2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III

Main article: 2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The European and African Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2009.

Countries participating in the 2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III

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

Format

The fourteen teams will be divided into two sections, Section A and Section B. There will be a round robin with eight teams in each section. The eight nations will be divided into two pools of four. The top two teams in each pool will advance to the Final Pool of four teams from which the two highest-placed nations are promoted to Europe and Africa Group II in 2010. The bottom two teams or the bottom team of each pool of the two round robins will compete against each other in the Relegation Pool. The lowest-placed nations are relegated to Europe and Africa Group IV in 2010.

Information

Section A:

Venue: Istanbul, Turkey

Surface: Hard – outdoors

Dates: 23 April – 3 May

Section B:

Venue: Tunis, Tunisia

Surface: Clay – outdoors

Dates: 1–5 April

Participating teams

Section A

• Botswana
• Estonia
• Greece
• Iceland
• Luxembourg
• Madagascar
• Rwanda
• Turkey

Section B

• Andorra
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Morocco
• Namibia
• Nigeria
• Norway
• San Marino
• Tunisia

Section A

Group A

1	Estonia (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Luxembourg (2–1)	0–3		3–0	3–0
3	Iceland (1–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1
4	Botswana (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

Matches

Iceland vs. Luxembourg

Iceland 0	Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey 29 April 2009 hard(outdoors)		Luxembourg 3
1 2 3 1 Arnar Sigurdsson Gilles Kremer 6 2 65 77 3 6       2 Birkir Gunnarsson Mike Scheidweiler 0 6 0 6         3 Magnus Gunnarsson / Teitur Marshall Gilles Kremer / Mike Scheidweiler 1 6 1 6

Botswana vs. Estonia

Botswana 0	Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey 29 April 2009 hard(outdoors)		Estonia 3
1 2 3 1 Matshidiso Malope Jaak Põldma 0 6 0 6         2 Thabiso Mabaka Jürgen Zopp 0 6 0 6         3 Shingirai Muzondiwa / Lefa Ashley Sibanda Jürgen Zopp / Mait Künnap 1 6 1 6

Botswana vs. Luxembourg

Botswana 0	Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey 30 April 2009 hard(outdoors)		Luxembourg 3
1 2 3 1 Lefa Ashley Sibanda Laurent Bram 0 6 1 6         2 Thabiso Mabaka Mike Scheidweiler 0 6 1 6         3 Shingirai Muzondiwa / Matshidiso Malope Philippe Grandjean / Laurent Bram 2 6 1 6

Iceland vs. Estonia

Iceland 0	Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey 30 April 2009 hard(outdoors)		Estonia 3
1 2 3 1 Magnus Gunnarsson Jaak Põldma 0 6 0 6         2 Teitur Marshall Jürgen Zopp 2 6 1 6         3 Arnar Sigurdsson / Magnus Gunnarsson Vladimir Ivanov / Mait Künnap 1 6 4 6

Estonia vs. Luxembourg

Estonia 3	Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey 1 May 2009 hard(outdoors)		Luxembourg 0
1 2 3 1 Jaak Põldma Gilles Kremer 78 66 6 2         2 Jürgen Zopp Mike Scheidweiler 4 6 6 3 77 62       3 Mait Künnap / Jürgen Zopp Gilles Kremer / Mike Scheidweiler 6 4 6 3

Botswana vs. Iceland

Botswana 1	Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey 1 May 2009 hard (outdoors)		Iceland 2
1 2 3 1 Matshidiso Malope Arnar Sigurdsson 0 6 0 6         2 Thabiso Mabaka Teitur Marshall 6 2 6 1         3 Thabiso Mabaka / Matshidiso Malope Magnus Gunnarsson / Arnar Sigurdsson 4 6 3 6

Group B

1	Turkey (3–0)		2–1	2–1	3–0
2	Greece (2–1)	1–2		3–0	3–0
3	Madagascar (0–2)	1–2	0–3		NP
4	Rwanda (0–2)	0–3	0–3	NP

Matches

Turkey vs. Greece

Turkey 2	Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey 29 April 2009 & 30 April 2009 hard(outdoors)		Greece 1
1 2 3 1 Haluk Akkoyun Konstantinos Economidis 77 64 6 0         2 Marsel İlhan Alexander Jakupovic 6 4 6 2         3 Baris Erguden / Ergun Zorlu Alexander Jakupovic / Dimitris Kleftakos 3 6 6 3 3 6

Rwanda vs. Madagascar

Rwanda	Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey NOT PLAYED hard(outdoors)		Madagascar
1 2 3 1               2               3

Turkey vs. Rwanda

Turkey 3	Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey 30 April 2009 hard(outdoors)		Rwanda 0
1 2 3 1 Haluk Akkoyun Dieu-Donne Habiyambere 6 0 6 1         2 Marsel İlhan Olivier Nkunda 6 1 6 0         3 Baris Erguden / Ergun Zorlu Dieu-Donne Habiyambere / Olivier Nkunda 6 0 6 1

Madagascar vs. Greece

Madagascar 0	Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey 30 April 2009 hard(outdoors)		Greece 3
1 2 3 1 Jacob Rasolondrazana Konstantinos Economidis 3 6 3 6         2 Tony Rajaobelina Alexander Jakupovic 2 6 3 6         3 Erick Counil / Thierry Rajaobelina Alexander Jakupovic / Dimitris Kleftakos 3 6 6 4 3 6

Rwanda vs. Greece

Rwanda 0	Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey 1 May 2009 hard(outdoors)		Greece 3
1 2 3 1 Dieu-Donne Habiyambere Konstantinos Economidis 1 6 1 6         2 Olivier Nkunda Alexander Jakupovic 1 6 1 6         3 Dieu-Donne Habiyambere / Olivier Nkunda Alexander Jakupovic / Dimitris Kleftakos 0 6 0 6

Turkey vs. Madagascar

Turkey 2	Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey 1 May 2009 hard(outdoors)		Madagascar 1
1 2 3 1 Haluk Akkoyun Erick Counil 3 6 2 6         2 Marsel İlhan Jacob Rasolondrazana 77 61 6 3         3 Baris Erguden / Ergun Zorlu Tony Rajaobelina / Thierry Rajaobelina 6 2 6 4

Promotion Pool

1	Estonia (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Turkey (2–1)	1–2		2–0	2–1
3	Luxembourg (1–2)	0–3	0–2		2–1
4	Greece (0–3)	0–3	1–2	1–2

• The matches Turkey-Greece and Luxembourg-Estonia will not be played as they already played against each other in the previous round. Furthermore, the points gained at the matches played in the previous round will count for the table.

Matches

Turkey vs. Estonia

Turkey 1	Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey 2 May 2009 hard(outdoors)		Estonia 2
1 2 3 1 Haluk Akkoyun Jaak Põldma 1 6 64 77         2 Marsel İlhan Jürgen Zopp 6 4 6 4         3 Marsel İlhan / Ergun Zorlu Mait Künnap / Jürgen Zopp 1 6 2 6

Luxembourg vs. Greece

Luxembourg 2	Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey 2 May 2009 hard(outdoors)		Greece 1
1 2 3 1 Gilles Kremer Dimitris Kleftakos 4 6 6 1 1 6       2 Mike Scheidweiler Alexander Jakupovic 5 7 6 3 77 64       3 Gilles Kremer / Mike Scheidweiler Alexander Jakupovic / Dimitris Kleftakos 4 6 6 2 6 3

Turkey vs. Luxembourg

Turkey 2	Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey 3 May 2009 hard(outdoors)		Luxembourg 0
1 2 3 1 Haluk Akkoyun Gilles Kremer 77 62 6 1     2 Marsel İlhan Mike Scheidweiler 66 78 6 4 6 4   3 Baris Erguden / Ergun Zorlu Gilles Kremer / Mike Scheidweiler       not played

Greece vs. Estonia

Greece 0	Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey 3 May 2009 hard(outdoors)		Estonia 3
1 2 3 1 Dimitris Kleftakos Jaak Põldma 0 3     retired   2 Alexander Jakupovic Jürgen Zopp 0 5     retired   3 Alexander Jakupovic / Dimitris Kleftakos Mait Künnap / Jürgen Zopp         w/o

Relegation Pool

1	Madagascar (2–0)		2–1	NP	3–0
2	Iceland (2–1)	1–2		2–1	2–1
3	Rwanda (1–1)	NP	1–2		2–1
4	Botswana (0–3)	0–3	1–2	1–2

• The matches Botswana-Iceland and Madagascar-Rwanda will not be played as they already played against each other in the previous round. Furthermore, the points gained at the matches played in the previous round will count for the table.

Matches

Iceland vs. Madagascar

Iceland	Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey April, 2009 hard(outdoors)		Madagascar
1 2 3 1               2               3

Botswana vs. Rwanda

Botswana	Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey April, 2009 hard(outdoors)		Rwanda
1 2 3 1               2               3

Botswana vs. Madagascar

Botswana	Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey April, 2009 hard(outdoors)		Madagascar
1 2 3 1               2               3

Rwanda vs. Iceland

Rwanda	Tenis Eskrim Daghcilik Spor Kulübü, Istanbul, Turkey April, 2009 hard(outdoors)		Iceland
1 2 3 1               2               3

Section B

Group A

1	Morocco (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Tunisia (2–1)	1–2		3–0	3–0
3	Nigeria (1–2)	0–3	0–3		3–0
4	San Marino (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

Matches

San Marino vs. Morocco

San Marino 0	Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia 1 April 2009 clay (outdoors)		Morocco 3
1 2 3 1 Alberto Brighi Reda El Amrani 1 6 0 6         2 Giacomo Zonzini Rabie Chaki 4 6 2 6         3 Domenico Vicini / Giacomo Zonzini Talal Ouahabi / Mehdi Ziadi 3 6 2 6

Tunisia vs. Nigeria

Tunisia 3	Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia 1 April 2009 clay (outdoors)		Nigeria 0
1 2 3 1 Haithem Abid Lawal Shehu 6 1 6 1         2 Malek Jaziri Abdul-Mumin Babalola 6 2 6 0         3 Haithem Abid / Malek Jaziri Abdul-Mumin Babalola / Lawal Shehu 6 4 6 1

Nigeria vs. Morocco

Nigeria 0	Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia 2 April 2009 clay (outdoors)		Morocco 3
1 2 3 1 Candy Idoko Rabie Chaki 1 6 2 6         2 Sunday Emmanuel Talal Ouahabi 2 6 3 6         3 Abdul-Mumin Babalola / Lawal Shehu Reda El Amrani / Mehdi Ziadi 3 6 2 6

Tunisia vs. San Marino

Tunisia 3	Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia 2 April 2009 clay (outdoors)		San Marino 0
1 2 3 1 Haithem Abid Giacomo Zonzini 6 0 6 0         2 Malek Jaziri Diego Zonzini 6 2 6 1         3 Haithem Abid / Malek Jaziri Domenico Vicini / Diego Zonzini 6 1 6 2

Tunisia vs. Morocco

Tunisia 1	Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia 3 April 2009 clay (outdoors)		Morocco 2
1 2 3 1 Haithem Abid Reda El Amrani 6 3 6 3         2 Malek Jaziri Rabie Chaki 3 6 5 7         3 Anis Ghorbel / Malek Jaziri Rabie Chaki / Mehdi Ziadi 1 6 1 6

San Marino vs. Nigeria

San Marino 0	Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia 3 April 2009 clay (outdoors)		Nigeria 3
1 2 3 1 Domenico Vicini Abdul-Mumin Babalola 1 6 4 6         2 Diego Zonzini Sunday Emmanuel 7 5 2 6 0 6       3 Domenico Vicini / Diego Zonzini Candy Idoko / Lawal Shehu 60 77 5 7

Group B

1	Norway (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina (2–1)	1–2		3–0	3–0
3	Andorra (1–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1
4	Namibia (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

Matches

Andorra vs. Norway

Andorra 0	Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia 1 April 2009 clay (outdoors)		Norway 3
1 2 3 1 Hector Hormigo-Herrera Erling Tveit 1 6 1 6         2 Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier Stian Boretti 2 6 3 6         3 Pau Gerbaud-Farras / Jordi Vila-Vila Stian Boretti / Erling Tveit 2 6 2 6

Namibia vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina

Namibia 0	Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia 1 April 2009 clay (outdoors)		Bosnia and Herzegovina 3
1 2 3 1 Jean Erasmus Ismar Gorčić 1 6 1 6         2 Jurgens Strydom Aldin Šetkić 0 6 2 6         3 Jean Erasmus / Jurgens Strydom Mirza Bašić / Tomislav Brkić 2 6 3 6

Namibia vs. Norway

Namibia 0	Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia 2 April 2009 clay (outdoors)		Norway 3
1 2 3 1 Jean Erasmus Erling Tveit 2 6 0 6         2 Jurgens Strydom Stian Boretti 0 6 77 65 3 6       3 Jean Erasmus / Warren Frewer Stian Boretti / Erling Tveit 1 6 1 6

Andorra vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina

Andorra 0	Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia 2 April 2009 clay (outdoors)		Bosnia and Herzegovina 3
1 2 3 1 Hector Hormigo-Herrera Ismar Gorčić 2 6 1 6         2 Pau Gerbaud-Farras Aldin Šetkić 1 6 0 6         3 Hector Hormigo-Herrera / Jordi Vila-Vila Mirza Bašić / Tomislav Brkić 3 6 3 6

Andorra vs. Namibia

Andorra 2	Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia 3 April 2009 clay (outdoors)		Namibia 1
1 2 3 1 Jordi Vila-Vila Jean Erasmus 6 1 4 6 77 65       2 Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier Jurgens Strydom 4 6 6 3 6 1       3 Hector Hormigo-Herrera / Pau Gerbaud-Farras Jean Erasmus / Jurgens Strydom 3 6 3 6

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Norway

Bosnia and Herzegovina 2	Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia 3 April 2009 clay (outdoors)		Norway 1
1 2 3 1 Ismar Gorčić Erling Tveit 6 2 4 6 7 5       2 Aldin Šetkić Stian Boretti 6 3 7 5         3 Mirza Bašić / Tomislav Brkić Stian Boretti / Erling Tveit 4 6 3 6

Promotion play-off Group (1st to 4th)

1	Norway (2–1)		1–2	2–1	2–1
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina (2–1)	2–1		1–2	2–1
3	Morocco (2–1)	1–2	2–1		2–1
4	Tunisia (0–3)	1–2	1–2	1–2

• The matches Norway-Bosnia and Herzegovina and Morocco-Tunisia will not be played as they already played against each other in the previous round. Furthermore, the points gained at the matches played in the previous round will count for the table.

Matches

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Morocco

Bosnia and Herzegovina 1	Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia 4 April 2009 clay (outdoors)		Morocco 2
1 2 3 1 Ismar Gorčić Rabie Chaki 5 7 4 6         2 Aldin Šetkić Talal Ouahabi 5 7 5 7         3 Ismar Gorčić / Aldin Šetkić Rabie Chaki / Mehdi Ziadi 6 2 6 2

Tunisia vs. Norway

Tunisia 1	Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia 4 April 2009 clay (outdoors)		Norway 2
1 2 3 1 Ouassim Derbal Erling Tveit 2 6 1 6         2 Malek Jaziri Stian Boretti 77 61 6 2         3 Ouassim Derbal / Malek Jaziri Erling Tveit / Stian Boretti 5 7 5 7

Norway vs. Morocco

Norway 2	Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia 5 April 2009 clay (outdoors)		Morocco 1
1 2 3 1 Erling Tveit Rabie Chaki 6 1 2 6 6 1       2 Stian Boretti Talal Ouahabi 6 1 6 0         3 Erling Tveit / Stian Boretti Rabie Chaki / Mehdi Ziadi 77 64 2 6 62 77

Tunisia vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina

Tunisia 1	Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia 5 April 2009 clay (outdoors)		Bosnia and Herzegovina 2
1 2 3 1 Ouassim Derbal Ismar Gorčić 1 6 65 77         2 Malek Jaziri Aldin Šetkić 4 6 6 2 7 5       3 Ouassim Derbal / Malek Jaziri Ismar Gorčić / Aldin Šetkić 64 77 1 6

Relegation play-off Group(5th to 8th)

1	Andorra (3–0)		3–0	2–1	2–1
2	Nigeria (2–1)	0–3		2–1	3–0
3	Namibia (1–2)	1–2	1–2		2–1
4	San Marino (0–3)	1–2	0–3	1–2

• The matches Andorra-Namibia and Nigeria-San Marino will not be played as they already played against each other in the previous round. Furthermore, the points gained at the matches played in the previous round will count for the table.

Matches

Andorra vs. Nigeria

Andorra 3	Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia 4 April 2009 clay (outdoors)		Nigeria 0
1 2 3 1 Pau Gerbaud-Farras Abdul-Mumin Babalola 6 3 6 3         2 Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier Sunday Emmanuel 6 3 6 4         3 Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier / Jordi Vila-Vila Candy Idoko / Lawal Shehu 6 1 6 3

Namibia vs. San Marino

Namibia 2	Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia 4 April 2009 clay (outdoors)		San Marino 1
1 2 3 1 Jean Erasmus Domenico Vicini 2 6 4 6         2 Jurgens Strydom Giacomo Zonzini 6 4 6 4         3 Jean Erasmus / Jurgens Strydom Domenico Vicini / Giacomo Zonzini 62 77 6 0 6 3

Namibia vs. Nigeria

Namibia 1	Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia 5 April 2009 clay (outdoors)		Nigeria 2
1 2 3 1 Jean Erasmus Lawal Shehu 2 6 3 6         2 Jurgens Strydom Sunday Emmanuel 6 3 6 4         3 Jean Erasmus / Jurgens Strydom Candy Idoko / Lawal Shehu 1 6 3 6

San Marino vs. Andorra

San Marino 1	Avenir Sportif de la Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia 5 April 2009 clay (outdoors)		Andorra 2
1 2 3 1 Giacomo Zonzini Hector Hormigo-Herrera 6 4 3 6 6 2       2 Diego Zonzini Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier 2 6 0 6         3 Alberto Brighi / Domenico Vicini Pau Gerbaud-Farras / Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier 7 5 3 6 1 6

External links

• Davis Cup draw details