2006 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III

The Group III tournament was held on June 14–18, in Maya Country Club, Santa Tecla, El Salvador on outdoor clay courts.^[1]

Main article: 2006 Davis Cup Americas Zone

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 Americas Zone Group II in 2007. The last two placed teams of each group from the preliminary round were relegated into the relegation pool, from which the two bottom teams were relegated to the Americas Zone Group IV in 2007.

Pool A

	Group A	BAH	PUR	TRI	HON
1	Bahamas (2–1)		3–0	2–1	1–2
2	Puerto Rico (2–1)	0–3		3–0	3–0
3	Trinidad and Tobago (1–2)	1–2	0–3		3–0
4	Honduras (1–2)	2–1	0–3	0–3

Trinidad and Tobago vs. Honduras

Trinidad and Tobago 3	Maya Country Club, Santa Tecla, El Salvador[2] 14 June 2006 Clay		Honduras 0
1 2 3 1 Shane Stone José Moncada 64 77 77 62 6 3   2 Richard Brown Calton Álvarez 6 3 6 2     3 Shane Stone / Troy Stone Carlos Cáceres / Francklin García 6 3 6 0

Bahamas vs. Puerto Rico

Bahamas 3	Maya Country Club, Santa Tecla, El Salvador[3] 14 June 2006 Clay		Puerto Rico 0
1 2 3 1 Marvin Rolle Ricardo González-Díaz 6 3 5 7 6 3   2 Devin Mullings Gilberto Álvarez 6 3 63 77 6 4   3 Devin Mullings / Marvin Rolle Gabriel Montilla / Jorge Rangel 6 4 6 4

Trinidad and Tobago vs. Bahamas

Trinidad and Tobago 1	Maya Country Club, Santa Tecla, El Salvador[4] 15 June 2006 Clay		Bahamas 2
1 2 3 1 Shane Stone Marvin Rolle 3 6 6 3 3 6   2 Richard Brown Devin Mullings 1 6 4 6     3 Shane Stone / Troy Stone Devin Mullings / Marvin Rolle 3 6 6 3 6 4

Puerto Rico vs. Honduras

Puerto Rico 3	Maya Country Club, Santa Tecla, El Salvador[5] 15 June 2006 Clay		Honduras 0
1 2 3 1 Gilberto Álvarez José Moncada 6 1 4 6 6 2   2 Jorge Rangel Calton Álvarez 6 0 6 2     3 Ricardo González-Díaz / Gabriel Montilla Francklin García / José Moncada 7 5 6 2

Trinidad and Tobago vs. Puerto Rico

Trinidad and Tobago 0	Maya Country Club, Santa Tecla, El Salvador[6] 16 June 2006 Clay		Puerto Rico 3
1 2 3 1 Shane Stone Ricardo González-Díaz 1 6 2 6     2 Richard Brown Jorge Rangel 2 6 77 62 4 6   3 Michael Clarke / Troy Stone Ricardo González-Díaz / Gabriel Montilla 3 6 2 6

Bahamas vs. Honduras

Bahamas 1	Maya Country Club, Santa Tecla, El Salvador[7] 16 June 2006 Clay		Honduras 2
1 2 3 1 Christopher Eldon José Moncada 4 6 6 2 2 6   2 H'Cone Thompson Calton Álvarez 4 6 6 1 5 7   3 Christopher Eldon / H'Cone Thompson Carlos Cáceres / José Moncada 6 4 67 79 6 3

Pool B

	Group B	ESA	CUB	HAI	CRC
1	El Salvador (2–1)		2–1	3–0	1–2
2	Cuba (2–1)	1–2		3–0	2–1
3	Haiti (1–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1
4	Costa Rica (1–2)	2–1	1–2	1–2

Cuba vs. El Salvador

Cuba 1	Maya Country Club, Santa Tecla, El Salvador[8] 14 June 2006 Clay		El Salvador 2
1 2 3 1 Edgar Hernandez-Perez Jaime Cuellar 7 5 6 1     2 Ricardo Chile Rafael Arévalo 4 6 6 4 1 6   3 Ricardo Chile / Sandor Martínez Rafael Arévalo / Jaime Cuellar 77 63 4 6 4 6

Haiti vs. Costa Rica

Haiti 2	Maya Country Club, Santa Tecla, El Salvador[9] 14 June 2006 Clay		Costa Rica 1
1 2 3 1 Gael Gaetjens Fernando Martínez Manrique 77 64 3 6 6 4   2 Joel Allen Juan Antonio Marín 1 6 0 6     3 Joel Allen / Jean Marc Bazanne Federico Camacho / Juan Antonio Marín 6 2 7 5

Cuba vs. Costa Rica

Cuba 2	Maya Country Club, Santa Tecla, El Salvador[10] 15 June 2006 Clay		Costa Rica 1
1 2 3 1 Edgar Hernandez-Perez Federico Camacho 6 1 6 3     2 Ricardo Chile Juan Antonio Marín 3 6 1 6     3 Ricardo Chile / Sandor Martínez Juan Antonio Marín / Fernando Martínez Manrique 6 4 6 1

El Salvador vs. Haiti

El Salvador 3	Maya Country Club, Santa Tecla, El Salvador[11] 15 June 2006 Clay		Haiti 0
1 2 3 1 Jaime Cuellar Jean Marc Bazanne 6 1 6 4     2 Rafael Arévalo Gael Gaetjens 6 1 6 4     3 Rafael Arévalo / Jaime Cuellar Joel Allen / Gael Gaetjens 6 3 6 2

Cuba vs. Haiti

Cuba 3	Maya Country Club, Santa Tecla, El Salvador[12] 16 June 2006 Clay		Haiti 0
1 2 3 1 Edgar Hernandez-Perez Jean Marc Bazanne 6 1 6 3     2 Ricardo Chile Gael Gaetjens 6 3 6 0     3 Edgar Hernandez-Perez / Sandor Martínez Joel Allen / Gael Gaetjens 6 4 6 4

El Salvador vs. Costa Rica

El Salvador 1	Maya Country Club, Santa Tecla, El Salvador[13] 16 June 2006 Clay		Costa Rica 2
1 2 3 1 Andrés Weisskopf Geoffrey Barton 3 6 4 6     2 José Baires Federico Camacho 6 4 3 6 7 9   3 Rafael Arévalo / Jaime Cuellar Juan Antonio Marín / Fernando Martínez Manrique 78 66 6 4

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)

	1st–4th Play-off	ESA	CUB	BAH	PUR
1	El Salvador (3–0)		2–1	3–0	2–1
2	Cuba (2–1)	1–2		3–0	2–1
3	Bahamas (1–2)	0–3	0–3		3–0
4	Puerto Rico (0–3)	1–2	1–2	0–3

• El Salvador and Cuba promoted to Group II in 2007.

Bahamas vs. El Salvador

Bahamas 0	Maya Country Club, Santa Tecla, El Salvador[14] 17 June 2006 Clay		El Salvador 3
1 2 3 1 Marvin Rolle Jaime Cuellar 1 6 4 6     2 Devin Mullings Rafael Arévalo 1 6 4 6     3 Devin Mullings / Marvin Rolle Rafael Arévalo / Jaime Cuellar 5 7 6 2 1 6

Puerto Rico vs. Cuba

Puerto Rico 1	Maya Country Club, Santa Tecla, El Salvador[15] 17 June 2006 Clay		Cuba 2
1 2 3 1 Gilberto Álvarez Edgar Hernandez-Perez 7 5 6 1     2 Jorge Rangel Ricardo Chile 2 6 4 6     3 Gilberto Álvarez / Gabriel Montilla Ricardo Chile / Sandor Martínez 2 6 4 6

Bahamas vs. Cuba

Bahamas 0	Maya Country Club, Santa Tecla, El Salvador[16] 18 June 2006 Clay		Cuba 3
1 2 3 1 Marvin Rolle Edgar Hernandez-Perez 5 7 6 3 3 6   2 Devin Mullings Ricardo Chile 2 6 2 6     3 Devin Mullings / Marvin Rolle Favel-Antonio Freyre-Perdomo / Sandor Martínez 1 6 5 7

El Salvador vs. Puerto Rico

El Salvador 2	Maya Country Club, Santa Tecla, El Salvador[17] 18 June 2006 Clay		Puerto Rico 1
1 2 3 1 José Baires Ricardo González-Díaz 3 6 5 7     2 Rafael Arévalo Jorge Rangel 6 1 6 2     3 Rafael Arévalo / Jaime Cuellar Gilberto Álvarez / Ricardo González-Díaz 6 4 3 6 8 6

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)

	5th–8th Play-off	HAI	CRC	TRI	HON
1	Haiti (2–1)		2–1	2–1	0–3
2	Costa Rica (2–1)	1–2		2–1	2–1
3	Trinidad and Tobago (1–2)	1–2	1–2		3–0
4	Honduras (1–2)	3–0	1–2	0–3

• Trinidad & Tobago and Honduras relegated to Group IV in 2007.

Trinidad and Tobago vs. Haiti

Trinidad and Tobago 1	Maya Country Club, Santa Tecla, El Salvador[18] 17 June 2006 Clay		Haiti 2
1 2 3 1 Michael Clarke Gael Gaetjens 4 6 1 6     2 Shane Stone Joel Allen 6 4 7 5     3 Shane Stone / Troy Stone Joel Allen / Jean Marc Bazanne 2 6 3 6

Costa Rica vs. Honduras

Costa Rica 2	Maya Country Club, Santa Tecla, El Salvador[19] 17 June 2006 Clay		Honduras 1
1 2 3 1 Fernando Martínez Manrique José Moncada 3 6 6 3 3 6   2 Juan Antonio Marín Calton Álvarez 6 1 6 1     3 Federico Camacho / Juan Antonio Marín Carlos Cáceres / José Moncada 6 2 6 4

Trinidad and Tobago vs. Costa Rica

Trinidad and Tobago 1	Maya Country Club, Santa Tecla, El Salvador[20] 18 June 2006 Clay		Costa Rica 2
1 2 3 1 Shane Stone Federico Camacho 61 77 0 6     2 Richard Brown Juan Antonio Marín 2 6 2 6     3 Shane Stone / Troy Stone Geoffrey Barton / Fernando Martínez Manrique 6 4 6 4

Haiti vs. Honduras

Haiti 0	Maya Country Club, Santa Tecla, El Salvador[21] 18 June 2006 Clay		Honduras 3
1 2 3 1 Nicolas Étienne José Moncada 1 6 0 6     2 Jean Marc Bazanne Calton Álvarez 1 6 2 6     3 Jean Marc Bazanne / Nicolas Étienne Calton Álvarez / Francklin García 1 6 4 6

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	El Salvador
2	Cuba
3	Bahamas
4	Puerto Rico
5	Haiti
6	Costa Rica
7	Trinidad and Tobago
8	Honduras

•  El Salvador and  Cuba promoted to Group II in 2007.
•  Trinidad and Tobago and  Honduras relegated to Group IV in 2007.