2018 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group III

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Date: 18–23 June

Location: Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya (clay)

Format: Round-robin basis. One pool of four teams (Pool A) and one pool of five teams (Pool B). The winners of each pool play-off against each other to determine which two nations are promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2019.

Pot	Nation	Rank1	Seed
1	Benin	79	1
	Kenya	86	2
2	Algeria	88	3
	Nigeria	102	4
3	Namibia	106	5
	Rwanda	120	6
4	Mozambique	122	7
	Cameroon	127	8
	Uganda	NR	9

• ¹Davis Cup Rankings as of 9 April 2018

		BEN	NGR	CMR	RWA	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
1	Benin		3–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	16–2 (89%)	110–58 (65%)	1
4	Nigeria	0–3		2–1	3–0	2–1	10–9 (53%)	85–82 (51%)	2
8	Cameroon	1–2	1–2		2–1	1–2	10–10 (50%)	99–89 (53%)	3
6	Rwanda	0–3	0–3	1–2		0–3	2–17 (11%)	44–109 (29%)	4

		NAM	KEN	MOZ	ALG	UGA	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
5	Namibia		2–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	4–0	21–5 (81%)	151–94 (62%)	1
2	Kenya	1–2		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–1	21–4 (84%)	149–86 (63%)	2
7	Mozambique	0–3	0–3		2–1	2–1	2–2	8–19 (30%)	97–141 (41%)	3
3	Algeria	0–3	0–3	1–2		2–1	1–3	8–19 (30%)	105–145 (42%)	4
9	Uganda	1–2	0–3	1–2	1–2		0–4	9–20 (31%)	114–150 (43%)	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.

Placing	A Team	Score	B Team
Promotional	Benin	1–2	Kenya
Promotional	Nigeria	1–2	Namibia
5th–6th	Cameroon	1–2	Mozambique
7th–8th	Rwanda	0–2	Algeria
9th	—N/a		Uganda

•  Kenya and  Namibia promoted to Group II in 2019.

Benin 2	Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya[1] 19 June Clay		Cameroon 1
1 2 3 1 Félix Hounkpèvi Étienne Teboh 6 4 6 1     2 Alexis Klégou Blaise Nkwenti 6 3 77 64     3 Félix Hounkpèvi / Magloire Yakpa Dieu ne Dort Midzie / Cédric Wouobong Ngoumtsa 66 78 62 77

Nigeria 3	Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya[2] 19 June Clay		Rwanda 0
1 2 3 1 Sylvester Emmanuel Ernest Habiyambere 6 1 7 5     2 Joseph Imeh Ubon Olivier Havugimana 6 0 6 1     3 Christian Paul / Joseph Imeh Ubon Hamissi Gatete / Etienne Niyigena 6 1 6 2

Benin 3	Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya[3] 21 June Clay		Rwanda 0
1 2 3 1 Delmas N'tcha Etienne Niyigena 7 5 6 3     2 Alexis Klégou Ernest Habiyambere 6 2 6 2     3 Félix Hounkpèvi / Alexis Klégou Hamissi Gatete / Olivier Havugimana 6 0 6 2

Nigeria 2	Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya[4] 21 June Clay		Cameroon 1
1 2 3 1 Sylvester Emmanuel Étienne Teboh 6 4 6 4     2 Joseph Imeh Ubon Blaise Nkwenti 2 6 1 6     3 Sylvester Emmanuel / Joseph Imeh Ubon Blaise Nkwenti / Cédric Wouobong Ngoumtsa 4 6 79 67 6 4

Benin 3	Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya[5] 22 June Clay		Nigeria 0
1 2 3 1 Delmas N'tcha Sylvester Emmanuel 6 4 6 3     2 Alexis Klégou Christian Paul 6 2 6 1     3 Félix Hounkpèvi / Alexis Klégou Abdul-Mumin Babalola / Joseph Imeh Ubon 6 3 6 3

Rwanda 1	Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya[6] 22 June Clay		Cameroon 2
1 2 3 1 Ernest Habiyambere Cédric Wouobong Ngoumtsa 6 3 2 6 6 2   2 Olivier Havugimana Blaise Nkwenti 1 6 2 6     3 Hamissi Gatete / Etienne Niyigena Blaise Nkwenti / Cédric Wouobong Ngoumtsa 3 6 0 6

Kenya 3	Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya[7] 18 June Clay		Uganda 0
1 2 3 1 Sheil Kotecha David Oringa 6 4 77 64     2 Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai Boris Aguma 6 2 6 1     3 Kevin Cheruiyot / Ibrahim Kibet Yego Simon Peter Ayella / Frank Tayebwa 6 2 6 3

Algeria 0	Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya[8] 18 June Clay		Namibia 3
1 2 3 1 Nazim Makhlouf Jean Erasmus 0 6 2 6     2 Youcef Rihane Tukhula Jacobs 3 6 4 6     3 Youcef Ghezal / Mohamed Hassan Jean Erasmus / Tukhula Jacobs 1 6 4 6

Kenya 3	Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya[9] 19 June Clay		Mozambique 0
1 2 3 1 Ibrahim Kibet Yego Bruno Nhavene 6 2 6 2     2 Isamel Changawa Ruwa Mzai Franco Mata 6 1 6 4     3 Kevin Cheruiyot / Sheil Kotecha Jonas Alberto Júnior / Hercílio Rafael Seda 6 0 6 1

Namibia 2	Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya[10] 19 June Clay		Uganda 1
1 2 3 1 Jean Erasmus David Oringa 6 4 6 0     2 Tukhula Jacobs Boris Aguma 6 1 6 1     3 Jean Erasmus / Gideon van Dyk Simon Peter Ayella / David Oringa 6 2 3 6 4 6

Algeria 2	Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya[11] 20 June Clay		Uganda 1
1 2 3 1 Nazim Makhlouf David Oringa 6 4 6 1     2 Mohamed Hassan Boris Aguma 7 5 3 6 6 3   3 Youcef Ghezal / Nazim Makhlouf Simon Peter Ayella / David Oringa 77 64 64 77 3 6

Namibia 3	Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya[12] 20 June Clay		Mozambique 0
1 2 3 1 Jean Erasmus Bruno Nhavene 6 4 6 3     2 Tukhula Jacobs Franco Mata 6 3 6 1     3 Jean Erasmus / Tukhula Jacobs Franco Mata / Bruno Nhavene 78 66 6 4

Kenya 1	Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya[13] 21 June Clay		Namibia 2
1 2 3 1 Sheil Kotecha Jean Erasmus 7 5 6 3     2 Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai Tukhula Jacobs 62 77 3 6     3 Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai / Ibrahim Kibet Yego Jean Erasmus / Tukhula Jacobs 5 7 710 68 5 7

Algeria 1	Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya[14] 21 June Clay		Mozambique 2
1 2 3 1 Nazim Makhlouf Bruno Nhavene 6 0 77 64     2 Mohamed Hassan Franco Mata 6 4 3 6 2 6   3 Youcef Ghezal / Nazim Makhlouf Franco Mata / Bruno Nhavene 4 6 2 6

Kenya 3	Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya[15] 22 June Clay		Algeria 0
1 2 3 1 Sheil Kotecha Nazim Makhlouf 6 4 6 3     2 Ismael Changawa Ruwa Mzai Mohamed Hassan 6 3 6 0     3 Kevin Cheruiyot / Ibrahim Kibet Yego Youcef Ghezal / Mohamed Hassan 6 2 7 5

Mozambique 2	Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya[16] 22 June Clay		Uganda 1
1 2 3 1 Bruno Nhavene David Oringa 1 6 6 3 77 63   2 Franco Mata Boris Aguma 6 2 65 77 6 2   3 Jonas Alberto Júnior / Hercílio Rafael Seda Boris Aguma / Simon Peter Ayella 0 6 0 6