2017 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group III

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The Africa Zone was the unique zone within Group 3 of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2017. The zone's competition was held in round robin format in Cairo, Egypt, from 17 July to 22 July 2017. The two winning nations won promotion to Group II, Europe/Africa Zone, for 2018.

Participating nations

•  Algeria
•  Benin
•  Botswana
•  Egypt
•  Kenya
•  Libya
•  Nigeria
•  Rwanda
•  Zimbabwe

Inactive nations

•  Angola
•  Burkina Faso
•  Cameroon
•  Congo
•  Djibouti
•  Ethiopia
•  Gabon
•  Ghana
•  Ivory Coast
•  Lesotho
•  Mali
•  Mauritius
•  Mozambique
•  Namibia
•  Senegal
•  Sudan
•  Togo
•  Uganda
•  Zambia

Draw

Date: 17–22 July

Location: Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt (clay)

Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of four and five teams, respectively (Pools A and B). The winner of each pool plays off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations are promoted to Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2018.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 10 April 2017 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Zimbabwe (73)  Algeria (81)	Benin (83)  Egypt (96)	Nigeria (98)  Kenya (117)	Botswana (119)  Rwanda (126)  Libya (129)

Pool A

		EGY	ZIM	NGR	RWA	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
96	Egypt		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	18–1 (95%)	113–35 (76%)	1
73	Zimbabwe	0–3		2–1	3–0	2–1	10–9 (53%)	85–75 (53%)	2
98	Nigeria	0–3	1–2		3–0	1–2	10–10 (50%)	91–93 (49%)	3
126	Rwanda	0–3	0–3	0–3		0–3	0–18 (0%)	22–108 (17%)	4

Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-team ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-team ties, (a) percentage of sets won (head-to-head records if two teams remain tied), then (b) percentage of games won (head-to-head records if two teams remain tied), then (c) Davis Cup rankings.

Pool B

		KEN	BEN	ALG	LBA	BOT	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
117	Kenya		2–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	4–0	20–7 (74%)	148–89 (62%)	1
83	Benin	1–2		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–1	19–8 (70%)	138–95 (59%)	2
81	Algeria	1–2	1–2		3–0	3–0	2–2	17–9 (65%)	134–86 (61%)	3
129	Libya	1–2	0–3	0–3		2–1	1–3	7–20 (26%)	83–151 (35%)	4
119	Botswana	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–2		0–4	4–23 (15%)	67–149 (31%)	5

Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-team ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-team ties, (a) percentage of sets won (head-to-head records if two teams remain tied), then (b) percentage of games won (head-to-head records if two teams remain tied), then (c) Davis Cup rankings.

Playoffs

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Egypt	2–0	Benin
Promotional	Zimbabwe	2–0	Kenya
5th–6th	Nigeria	2–0	Algeria
7th–8th	Rwanda	2–1	Libya
9th	—		Botswana

•  Egypt and  Zimbabwe promoted to Group II in 2018.

Round robin

Pool A

Zimbabwe vs. Rwanda

Zimbabwe 3	Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[1] 17 July 2017 Clay		Rwanda 0
1 2 3 1 Tadiwa Chinamo Hamissi Gatete 6 0 6 0     2 Benjamin Lock Olivier Havugimana 6 1 6 1     3 Benjamin Lock / Courtney John Lock Olivier Havugimana / Fabrice Tuyishime 6 2 6 1

Egypt vs. Nigeria

Egypt 3	Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[2] 17 July 2017 Clay		Nigeria 0
1 2 3 1 Youssef Hossam Joseph Imeh Ubon 6 3 6 1     2 Karim-Mohamed Maamoun Sylvester Emmanuel 6 0 6 3     3 Youssef Hossam / Sherif Sabry Abdul-Mumin Babalola / Clifford Enosoregbe 6 4 5 7 6 3

Zimbabwe vs. Nigeria

Zimbabwe 2	Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[3] 19 July 2017 Clay		Nigeria 1
1 2 3 1 Benjamin Lock Joseph Imeh Ubon 6 4 6 2     2 Takanyi Garanganga Sylvester Emmanuel 3 6 5 7     3 Benjamin Lock / Courtney John Lock Abdul-Mumin Babalola / Sylvester Emmanuel 77 64 4 6 6 3

Egypt vs. Rwanda

Egypt 3	Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[4] 19 July 2017 Clay		Rwanda 0
1 2 3 1 Karim-Mohamed Maamoun Etienne Niyigena 6 0 6 0     2 Mohamed Safwat Olivier Havugimana 6 0 6 1     3 Youssef Hossam / Sherif Sabry Hamissi Gatete / Fabrice Tuyishime 6 1 6 0

Zimbabwe vs. Egypt

Zimbabwe 0	Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[5] 21 July 2017 Clay		Egypt 3
1 2 3 1 Tadiwa Chinamo Karim-Mohamed Maamoun 0 6 1 6     2 Benjamin Lock Mohamed Safwat 2 6 2 6     3 Benjamin Lock / Courtney John Lock Youssef Hossam / Sherif Sabry 4 6 3 6

Nigeria vs. Rwanda

Nigeria 3	Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[6] 21 July 2017 Clay		Rwanda 0
1 2 3 1 Abdul-Mumin Babalola Etienne Niyigena 6 3 6 4     2 Clifford Enosoregbe Olivier Havugimana 6 2 6 2     3 Sylvester Emmanuel / Joseph Imeh Ubon Etienne Niyigena / Fabrice Tuyishime 6 1 6 3

Pool B

Benin vs. Libya

Benin 3	Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[7] 17 July 2017 Clay		Libya 0
1 2 3 1 Magloire Yakpa Mohammed Ghshuot 77 61 6 4     2 Alexis Klégou Ahmed Mouhan 6 0 6 1     3 Félix Hounkpèvi / Delmas N'tcha Mohammed Ghshuot / Ahmed Mouhan 6 2 6 0

Kenya vs. Botswana

Kenya 3	Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[8] 17 July 2017 Clay		Botswana 0
1 2 3 1 Sheil Kotecha Lefa Ashley Sibanda 6 2 6 2     2 Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai Innocent Tidimane 6 0 6 0     3 Ibrahim Kibet / Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai Aobakwe Lekang / Bayani Moilwa 6 1 6 1

Algeria vs. Kenya

Algeria 1	Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[9] 18 July 2017 Clay		Kenya 2
1 2 3 1 Nazim Makhlouf Sheil Kotecha 4 6 711 69 6 1   2 Mohamed Hassan Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai 0 6 3 6     3 Mazim Makhlouf / Hichem Yasri Ibrahim Kibet / Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai 4 6 5 7

Botswana vs. Libya

Botswana 1	Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[10] 18 July 2017 Clay		Libya 2
1 2 3 1 Lefa Ashley Sibanda Mohammed Ghshuot 2 6 6 1 6 2   2 Innocent Tidimane Ahmed Mouhan 62 77 6 3 4 6   3 Aobakwe Lekang / Lefa Ashley Sibanda Mohammed Ghshuot / Ahmed Mouhan 62 77 3 6

Algeria vs. Botswana

Algeria 3	Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[11] 19 July 2017 Clay		Botswana 0
1 2 3 1 Nazim Makhlouf Aobakwe Lekang 6 0 6 0     2 Mohamed Hassan Lefa Ashley Sibanda 6 4 6 2     3 Nazim Makhlouf / Hichem Yasri Bayani Moilwa / Lefa Ashley Sibanda 6 1 6 1

Benin vs. Kenya

Benin 1	Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[12] 19 July 2017 Clay		Kenya 2
1 2 3 1 Félix Hounkpèvi Sheil Kotecha 3 6 1 6     2 Alexis Klégou Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai 6 3 6 2     3 Alexis Klégou / Delmas N'tcha Ibrahim Kibet / Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai 3 6 7 5 63 77

Algeria vs. Libya

Algeria 3	Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[13] 20 July 2017 Clay		Libya 0
1 2 3 1 Youcef Ghezal Mohammed Ghshuot 6 0 6 0     2 Mohamed Hassan Ahmed Mouhan 6 2 6 3     3 Youcef Ghezal / Hichem Yasri Mohammed Ghshuot / Ahmed Mouhan 6 2 6 3

Benin vs. Botswana

Benin 3	Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[14] 20 July 2017 Clay		Botswana 0
1 2 3 1 Félix Hounkpèvi Aobakwe Lekang 3 6 6 3 6 2   2 Alexis Klégou Lefa Ashley Sibanda 6 2 6 0     3 Félix Hounkpèvi / Delmas N'tcha Aobakwe Lekang / Bayani Moilwa 6 1 6 0

Algeria vs. Benin

Algeria 1	Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[15] 21 July 2017 Clay		Benin 2
1 2 3 1 Youcef Ghezal Magloire Yakpa 6 2 6 0     2 Nazim Makhlouf Alexis Klégou 1 6 6 2 4 6   3 Mohamed Hassan / Hichem Yasri Alexis Klégou / Magloire Yakpa 5 7 5 7

Kenya vs. Libya

Kenya 2	Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[16] 21 July 2017 Clay		Libya 1
1 2 3 1 Sheil Kotecha Mohammed Ghshuot 6 1 6 2     2 Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai Ahmed Mouhan 6 2 6 0     3 Ibrahim Kibet / Olivier Kigotho Mohammed Ghshuot / Ahmed Mouhan 4 6 7 5 4 6

Playoffs

Promotional playoffs

Egypt vs. Benin

Egypt 2	Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[17] 22 July 2017 Clay		Benin 0
1 2 3 1 Karim-Mohamed Maamoun Félix Hounkpèvi 6 0 6 1     2 Mohamed Safwat Alexis Klégou 6 2 6 4     3 Youssef Hossam / Mohamed Safwat Delmas N'tcha / Magloire Yakpa       not played

Zimbabwe vs. Kenya

Zimbabwe 2	Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[18] 22 July 2017 Clay		Kenya 0
1 2 3 1 Benjamin Lock Sheil Kotecha 6 1 6 1     2 Takanyi Garanganga Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai 6 4 3 6 7 5   3 Benjamin Lock / Courtney John Lock Ibrahim Kibet / Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai       not played

Fifth place playoff

Nigeria vs. Algeria

Nigeria 2	Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[19] 22 July 2017 Clay		Algeria 0
1 2 3 1 Joseph Imeh Ubon Hichem Yasri 6 3 6 3     2 Sylvester Emmanuel Youcef Ghezal 6 3 6 4     3 Abdul-Mumin Babalola / Clifford Enosoregbe Youcef Ghezal / Hichem Yasri       not played

Seventh place playoff

Rwanda vs. Libya

Rwanda 2	Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[20] 22 July 2017 Clay		Libya 1
1 2 3 1 Etienne Niyigena Mohammed Ghshuot 4 6 6 2 66 78   2 Olivier Havugimana Ahmed Mouhan 6 2 6 3     3 Hamissi Gatete / Etienne Niyigena Mohammed Ghshuot / Ahmed Mouhan 78 66 6 2