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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

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Inactive nations

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Draw

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

Pool A

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  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

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  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

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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

Round robin

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Pool A

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Zimbabwe vs. Rwanda

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Zimbabwe
3
Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[1]
17 July 2017
Clay

Rwanda
0
1 2 3
1 Zimbabwe
Rwanda
Tadiwa Chinamo
Hamissi Gatete
6
0
6
0
   
2 Zimbabwe
Rwanda
Benjamin Lock
Olivier Havugimana
6
1
6
1
   
3 Zimbabwe
Rwanda
Benjamin Lock / Courtney John Lock
Olivier Havugimana / Fabrice Tuyishime
6
2
6
1
   

Egypt vs. Nigeria

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Egypt
3
Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[2]
17 July 2017
Clay

Nigeria
0
1 2 3
1 Egypt
Nigeria
Youssef Hossam
Joseph Imeh Ubon
6
3
6
1
   
2 Egypt
Nigeria
Karim-Mohamed Maamoun
Sylvester Emmanuel
6
0
6
3
   
3 Egypt
Nigeria
Youssef Hossam / Sherif Sabry
Abdul-Mumin Babalola / Clifford Enosoregbe
6
4
5
7
6
3
 

Zimbabwe vs. Nigeria

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Zimbabwe
2
Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[3]
19 July 2017
Clay

Nigeria
1
1 2 3
1 Zimbabwe
Nigeria
Benjamin Lock
Joseph Imeh Ubon
6
4
6
2
   
2 Zimbabwe
Nigeria
Takanyi Garanganga
Sylvester Emmanuel
3
6
5
7
   
3 Zimbabwe
Nigeria
Benjamin Lock / Courtney John Lock
Abdul-Mumin Babalola / Sylvester Emmanuel
77
64
4
6
6
3
 

Egypt vs. Rwanda

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Egypt
3
Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[4]
19 July 2017
Clay

Rwanda
0
1 2 3
1 Egypt
Rwanda
Karim-Mohamed Maamoun
Etienne Niyigena
6
0
6
0
   
2 Egypt
Rwanda
Mohamed Safwat
Olivier Havugimana
6
0
6
1
   
3 Egypt
Rwanda
Youssef Hossam / Sherif Sabry
Hamissi Gatete / Fabrice Tuyishime
6
1
6
0
   

Zimbabwe vs. Egypt

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Zimbabwe
0
Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[5]
21 July 2017
Clay

Egypt
3
1 2 3
1 Zimbabwe
Egypt
Tadiwa Chinamo
Karim-Mohamed Maamoun
0
6
1
6
   
2 Zimbabwe
Egypt
Benjamin Lock
Mohamed Safwat
2
6
2
6
   
3 Zimbabwe
Egypt
Benjamin Lock / Courtney John Lock
Youssef Hossam / Sherif Sabry
4
6
3
6
   

Nigeria vs. Rwanda

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Nigeria
3
Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[6]
21 July 2017
Clay

Rwanda
0
1 2 3
1 Nigeria
Rwanda
Abdul-Mumin Babalola
Etienne Niyigena
6
3
6
4
   
2 Nigeria
Rwanda
Clifford Enosoregbe
Olivier Havugimana
6
2
6
2
   
3 Nigeria
Rwanda
Sylvester Emmanuel / Joseph Imeh Ubon
Etienne Niyigena / Fabrice Tuyishime
6
1
6
3
   

Pool B

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Benin vs. Libya

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Benin
3
Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[7]
17 July 2017
Clay

Libya
0
1 2 3
1 Benin
Libya
Magloire Yakpa
Mohammed Ghshuot
77
61
6
4
   
2 Benin
Libya
Alexis Klégou
Ahmed Mouhan
6
0
6
1
   
3 Benin
Libya
Félix Hounkpèvi / Delmas N'tcha
Mohammed Ghshuot / Ahmed Mouhan
6
2
6
0
   

Kenya vs. Botswana

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Kenya
3
Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[8]
17 July 2017
Clay

Botswana
0
1 2 3
1 Kenya
Botswana
Sheil Kotecha
Lefa Ashley Sibanda
6
2
6
2
   
2 Kenya
Botswana
Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai
Innocent Tidimane
6
0
6
0
   
3 Kenya
Botswana
Ibrahim Kibet / Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai
Aobakwe Lekang / Bayani Moilwa
6
1
6
1
   

Algeria vs. Kenya

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Algeria
1
Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[9]
18 July 2017
Clay

Kenya
2
1 2 3
1 Algeria
Kenya
Nazim Makhlouf
Sheil Kotecha
4
6
711
69
6
1
 
2 Algeria
Kenya
Mohamed Hassan
Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai
0
6
3
6
   
3 Algeria
Kenya
Mazim Makhlouf / Hichem Yasri
Ibrahim Kibet / Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai
4
6
5
7
   

Botswana vs. Libya

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Botswana
1
Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[10]
18 July 2017
Clay

Libya
2
1 2 3
1 Botswana
Libya
Lefa Ashley Sibanda
Mohammed Ghshuot
2
6
6
1
6
2
 
2 Botswana
Libya
Innocent Tidimane
Ahmed Mouhan
62
77
6
3
4
6
 
3 Botswana
Libya
Aobakwe Lekang / Lefa Ashley Sibanda
Mohammed Ghshuot / Ahmed Mouhan
62
77
3
6
   

Algeria vs. Botswana

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Algeria
3
Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[11]
19 July 2017
Clay

Botswana
0
1 2 3
1 Algeria
Botswana
Nazim Makhlouf
Aobakwe Lekang
6
0
6
0
   
2 Algeria
Botswana
Mohamed Hassan
Lefa Ashley Sibanda
6
4
6
2
   
3 Algeria
Botswana
Nazim Makhlouf / Hichem Yasri
Bayani Moilwa / Lefa Ashley Sibanda
6
1
6
1
   

Benin vs. Kenya

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Benin
1
Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[12]
19 July 2017
Clay

Kenya
2
1 2 3
1 Benin
Kenya
Félix Hounkpèvi
Sheil Kotecha
3
6
1
6
   
2 Benin
Kenya
Alexis Klégou
Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai
6
3
6
2
   
3 Benin
Kenya
Alexis Klégou / Delmas N'tcha
Ibrahim Kibet / Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai
3
6
7
5
63
77
 

Algeria vs. Libya

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Algeria
3
Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[13]
20 July 2017
Clay

Libya
0
1 2 3
1 Algeria
Libya
Youcef Ghezal
Mohammed Ghshuot
6
0
6
0
   
2 Algeria
Libya
Mohamed Hassan
Ahmed Mouhan
6
2
6
3
   
3 Algeria
Libya
Youcef Ghezal / Hichem Yasri
Mohammed Ghshuot / Ahmed Mouhan
6
2
6
3
   

Benin vs. Botswana

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Benin
3
Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[14]
20 July 2017
Clay

Botswana
0
1 2 3
1 Benin
Botswana
Félix Hounkpèvi
Aobakwe Lekang
3
6
6
3
6
2
 
2 Benin
Botswana
Alexis Klégou
Lefa Ashley Sibanda
6
2
6
0
   
3 Benin
Botswana
Félix Hounkpèvi / Delmas N'tcha
Aobakwe Lekang / Bayani Moilwa
6
1
6
0
   

Algeria vs. Benin

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Algeria
1
Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[15]
21 July 2017
Clay

Benin
2
1 2 3
1 Algeria
Benin
Youcef Ghezal
Magloire Yakpa
6
2
6
0
   
2 Algeria
Benin
Nazim Makhlouf
Alexis Klégou
1
6
6
2
4
6
 
3 Algeria
Benin
Mohamed Hassan / Hichem Yasri
Alexis Klégou / Magloire Yakpa
5
7
5
7
   

Kenya vs. Libya

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Kenya
2
Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[16]
21 July 2017
Clay

Libya
1
1 2 3
1 Kenya
Libya
Sheil Kotecha
Mohammed Ghshuot
6
1
6
2
   
2 Kenya
Libya
Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai
Ahmed Mouhan
6
2
6
0
   
3 Kenya
Libya
Ibrahim Kibet / Olivier Kigotho
Mohammed Ghshuot / Ahmed Mouhan
4
6
7
5
4
6
 

Playoffs

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Promotional playoffs

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Egypt vs. Benin

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Egypt
2
Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[17]
22 July 2017
Clay

Benin
0
1 2 3
1 Egypt
Benin
Karim-Mohamed Maamoun
Félix Hounkpèvi
6
0
6
1
   
2 Egypt
Benin
Mohamed Safwat
Alexis Klégou
6
2
6
4
   
3 Egypt
Benin
Youssef Hossam / Mohamed Safwat
Delmas N'tcha / Magloire Yakpa
      not
played

Zimbabwe vs. Kenya

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Zimbabwe
2
Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[18]
22 July 2017
Clay

Kenya
0
1 2 3
1 Zimbabwe
Kenya
Benjamin Lock
Sheil Kotecha
6
1
6
1
   
2 Zimbabwe
Kenya
Takanyi Garanganga
Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai
6
4
3
6
7
5
 
3 Zimbabwe
Kenya
Benjamin Lock / Courtney John Lock
Ibrahim Kibet / Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai
      not
played

Fifth place playoff

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Nigeria vs. Algeria

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Nigeria
2
Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[19]
22 July 2017
Clay

Algeria
0
1 2 3
1 Nigeria
Algeria
Joseph Imeh Ubon
Hichem Yasri
6
3
6
3
   
2 Nigeria
Algeria
Sylvester Emmanuel
Youcef Ghezal
6
3
6
4
   
3 Nigeria
Algeria
Abdul-Mumin Babalola / Clifford Enosoregbe
Youcef Ghezal / Hichem Yasri
      not
played

Seventh place playoff

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Rwanda vs. Libya

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Rwanda
2
Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[20]
22 July 2017
Clay

Libya
1
1 2 3
1 Rwanda
Libya
Etienne Niyigena
Mohammed Ghshuot
4
6
6
2
66
78
 
2 Rwanda
Libya
Olivier Havugimana
Ahmed Mouhan
6
2
6
3
   
3 Rwanda
Libya
Hamissi Gatete / Etienne Niyigena
Mohammed Ghshuot / Ahmed Mouhan
78
66
6
2
   

References

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  1. ^ "Zimbabwe v Rwanda". daviscup.com.
  2. ^ "Egypt v Nigeria". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Zimbabwe v Nigeria". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Egypt v Rwanda". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Zimbabwe v Egypt". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Nigeria v Rwanda". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Benin v Libya". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Kenya v Botswana". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Algeria v Kenya". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Botswana v Libya". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Algeria v Botswana". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Benin v Kenya". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Algeria v Libya". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Benin v Botswana". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "Algeria v Benin". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Kenya v Libya". daviscup.com.
  17. ^ "Egypt v Benin". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ "Zimbabwe v Kenya". daviscup.com.
  19. ^ "Nigeria v Algeria". daviscup.com.
  20. ^ "Rwanda v Libya". daviscup.com.
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