[Marto]

Details
- Dates: 2-5 May
- Location: Sofia, Bulgaria
- Surface: Outdoor clay

Format
- Round-robin: Thirteen nations in four pools.
- Promotion: The winners of pool A and pool B will be drawn to play off against the winners of pool C and pool D to determine which two nations will be promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II for 2013.

TEAM NOMINATIONS
- Albania: Flavio Dece, Martin Hysenbegasi, Genajd Shypheja, Rei Pelushi, Fatos Nallbani (captain)
- Andorra: Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier, Hector Hormigo, Gerard Florido, Gerard Blasi Font, Jordi Vila-Vila (captain)
- Armenia: Khachatur Khachatryan, Ashot Gevorgyan, Daniil Proskura, Torgom Asatryan, Vahe Avetisyan (captain)
- Bulgaria: Grigor Dimitrov, Dimitar Kutrovsky, Dimitar Kuzmanov, Todor Enev, Ognyan Iliev (captain)
- Georgia: David Tsivadze, Aleksandre Metreveli, Mikheil Khmiadashvili, Victor Bakshi (captain)
- Greece: Paris Gemouchidis, Alexandros Jakoupovic, Theodoros Angelinos, Charalampos Kapogiannis, George Kalovelonis (captain)
- Iceland: David Eli Halldorsson, Birkir Gunnarsson, Magnus Gunnarsson, Andri Jonsson (playing captain)
- Lithuania: Ricardis Berankis, Laurynas Grigelis, Dovydas Sakinis, Lukas Mugevicius, Rimvydas Mugevicius (captain)
- Macedonia: Tomislav Jotovski, Danil Zelenkov, Predrag Rusevski, Shendrit Deari, Dejan Marinkovikj (captain)
- Malta: Bradley Callus, Mark Gatt, Denzil Agius, Matthew Asciak (playing captain)
- Montenegro: Ljubomir Celebic, Igor Saveljic, Ivan Saveljic, Pavle Rogan, Mirko Bjelica (captain)
- Norway: Erling Tveit, Stian Boretti, Carl Sundberg, Fedor Baev, Anders Haaseth (captain)
- San Marino: Giacomo Zonzini, Diego Zonzini, Marco de Rossi, Domenigo Vicini (playing captain)

[Marto]

Anyone plan to visit this event, it will be interesting to see Grigor playing on home soil

[Yves.]

Who in the Albanian team is scarecrows?

[StoGas]

Dimitrov is going to play there?

[scarecrows]

Originally Posted by Yves.

Who in the Albanian team is scarecrows?

i've retired

our top player Dece is injured. Don't know if he'll be ready on time. Unfortunately he's the only one who can win a set or keep a match close

[Chilenaitor]

go albania!

[Marto]

Originally Posted by StoGas

Dimitrov is going to play there?

If he want to play in Olympics
I will try to visit this event, will try to make daily updates, but I think Bulgaria and Lithuania will advance in Zone II

[Yves.]

Originally Posted by scarecrows

i've retired

I'm sorry man, should I've known? I'm not really active in the Non-Tennis section. But that's pretty young, at age 29!

[scarecrows]

Originally Posted by Yves.

I'm sorry man, should I've known? I'm not really active in the Non-Tennis section. But that's pretty young, at age 29!

i never was a player really
I have played only a few junior tournaments, University games and that DC tie
Now I'm busy with my job

[Marto]

Matches will start 11 am local time (10 am CEST)

Here is the Centre Court





I expect to be full for Bulgaria matches (1500 capacity)

[scarecrows]

one of the best tennis clubs in the balkans for sure
right in the middle of the forest, an aqua park nearby, excellent courts

[Renaud]

Originally Posted by scarecrows

i never was a player really
I have played only a few junior tournaments, University games and that DC tie

You at least managed to ruin Pavel Chekhov's career.

[Nathaliia]

true
on wta forum i noticed there's a thread "which match made her career over" like hingis vs. graf rg final etc.

seems for chekhov it was a match against genci

ps. todor is playing, omg, im tempted to go

[Marto]

Originally Posted by scarecrows

one of the best tennis clubs in the balkans for sure
right in the middle of the forest, an aqua park nearby, excellent courts

ALso it is near to the city centre and have tube station via 5 min. walking.

[Yves.]

Originally Posted by Marto

ALso it is near to the city centre and have tube station via 5 min. walking.

Sounds really good, is it an elite private club?