1999 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Zone A

The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1999.

In the Europe/Africa Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. The top two teams in Group III advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2000, whereas the bottom two teams were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 2000.

Participating nations[]

Draw[]

• Venue: Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt
• Date: 24–28 February

Group A

		LUX	TUN	GHA	ALG	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
	Luxembourg		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	9–0 (100%)	18–4 (82%)	1
	Tunisia	0–3		2–1	2–1	2–1	4–5 (44%)	11–11 (50%)	2
	Ghana	0–3	1–2		2–1	1–2	3–6 (33%)	10–12 (45%)	3
	Algeria	0–3	1–2	1–2		0–3	2–7 (22%)	4–16 (20%)	4

Group B

		EGY	BIH	BEN	NGR	RR W–L	Match W–L	Set W–L	Standings
	Egypt		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	9–0 (100%)	18–1 (95%)	1
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–3		3–0	2–1	2–1	5–4 (56%)	12–9 (57%)	2
	Benin	0–3	0–3		2–1	1–2	2–7 (22%)	4–15 (21%)	3
	Nigeria	0–3	1–2	1–2		0–3	2–7 (22%)	6–15 (29%)	4

1st to 4th place play-offs

3rd-4th Play-Off

Semifinals

Final

A1

Luxembourg

2

B2

Bosnia and Herzegovina

0

A1

Bosnia and Herzegovina

2

A1

Luxembourg

0

A2

Tunisia

0

B1

Egypt

3

A2

Tunisia

0

B1

Egypt

3

5th to 8th place play-offs

7th-8th Play-Off

5th-8th Play-Offs

5th-6th Play-Off

A3

Ghana

1

B4

Nigeria

2

A3

Ghana

1

B4

Nigeria

2

A4

Algeria

2

B3

Benin

1

A4

Algeria

1

B3

Benin

2

Final standings[]

Rank	Team
1	Egypt
2	Luxembourg
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina
4	Tunisia
5	Nigeria
6	Benin
7	Algeria
8	Ghana

•  Egypt and  Luxembourg promoted to Group II in 2000.
•  Algeria and  Ghana relegated to Group IV in 2000.

Round robin[]

Group A[]

Algeria vs. Tunisia[]

Algeria 1	Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt[1] 24 February 1999		Tunisia 2
1 2 3 1 1 6 1 6     2 Abdelhak Hameurlaine Walid Jallali 7 5 2 6 6 4   3  / Abdelhak Hameurlaine Walid Jallali /  1 6 0 6

Ghana vs. Luxembourg[]

Ghana 0	Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt[2] 24 February 1999		Luxembourg 3
1 2 3 1 2 6 6 4 2 6   2 Franklyn Ofori 6 4 2 6 1 6   3  /   / Mike Scheidweiler 60 77 2 6

Algeria vs. Luxembourg[]

Algeria 0	Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt[3] 25 February 1999		Luxembourg 3
1 2 3 1 1 6 0 6     2 Abdelhak Hameurlaine 3 6 4 6     3  /   / Mike Scheidweiler 2 6 63 77

Ghana vs. Tunisia[]

Ghana 1	Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt[4] 25 February 1999		Tunisia 2
1 2 3 1 6 3 3 6 2 6   2 Franklyn Ofori Walid Jallali 65 77 5 7     3  / Franklyn Ofori Walid Jallali /  6 2 6 2

Algeria vs. Ghana[]

Algeria 1	Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt[5] 26 February 1999		Ghana 2
1 2 3 1 3 6 6 4 7 5   2 Abdelhak Hameurlaine Franklyn Ofori 3 6 66 78     3  / Abdelhak Hameurlaine  / Franklyn Ofori 1 6 1 6

Luxembourg vs. Tunisia[]

Luxembourg 3	Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt[6] 26 February 1999		Tunisia 0
1 2 3 1 4 6 6 3 6 1   2 Walid Jallali 6 4 6 3     3  / Mike Scheidweiler Walid Jallali /  3 6 77 62 6 2

Group B[]

Egypt vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina[]

Egypt 3	Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt[7] 24 February 1999		Bosnia and Herzegovina 0
1 2 3 1 Karim Maamoun 2 6 6 1 6 3   2 Amr Ghoneim 7 5 6 2     3 Amr Ghoneim / Karim Maamoun  /  6 3 6 2

Benin vs. Nigeria[]

Benin 2	Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt[8] 24 February 1999		Nigeria 1
1 2 3 1 6 2 3 6 7 5   2 Christophe Pognon 6 2 6 2     3  /   /  3 6 4 6

Egypt vs. Benin[]

Egypt 3	Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt[9] 25 February 1999		Benin 0
1 2 3 1 Hisham Hemeda 6 0 6 1     2 Amr Ghoneim Christophe Pognon 6 3 6 1     3  / Karim Maamoun  /  6 2 6 3

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Nigeria[]

Bosnia and Herzegovina 2	Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt[10] 25 February 1999		Nigeria 1
1 2 3 1 4 6 6 0 6 2   2 6 4 6 3     3  /   /  3 6 6 2 2 6

Egypt vs. Nigeria[]

Egypt 3	Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt[11] 26 February 1999		Nigeria 0
1 2 3 1 Hisham Hemeda 6 3 6 1     2 Karim Maamoun 6 2 6 2     3  / Amr Ghoneim  /  6 4 78 66

Benin vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina[]

Benin 0	Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt[12] 26 February 1999		Bosnia and Herzegovina 3
1 2 3 1 0 6 1 6     2 Christophe Pognon 4 6 1 6     3  /   /  3 6 4 6

1st to 4th place play-offs[]

Semifinals[]

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Luxembourg[]

Bosnia and Herzegovina 0	Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt[13] 27 February 1999		Luxembourg 2
1 2 3 1 62 77 4 6     2 5 7 4 6     3           not played

Egypt vs. Tunisia[]

Egypt 3	Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt[14] 27 February 1999		Tunisia 0
1 2 3 1 Hisham Hemeda 6 1 6 0     2 Amr Ghoneim Walid Jallali 6 2 1 6 7 5   3 Amr Ghoneim / Karim Maamoun  /  6 2 6 0

Final[]

Egypt vs. Luxembourg[]

Egypt 3	Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt[15] 28 February 1999		Luxembourg 0
1 2 3 1 Karim Maamoun 7 5 6 4     2 Amr Ghoneim 6 4 6 3     3 Amr Ghoneim / Karim Maamoun  / Mike Scheidweiler 6 4 6 4

3rd to 4th play-off[]

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Tunisia[]

Bosnia and Herzegovina 2	Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt[16] 28 February 1999		Tunisia 0
1 2 3 1 5 7 6 0 6 1   2 Walid Jallali 5 7 6 2 6 1   3           not played

5th to 8th place play-offs[]

5th to 8th play-offs[]

Ghana vs. Nigeria[]

Ghana 1	Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt[17] 27 February 1999		Nigeria 2
1 2 3 1 1 6 2 6     2 Franklyn Ofori 3 6 7 5 6 3   3  / Franklyn Ofori  /  3 6 4 6

Algeria vs. Benin[]

Algeria 1	Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt[18] 27 February 1999		Benin 2
1 2 3 1 0 6 0 6     2 Abdelhak Hameurlaine Christophe Pognon 67 79 6 0 6 1   3  / Abdelhak Hameurlaine  /  3 6 4 6

5th to 6th play-off[]

Benin vs. Nigeria[]

Benin 1	Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt[19] 28 February 1999		Nigeria 2
1 2 3 1 2 6 4 6     2 Christophe Pognon 6 1 3 6 6 1   3  / Christophe Pognon  /  2 6 63 77

7th to 8th play-off[]

Algeria vs. Ghana[]

Algeria 2	Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt[20] 28 February 1999		Ghana 1
1 2 3 1 2 6 66 78     2 Abdelhak Hameurlaine 6 4 6 3     3  / Abdelhak Hameurlaine  /  6 4 6 3

References[]

External links[]

• Davis Cup official website