulgaria
3
1 2 3
1 Albania
Bulgaria 		Rei Pelushi
Dimitar Kuzmanov 		1
6 		0
6 		       
2 Albania
Bulgaria 		Flavio Dece
Grigor Dimitrov 		1
6 		1
6 		       
3 Albania
Bulgaria 		Rei Pelushi / Flavio Dece
Todor Enev / Petar Trendafilov 		0
6 		2
6 		       

[4]

Albania vs. Georgia


Albania
0 		Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
3 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Georgia
3
1 2 3
1 Albania
Georgia (country) 		Arber Sulstarova
Aleksandre Metreveli 		1
6 		1
6 		       
2 Albania
Georgia (country) 		Flavio Dece
George Tsivadze 		3
6 		0
6 		       
3 Albania
Georgia (country) 		Rei Pelushi / Genajd Shypheja
Aleksandre Metreveli / George Tsivadze 		0
6 		1
6 		       

[5]

Bulgaria vs. Georgia


Bulgaria
3 		Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
4 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Georgia
0
1 2 3
1 Bulgaria
Georgia (country) 		Dimitar Kuzmanov
Alexandre Metreveli 		6
3 		6
2 		       
2 Bulgaria
Georgia (country) 		Grigor Dimitrov
George Tsivadze 		6
4 		6
1 		       
3 Bulgaria
Georgia (country) 		Todor Enev / Petar Trendafilov
George Tsivadze / Alexandre Metreveli 		6
1 		77
64 		       

[6]

Group C

Team Ties Played Ties Won Ties Lost Matches Won Matches Lost Standing
 Macedonia 2 2 0 5 0 1
 Armenia 2 1 1 2 4 2
 Montenegro 2 0 2 1 4 3

Armenia vs. Macedonia


Armenia
0 		Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
2 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Macedonia
3
1 2 3
1 Armenia
North Macedonia 		Daniil Proskura
Shendrit Deari 		2
6 		0
6 		       
2 Armenia
North Macedonia 		Ashot Gevorgyan
Tomislav Jotovski 		6
3 		2
6 		0
6 		     
3 Armenia
North Macedonia 		Khachatur Khachatryan / Daniil Proskura
Predrag Rusevski / Danil Zelenkov 		4
6 		6
3 		2
6 		     

[7]

Armenia vs. Montenegro


Armenia
2 		Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
3 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Montenegro
1
1 2 3
1 Armenia
Montenegro 		Daniil Proskura
Igor Saveljic 		6
3 		4
6 		6
2 		     
2 Armenia
Montenegro 		Khachatur Khachatryan
Ljubomir Čelebić 		0
6 		3
6 		       
3 Armenia
Montenegro 		Khachatur Khachatryan / Daniil Proskura
Ljubomir Čelebić / Igor Saveljic 		6
1 		710
68 		       

[8]

Macedonia vs. Montenegro


Macedonia
2 		Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
4 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Montenegro
0
1 2 3
1 North Macedonia
Montenegro 		Shendrit Deari
Igor Saveljic 		6
1 		6
0 		       
2 North Macedonia
Montenegro 		Tomislav Jotovski
Ljubomir Čelebić 		6
2 		6
3 		       
3 North Macedonia
Montenegro 		Predrag Rusevski / Danil Zelenkov
Ljubomir Čelebić / Pavle Rogan 		          not
played

[9]

Group D

Team Ties Played Ties Won Ties Lost Matches Won Matches Lost Standing
 Greece 3 3 0 8 1 1
 Norway 3 2 1 7 2 2
 Malta 3 1 2 2 7 3
 Iceland 3 0 3 1 8 4

Greece vs. Malta


Greece
3 		Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
2 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Malta
0
1 2 3
1 Greece
Malta 		Theodoros Angelinos
Matthew Asciak 		6
4 		7
6 		       
2 Greece
Malta 		Paris Gemouchidis
Bradley Callus 		6
2 		6
0 		       
3 Greece
Malta 		George Giotopoulos / Markos Kalovelonis
Matthew Asciak / Mark Gatt 		6
3 		6
4 		       

[10]

Iceland vs. Norway


Iceland
0 		Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
2 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Norway
3
1 2 3
1 Iceland
Norway 		Andri Jonsson
Stian Boretti 		0
6 		1
6 		       
2 Iceland
Norway 		Birkir Gunnarsson
Erling Tveit 		0
6 		0
6 		       
3 Iceland
Norway 		Birkir Gunnarsson / Andri Jonsson
Joachim Bjerke / Carl Sundberg 		2
6 		3
6 		       

[11]

Malta vs. Norway


Malta
0 		Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
3 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Norway
3
1 2 3
1 Malta
Norway 		Matthew Asciak
Stian Boretti 		3
6 		1
6 		       
2 Malta
Norway 		Bradley Callus
Erling Tveit 		1
6 		1
6 		       
3 Malta
Norway 		Matthew Asciak / Mark Gatt
Joachim Bjerke / Carl Sundberg 		0
6 		1
6 		       

[12]

Greece vs. Iceland


Greece
3 		Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
3 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Iceland
0
1 2 3
1 Greece
Iceland 		Theodoros Angelinos
Andri Jonsson 		6
0 		6
1 		       
2 Greece
Iceland 		Paris Gemouchidis
Birkir Gunnarsson 		6
0 		6
1 		       
3 Greece
Iceland 		George Giotopoulos / Markos Kalovelonis
Andri Jonsson / Birkir Gunnarsson 		6
2 		6
3 		       

[13]

Greece vs. Norway


Greece
2 		Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
4 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Norway
1
1 2 3
1 Greece
Norway 		Theodoros Angelinos
Stian Boretti 		6
2 		6
5 		       
2 Greece
Norway 		Paris Gemouchidis
Erling Tveit 		64
77 		1
6 		       
3 Greece
Norway 		Theodoros Angelinos / Paris Gemouchidis
Stian Boretti / Erling Tveit 		3
6 		6
3 		6
4 		     

[14]

Iceland vs. Malta


Iceland
1 		Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
4 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Malta
2
1 2 3
1 Iceland
Malta 		Andri Jonsson
Denzil Agius 		6
4 		4
6 		6
4 		     
2 Iceland
Malta 		Birkir Gunnarsson
Matthew Asciak 		0
6 		0
6 		       
3 Iceland
Malta 		Andri Jonsson / Birkir Gunnarsson
Matthew Asciak / Mark Gatt 		1
6 		3
6 		       

[15]

Playoffs

1st to 4th play-off

Lithuania vs Greece


Lithuania
2 		Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
5 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Greece
1
1 2 3
1 Lithuania
Greece 		Laurynas Grigelis
Theodoros Angelinos 		5
7 		710
68 		4
6 		     
2 Lithuania
Greece 		Ričardas Berankis
Paris Gemouchidis 		77
64 		6
3 		       
3 Lithuania
Greece 		Ričardas Berankis / Laurynas Grigelis
Paris Gemouchidis / Markos Kalovelonis 		6
2 		7
5 		       

[16]

Bulgaria vs Macedonia


Bulgaria
3 		Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
5 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Macedonia
0
1 2 3
1 Bulgaria
North Macedonia 		Dimitar Kuzmanov
Shendrit Deari 		1
6 		6
2 		7
5 		     
2 Bulgaria
North Macedonia 		Grigor Dimitrov
Tomislav Jotovski 		6
0 		6
0 		       
3 Bulgaria
North Macedonia 		Todor Enev / Petar Trendafilov
Tomislav Jotovski / Danil Zelenkov 		6
3 		6
3 		       

[17]

5th to 8th play-off

Andorra vs Norway


Andorra
1 		Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
5 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Norway
2
1 2 3
1 Andorra
Norway 		Hector Hormigo-Herrera
Stian Boretti 		0
6 		3
6 		       
2 Andorra
Norway 		Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier
Erling Tveit 		77
61 		64
77 		6
4 		     
3 Andorra
Norway 		Gerard Florido / Hector Hormigo-Herrera
Stian Boretti / Erling Tveit 		2
6 		1
6 		       

[18]

Georgia vs Armenia


Georgia
3 		Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
5 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Armenia
0
1 2 3
1 Georgia (country)
Armenia 		Aleksandre Metreveli
Mikayel Avetisyan 		6
2 		6
1 		       
2 Georgia (country)
Armenia 		George Tsivadze
Daniil Proskura 		5
7 		6
2 		6
4 		     
3 Georgia (country)
Armenia 		Mikheil Khmiadashvili / Aleksandre Metreveli
Ashot Gevorgyan / Khachatur Khachatryan 		5
7 		6
3 		6
4 		     

[19]

9th to 10th play-off

San Marino vs Malta


San Marino
1 		Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
5 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Malta
2
1 2 3
1 San Marino
Malta 		Marco de Rossi
Matthew Asciak 		2
6 		2
6 		       
2 San Marino
Malta 		Diego Zonzini
Bradley Callus 		6
1 		1
6 		2
6 		     
3 San Marino
Malta 		Marco de Rossi / Domenico Vicini
Denzil Agius / Mark Gatt 		6
2 		6
4 		       

[20]

Albania vs Montenegro


Albania
0 		Bulgarian National Tennis Centre "Carlsberg", Sofia, Bulgaria
5 May 2012
Clay (outdoor)
Montenegro
3
1 2 3
1 Albania
Montenegro 		Genajd Shypheja
Pavle Rogan 		2
6 		0
6 		       
2 Albania
Montenegro 		Flavio Dece
Ljubomir Čelebić 		1
6 		1
6 		       
3 Albania
Montenegro 		Flavio Dece / Rei Pelushi
Pavle Rogan / Igor Saveljic 		62
77 		2
6 		       

[21]

References

  1. ^ "Andorra vs. San Marino". daviscup.com.
  2. ^ "Lithuania vs. San Marino". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Lithuania vs. Andorra". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Bulgaria vs. Albania". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Georgia vs. Albania". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Bulgaria vs. Georgia". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Armenia vs. Macedonia". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Montenegro vs Armenia". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Montenegro vs. Macedonia". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Greece vs. Malta". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Norway vs. Iceland". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Norway vs. Malta". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Greece vs. Iceland". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Greece vs. Norway". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "Malta vs. Iceland". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Lithuania vs. Greece". daviscup.com.
  17. ^ "Bulgaria vs Macedonia". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ "Andorra vs Norway". daviscup.com.
  19. ^ "Georgia vs Armenia". daviscup.com.
  20. ^ "San Marino vs Malta". daviscup.com.
  21. ^ "Albania vs Montenegro". daviscup.com.

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