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.
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
Ireland vs. Nigeria
Armenia vs. Iceland
Ireland vs. Armenia
Iceland vs. Nigeria
Ireland vs. Iceland
Armenia vs. Nigeria
Pool B
Tunisia vs. San Marino
Cyprus vs. Turkey
Tunisia vs. Cyprus
Turkey vs. San Marino
Tunisia vs. Turkey
Cyprus vs. San Marino
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)
Cyprus and Ireland promoted to Group II in 2006.
Ireland vs. Cyprus
Armenia vs. Tunisia
Ireland vs. Tunisia
Armenia vs. Cyprus
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)
Iceland and San Marino relegated to Group IV in 2006.
Nigeria vs. Turkey
Iceland vs. San Marino
Nigeria vs. San Marino
Iceland vs. Turkey
Final standings Rank Team12345678
and promoted to Group II in 2006. and relegated to Group IV in 2006.
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