2016 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 2016. The zone's competition was held in round robin format in Antananarivo, Madagascar, in July 2016. Two nations won promotion to Group II, Europe/Africa Zone, for 2017.

Participating nations[]

Inactive nations[]

Draw[]

Date: 11–16 July 2016

Location: Antananarivo University, Antananarivo, Madagascar (clay)

Format: Round-robin basis. Four pools of five teams (Pools A and B). The winners of each pool play-off against the runners-up of the other pool to determine which two nations are promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2017.

Seeding: The seeding was based on the Davis Cup Rankings of 7 March 2016 (shown in parentheses below).

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
Morocco (68)  Algeria (80)	Benin (83)  Namibia (84)	Madagascar (101)  Mozambique (105)	Nigeria (113)  Botswana (119)	Cameroon (122)  Kenya (127)

Group A

	Morocco	Namibia	Nigeria	Cameroon	Mozambique	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
Morocco		3–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	4–0	11–1	22–4	148–66	1
Namibia	0–3		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–1	8–4	16–10	127–105	2
Nigeria	1–2	1–2		3–0	3–0	2–2	8–4	17–8	125–105	3
Cameroon	0–3	0–3	0–3		3–0	1–3	3–9	9–18	118–134	4
Mozambique	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3		0–4	0–12	0–24	36–144	5

Group B

	Madagascar	Benin	Kenya	Algeria	Botswana	RR W–L	Matches W–L	Sets W–L	Games W–L	Standings
Madagascar		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	4–0	11–1	22–6	151–86	1
Benin	1–2		2–1	3–0	3–0	3–1	9–3	21–6	150–93	2
Kenya	0–3	1–2		3–0	2–1	2–2	6–6	14–14	127–129	3
Algeria	0–3	0–3	0–3		2–1	1–3	2–10	5–22	90–149	4
Botswana	0–3	0–3	1–2	1–2		0–4	2–10	6–20	82–143	5

First round[]

Group A[]

Morocco vs. Mozambique[]

Morocco 3	Antananarivo University, Antananarivo, Madagascar 11 July 2016 Clay		Mozambique 0
1 2 3 1 Yassine Idmbarek 6 2 6 2         2 Amine Ahouda 6 1 6 0         3 Amine Ahouda /   /  6 3 6 0

Namibia vs. Nigeria[]

Namibia 2	Antananarivo University, Antananarivo, Madagascar 11 July 2016 Clay		Nigeria 1
1 2 3 1 Jean Erasmus Sylvester Emmanuel 2 6 3 6         2 6 3 6 4         3 Jean Erasmus /   /  6 4 7 5

Morocco vs. Namibia[]

Morocco 3	Antananarivo University, Antananarivo, Madagascar 12 July 2016 Clay		Namibia 0
1 2 3 1 Yassine Idmbarek Jean Erasmus 6 1 6 3         2 Amine Ahouda 6 3 6 4         3  /   /  6 1 6 3

Mozambique vs. Cameroon[]

Mozambique 0	Antananarivo University, Antananarivo, Madagascar 12 July 2016 Clay		Cameroon 3
1 2 3 1 1 6 0 6         2 2 6 2 6         3  /   /  3 6 2 6

Namibia vs. Cameroon[]

Namibia 3	Antananarivo University, Antananarivo, Madagascar 13 July 2016 Clay		Cameroon 0
1 2 3 1 Jean Erasmus 5 7 6 3 6 4       2 7 5 4 6 6 4       3 Jean Erasmus /   /  6 3 6 2

Morocco vs. Nigeria[]

Morocco 2	Antananarivo University, Antananarivo, Madagascar 13 July 2016 Clay		Nigeria 1
1 2 3 1 Yassine Idmbarek Sylvester Emmanuel 65 77 6 1 6 0       2 Amine Ahouda 6 1 6 1         3  /   /  3 6 4 6

Namibia vs. Mozambique[]

Namibia 3	Antananarivo University, Antananarivo, Madagascar 14 July 2016 Clay		Mozambique 0
1 2 3 1 Jean Erasmus 6 1 6 1         2 6 0 6 0         3  /   /  6 3 6 2

Nigeria vs. Cameroon[]

Nigeria 3	Antananarivo University, Antananarivo, Madagascar 14 July 2016 Clay		Cameroon 0
1 2 3 1 Sylvester Emmanuel 6 4 77 64         2 7 5 77 63         3  /   /  6 4 6 2

Mozambique vs. Nigeria[]

Mozambique 0	Antananarivo University, Antananarivo, Madagascar 15 July 2016 Clay		Nigeria 3
1 2 3 1 Sylvester Emmanuel 1 6 1 6         2 1 6 4 6         3  /   /  4 6 0 6

Morocco vs. Cameroon[]

Morocco 3	Antananarivo University, Antananarivo, Madagascar 15 July 2016 Clay		Cameroon 0
1 2 3 1 6 2 6 3         2 Amine Ahouda 6 1 6 0         3  /   /  2 6 7 5 6 4

Group B[]

Algeria vs. Madagascar[]

Algeria 0	Antananarivo University, Antananarivo, Madagascar 11 July 2016 Clay		Madagascar 3
1 2 3 1 1 6 4 6         2 Antso Rakotondramanga 0 6 0 6         3  /   /  4 6 1 6

Benin vs. Botswana[]

Benin 3	Antananarivo University, Antananarivo, Madagascar 11 July 2016 Clay		Botswana 0
1 2 3 1 Loic Didavi 6 2 7 5         2 Alexis Klegou 6 1 6 1         3  /   /  6 3 6 2

Algeria vs. Benin[]

Algeria 0	Antananarivo University, Antananarivo, Madagascar 12 July 2016 Clay		Benin 3
1 2 3 1 Loic Didavi 3 6 4 6         2 Alexis Klegou 2 6 4 6         3  /  Loic Didavi / Alexis Klegou 1 6 1 6

Madagascar vs. Kenya[]

Madagascar 3	Antananarivo University, Antananarivo, Madagascar 12 July 2016 Clay		Kenya 0
1 2 3 1 6 0 6 4         2 Antso Rakotondramanga 4 6 710 68 6 1       3  / Antso Rakotondramanga  /  4 6 6 3 6 3

Algeria vs. Botswana[]

Algeria 2	Antananarivo University, Antananarivo, Madagascar 13 July 2016 Clay		Botswana 1
1 2 3 1 6 2 1 6 6 1       2 5 7 2 6         3  /   /  79 67 5 7 7 5

Benin vs. Kenya[]

Benin 2	Antananarivo University, Antananarivo, Madagascar 13 July 2016 Clay		Kenya 1
1 2 3 1 Loic Didavi 6 2 6 4         2 Alexis Klegou 6 3 77 63         3  /   /  6 3 4 6 3 6

Benin vs. Madagascar[]

Benin 1	Antananarivo University, Antananarivo, Madagascar 14 July 2016 Clay		Madagascar 2
1 2 3 1 Loic Didavi 6 2 6 3         2 Alexis Klegou Antso Rakotondramanga 6 3 3 6 5 7       3 Loic Didavi / Alexis Klegou  / Antso Rakotondramanga 6 1 4 6 3 6

Botswana vs. Kenya[]

Botswana 1	Antananarivo University, Antananarivo, Madagascar 14 July 2016 Clay		Kenya 2
1 2 3 1 6 4 6 3         2 4 6 0 6         3  /   /  2 6 2 6

Madagascar vs. Botswana[]

Madagascar 3	Antananarivo University, Antananarivo, Madagascar 15 July 2016 Clay		Botswana 0
1 2 3 1 6 0 6 1         2 6 3 6 2         3  /   /  6 1 6 1

Algeria vs. Kenya[]

Algeria 0	Antananarivo University, Antananarivo, Madagascar 15 July 2016 Clay		Kenya 3
1 2 3 1 4 6 2 6         2 4 6 1 6         3  /   /  63 77 6 0 3 6

Play-offs[]

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Morocco	2–0	Benin
Promotional	Namibia	0–2	Madagascar
5th–6th	Nigeria	2–1	Kenya
7th–8th	Cameroon	0–2	Algeria
9th–10th	Mozambique	0–2	Botswana

Promotional[]

Morocco vs. Benin[]

Morocco 2	Antananarivo University, Antananarivo, Madagascar 16 July 2016 Clay		Benin 0
1 2 3 1 Yassine Idmbarek Loic Didavi 6 2 6 0         2 Amine Ahouda Alexis Klegou 6 3 6 4         3  /  Loic Didavi / Alexis Klegou           not played

Namibia vs. Madagascar[]

Namibia 0	Antananarivo University, Antananarivo, Madagascar 16 July 2016 Clay		Madagascar 2
1 2 3 1 Jean Erasmus 1 6 2 6         2 Antso Rakotondramanga 2 6 6 2 3 6       3 Jean Erasmus /   / Antso Rakotondramanga           not played

5th−6th[]

Nigeria vs. Kenya[]

Nigeria 2	Antananarivo University, Antananarivo, Madagascar 16 July 2016 Clay		Kenya 1
1 2 3 1 Sylvester Emmanuel 6 1 2 6 6 4       2 2 6 2 6         3  /   /  6 1 3 6 77 63

7th−8th[]

Cameroon vs. Algeria[]

Cameroon 0	Antananarivo University, Antananarivo, Madagascar 16 July 2016 Clay		Algeria 2
1 2 3 1 2 6 3 6         2 3 6 3 6         3  /   /            not played

9th−10th[]

Mozambique vs. Botswana[]

Mozambique 0	Antananarivo University, Antananarivo, Madagascar 16 July 2016 Clay		Botswana 2
1 2 3 1 1 6 1 6         2 2 6 5 7         3  /   /            not played

References[]

External links[]

• Official Website