2014 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group III

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The Africa Zone was one of the four zones within Group 3 of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2014. The zone's competition was held in round robin format in Cairo, Egypt, in September 2014. The nine competing nations were divided into one pool of four teams and one of five. The winners and runners up from each pool played off to determine the two nations to be promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2015, while the third and fourth placed nations played to off to determine overall placings within the group.

Participating nations

• Algeria
• Benin
• Botswana
• Congo
• Madagascar
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Nigeria
• Zimbabwe

Draw

The eight teams were divided into one pool of four teams, and one of five. The winner of each pool plays off against the runner-up of the other pool, and the two winners of these play-offs are promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2015. The third and fourth placed teams in each pool play off against the equivalent team from the other pool to determine overall rankings within the group. The fifth placed team in pool B does not enter the play-offs.

The group was staged from 8 to 13 September 2014 at the Smash Tennis Academy in Cairo, Egypt.

Pool A

	Zimbabwe	Madagascar	Nigeria	Congo	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
Zimbabwe		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	8–1	17–3	118–58	1
Madagascar	1–2		3–0	3–0	2–1	7–2	13–5	99–53	2
Nigeria	0–3	0–3		3–0	1–2	3–6	6–10	61–61	3
Congo	0–3	0–3	0–3		0–3	0–9	0–18	2–108	4

Pool B

	Algeria	Namibia	Benin	Mozambique	Botswana	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
Algeria		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	4–0	12–0	24–3	157–81	1
Namibia	0–3		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–1	8–4	17–10	133–104	2
Benin	0–3	1–2		2–1	3–0	2–2	6–6	16–13	137–118	3
Mozambique	0–3	0–3	1–2		2–1	1–3	3–9	7–20	95–142	4
Botswana	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–2		0–4	1–11	4–22	73–150	5

First round

Pool A

Zimbabwe vs. Congo

Zimbabwe 3	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 8 September 2014 Red Clay, Outdoor		Congo 0
1 2 3 1 Tinotenda Chanakira Pagnol Madzou 6 0 6 0         2 Benjamin Lock Armel Mokobo 6 1 6 0         3 Tinotenda Chanakira / Mark Fynn Pagnol Madzou / Armel Mokobo 6 0 6 0

Madagascar vs. Congo

Madagascar 3	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 9 September 2014 Red Clay, Outdoor		Congo 0
1 2 3 1 Tony Rajaobelina Pagnol Madzou 6 0 6 0         2 Antso Rakotondramanga Armel Mokobo 6 0 6 0         3 Tony Rajaobelina / Lofo Ramiaramanana Pagnol Madzou / Armel Mokobo 6 0 6 0

Zimbabwe vs. Nigeria

Zimbabwe 3	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 10 September 2014 Red Clay, Outdoor		Nigeria 0
1 2 3 1 Benjamin Lock Sylvester Emmanuel 6 3 6 3         2 Takanyi Garanganga Clifford Enosoregbe 6 4 6 2         3 Mark Fynn / Benjamin Lock Henry Atseye / Clifford Enosoregbe 6 4 6 2

Nigeria vs. Congo

Nigeria 3	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 11 September 2014 Red Clay, Outdoor		Congo 0
1 2 3 1 Sylvester Emmanuel Pagnol Madzou 6 0 6 0         2 Clifford Enosoregbe Armel Mokobo 6 0 6 0         3 Henry Atseye / Sylvester Emmanuel Pagnol Madzou / Armel Mokobo 6 0 6 1

Zimbabwe vs. Madagascar

Zimbabwe 2	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 11 September 2014 Red Clay, Outdoor		Madagascar 1
1 2 3 1 Benjamin Lock Lofo Ramiaramanana 4 6 6 4 66 78       2 Takanyi Garanganga Antso Rakotondramanga 6 1 6 4         3 Mark Fynn / Takanyi Garanganga Tony Rajaobelina / Lofo Ramiaramanana 6 4 5 7 77 60

Madagascar vs. Nigeria

Madagascar 3	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 12 September 2014 Red Clay, Outdoor		Nigeria 0
1 2 3 1 Tony Rajaobelina Sylvester Emmanuel 6 2 6 0         2 Antso Rakotondramanga Clifford Enosoregbe 6 3 6 2         3 Tony Rajaobelina / Lofo Ramiaramanana Henry Atseye / Sylvester Emmanuel           w/o

Pool B

Algeria vs. Botswana

Algeria 3	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 8 September 2014 Red Clay, Outdoor		Botswana 0
1 2 3 1 Nazim Makhlouf Shingirai Muzondiwa 6 3 6 2         2 Mohamed Hassan Phenyo Matong 6 2 6 3         3 Mohamed Amine Kerroum / Hichem Yasri Lame Botshoma / Thabiso Mabaka 6 1 7 5

Benin vs. Mozambique

Benin 2	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 8 September 2014 Red Clay, Outdoor		Mozambique 1
1 2 3 1 Magloire Yakpa Franco Mata 5 7 6 4 2 6       2 Félix Hounkpèvi Ataide Mussagy Suca 6 1 1 6 7 5       3 Félix Hounkpèvi / Theophile Segodo Feliciano dos Santos Guilande / Franco Mata 6 1 6 4

Namibia vs. Botswana

Namibia 3	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 9 September 2014 Red Clay, Outdoor		Botswana 0
1 2 3 1 Jacobus Serdyn Shingirai Muzondiwa 6 2 6 3         2 Tukhula Jacobs Phenyo Matong 5 7 6 2 6 0       3 Ben Piet O'Callaghan / Jacobus Serdyn Lame Botshoma / Thabiso Mabaka 6 2 6 1

Algeria vs. Mozambique

Algeria 3	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 9 September 2014 Red Clay, Outdoor		Mozambique 0
1 2 3 1 Nazim Makhlouf Franco Mata 6 3 711 69         2 Mohamed Hassan Ataide Mussagy Suca 6 1 6 3         3 Mohamed Amine Kerroum / Hichem Yasri Feliciano dos Santos Guilande / Jossefa Simao Elias 6 1 6 1

Benin vs. Namibia

Benin 1	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 10 September 2014 Red Clay, Outdoor		Namibia 2
1 2 3 1 Jean Segodo Jacobus Serdyn 6 4 62 77 4 6       2 Félix Hounkpèvi Tukhula Jacobs 69 711 1 6         3 Theophile Segodo / Magloire Yakpa Herman Kuschke / Ben Piet O'Callaghan 6 2 6 1

Botswana vs. Mozambique

Botswana 1	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 10 September 2014 Red Clay, Outdoor		Mozambique 2
1 2 3 1 Lame Botshoma Jossefa Simao Elias 4 6 6 3 1 6       2 Shingirai Muzondiwa Franco Mata 7 5 6 4         3 Lame Botshoma / Thabiso Mabaka Franco Mata / Ataide Mussagy Suca 2 6 4 6

Benin vs. Algeria

Benin 0	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 11 September 2014 Red Clay, Outdoor		Algeria 3
1 2 3 1 Jean Segodo Nazim Makhlouf 2 6 0 6         2 Félix Hounkpèvi Mohamed Hassan 6 4 2 6 2 6       3 Theophile Segodo / Magloire Yakpa Mohamed Amine Kerroum / Hichem Yasri 4 6 6 0 5 7

Namibia vs. Mozambique

Namibia 3	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 11 September 2014 Red Clay, Outdoor		Mozambique 0
1 2 3 1 Jacobus Serdyn Feliciano dos Santos Guilande 6 3 6 2         2 Tukhula Jacobs Ataide Mussagy Suca 6 0 6 2         3 Ben Piet O'Callaghan / Jacobus Serdyn Jossefa Simao Elias / Ataide Mussagy Suca 6 0 6 3

Benin vs. Botswana

Benin 3	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 12 September 2014 Red Clay, Outdoor		Botswana 0
1 2 3 1 Magloire Yakpa Shingirai Muzondiwa 6 2 6 1         2 Theophile Segodo Phenyo Matong 6 1 6 1         3 Félix Hounkpèvi / Theophile Segodo Thabiso Mabaka / Phenyo Matong 6 1 6 1

Algeria vs. Namibia

Algeria 3	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 12 September 2014 Red Clay, Outdoor		Namibia 0
1 2 3 1 Nazim Makhlouf Jacobus Serdyn 6 4 6 2         2 Mohamed Hassan Tukhula Jacobs 6 2 6 4         3 Mohamed Amine Kerroum / Hichem Yasri Herman Kuschke / Jacobus Serdyn 6 0 66 78 6 4

Play-offs

Promotion

Zimbabwe vs. Namibia

Zimbabwe 2	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 13 September 2014 Red Clay, Outdoor		Namibia 0
1 2 3 1 Benjamin Lock Jacobus Serdyn 6 0 6 1         2 Takanyi Garanganga Tukhula Jacobs 6 2 6 2         3 Mark Fynn / Benjamin Lock Tukhula Jacobs / Jacobus Serdyn           not played

Madagascar vs. Algeria

Madagascar 2	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 13 September 2014 Red Clay, Outdoor		Algeria 0
1 2 3 1 Tony Rajaobelina Nazim Makhlouf 6 0 6 2         2 Antso Rakotondramanga Mohamed Hassan 6 2 6 1         3 Tony Rajaobelina / Lofo Ramiaramanana Mohamed Amine Kerroum / Hichem Yasri           not played

5th place play-off: Nigeria vs. Benin

Nigeria 1	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 13 September 2014 Red Clay, Outdoor		Benin 2
1 2 3 1 Henry Atseye Magloire Yakpa 2 3         retired   2 Clifford Enosoregbe Theophile Segodo 6 0 6 4         3 Henry Atseye / Clifford Enosoregbe Félix Hounkpèvi / Theophile Segodo             w/o

7th place play-off: Congo vs. Mozambique

Congo 0	Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt 13 September 2014 Red Clay, Outdoor		Mozambique 2
1 2 3 1 Pagnol Madzou Franco Mata 0 6 0 6         2 Armel Mokobo Ataide Mussagy Suca 0 6 2 6         3   /     /             not played

Outcomes

• Madagascar and Zimbabwe are promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2015
• Algeria, Benin, Botswana, Congo, Mozambique, Namibia and Nigeria remain in Africa Zone Group III in 2015