2012 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group III

Main article: 2012 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone

The Europe/Africa Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2012.

In the Europe/Africa Zone there were three different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Group III was divided into a European zone and an African zone. The Group III Africa tournament was held in Cite Nationale Sportive D'El, Tunis, Tunisia, July 2–6, on outdoor clay courts. ^[1]

Format

The eight teams were split into two pools. The winner of Pool A played against the runner-up of Pool B and the winner of Pool B against the runner-up of Pool A. The two winning teams were promoted.

Groups

Group A

Team	Ties Played	Ties Won	Ties Lost	Matches Won	Matches Lost	Standing
Tunisia	3	3	0	9	0	1
Zimbabwe	3	2	1	5	4	2
Namibia	3	1	2	2	7	3
Ghana	3	0	3	2	7	4

Tunisia vs. Zimbabwe

Tunisia 3	Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 2 July 2012 Clay		Zimbabwe 0
1 2 3 1 Haythem Abid Benjamin Lock 6 3 6 3     2 Slim Hamza Mark Fynn 6 2 6 1     3 Anis Ghorbel / Slim Hamza Benjamin Lock / Tendai Tapfuma 6 3 6 2

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Ghana vs. Namibia

Ghana 1	Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 2 July 2012 Clay		Namibia 2
1 2 3 1 Enock Godi Tukhula Jacobs 0 6 3 6     2 Henry Adjei-Darko Jean Erasmus 6 1 6 1     3 Henry Adjei-Darko / Raymond Hayford Jean Erasmus / Tukhula Jacobs 4 6 1 6

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Zimbabwe vs. Ghana

Zimbabwe 2	Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 3 July 2012 Clay		Ghana 1
1 2 3 1 Benjamin Lock Raymond Hayford 6 1 6 1     2 Mark Flynn Henry Adjei-Darko 2 6 3 6     3 Benjamin Lock / Tendai Tapfuma Henry Adjei-Darko / Raymond Hayford 6 3 6 3

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Tunisia vs. Namibia

Tunisia 3	Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 3 July 2012 Clay		Namibia 0
1 2 3 1 Haythem Abid Tukhula Jacobs 6 0 6 2     2 Slim Hamza Jean Erasmus 6 2 6 4     3 Anis Ghorbel / Slim Hamza Johan de Witt / Gideon van Dyk 6 0 6 3

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Zimbabwe vs. Namibia

Zimbabwe 3	Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 4 July 2012 Clay		Namibia 0
1 2 3 1 Benjamin Lock Tukhula Jacobs 6 4 6 2     2 Mark Flynn Jean Erasmus 77 65 6 4     3 Benjamin Lock / Tendai Tapfuma Johan de Witt / Gideon van Dyk 6 3 6 1

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Tunisia vs. Ghana

Tunisia 3	Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 4 July 2012 Clay		Ghana 0
1 2 3 1 Anis Ghorbel Raymond Hayford 6 1 6 0     2 Haythem Abid Henry Adjei-Darko 6 4 6 3     3 Anis Ghorbel / Slim Hamza Enock Godi / Raymond Hayford 6 1 6 1

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Group B

Team	Ties Played	Ties Won	Ties Lost	Matches Won	Matches Lost	Standing
Benin	3	3	0	8	1	1
Ivory Coast	3	2	1	5	4	2
Kenya	3	1	2	3	6	3
Algeria	3	0	3	2	7	4

Algeria vs. Côte d'Ivoire

Algeria 1	Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 2 July 2012 Clay		Ivory Coast 2
1 2 3 1 Mohamed Hassan Valentin Sanon 0 6 0 6     2 Mohamed Amine Kerroum Terence Nugent 2 6 77 65 77 61   3 Youcef Ghezal / Mohamed Hassan Valentin Sanon / Aboubacar Sigue         w/o

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Benin vs. Kenya

Benin 3	Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 2 July 2012 Clay		Kenya 0
1 2 3 1 Tunde Segodo Ismael Mzai 6 4 6 2     2 Loic Didavi Fazal Mohamed Khan 6 2 6 1     3 Alexis Klegou / Tunde Segodo Ismael Mzai / Ibrahim Yego 6 1 6 3

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Algeria vs. Kenya

Algeria 1	Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 3 July 2012 Clay		Kenya 2
1 2 3 1 Mohamed Hassan Ismael Mzai 2 6 3 6     2 Mohamed Amine Kerroum Fazal Mohamed Khan 4 6 6 2 6 2   3 Youcef Ghezal / Mohamed Hassan Ismael Mzai / Ibrahim Yego 4 6 0 6

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Benin vs. Côte d'Ivoire

Benin 2	Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 3 July 2012 Clay		Ivory Coast 1
1 2 3 1 Loic Didavi Aboubacar Sigue 3 6 6 0 6 1   2 Alexis Klegou Valentin Sanon 66 78 6 2 1 6   3 Loic Didavi / Alexis Klegou Terence Nugent / Aboubacar Sigue 65 77 6 2 77 64

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Algeria vs. Benin

Algeria 0	Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 4 July 2012 Clay		Benin 3
1 2 3 1 Mohamed Hassan Tunde Segodo 7 5 1 6 5 7   2 Mohamed Amine Kerroum Alexis Klegou 0 6 1 6     3 Mohamed Hassan / Mohamed Amine Kerroum Loic Didavi / Théophile Segodo 2 6 2 6

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Côte d'Ivoire vs. Kenya

Ivory Coast 2	Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 4 July 2012 Clay		Kenya 1
1 2 3 1 Aboubacar Sigue Ismael Mzai 2 6 3 6     2 Terence Nugent Fazal Mohamed Khan 4 6 6 2 6 2   3 Aboubacar Sigue / Seydou Traore Ismael Mzai / Ibrahim Yego 4 6 0 6

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Play-offs

1st to 4th play-off

Tunisia vs. Côte d'Ivoire

Tunisia 2	Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 6 July 2012 Clay		Ivory Coast 0
1 2 3 1 Malek Jaziri Valentin Sanon 6 2 6 0     2 Haythem Abid Terence Nugent 6 1 6 3     3 Haythem Abid / Malek Jaziri Terence Nugent / Valentin Sanon       not played

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Benin vs. Zimbabwe

Benin 2	Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 6 July 2012 Clay		Zimbabwe 1
1 2 3 1 Loic Didavi Benjamin Lock 3 6 65 77     2 Alexis Klegou Mark Fynn 6 4 6 1     3 Loic Didavi / Alexis Klegou Benjamin Lock / Tendai Tapfuma 6 3 6 1

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5th to 6th play-off

Namibia vs. Kenya

Namibia 2	Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 6 July 2012 Clay		Kenya 1
1 2 3 1 Tukhula Jacobs Ismael Mzai 7 5 3 6 2 6   2 Jean Erasmus Fazal Mohamed Khan 77 65 6 3     3 Johan de Witt / Jean Erasmus Ismael Mzai / Ibrahim Yego 6 2 6 0

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7th to 8th play-off

Ghana vs. Algeria

Ghana 2	Cite Nationale Sportive d'El, Tunis, Tunisia 6 July 2012 Clay		Algeria 1
1 2 3 1 Raymond Hayford Mohamed Hassan 4 6 2 6     2 Henry Adjei-Darko Mohamed Amine Kerroum 6 4 6 2     3 Enock Godi / Raymond Hayford Youcef Ghezal / Mohamed Hassan 6 2 6 4

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Final standings

Rank	Team
1	Benin
1	Tunisia
3	Ivory Coast
3	Zimbabwe
5	Namibia
6	Kenya
7	Ghana
8	Algeria

•  Benin and  Tunisia were promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2013.