2005 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Zone B

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2005.

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 Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt, April 27–May 1, on outdoor clay courts, while the other was held in Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland, July 13–17, on outdoor grass courts.^[1]

The eight teams in the Dublin 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 2006. 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 2006.

	Pool A	IRL	ARM	NGR	ISL
1	Ireland (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Armenia (2–1)	0–3		2–1	2–1
3	Nigeria (1–2)	0–3	1–2		3–0
4	Iceland (0–3)	0–3	1–2	0–3

Ireland 3	Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[2] 13 July 2005 Grass		Nigeria 0
1 2 3 1 Louk Sorensen Abdul-Mumin Babalola 6 0 6 1     2 Kevin Sorensen Jonathan Igbinovia 6 3 6 3     3 Conor Niland / David O'Connell Jonathan Igbinovia / Damisa Robinson 6 2 6 4

Armenia 2	Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[3] 13 July 2005 Grass		Iceland 1
1 2 3 1 Harutyun Sofyan Andri Jonsson 6 2 6 4     2 Sargis Sargsian Arnar Sigurðsson 5 7 6 0 3 6   3 Sargis Sargsian / Harutyun Sofyan Raj-Kumar Bonifacius / Arnar Sigurðsson 6 1 6 4

Ireland 3	Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[4] 14 July 2005 Grass		Armenia 0
1 2 3 1 Louk Sorensen Harutyun Sofyan 6 3 6 1     2 Kevin Sorensen Sargis Sargsian 6 3 6 3     3 Conor Niland / David O'Connell Sargis Sargsian / Harutyun Sofyan 7 5 1 6 7 5

Iceland 0	Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[5] 14 July 2005 Grass		Nigeria 3
1 2 3 1 Andri Jonsson Abdul-Mumin Babalola 2 6 0 6     2 Arnar Sigurðsson Jonathan Igbinovia 66 78 2 6     3 Andri Jonsson / Arnar Sigurðsson Abdul-Mumin Babalola / Lawal Shehu 5 7 67 79

Ireland 3	Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[6] 15 July 2005 Grass		Iceland 0
1 2 3 1 Conor Niland Andri Jonsson 6 0 6 0     2 Kevin Sorensen Raj-Kumar Bonifacius 6 2 6 1     3 Conor Niland / David O'Connell Davíð Halldórsson / Andri Jonsson 6 2 6 0

Armenia 2	Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[7] 15 July 2005 Grass		Nigeria 1
1 2 3 1 Harutyun Sofyan Abdul-Mumin Babalola 7 5 1 6 4 6   2 Sargis Sargsian Jonathan Igbinovia 6 2 79 67     3 Sargis Sargsian / Harutyun Sofyan Jonathan Igbinovia / Damisa Robinson 6 3 6 3

	Pool B	CYP	TUN	TUR	SMR
1	Cyprus (3–0)		3–0	2–1	3–0
2	Tunisia (2–1)	0–3		2–1	3–0
3	Turkey (1–2)	1–2	1–2		3–0
4	San Marino (0–3)	0–3	0–3	0–3

Tunisia 3	Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[8] 13 July 2005 Grass		San Marino 0
1 2 3 1 Haythem Abid Domenico Vicini 66 78 7 5 6 2   2 Malek Jaziri Diego Zonzini 6 0 6 3     3 Haythem Abid / Malek Jaziri William Forcellini / Christian Rosti 6 0 7 5

Cyprus 2	Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[9] 13 July 2005 Grass		Turkey 1
1 2 3 1 Photos Kallias Barış Ergüden 79 67 6 1     2 Marcos Baghdatis Haluk Akkoyun 6 3 6 1     3 Photos Kallias / Demetrios Leontis Haluk Akkoyun / Esat Tanık 4 6 7 5 3 6

Tunisia 0	Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[10] 14 July 2005 Grass		Cyprus 3
1 2 3 1 Haythem Abid Photos Kallias 4 6 1 6     2 Malek Jaziri Marcos Baghdatis 1 6 3 6     3 Wael Kilani / Fares Zaier Marcos Baghdatis / Demetrios Leontis 65 77 3 6

Turkey 3	Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[11] 14 July 2005 Grass		San Marino 0
1 2 3 1 Barış Ergüden Domenico Vicini 77 63 6 4     2 Haluk Akkoyun William Forcellini 6 3 6 2     3 Haluk Akkoyun / Esat Tanık William Forcellini / Christian Rosti 77 64 6 2

Tunisia 2	Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[12] 15 July 2005 Grass		Turkey 1
1 2 3 1 Haythem Abid Esat Tanık 6 2 6 3     2 Malek Jaziri Haluk Akkoyun 3 6 4 6     3 Haythem Abid / Malek Jaziri Haluk Akkoyun / Barış Ergüden 6 4 3 6 6 1

Cyprus 3	Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[13] 15 July 2005 Grass		San Marino 0
1 2 3 1 Christopher Koutrouzas Christian Rosti 6 3 6 4     2 Photos Kallias Diego Zonzini 6 0 6 0     3 Marcos Baghdatis / Demetrios Leontis William Forcellini / Diego Zonzini 6 1 6 1

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	CYP	IRL	ARM	TUN
1	Cyprus (3–0)		2–1	2–1	3–0
2	Ireland (2–1)	1–2		3–0	3–0
3	Armenia (1–2)	1–2	0–3		2–1
4	Tunisia (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

Cyprus and Ireland promoted to Group II in 2006.

Ireland 1	Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[14] 16 July 2005 Grass		Cyprus 2
1 2 3 1 Conor Niland Photos Kallias 6 4 3 6 6 0   2 Kevin Sorensen Marcos Baghdatis 2 6 6 4 0 6   3 Conor Niland / David O'Connell Marcos Baghdatis / Demetrios Leontis 6 4 0 6 1 6

Armenia 2	Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[15] 16 July 2005 Grass		Tunisia 1
1 2 3 1 Harutyun Sofyan Haythem Abid 63 77 5 7     2 Sargis Sargsian Malek Jaziri 6 4 6 1     3 Sargis Sargsian / Harutyun Sofyan Malek Jaziri / Wael Kilani 6 4 6 3

Ireland 3	Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[16] 17 July 2005 Grass		Tunisia 0
1 2 3 1 Louk Sorensen Wael Kilani 6 1 6 2     2 Kevin Sorensen Malek Jaziri 6 2 7 5     3 David O'Connell / Kevin Sorensen Wael Kilani / Fares Zaier 6 2 5 7 6 2

Armenia 1	Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[17] 17 July 2005 Grass		Cyprus 2
1 2 3 1 Harutyun Sofyan Photos Kallias 0 6 1 6     2 Hayk Zohranyan Marcos Baghdatis 3 6 1 6     3 Harutyun Sofyan / Hayk Zohranyan Christopher Koutrouzas / Demetrios Leontis 77 64 6 2

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	NGR	TUR	ISL	SMR
1	Nigeria (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Turkey (2–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0
3	Iceland (1–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1
4	San Marino (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

Iceland and San Marino relegated to Group IV in 2006.

Nigeria 2	Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[18] 16 July 2005 Grass		Turkey 1
1 2 3 1 Abdul-Mumin Babalola Barış Ergüden 6 4 6 2     2 Jonathan Igbinovia Haluk Akkoyun 65 77 6 1 4 6   3 Abdul-Mumin Babalola / Lawal Shehu Haluk Akkoyun / Esat Tanık 6 4 6 4

Iceland 2	Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[19] 16 July 2005 Grass		San Marino 1
1 2 3 1 Raj-Kumar Bonifacius Domenico Vicini 3 6 65 77     2 Arnar Sigurðsson William Forcellini 6 1 6 0     3 Andri Jonsson / Arnar Sigurðsson Christian Rosti / Domenico Vicini 6 3 7 5

Nigeria 3	Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[20] 17 July 2005 Grass		San Marino 0
1 2 3 1 Abdul-Mumin Babalola William Forcellini 6 1 6 2     2 Jonathan Igbinovia Diego Zonzini 6 1 6 1     3 Abdul-Mumin Babalola / Lawal Shehu Domenico Vicini / Diego Zonzini 78 66 7 5

Iceland 1	Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[21] 17 July 2005 Grass		Turkey 2
1 2 3 1 Raj-Kumar Bonifacius Barış Ergüden 4 6 63 77     2 Arnar Sigurðsson Haluk Akkoyun 6 2 77 62     3 Andri Jonsson / Arnar Sigurðsson Haluk Akkoyun / Barış Ergüden 2 6 64 77

Rank	Team
1	Cyprus
2	Ireland
3	Armenia
4	Tunisia
5	Nigeria
6	Turkey
7	Iceland
8	San Marino

•  Cyprus and  Ireland promoted to Group II in 2006.
•  Iceland and  San Marino relegated to Group IV in 2006.