Welcome to the 2nd BP Davis Cup. For this edition, Šabas and I decided to grow up and take more countries to compete. Then we received some messages from different presidents, and finally, we were 5 countries to participate.

We decided to create a cash prize for the winners. As we planned to be 6 countries we wanted that pool to reach 3k credits. The winners will receive 750 each, and the 2nd - 250. But one federation left the competition a few days before it start, so we were only 5 countries. So, I decided to put 500 more credits from my own pocket (and Šabas gave me 250 without letting me saying anything !!! thanks to him).

All 5 countries had 3 players, each one into WL3, 4 and 5. This mean 30 matches took place to determine which country won this very funny tournament.

This time, the tournament was very close. All countries had players who were very strong in their WLs, but very weak in others, so it makes the competition incredible.

CourgettesDesEtoiles from France dominated all his opponent in WL5 earning 8 points for his country. Germany and Poland both won and lost twice, when unfortunately, Poland and Italy forfeited some games.

In WL4, TripleThreat from Germany won his 4 matches and got 8 points. All his matches were not even close, congratulation to him. Poland only lost against him and got 7 points. Italy forfeited in this WL due to some injuries, and couldn’t compete.

For the WL3 part, Poland team represented by Matis won all his matches for 8 points! Italy was here to play, but he only won one match giving his country 5 points.

Italy with a lot of forfeited games ended this tournament at the bottom of the ranking. At the 4th place, with 16 points, Poland! Even if the WL3 and 4 players did a real great job, losing only 1 match, the forfeits of their WL5 team cost them a lot.

Germany and Lithuania both have 18 points, making them fight in a head to head to determinate which country takes the 2nd and the 3rd place.

As you already know, TripleThreat won all his matches, meaning that he defeated the Lithuanian player. In WL3, Lithuania took the win, so WL5 game decided which team took the silver medal. And this game was amazing. Sporto Baras was dominating all the match, having +15 in the 2nd quarter, and leading 46- 37 at the half. The first half of the 3rd quarter kept going his way, when suddenly, BG Bewegungslegastheniker’s team (what a name!) started to react! At the beginning of the last quarter, Lithuania only had 2 points more than Germany. Finally, greatly helped by the tiredness, Germany took the win and so, the 2nd place of the tournament!

And at the first place, for the second time, Team France reach 20 points! Congratulations to CourgettesDesEtoiles, dartag and klinx.

Thanks for all competitors and presidents to making this 2nd Davis Cup a great success. We’re hoping to keep growing this tournament with other members, and we will probably welcome Lipinski into the organisation team next season!