The Europe and Africa Zone is one of the three zones of regional
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis ...
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
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...
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Bulgaria were promoted to the second group of Davis Cup for the following year.
Teams
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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
A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Clay courts are made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate depending on the tournament.
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Group stage
Group A
Andorra vs. San Marino
Lithuania vs. San Marino
Andorra vs. Lithuania
Group B
Albania vs. Bulgaria
Albania vs. Georgia
Bulgaria vs. Georgia
Group C
Armenia vs. Macedonia
Armenia vs. Montenegro
Macedonia vs. Montenegro
Group D
Greece vs. Malta
Iceland vs. Norway
Malta vs. Norway
Greece vs. Iceland
Greece vs. Norway
Iceland vs. Malta
Playoffs
1st to 4th play-off
Lithuania vs Greece
Bulgaria vs Macedonia
5th to 8th play-off
Andorra vs Norway
Georgia vs Armenia
9th to 10th play-off
San Marino vs Malta
Albania vs Montenegro
References
External links
Draw Results
{{2012 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone
Europe Africa Zone Group III
Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone