2017 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group III

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[]

Inactive nations[]

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	N/A		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 6 0 6 0     2 Benjamin Lock 6 1 6 1     3 Benjamin Lock / Courtney John Lock  /  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 6 3 6 1     2 Karim-Mohamed Maamoun Sylvester Emmanuel 6 0 6 3     3 Youssef Hossam / Sherif Sabry  /  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 6 4 6 2     2 Takanyi Garanganga Sylvester Emmanuel 3 6 5 7     3 Benjamin Lock / Courtney John Lock  / 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 6 0 6 0     2 Mohamed Safwat 6 0 6 1     3 Youssef Hossam / Sherif Sabry  /  6 1 6 0

Zimbabwe vs. Egypt[]

Zimbabwe 0	Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[5] 21 July 2017 Clay		Egypt 3
1 2 3 1 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 6 3 6 4     2 6 2 6 2     3 Sylvester Emmanuel /   /  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 77 61 6 4     2 Alexis Klégou 6 0 6 1     3  /   /  6 2 6 0

Kenya vs. Botswana[]

Kenya 3	Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[8] 17 July 2017 Clay		Botswana 0
1 2 3 1 6 2 6 2     2 6 0 6 0     3  /   /  6 1 6 1

Algeria vs. Kenya[]

Algeria 1	Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[9] 18 July 2017 Clay		Kenya 2
1 2 3 1 4 6 711 69 6 1   2 0 6 3 6     3  /   /  4 6 5 7

Botswana vs. Libya[]

Botswana 1	Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[10] 18 July 2017 Clay		Libya 2
1 2 3 1 2 6 6 1 6 2   2 62 77 6 3 4 6   3  /   /  62 77 3 6

Algeria vs. Botswana[]

Algeria 3	Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[11] 19 July 2017 Clay		Botswana 0
1 2 3 1 6 0 6 0     2 6 4 6 2     3  /   /  6 1 6 1

Benin vs. Kenya[]

Benin 1	Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[12] 19 July 2017 Clay		Kenya 2
1 2 3 1 3 6 1 6     2 Alexis Klégou 6 3 6 2     3 Alexis Klégou /   /  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 6 0 6 0     2 6 2 6 3     3  /   /  6 2 6 3

Benin vs. Botswana[]

Benin 3	Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[14] 20 July 2017 Clay		Botswana 0
1 2 3 1 3 6 6 3 6 2   2 Alexis Klégou 6 2 6 0     3  /   /  6 1 6 0

Algeria vs. Benin[]

Algeria 1	Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[15] 21 July 2017 Clay		Benin 2
1 2 3 1 6 2 6 0     2 Alexis Klégou 1 6 6 2 4 6   3  /  Alexis Klégou /  5 7 5 7

Kenya vs. Libya[]

Kenya 2	Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[16] 21 July 2017 Clay		Libya 1
1 2 3 1 6 1 6 2     2 6 2 6 0     3  /   /  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 6 0 6 1     2 Mohamed Safwat Alexis Klégou 6 2 6 4     3 Youssef Hossam / Mohamed Safwat  /        not played

Zimbabwe vs. Kenya[]

Zimbabwe 2	Solaimaneyah Club, Cairo, Egypt[18] 22 July 2017 Clay		Kenya 0
1 2 3 1 Benjamin Lock 6 1 6 1     2 Takanyi Garanganga 6 4 3 6 7 5   3 Benjamin Lock / Courtney John Lock  /        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 6 3 6 3     2 Sylvester Emmanuel 6 3 6 4     3  /   /        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 4 6 6 2 66 78   2 6 2 6 3     3  /   /  78 66 6 2

References[]

External links[]

• Official Website