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

International tennis competition 2005 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone 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.http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/group-iii/europe-africa/2005.aspx Davis Cup – Draws & Results Format 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 35em Pool A IRL IRL (3–0) ARM ARM (2–1) NGR NGR (1–2) ISL ISL (0–3) 3–0 3–0 3–0 0–3 2–1 2–1 0–3 1–2 3–0 0–3 1–2 0–3 Ireland vs. Nigeria Ireland Nigeria Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Irelandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2005-G3-EPA-B-A-M-IRL-NGR-01 Ireland v Nigeria daviscup.com 13 July 2005 Grass 3 0 Louk Sorensen 6 6 Abdul-Mumin Babalola 0 1 Kevin Sorensen 6 6 Jonathan Igbinovia 3 3 Conor Niland David O'Connell 6 6 Jonathan Igbinovia Damisa Robinson 2 4 Armenia vs. Iceland Armenia Iceland Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Irelandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2005-G3-EPA-B-A-M-ARM-ISL-01 Armenia v Iceland daviscup.com 13 July 2005 Grass 2 1 Harutyun Sofyan 6 6 Andri Jonsson 2 4 Sargis Sargsian 5 6 3 Arnar Sigurðsson 7 0 6 Sargis Sargsian Harutyun Sofyan 6 6 Raj-Kumar Bonifacius Arnar Sigurðsson 1 4 Ireland vs. Armenia Ireland Armenia Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Irelandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2005-G3-EPA-B-A-M-IRL-ARM-01 Ireland v Armenia daviscup.com 14 July 2005 Grass 3 0 Louk Sorensen 6 6 Harutyun Sofyan 3 1 Kevin Sorensen 6 6 Sargis Sargsian 3 3 Conor Niland David O'Connell 7 1 7 Sargis Sargsian Harutyun Sofyan 5 6 5 Iceland vs. Nigeria Iceland Nigeria Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Irelandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2005-G3-EPA-B-A-M-ISL-NGR-01 Iceland v Nigeria daviscup.com 14 July 2005 Grass 0 3 Andri Jonsson 2 0 Abdul-Mumin Babalola 6 6 Arnar Sigurðsson 6.059 2 Jonathan Igbinovia 7 6 Andri Jonsson Arnar Sigurðsson 5 6.069 Abdul-Mumin Babalola Lawal Shehu 7 7 Ireland vs. Iceland Ireland Iceland Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Irelandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2005-G3-EPA-B-A-M-IRL-ISL-01 Ireland v Iceland daviscup.com 15 July 2005 Grass 3 0 Conor Niland 6 6 Andri Jonsson 0 0 Kevin Sorensen 6 6 Raj-Kumar Bonifacius 2 1 Conor Niland David O'Connell 6 6 Davíð Halldórsson Andri Jonsson 2 0 Armenia vs. Nigeria Armenia Nigeria Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Irelandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2005-G3-EPA-B-A-M-ARM-NGR-01 Armenia v Nigeria daviscup.com 15 July 2005 Grass 2 1 Harutyun Sofyan 7 1 4 Abdul-Mumin Babalola 5 6 6 Sargis Sargsian 6 7 Jonathan Igbinovia 2 6.069 Sargis Sargsian Harutyun Sofyan 6 6 Jonathan Igbinovia Damisa Robinson 3 3 Pool B 35em Pool B CYP CYP 1960 (3–0) TUN TUN (2–1) TUR TUR (1–2) SMR SMR 1862 (0–3) 3–0 2–1 3–0 0–3 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–2 3–0 0–3 0–3 0–3 Tunisia vs. San Marino Tunisia San Marino 1862 Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Irelandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2005-G3-EPA-B-B-M-TUN-SMR-01 Tunisia v San Marino daviscup.com 13 July 2005 Grass 3 0 Haythem Abid 6.059 7 6 Domenico Vicini 7 5 2 Malek Jaziri 6 6 Diego Zonzini 0 3 Haythem Abid Malek Jaziri 6 7 William Forcellini Christian Rosti 0 5 Cyprus vs. Turkey Cyprus 1960 Turkey Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Irelandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2005-G3-EPA-B-B-M-CYP-TUR-01 Cyprus v Turkey daviscup.com 13 July 2005 Grass 2 1 Photos Kallias 7 6 Barış Ergüden 6.069 1 Marcos Baghdatis 6 6 Haluk Akkoyun 3 1 Photos Kallias Demetrios Leontis 4 7 3 Haluk Akkoyun Esat Tanık 6 5 6 Tunisia vs. Cyprus Tunisia Cyprus 1960 Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Irelandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2005-G3-EPA-B-B-M-TUN-CYP-01 Tunisia v Cyprus daviscup.com 14 July 2005 Grass 0 3 Haythem Abid 4 1 Photos Kallias 6 6 Malek Jaziri 1 3 Marcos Baghdatis 6 6 Wael Kilani Fares Zaier 6.049 3 Marcos Baghdatis Demetrios Leontis 7 6 Turkey vs. San Marino Turkey San Marino 1862 Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Irelandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2005-G3-EPA-B-B-M-TUR-SMR-01 Turkey v San Marino daviscup.com 14 July 2005 Grass 3 0 Barış Ergüden 7 6 Domenico Vicini 6.029 4 Haluk Akkoyun 6 6 William Forcellini 3 2 Haluk Akkoyun Esat Tanık 7 6 William Forcellini Christian Rosti 6.039 2 Tunisia vs. Turkey Tunisia Turkey Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Irelandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2005-G3-EPA-B-B-M-TUN-TUR-01 Tunisia v Turkey daviscup.com 15 July 2005 Grass 2 1 Haythem Abid 6 6 Esat Tanık 2 3 Malek Jaziri 3 4 Haluk Akkoyun 6 6 Haythem Abid Malek Jaziri 6 3 6 Haluk Akkoyun Barış Ergüden 4 6 1 Cyprus vs. San Marino Cyprus 1960 San Marino 1862 Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Irelandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2005-G3-EPA-B-B-M-CYP-SMR-01 Cyprus v San Marino daviscup.com 15 July 2005 Grass 3 0 Christopher Koutrouzas 6 6 Christian Rosti 3 4 Photos Kallias 6 6 Diego Zonzini 0 0 Marcos Baghdatis Demetrios Leontis 6 6 William Forcellini Diego Zonzini 1 1 Promotion pool 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) 35em 1st–4th Play-off CYP CYP 1960 (3–0) IRL IRL (2–1) ARM ARM (1–2) TUN TUN (0–3) 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–2 3–0 3–0 1–2 0–3 2–1 0–3 0–3 1–2 Cyprus and Ireland promoted to Group II in 2006. Ireland vs. Cyprus Ireland Cyprus 1960 Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Irelandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2005-G3-EPA-B-PP1-4-IRL-CYP-01 Ireland v Cyprus daviscup.com 16 July 2005 Grass 1 2 Conor Niland 6 3 6 Photos Kallias 4 6 0 Kevin Sorensen 2 6 0 Marcos Baghdatis 6 4 6 Conor Niland David O'Connell 6 0 1 Marcos Baghdatis Demetrios Leontis 4 6 6 Armenia vs. Tunisia Armenia Tunisia Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Irelandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2005-G3-EPA-B-PP1-4-ARM-TUN-01 Armenia v Tunisia daviscup.com 16 July 2005 Grass 2 1 Harutyun Sofyan 6.029 5 Haythem Abid 7 7 Sargis Sargsian 6 6 Malek Jaziri 4 1 Sargis Sargsian Harutyun Sofyan 6 6 Malek Jaziri Wael Kilani 4 3 Ireland vs. Tunisia Ireland Tunisia Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Irelandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2005-G3-EPA-B-PP1-4-IRL-TUN-01 Ireland v Tunisia daviscup.com 17 July 2005 Grass 3 0 Louk Sorensen 6 6 Wael Kilani 1 2 Kevin Sorensen 6 7 Malek Jaziri 2 5 David O'Connell Kevin Sorensen 6 5 6 Wael Kilani Fares Zaier 2 7 2 Armenia vs. Cyprus Armenia Cyprus 1960 Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Irelandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2005-G3-EPA-B-PP1-4-ARM-CYP-01 Armenia v Cyprus daviscup.com 17 July 2005 Grass 1 2 Harutyun Sofyan 0 1 Photos Kallias 6 6 Hayk Zohranyan 3 1 Marcos Baghdatis 6 6 Harutyun Sofyan Hayk Zohranyan 7 6 Christopher Koutrouzas Demetrios Leontis 6.039 2 Relegation pool 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) 35em 5th–8th Play-off NGR NGR (3–0) TUR TUR (2–1) ISL ISL (1–2) SMR SMR 1862 (0–3) 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 0–3 1–2 2–1 0–3 0–3 1–2 Iceland and San Marino relegated to Group IV in 2006. Nigeria vs. Turkey Nigeria Turkey Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Irelandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2005-G3-EPA-B-PP5-8-NGR-TUR-01 Nigeria v Turkey daviscup.com 16 July 2005 Grass 2 1 Abdul-Mumin Babalola 6 6 Barış Ergüden 4 2 Jonathan Igbinovia 6.049 6 4 Haluk Akkoyun 7 1 6 Abdul-Mumin Babalola Lawal Shehu 6 6 Haluk Akkoyun Esat Tanık 4 4 Iceland vs. San Marino Iceland San Marino 1862 Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Irelandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2005-G3-EPA-B-PP5-8-ISL-SMR-01 Iceland v San Marino daviscup.com 16 July 2005 Grass 2 1 Raj-Kumar Bonifacius 3 6.049 Domenico Vicini 6 7 Arnar Sigurðsson 6 6 William Forcellini 1 0 Andri Jonsson Arnar Sigurðsson 6 7 Christian Rosti Domenico Vicini 3 5 Nigeria vs. San Marino Nigeria San Marino 1862 Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Irelandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2005-G3-EPA-B-PP5-8-NGR-SMR-01 Nigeria v San Marino daviscup.com 17 July 2005 Grass 3 0 Abdul-Mumin Babalola 6 6 William Forcellini 1 2 Jonathan Igbinovia 6 6 Diego Zonzini 1 1 Abdul-Mumin Babalola Lawal Shehu 7 7 Domenico Vicini Diego Zonzini 6.059 5 Iceland vs. Turkey Iceland Turkey Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Irelandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2005-G3-EPA-B-PP5-8-ISL-TUR-01 Iceland v Turkey daviscup.com 17 July 2005 Grass 1 2 Raj-Kumar Bonifacius 4 6.029 Barış Ergüden 6 7 Arnar Sigurðsson 6 7 Haluk Akkoyun 2 6.019 Andri Jonsson Arnar Sigurðsson 2 6.039 Haluk Akkoyun Barış Ergüden 6 7 Final standings Rank Team1CYP 19602IRL3ARM4TUN5NGR6TUR7ISL8SMR 1862 CYP 1960 and IRL promoted to Group II in 2006. ISL and SMR 1862 relegated to Group IV in 2006. References Category:Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Category:2005 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone