2005 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III

The Group III tournament was held July 13–17, in Victoria Park Tennis Centre, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, on outdoor hard courts.^[1]

Format

The eight teams were split into two groups and played in a round-robin format. The top two teams of each group advanced to the promotion pool, from which the two top teams were promoted to the Asia/Oceania 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 Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV in 2006.^[1]

Pool A

	Group A	HKG	MAS	KSA	TJK
1	Hong Kong (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Malaysia (2–1)	0–3		2–1	3–0
3	Saudi Arabia (1–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1
4	Tajikistan (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

Hong Kong vs. Saudi Arabia

Hong Kong
3

Victoria Park Tennis Centre, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong^[2]
13 July 2005
Hard

Saudi Arabia
0

		1	2
1	Martin Sayer Fahad Al Saad	6 2	6 2
2	Yu Hiu Tung Omar Althagib	6 1	6 0
3	Brian Hung / Martin Sayer Fahad Al Saad / Bager Bokhleaf	6 2	6 2

Tajikistan vs. Malaysia

Tajikistan
0

Victoria Park Tennis Centre, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong^[3]
13 July 2005
Hard

Malaysia
3

		1	2
1	Mirkhusein Yakhyaev Selvam Veerasingam	1 6	0 6
2	Dilshod Sharifi Si Yew Ming	3 6	5 7
3	Dilshod Sharifi / Mirkhusein Yakhyaev Panthlia-Nikesh Singh / Tan Qi Hao	4 6	1 6

Hong Kong vs. Malaysia

Hong Kong
3

Victoria Park Tennis Centre, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong^[4]
14 July 2005
Hard

Malaysia
0

		1	2	3
1	Wayne Wong Selvam Veerasingam	6⁵ 7⁷	6 3	6 4
2	Yu Hiu Tung Si Yew Ming	3 6	7⁷ 6²	7 5
3	Brian Hung / Martin Sayer Panthlia-Nikesh Singh / Tan Qi Hao	6 1	6 1

Tajikistan vs. Saudi Arabia

Tajikistan
1

Victoria Park Tennis Centre, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong^[5]
14 July 2005
Hard

Saudi Arabia
2

		1	2	3
1	Mirkhusein Yakhyaev Fahad Al Saad	2 6	2 6
2	Dilshod Sharifi Omar Althagib	6 0	4 6	6 3
3	Dilshod Sharifi / Mansur Yakhyaev Bader Mohammed Almuqail / Fahad Al Saad	2 6	4 6

Hong Kong vs. Tajikistan

Hong Kong
3

Victoria Park Tennis Centre, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong^[6]
15 July 2005
Hard

Tajikistan
0

		1	2
1	Martin Sayer Mirkhusein Yakhyaev	6 0	6 2
2	Brian Hung Dilshod Sharifi	6 0	6 1
3	Brian Hung / Martin Sayer Rahmatullo Rajabaliev / Mirkhusein Yakhyaev	6 0	6 1

Malaysia vs. Saudi Arabia

Malaysia
2

Victoria Park Tennis Centre, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong^[7]
15 July 2005
Hard

Saudi Arabia
1

		1	2
1	Tan Qi Hao Fahad Al Saad	4 6	2 6
2	Si Yew Ming Omar Althagib	6 2	6 4
3	Si Yew Ming / Selvam Veerasingam Bader Mohammed Almuqail / Fahad Al Saad	6 1	6 3

Pool B

	Group B	VIE	SRI	BRN	QAT
1	Vietnam (3–0)		2–1	2–1	3–0
2	Sri Lanka (2–1)	1–2		3–0	3–0
3	Bahrain (1–2)	1–2	0–3		2–1
4	Qatar (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

Qatar vs. Sri Lanka

Qatar
0

Victoria Park Tennis Centre, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong^[8]
13 July 2005
Hard

Sri Lanka
3

		1	2
1	Sultan Khalfan Al Alawi Harshana Godamanna	2 6	1 6
2	Mohammed Abdulla Renouk Wijemanne	4 6	0 6
3	Mohammed Abdulla / Abdulla Al-Haji Harshana Godamanna / Oshada Wijemanne	1 6	1 6

Bahrain vs. Vietnam

Bahrain
1

Victoria Park Tennis Centre, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong^[9]
13 July 2005
Hard

Vietnam
2

		1	2
1	Abdul-Rahman Shehab Ngô Quang Huy	6 4	6 3
2	Abdullatif Mohamed Đỗ Minh Quân	0 6	2 6
3	Abdullatif Mohamed / Abdul-Rahman Shehab Đỗ Minh Quân / Lê Quốc Khánh	3 6	2 6

Qatar vs. Vietnam

Qatar
0

Victoria Park Tennis Centre, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong^[10]
14 July 2005
Hard

Vietnam
3

		1	2
1	Sultan Khalfan Al Alawi Ngô Quang Huy	3 6	6⁵ 7⁷
2	Mohammed Abdulla Đỗ Minh Quân	1 6	2 6
3	Mohammed Abdulla / Abdulla Al-Haji Lê Quốc Khánh / Trần Thanh Hoàng	2 6	1 6

Bahrain vs. Sri Lanka

Bahrain
0

Victoria Park Tennis Centre, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong^[11]
14 July 2005
Hard

Sri Lanka
3

		1	2
1	Abdul-Rahman Shehab Harshana Godamanna	1 6	4 6
2	Khaled Al Thawadi Renouk Wijemanne	2 6	4 6
3	Abdullatif Mohamed / Abdul-Latif Al Murraghi Rajeev Rajapakse / Oshada Wijemanne	5 7	4 6

Qatar vs. Bahrain

Qatar
1

Victoria Park Tennis Centre, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong^[12]
15 July 2005
Hard

Bahrain
2

		1	2	3
1	Sultan Khalfan Al Alawi Abdul-Rahman Shehab	5 7	3 6
2	Mohammed Abdulla Khaled Al Thawadi	6 2	3 6	8 6
3	Mohammed Abdulla / Sultan Khalfan Al Alawi Abdullatif Mohamed / Abdul-Rahman Shehab	4 6	2 6

Vietnam vs. Sri Lanka

Vietnam
2

Victoria Park Tennis Centre, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong^[13]
15 July 2005
Hard

Sri Lanka
1

		1	2	3
1	Ngô Quang Huy Harshana Godamanna	6 4	3 6	3 6
2	Đỗ Minh Quân Renouk Wijemanne	6 4	6 4
3	Đỗ Minh Quân / Lê Quốc Khánh Harshana Godamanna / Rajeev Rajapakse	6 3	6 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.^[1]

	1st–4th Play-off	HKG	MAS	VIE	SRI
1	Hong Kong (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Malaysia (2–1)	0–3		3–0	3–0
3	Vietnam (1–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1
4	Sri Lanka (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

Hong Kong and Malaysia promoted to Group II in 2006.

Hong Kong vs. Sri Lanka

Hong Kong
3

Victoria Park Tennis Centre, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong^[14]
16 July 2005
Hard

Sri Lanka
0

		1	2
1	Wayne Wong Harshana Godamanna	7 5	6 2
2	Yu Hiu Tung Renouk Wijemanne	7 5	6 2
3	Brian Hung / Martin Sayer Harshana Godamanna / Renouk Wijemanne	7 5	6 1

Vietnam vs. Malaysia

Vietnam
0

Victoria Park Tennis Centre, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong^[15]
16 July 2005
Hard

Malaysia
3

		1	2	3
1	Ngô Quang Huy Selvam Veerasingam	4 6	4 6
2	Đỗ Minh Quân Si Yew Ming	7¹¹ 6⁹	4 6	6 8
3	Lê Quốc Khánh / Trần Thanh Hoàng Panthlia-Nikesh Singh / Tan Qi Hao	3 6	2 6

Hong Kong vs. Vietnam

Hong Kong
3

Victoria Park Tennis Centre, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong^[16]
17 July 2005
Hard

Vietnam
0

		1	2
1	Martin Sayer Trần Thanh Hoàng	6 3	6 1
2	Brian Hung Đỗ Minh Quân	6 2	6 4
3	Martin Sayer / Yu Hiu Tung Đỗ Minh Quân / Lê Quốc Khánh	6 1	6 3

Malaysia vs. Sri Lanka

Malaysia
3

Victoria Park Tennis Centre, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong^[17]
17 July 2005
Hard

Sri Lanka
0

		1	2	3
1	Selvam Veerasingam Harshana Godamanna	3 6	7⁷ 6⁵	7 5
2	Si Yew Ming Renouk Wijemanne	6 2	6 1
3	Panthlia-Nikesh Singh / Tan Qi Hao Rajeev Rajapakse / Oshada Wijemanne	6 3	2 6	9 7

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.^[1]

	5th–8th Play-off	BRN	KSA	QAT	TJK
1	Bahrain (2–1)		2–1	2–1	1–2
2	Saudi Arabia (2–1)	1–2		2–1	2–1
3	Qatar (1–2)	1–2	1–2		2–1
4	Tajikistan (1–2)	2–1	1–2	1–2

Qatar and Tajikistan relegated to Group IV in 2006.

Saudi Arabia vs. Qatar

Saudi Arabia
2

Victoria Park Tennis Centre, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong^[18]
16 July 2005
Hard

Qatar
1

		1	2	3
1	Fahad Al Saad Sultan Khalfan Al Alawi	6 2	6 4
2	Omar Althagib Mohammed Abdulla	0 6	1 6
3	Bader Mohammed Almuqail / Fahad Al Saad Mohammed Abdulla / Sultan Khalfan Al Alawi	0 6	7⁸ 6⁶	6 2

Bahrain vs. Tajikistan

Bahrain
1

Victoria Park Tennis Centre, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong^[19]
16 July 2005
Hard

Tajikistan
2

		1	2	3
1	Abdul-Rahman Shehab Mansur Yakhyaev	6⁶ 7⁸	6 3	6 4
2	Khaled Al Thawadi Dilshod Sharifi	3 6	3 6
3	Abdullatif Mohamed / Abdul-Rahman Shehab Dilshod Sharifi / Mirkhusein Yakhyaev	4 6	4 6

Saudi Arabia vs. Bahrain

Saudi Arabia
1

Victoria Park Tennis Centre, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong^[20]
17 July 2005
Hard

Bahrain
2

		1	2	3
1	Bader Mohammed Almuqail Abdul-Rahman Shehab	2 6	1 0		retired
2	Fahad Al Saad Khaled Al Thawadi	6 2	3 6	6 3
3	Bader Mohammed Almuqail / Fahad Al Saad Abdullatif Mohamed / Abdul-Rahman Shehab	5 7	4 6

Tajikistan vs. Qatar

Tajikistan
1

Victoria Park Tennis Centre, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong^[21]
17 July 2005
Hard

Qatar
2

		1	2	3
1	Mirkhusein Yakhyaev Abdulla Al-Haji	6 4	6 4
2	Dilshod Sharifi Mohammed Abdulla	5 7	6 3	5 7
3	Mirkhusein Yakhyaev / Dilshod Sharifi Mohammed Abdulla / Sultan Khalfan Al Alawi	2 6	2 6

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Davis Cup – Draws & Results".
^ "Hong Kong v Saudi Arabia". daviscup.com.
^ "Tajikistan v Malaysia". daviscup.com.
^ "Hong Kong v Malaysia". daviscup.com.
^ "Tajikistan v Saudi Arabia". daviscup.com.
^ "Hong Kong v Tajikistan". daviscup.com.
^ "Malaysia v Saudi Arabia". daviscup.com.
^ "Qatar v Sri Lanka". daviscup.com.
^ "Bahrain v Vietnam". daviscup.com.
^ "Qatar v Vietnam". daviscup.com.
^ "Bahrain v Sri Lanka". daviscup.com.
^ "Qatar v Bahrain". daviscup.com.
^ "Vietnam v Sri Lanka". daviscup.com.
^ "Hong Kong v Sri Lanka". daviscup.com.
^ "Vietnam v Malaysia". daviscup.com.
^ "Hong Kong v Vietnam". daviscup.com.
^ "Malaysia v Sri Lanka". daviscup.com.
^ "Saudi Arabia v Qatar". daviscup.com.
^ "Bahrain v Tajikistan". daviscup.com.
^ "Saudi Arabia v Bahrain". daviscup.com.
^ "Tajikistan v Qatar". daviscup.com.

[Davis-1] "Davis Cup – Draws & Results".

[2] "Hong Kong v Saudi Arabia". daviscup.com.

[3] "Tajikistan v Malaysia". daviscup.com.

[4] "Hong Kong v Malaysia". daviscup.com.

[5] "Tajikistan v Saudi Arabia". daviscup.com.

[6] "Hong Kong v Tajikistan". daviscup.com.

[7] "Malaysia v Saudi Arabia". daviscup.com.

[8] "Qatar v Sri Lanka". daviscup.com.

[9] "Bahrain v Vietnam". daviscup.com.

[10] "Qatar v Vietnam". daviscup.com.

[11] "Bahrain v Sri Lanka". daviscup.com.

[12] "Qatar v Bahrain". daviscup.com.

[13] "Vietnam v Sri Lanka". daviscup.com.

[14] "Hong Kong v Sri Lanka". daviscup.com.

[15] "Vietnam v Malaysia". daviscup.com.

[16] "Hong Kong v Vietnam". daviscup.com.

[17] "Malaysia v Sri Lanka". daviscup.com.

[18] "Saudi Arabia v Qatar". daviscup.com.

[19] "Bahrain v Tajikistan". daviscup.com.

[20] "Saudi Arabia v Bahrain". daviscup.com.

[21] "Tajikistan v Qatar". daviscup.com.

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