1997 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III

The Group III tournament was held March 26 30, in Doha, Qatar, on outdoor hard courts. The eight teams were divided into two round-robin pools. The top two teams from each pool advanced to a promotion pool, while the bottom two were placed in a relegation pool. In contrast to earlier (and later) practice, the promotion and relegation pools took the form of play-off brackets, instead of using round-robin play.[1]

Pool A

Advanced to Promotion Round
Assigned to Relegation Round
Team Pld W L MF MA
 Pacific Oceania32154
 Qatar32154
 Sri Lanka31254
 Malaysia31236

Results of Individual Ties

Date Winning Team Score
March 26 Pacific Oceania2-1 Sri Lanka
March 26 Qatar2-1 Malaysia
March 27 Qatar2-1 Sri Lanka
March 27 Malaysia2-1 Pacific Oceania
March 28 Pacific Oceania2-1 Qatar
March 28 Sri Lanka3-0 Malaysia

Pool B

Advanced to Promotion Round
Assigned to Relegation Round
Team Pld W L MF MA
 Kazakhstan33072
 Kuwait32163
 Bahrain31245
 Bangladesh30318

Results of Individual Ties

Date Winning Team Score
March 26 Kazakhstan2-1 Bahrain
March 26 Kuwait3-0 Bangladesh
March 27 Kazakhstan3-0 Bangladesh
March 27 Kuwait2-1 Bahrain
March 28 Kazakhstan2-1 Kuwait
March 28 Bahrain2-1 Bangladesh

1st-4th Playoff

  Play-offs
March 30
1st Round
March 29
2nd Round
March 30
                           
 
    S   Pacific Oceania 2  
      Kuwait 1    
  Kuwait 0       S   Pacific Oceania 1
S   Kazakhstan 3       Qatar 2
  S   Kazakhstan 1
      Qatar 2  

Pacific Oceania and Qatar both promoted to Group II for 1998.

5th-8th Playoff

  Play-offs
March 30
1st Round
March 29
2nd Round
March 30
                           
 
    S   Sri Lanka 2  
      Bangladesh 1    
  Bangladesh 1       S   Sri Lanka 0
S   Bahrain 2       Malaysia 3
  S   Bahrain 1
      Malaysia 2  

Bangladesh and Bahrain both relegated to Group IV for 1998.

References

See also

1997 Davis Cup
1997 Davis Cup Americas Zone1997 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone1997 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone
1996 Asia/Oceania Zone Group III

1997 Asia/Oceania Zone Group II

1998 Asia/Oceania Zone Group III
1997 Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV

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