2006 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Zone A

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2006.

In the Europe/Africa Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Group III was split into two tournaments. One tournament was held in Teniski Klub 'MLADOST', Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, July 19–23, on outdoor clay courts, while the other was held in BTA Centre (Notswane Courts), Gaborone, Botswana, July 26–30, on outdoor hard courts.^[1]

The eight teams in the Banja Luka tournament were split into two pools and played in a round-robin format. The top two teams of each pool advanced to the promotion pool, from which the two top teams were promoted to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2007. The bottom two teams of each group were placed in the relegation pool, from which the two bottom teams were demoted to the Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 2007.

	Pool A	EST	LTU	ARM	AND
1	Estonia (3–0)		2–1	2–1	3–0
2	Lithuania (2–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0
3	Armenia (1–2)	1–2	1–2		2–1
4	Andorra (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

Lithuania 3	Teniski Klub 'MLADOST', Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina[2] 19 July 2006 Clay		Andorra 0
1 2 3 1 Daniel Lencina-Ribes Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier 77 65 7 5     2 Gvidas Sabeckis Pau Gerbaud-Farras 6 1 7 5     3 Daniel Lencina-Ribes / Gvidas Sabeckis Hector Hormigo-Herrera / Axel Rabanal 6 1 6 0

Armenia 1	Teniski Klub 'MLADOST', Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina[3] 19 July 2006 Clay		Estonia 2
1 2 3 1 Hayk Zohranyan Jaak Põldma 67 79 2 6     2 Sargis Sargsian Vladimir Ivanov 4 6 4 6     3 Sargis Sargsian / Harutyun Sofyan Mikk Irdoja / Jürgen Zopp 3 6 6 1 6 4

Lithuania 1	Teniski Klub 'MLADOST', Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina[4] 20 July 2006 Clay		Estonia 2
1 2 3 1 Daniel Lencina-Ribes Jaak Põldma 5 7 0 6     2 Gvidas Sabeckis Vladimir Ivanov 6 3 6 4     3 Daniel Lencina-Ribes / Gvidas Sabeckis Jaak Põldma / Jürgen Zopp 1 6 3 6

Armenia 2	Teniski Klub 'MLADOST', Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina[5] 20 July 2006 Clay		Andorra 1
1 2 3 1 Hayk Zohranyan Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier 0 6 1 6     2 Sargis Sargsian Pau Gerbaud-Farras 6 4 6 2     3 Sargis Sargsian / Harutyun Sofyan Pau Gerbaud-Farras / Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier 7 5 6 4

Lithuania 2	Teniski Klub 'MLADOST', Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina[6] 21 July 2006 Clay		Armenia 1
1 2 3 1 Daniel Lencina-Ribes Harutyun Sofyan 6 2 6 2     2 Gvidas Sabeckis Sargis Sargsian 77 61 5 7 6 3   3 Mindaugas Čeledinas / Denis Riabuchin Vahe Avetisyan / Hayk Zohranyan 78 66 0 6 2 6

Estonia 3	Teniski Klub 'MLADOST', Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina[7] 21 July 2006 Clay		Andorra 0
1 2 3 1 Mikk Irdoja Hector Hormigo-Herrera 6 3 6 1     2 Jürgen Zopp Pau Gerbaud-Farras 6 3 6 3     3 Mikk Irdoja / Jaak Põldma Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier / Axel Rabanal 6 2 6 4

	Pool B	MON	TUR	BIH	MDA
1	Monaco (3–0)		3–0	3–0	2–1
2	Turkey (2–1)	0–3		2–1	3–0
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina (1–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1
4	Moldova (0–3)	1–2	0–3	1–2

Turkey 0	Teniski Klub 'MLADOST', Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina[8] 19 July 2006 Clay		Monaco 3
1 2 3 1 Haluk Akkoyun Guillaume Couillard 6 3 3 6 2 6   2 Ergün Zorlu Benjamin Balleret 3 6 1 6     3 Barış Ergüden / Alaatin Bora Gerçeker Thomas Drouet / Emmanuel Heussner 4 6 6 4 4 6

Bosnia and Herzegovina 2	Teniski Klub 'MLADOST', Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina[9] 19 July 2006 Clay		Moldova 1
1 2 3 1 Bojan Vujić Andrei Ciumac 6 3 5 7 6 1   2 Ivan Dodig Roman Borvanov 4 6 6 4 7 9   3 Ivan Dodig / Bojan Vujić Roman Borvanov / Evghenii Plugariov 4 6 6 0 6 2

Turkey 3	Teniski Klub 'MLADOST', Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina[10] 20 July 2006 Clay		Moldova 0
1 2 3 1 Haluk Akkoyun Roman Tudoreanu 6 3 6 1     2 Ergün Zorlu Evghenii Plugariov 6 4 6 3     3 Haluk Akkoyun / Ergün Zorlu Andrei Ciumac / Roman Tudoreanu 6 2 6 2

Bosnia and Herzegovina 0	Teniski Klub 'MLADOST', Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina[11] 20 July 2006 Clay		Monaco 3
1 2 3 1 Bojan Vujić Guillaume Couillard 5 7 3 6     2 Aleksandar Marić Benjamin Balleret 1 6 3 6     3 Ivan Dodig / Siniša Marković Thomas Drouet / Emmanuel Heussner 3 6 5 7

Turkey 2	Teniski Klub 'MLADOST', Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina[12] 21 July 2006 Clay		Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
1 2 3 1 Haluk Akkoyun Aleksandar Marić 6 4 6 4     2 Ergün Zorlu Ivan Dodig 2 6 6 2 5 7   3 Haluk Akkoyun / Ergün Zorlu Ivan Dodig / Bojan Vujić 67 79 711 69 6 4

Moldova 1	Teniski Klub 'MLADOST', Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina[13] 21 July 2006 Clay		Monaco 2
1 2 3 1 Andrei Ciumac Thomas Drouet 710 68 6 2     2 Roman Borvanov Benjamin Balleret 4 6 3 6     3 Roman Borvanov / Andrei Ciumac Guillaume Couillard / Emmanuel Heussner 3 6 4 6

The top two teams from each of Pools A and B advanced to the Promotion pool. Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward.

(scores in italics carried over from Groups)

	1st–4th Play-off	MON	EST	TUR	LTU
1	Monaco (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Estonia (1–2)	1–2		1–2	2–1
3	Turkey (1–2)	0–3	2–1		1–2
4	Lithuania (1–2)	0–3	1–2	2–1

Monaco and Estonia promoted to Group II in 2007.

Estonia 1	Teniski Klub 'MLADOST', Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina[14] 22 July 2006 Clay		Monaco 2
1 2 3 1 Jaak Põldma Guillaume Couillard 2 6 6 4 2 6   2 Jürgen Zopp Benjamin Balleret 1 6 1 6     3 Mikk Irdoja / Jürgen Zopp Thomas Drouet / Emmanuel Heussner 7 5       retired

Lithuania 2	Teniski Klub 'MLADOST', Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina[15] 22 July 2006 Clay		Turkey 1
1 2 3 1 Daniel Lencina-Ribes Haluk Akkoyun 77 61 6 2     2 Gvidas Sabeckis Ergün Zorlu 7 5 6 1     3 Daniel Lencina-Ribes / Gvidas Sabeckis Barış Ergüden / Alaatin Bora Gerçeker 5 7 3 6

Estonia 1	Teniski Klub 'MLADOST', Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina[16] 23 July 2006 Clay		Turkey 2
1 2 3 1 Jaak Põldma Barış Ergüden 6 3 6 3     2 Vladimir Ivanov Ergün Zorlu 3 6 4 6     3 Mikk Irdoja / Jürgen Zopp Barış Ergüden / Ergün Zorlu 2 6 6 4 4 6

Lithuania 0	Teniski Klub 'MLADOST', Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina[17] 23 July 2006 Clay		Monaco 3
1 2 3 1 Daniel Lencina-Ribes Guillaume Couillard 0 6 2 6     2 Gvidas Sabeckis Benjamin Balleret 3 6 3 6     3 Mindaugas Čeledinas / Denis Riabuchin Benjamin Balleret / Emmanuel Heussner 3 6 2 6

The bottom two teams from Pools A and B were placed in the relegation group. Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward.

(scores in italics carried over from Groups)

	5th–8th Play-off	BIH	MDA	ARM	AND
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina (3–0)		2–1	3–0	2–1
2	Moldova (2–1)	1–2		3–0	3–0
3	Armenia (1–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1
4	Andorra (0–3)	1–2	0–3	1–2

Armenia and Anderra relegated to Group IV in 2007.

Armenia 0	Teniski Klub 'MLADOST', Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina[18] 22 July 2006 Clay		Bosnia and Herzegovina 3
1 2 3 1 Hayk Zohranyan Bojan Vujić 3 6 0 2   retired   2 Sargis Sargsian Ivan Dodig 4 6 64 77     3 Vahe Avetisyan / Harutyun Sofyan Aleksandar Marić / Siniša Marković 1 6 6 3 2 6

Andorra 0	Teniski Klub 'MLADOST', Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina[19] 22 July 2006 Clay		Moldova 3
1 2 3 1 Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier Andrei Ciumac 4 6 6 2 3 6   2 Pau Gerbaud-Farras Roman Borvanov 3 6 1 6     3 Hector Hormigo-Herrera / Axel Rabanal Roman Borvanov / Evghenii Plugariov 1 6 4 6

Armenia 0	Teniski Klub 'MLADOST', Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina[20] 23 July 2006 Clay		Moldova 3
1 2 3 1 Harutyun Sofyan Andrei Ciumac 1 6 4 6     2 Hayk Zohranyan Roman Borvanov 0 6 0 6     3 Harutyun Sofyan / Hayk Zohranyan Andrei Ciumac / Roman Tudoreanu 1 3     retired

Andorra 1	Teniski Klub 'MLADOST', Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina[21] 23 July 2006 Clay		Bosnia and Herzegovina 2
1 2 3 1 Hector Hormigo-Herrera Siniša Marković 0 6 0 6     2 Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier Aleksandar Marić 79 67 6 2     3 Pau Gerbaud-Farras / Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier Ivan Dodig / Bojan Vujić 78 66 66 78 4 6

Rank	Team
1	Monaco
2	Estonia
3	Turkey
4	Lithuania
5	Bosnia and Herzegovina
6	Moldova
7	Armenia
8	Andorra

•  Monaco and  Estonia promoted to Group II in 2007.
•  Armenia and  Andorra relegated to Group IV in 2007.